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The Ballad of John and Yoko

The Editors of Rolling Stone · 1982 · Antiquariaat Looijestijn

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

Michael Joseph, London 1982, 317 pp, paperback, rug ietwat verkleurd, verder nette staat

DEAR LORD ROTHSCHILD Birds, Butterflies And History

Miriam Rothschild · 1983 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Hutchinson, 1st Edition, Light marking to edge of block, but internally all is clean and bright throughout. No inscriptions. Smart oatmeal cloth, a little dulled to edges, with bright gilt titling. G- clipped d/j, a lightly marked, moreso to spine which has some paint residue....

STORY OF A LIFE Childhood And Schooldays; Slow Approach Of Thunder; In That Dawn; Years Of Hope; Southern Adventure; The Restless Years [Complete In Six Volumes]

Konstantin Paustovsky · 1964 · Dodman Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Harvill, The six volumes of Paustovsky's autobiography, Story Of A Life, in English translation, published between 1964 and 1971. All in VG order with VG unclipped d/js. All first printings of first editions bar Childhood And Schooldays which is a second printing. Toni...

WILL H OGILVIE Balladist Of Border And Bush

George T A Ogilvie · 1994 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Seascale, George T Ogilvie, 1st Edition, Well produced and illustrated biography of Ogilvie by his son. Includes bibliography and selection of verse. All in fine, crisp, clean and bright internal order, bar neat gift inscription to first blank. Illustrated card covers lightly ...

PARADISE CREEK A True Story [SIGNED]

Leo Walmsley · 1963 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Collins, 1st Edition, A nice association copy of this autobiographical tale, signed and dedicated by Walmsley's widow Stephanie at the founding of the Walmsley Society on 18th May 1985. Note also by two other founder members. Spotting to block edge and endpapers, but o...

WHERE MADNESS LIES The Double Life Of Vivien Leigh

Lyndsy Spence · 2024 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Cheltenham, The History Press, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, In fine/as new clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart red boards with bright white titling to spine. Fine unclipped d/j. 8vo. 256pp, Fine, Fine, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 256

DARTMOOR TO CAMBRIDGE The Autobiography Of A Prison Graduate

Douglas Curtis · 1973 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Hodder And Stoughton, 1st Edition, Stock a little toned and spotted to edge of block, but internally all is in VG, clean and bright order, bar some surface damage to photo spread where pages have been stuck together. No inscriptions. Light wear only to black boards wit...

Links With The Past

Mrs Charles Bagot · 1901 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Edward Arnold, 1st Edition, Vivid recollections of 19th-century naval life, her childhood, and English country living from Mrs Bagot, aka Sophia Louisa Percy. Spotting to edge of block only occasionally intruding onto pages which are otherwise in general good, clean an...

EMERGENCY MESSAGES An Autobiographical Miscellany

Carl Solomon · 1989 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

New York, Paragon House, 1st Edition, Entertaining chapters from the life of Solomon, the inspiration for Ginsburg's 'Howl'. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Edge of block lightly marked. Minor creasing to card covers. 8vo. xvii, 235pp, Very Good, No Jacket, 8vo - o...

W B YEATS AND T STURGE MOORE Their Correspondence 1901-1937

W B Yeats; T Sturge Moore; Ursula Bridge (ed) · 1953 · Dodman Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

New York, Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, The previously unpublished correspondence between two major poets, covering 36 years and 150 letters. All in VG internal order. Stock lightly toned. No inscriptions. A little edgewear to black boards with bright gilt-on-red titli...

Sexton's Boy

Norman Goodland · 1967 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, John Baker, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Interior and exterior in VG+/near fine order, shape bar former owner's name neatly inscribed to fep. Smart boards have bright gilt titling to spine. Neat d/j is unclipped with minor wear and fading to spine. 8vo. 159pp, Very Good,...

COUNTRY BOY The Autobiography Of Richard Hillyer

Richard Hillyer · 1966 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Hodder And Stoughton, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Block in VG neat and clean order with just occasional very light spotting to pages. Pencil annotation to endpapers. Top of block tinted green, this a little blotchy. Green boards are smart with bright gilt titling on bl...

EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY Discoveries And Conclusions Of A Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866) [Volumes I and II]

H G Wells · 1934 · Dodman Books

£16.75 (€20.08 | $22.13 | ¥3,533)

London, Victor Gollancz And The Cresset Press, 1st Edition, Wells' two volume autobiography complete and in VG internal order bar light toning and some foxing to a couple of pages in v.II. Light wear only to orange boards, but a little grubby and faded/marked to spines, with s...

LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY The Story Of The Opening Up Of The Dark Continent

[Robert Cochrane] · 1895 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, W & R Chambers, ND. 1895 - WorldCat. Cochrane's (uncredited) biographies of Livingstone and Stanley presented with 10 engravings in this attractive volume. Endpapers toned and a little marking to block edge, but internally all in VG clean and bright order. One page lig...

Memories Of Andrew Devonshire [SIGNED]

Deborah Devonshire · 2007 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Ashbourne, Landmark Publishing, 1st Edition, Memoir of her late husband, signed by the Duchess to half title, including his 54 years as 'custodian' of Chatsworth House. All in fine internal order. Very light wear only to pictorial card covers with 'Signed Copy' sticker present...

Simon De Montfort

Margaret Wade Labarge · 1962 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, All in VG clean and bright internal order with blue endpapers and attractive bookplate to front pastedown. Smart brown boards have gilt titling to spine and fading at head. Unclipped d/j is in good condition with wear to ...

THE SAYINGS OF THE CHILDREN Written Down By Their Mother

Pamela Glenconner · 1918 · Dodman Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Oxford, B H Blackwell, 3rd Edition, All in good internal condition with clear photo plates but spotting throughout, occasionally heavy. Neat initial and date, 1918, inscribed to fep. Brown paper-covered boards with cream cloth to spine and paper title label, all rather worn a...

CECIL BEATON: Memoirs of the 40's

Cecil Beaton · 1972 · Dodman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, All in VG+ clean and bright internal condition with attractive book plate (Thomas Kövari ) to front endpaper. Red boards are a little tired, with faded silver titling to spine and some light marking front and rear....

Famous Women

Brantome · 1908 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Arthur L Humphreys, In The Royal Library Historical Series. Nicely produced collection of the Abbe de Brantome's [Pierre de Bourdeille] biographical essays on famous women of history written at the turn of the 17th century. Some toning to roughcut page edges, but other...

The Diaries of Sofia Tolstaya

Sofia Tolstoy; Cathy Porter (trs); O A Golinenko, S A Rozanova, B M Shumova, I A Pokrovskaya, N I Azarova (eds) · 1985 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, First English language edition. Translation by Cathy Porter, with an introduction by Professor R. F. Christian. Block interior is VG+ with some light dust spotting to exterior top of block. Smart black boards have crisp gilt ti...