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$9.00
xxhae55152

Leonardo da Vinci; An account of his development as an artist


CLARK, KENNETH

ex-library, paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1967

KEYWORDS: arts biography leonaro da vinci art history kenneth clark specials

$12.00
xxhlb55288

Master of Middle-earth; The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien


KOCHER, PAUL H.

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1973

KEYWORDS: paul h. kocher j.r.r. tolkien middle-earth literature literary criticism biography lord of the rings specials

$22.50
xxhpe55346

Bernard Shaw's Letters to Granville Barker


PURDOM, C.B. (ed)

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Phoenix House 1956

KEYWORDS: c.b. purdom george bernard shaw granville barker letters history literature biography specials

$27.50
2f50/39

My Warrior Sons: The Borton Family Diary, 1914-1918


SLATER, GUY (Ed)

Octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 228pp, illus, VG+ (fading & light bruising to spine extrems, small ding to rear board lower edge, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (rubbing to edges, price clipped, browning to interior)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1973

KEYWORDS: Guy Slater World War I One First world War Borton family diaries correspondence Arthur Close Borton biography social history

$10.00
xxhte55441

Lucy Stone: One of America's First and Greatest Feminists


HAYS, ELINOR RICE

Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Tower Books 1961

KEYWORDS: specials Elinor Rice Hays Lucy Stone biography feminism women's rights

$10.00
xxhvb55493

The Big Year; A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession


OBMASCIK, MARK

softcover super octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2004

KEYWORDS: bird-watching ornithology natural history the big year journalism biography mark obmascik specials

$9.00
xxhvd55531

Hell and High Water


THOMPSON, THOMAS

paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macdonald Futura 1980

KEYWORDS: thomas thompson literature true story adventure biography survival specials

$10.00
xxcia55685

The Reckoning; The Murder of Christopher Marlowe


NICHOLL, CHARLES

softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Picador 1993

KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction biography christopher marlowe charles nicholl specials

$10.00
xxkpd55746

Madame De Pompadour


MITFORD, NANCY

hardback with d/w, fading at spine (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Reprint Society 1955

KEYWORDS: specials nancy mitford literature biography history

$10.00
xxkpd55753

The Letters of William Cowper


COWPER, WILLIAM & HADLEY, WILLIAM (selected by)

hardback, lacks d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons 1926

KEYWORDS: specials william cowper william hadley letters correspondence history literature biography

$28.50
2g1/47

Dustoff For Willie Peters: A New Zealand Hunter's Journey through Vietnam


STURGEON, GRAEME

Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, 332pp, VG (light soiling to covers and page edges)

PUBLISHER: River Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Graeme Sturgeon New Zealand Willie Peters biography mountains hunting high country sheep stations Vietnam war soldiers

$27.50
2g1/48

Tang of the Bush


The Story of Robert McLatchie 1875-1963 as told to his daughter Kathleen Keene

KEENE, KATHLEEN

Signed by author on half-title page, octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering, frontispiece, 150pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, owner's name & date to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (browning to spine, damp-staining to rear, spine & flap fold, bruising & nicks to spine extrems, tanning & staining to interior)

PUBLISHER: Copy Services Ltd 1967 Second Edition

KEYWORDS: Kathleen Keene Robert McLatchie New Zealand biography South Island Owaka Catlins bush pioneer

$12.50
xxcfd55626

Testament of a Generation; The Journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby


BERRY, PAUL & BISHOP, ALAN (eds)

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Virago 1985

KEYWORDS: journalism biography history paul berry alan bishop vera brittain winifred holtby literature literary criticism feminism sexuality gender issues sociology specials

$10.00
xxcsc55726

My Feudal Lord


with William and Marilyn Hoffer

DURRANI, TEHMINA

paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 1995

KEYWORDS: biography tehmina durrani william hoffer marilyn hoffer religion pakistan sociology history journalism feminism gender issues muslim society specials

$38.50
2g2/16

Twentieth Century Children's Writers


KIRKPATRICK, D. L. (Ed)

Super octavo, maroon glossy buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 1507pp, G+ (front & rear hinges cracked & stained with tape residue but still intact, rubbing & bruising to board edges, owner's name in ink to fep, tanning & foxing to page edgdes) in plastic- covered d/w, VG (heavy fading, bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 1978

KEYWORDS: DL Kirkpatrick children's literature authors writers literary criticism biography reference

$9.50
xxkpg56020

Boswell's Life of Johnson Volume One


BOSWELL, JAMES

this vol. only, paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: specials james boswell samuel johnson history biography literature

$15.00
xxkqa56055

R.L.S.: A Life Study


CALDER, JENNI

hardback octavo with d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1980

KEYWORDS: specials robert louis stevenson jenni calder biography history literature

$24.50
xxkpb55908

From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Story of Tom Heeney


MONIN, LYDIA

First edition, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa 2008

KEYWORDS: first edition Lydia Monin Tom Heeney New Zealand biography boxing sport

$9.50
xxdqc56118

Botham


foreword by Trevor Bailey

MOSEY, DON

hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: don mosey ian botham biography cricket sport england specials

$27.50
2g13/20

Cecil Aldin: The Story of a Sporting Artist


HERON, RON

First edition, imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG+ (v light foxing, rubbing to rear board fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: Webb & Bower 1981

KEYWORDS: Ron Heron Cecil Aldin biography sports animals art sketches paintings drawings hunting cartoons

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