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$13.94
1y2/45

TEST PILOT


DUKE, NEVILLE:

Octavo blue cloth boards with gilt to spine, 215pp illus, VG (light tanning to board edges, sl foxing and tanning to ep's) d/w VG-(several small tears (max 6cm) to spine creases and flap folds, some reinforced with tape externally,sl internal foxing, light foxing to covers, sl. sunned)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate London 1953

KEYWORDS: aviation 615 squadron biography duke

$19.52
260401ec18

No Previous Experience


CAMERON ELSPETH

first edition 240pp F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: viking/penguin london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography elspeth cameron

$25.09
2d20/3

The Eye of God


a life of oscar kokoschka

KOKOSCHKA OSCAR,KEEGAN SUSANNE

proof copy 302pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.stained w.v.minor chip to foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1999

KEYWORDS: oscar kokoschka art painting biography

$15.00
70501db48

Backcloth


BOGARDE, DIRK

first edition 313pp ills. octavo blue cloth boards VG+ (v.sl.cocked, sl soiling to board edges and page edges) in d/w VG+ (old sale sticker to front cover, light sunning to spine and front cover)

PUBLISHER: viking/penguin harmondsworth 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition dirk bogarde biography

$16.73
100501mb16

The Kaiser and His Times


BALFOUR MICHAEL

proof copy 513pp ills. VG- (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained w.mod.uneven sunning,spine creased and rubbed w.sl.chipping to head/foot,pp1-38 missing,edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: cresset press london 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy kaiser biography history

$16.73
120501ph13

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon


BODICHON BARBARA LEIGH SMITH,HIRSCH PAM

proof copy 373pp VG+ (in red paper wrappers,spine and hinges sl.sunned,sl.creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography pam hirsch barbara leigh smith bodichon feminism proof copy

$85.00
s21a/48

My Forty Years in Africa


BURGER JOHN F.

first edition 195pp ills. VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.bumps to head/foot of spine,ffep missing,prelims.and edges v.sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to rear pastedown) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine and 2x2cm loss to head of cover,internal amateur tape repairs to spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1960

KEYWORDS: africa history travel biography geography anthropology burger

$16.73
1y1/21

AT THE WAR


NORTHCLIFFE, LORD:

Red cloth with gilt to spine, 288pp illus, VG-(minor bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl edge wear, sl rubbing & staining to boards, sl browning to ep's, v sl foxing throughout, v sl internal seperation at front)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton London 1916

KEYWORDS: military WWI france england northcliffe biography

$20.00
1y6/2

BOMBER HARRIS


The Story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris

SAWARD, DUDLEY:

Blue cloth with gilt to spine, 347pp illus, VG+ with v sl foxing to ep's, d/w VG

PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1984

KEYWORDS: aviation biography bomber harris WWII

$16.73
160501c12

Places


COLETTE

first edition in engl. 157pp ills. VG+ (pale blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,top board sl.bowed,owner's sign.to half-title,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition colette biography

$25.09
170501rf3

The New Rythum


and other pieces

FIRBANK RONALD

first edition 135pp ills. NF (v.sl.foxing to eps and edges) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sunned and sl.uneven sunning to cover,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.int.foxing)

PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ronald firbank biography

$11.15
170501pf12

Dr Freud


FREUDSIGMUND,FERRIS PAUL

proof copy 407pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.incl.minor crease to rear cover,sl.mark to fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: sinclair-stevenson london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy biography sigmund freud

$16.73
170501af13

Nabokov:His Life in Part


NABOKOV VLADIMIR,FIELD ANDREW

first edition 285pp ills. NF (edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.scratch to rear)

PUBLISHER: viking press new york 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition andrew field vladimir nabokov biography

$27.89
170501pd29

I Lost My Heart To The Belles


DAVIES PETE

first edition 326pp ills. F (shop security label to rear pastedown) in F d/w

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition pete davies biography soccer football sport

$25.09
210501em1

Rupert Brooke:A Memoir


BROOKE RUPERT,MARSH EDWARD

first edition thus 159pp VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,paper title-label to spine chipped,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed and soiled w.edges soiled,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1918

KEYWORDS: modern first edition rupert brooke biography

$11.15
220501fb4

Outside the Right


a sequel to inside the left

BROCKWAY FENNER

first edition 231pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,te red,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor losses w.some silverfish holes,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: george allen and unwin london 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fenner brockway biography history politics

$40.00
ak3/21/3845

Caracciola Mercedes Grand Prix Ace


an autobiography

CARACCIOLA RUDOLF

[first edition] 175pp lacks fep, remenants of d/w loosely enclosed, VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: g.t.foulis london [nd]

KEYWORDS: rudolf caracciola motor racing biography sport

$42.50
2d17/14

Massine


ANTHONY GORDON

first edition 34pp+31 b/w tipped-in plates VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled and stained w.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,eps sl.foxed,contents printed on grey/brown paper,plates clean and crisp,untrimmed edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1939

KEYWORDS: biography ballet dance massine history

$27.89
2d2/13

The Football Who's Who


JOHNSTON FRANK(ED)

320pp ills. VG- (green cloth,soiled/stained and sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.hole to upper hinge,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.browned,sl.cocked and bowed)

PUBLISHER: assoc.sporting press london [nd]

KEYWORDS: football soccer english fa biography

$55.77
1y5/25

LARRY


A Biography of Lawrence D. Bell - Avaition pioneer and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation

NORTON, DONALD J:

Black cloth with gilt to spine, 260pp illus, NEAR FINE with v sl foxing to ep's & fore edge, d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing & v sl rubbed/sunned, v sl waer to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Nelson-Hall Chicago 1981

KEYWORDS: aviation biography lawrence bell

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