BIOGRAPHY
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HARRY BAUGHAN: A LIFE OF MOTOR CYCLING
Written by Kenneth J. Chandler.
Stock no. 1328422
Published by Walls Quarry Press.
1st
2010.
Very good condition.
Greater insight of a tiny company that consisted of just one man at its outset, Harry Baughan. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780956253309. SIGNED by the author to title-page with dedication to Nick(?). Slight rubbing to cover edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- BIOGRAPHY
- COMPANY HISTORY
A LOOK AT CECIL ALDIN'S DOGS AND HOUNDS
Written by Rupert Collens.
Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328398
Published by The Lambourn Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. A visual journey through Aldin's career. Colour & b/w illustrations. Oblong format. Brown boards with gilt titles. ISBN: 1872708005. Spine bumped at top. Some erased pencil writing and other light marks to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded, small brown mark to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- DOGS
- DOGS (FACTUAL)
- DOGS - HOUNDS
- FOXHOUNDS
- HUNTING
- ILLUSTRATED
- BIOGRAPHY
MARY CASSATT: AN AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST
Written by Gerhard Gruitrooy.
Illustrated by Mary Cassatt.
Stock no. 1828534
Published by Todtri.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
American Impressionist Mary Cassatt fulfilled a childhood determination to become a great artist, and her colourful paintings and prints rank with the works of Degas, Monet, and Renoir. This volume explores Cassatt's life and art, with an exquisite portfolio of 70 full-colour illustrations. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 78 numbered pages. ISBN: 1880908670. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and rubbed at top of spine, a few minor marks.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- IMPRESSIONISM
- PORTRAITURE
- OIL PAINTING
- BIOGRAPHY
REPORTAGE (5 VOLUMES)
Written by George Orwell.
Stock no. 1828515
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Very good condition.
Five volumes: Homage To Catalonia; Down And Out In Paris And London; Funny But Not Vulgar; The Road To Wigan Pier; My Country Right Or Left. B/w photographic pictorial cloth. B/w photos. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split at head and base width-ways but still holding.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOGRAPHY
- CIVIL WAR (SPANISH)
TOWNSHEND OF KUT: A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES TOWNSHEND
Written by A.J. Barker.
Stock no. 1828493
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Lower edge of b oards lightly rubbed. Light vertical crease to spine. Foxing to text block. Includes a relevant newspaper cutting. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded and grubby, edge-rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co..
1st thus
1883.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- LITERATURE
- CHILDRENS
- LETTERS
- LEATHER BINDING
SIGNALMAN'S TWILIGHT
Written by Adrian Vaughan.
Stock no. 1828469
Published by Amberley Publishing.
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Revised Edition. The author's life as a signalman at Challow Station in rural Berkshire. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781445602578. Front cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
- BIOGRAPHY
SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Written by Charlotte Bronte; Margaret Smith.
Stock no. 1828384
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Margaret Smith. 169 letters from Charlotte Bronte. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780199205875. A lovely copy.
"HERMANN GORING": FROM REGIMENT TO FALLSCHIRMPANZERKORPS
Written by Roger James Bender; George A. Petersen.
Stock no. 1828369
Published by R. James Bender.
1st
1975.
Very good condition.
Black pictorial boards, green titles. B/w photos plus a few colour flags. ISBN: 0912138122. Boards a little marked. Top of spine lightly worn. Text block browned. Tape marks to endpapers. Some page-edge browning.Slight musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- GERMANY
- NAZIS
- BIOGRAPHY
PANORAMA VAN DEN ENDE DUINZIJDE: EEN SCHILDERSLOOPBAAN
Written by Leo Van Den Ende.
Illustrated by Leo Van Den Ende.
Stock no. 1327968
Published by Leo Van Den Ende.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
English title: Along the Dunes: An Artist's Career. Large, oblong format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. 194 pages. Colour paintings throughout. Text in Dutch and English. ISBN: 9090178724. SIGNED by the artist with water colour paint to half title-page (dated 2005). Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine and spine edge of front panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- DUTCH
CIERVA AUTOGIROS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROTARY-WING FLIGHT
Written by Peter W. Brooks.
Stock no. 1327935
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press.
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the remarkable Spaniard, Juan de la Cierva, who pioneered the development of the first practical rotary-wing aircraft. Turquoise cloth, gilt title to spine. 384 pages, including production list, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. ISBN: 0874742684. Spine slightly bumped. Slight mark to rear edge of spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and foxed on verso.
KING OF ALL BALLOONS
Written by Mark Davies.
Stock no. 1327934
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st
2015.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The complex life of explorer James Sadler, the ups and downs of his amazing career. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445653082. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Includes an errata slip. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- BIOGRAPHY