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WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO?
Written by Mel Calman.
Illustrated by Mel Calman.
Stock no. 1506718
Published by Methuen London Ltd.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Some sketches from a cartoonist's life. Grey boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 105 numbered pages. ISBN: 0413588408. Signed by author, with inscription, on front endpaper. A little fading to base of spine and edges of covers alongside. Faint erased pencil writing to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small marks, very light browning to spine area.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- CARTOONS
- ILLUSTRATED
SAGITTARIUS SURVIVING
Written by Cecil Lewis.
Stock no. 2122641
Published by Leo Cooper.
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 150 pages. Autobiography of an RAF commander. ISBN: 0850524482. Wrapper is faded to spine with a little creasing.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- BIOGRAPHY
CHASING THE BEAST
Written by George Greenfield.
Stock no. 2122537
Published by Richard Cohen Books.
1st
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A War Memoir. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860661289. Heavy bump along bottom edge of front cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
A WESTMINSTER CHILDHOOD
Written by John Raynor.
Illustrated by Dennis Flanders.
Stock no. 2122454
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
When John Raynor, composer of nearly 700 song settings, died so tragically in a road accident in 1970, he left behind not only his lifetime's musical work, but the manuscript of this enchanting account of the years of his childhood. ISBN: 0304291838. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a little edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- BIOGRAPHY
WINSOR MCCAY HIS LIFE AND ART
Written by John Canemaker; Maurice Sendak.
Illustrated by Winsor McCay.
Stock no. 2122440
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc..
1st thus
2005.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Revised and Expanded edition. Foreword by Sendak. This the only biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists, Winsor McCay (1867-1934), the universally acknowledged first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon. Although invented by others, both genres were developed into enduring popular art of highest imagination through McCay's innovative genius. He attributed his considerable success to "an absolute craving to draw pictures all the time." ISBN: 0810959410. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with small nick to edge of rear panel.
THE PERILOUS ROAD TO ROME & BEYOND FIGHTING THROUGH NORTH AFRICA & ITALY
Written by Edward Grace.
Stock no. 2122374
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781844155606. Light bumping to corners. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- AFRICA
- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
JO RAMIREZ MEMOIRS OF A RACING MAN
Written by Jo Ramirez; Jackie Stewart; Alain Prost.
Stock no. 2122255
Published by Haynes.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. Forewords by Sir Jackie Stewart & Alain Prost. Jo's story, in his own words. ISBN: 1844252388. Page edge browning, else contents are excellent! Wrapper has some edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK 1980 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Tony Kushner.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1608927
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc..
c.
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0810944480. Wrapper is edge creased with small closed tear at base of spine.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ILLUSTRATED
- CHILDRENS
- BIOGRAPHY
- REFERENCE
LANDSCAPES & MEMORIES AN INTERMITTENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by John Prebble.
Stock no. 1608922
Published by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Moving backwards and forwards between the distant and recent past, between Prebble's recollections of his own life and of the lives and history he has written about. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002151847. Spine and corners bumped. SIGNED by author on title page (with dedication). Wrapper is edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
THE WESTERLY WANDERER
Written by Jeremy Bourne.
Stock no. 1608698
Published by The Housman Society.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. A brief portrait of A.E. Housman, author of A Shropshire Lad. ISBN: 0904579069.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- SHROPSHIRE
ONLY HERE FOR THE BEER: GERRY MARSHALL
Written by Jeremy Walton.
Stock no. 1608512
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of a character of the motor racing scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292306. Browning to outer page edges and margins.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons.
1898.
Almost very good condition.
With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.