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THE BRONTES
Written by Juliet Barker.
Stock no. 1331179
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A vivid picture of 19th century Yorkshire and an engrossing and intimate chronicle of an astonishingly creative family. Grey boards, silver title to spine. 1003 pages (including index). Some b/w plates. Second impression. Spine bumped. Grubby marks and foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

T. S. ELIOT
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1331178
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed portrait of a very private man. Light grey boards, gilt title to spine. 400 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0241113490. Reprint. Spine slightly bumped. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

MOZART'S WOMEN HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS MUSIC
Written by Jane Glover.
Stock no. 1331176
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illuminating the music and the man, but, above all, the women who inspired him. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 406 pages (including index). Some colour plates. ISBN: 1405021217. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning, a grubby mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

WRITING HOME
Written by Alan Bennett.
Stock no. 1331175
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A selection from the author's diaries including the tramp who lived in his garden for 15 years. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 417 pages (including index). ISBN: 0571173888. Spine bumped at top and tail. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased/rubbed.

THE STORY OF NELSON
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1331161
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light brown spots to rear cover (transferred from dustwrapper). A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn has '105' written in blue crayon to top edge of front panel and has brown marks to rear panel. Last title listed on rear flap is David Livingstone.

THE STORY OF HENRY V
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1331160
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper has a light circular drinks mark to front panel (more obvious on verso) and is slightly edge worn. Last title on rear flap is this one.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: A LIFE
Written by Stephen Gill.
Stock no. 1831310
Published by Oxford University Press. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author draws on knowledge of the poet's creative practices and his reputation and influence in his life-time and beyond. Refusing to treat the poet's later years as of little interest, this biography presents a narrative of the whole of Wordsworth's long life--1770 to 1850--tracing the development from the adventurous youth who alone of the great Romantic poets saw life in revolutionary France to the old man who became Queen Victoria's Poet Laureate. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xix and 525 pages including index. ISBN: 0198128282. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Boards clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.

JOHN KEATS
Written by Robert Gittings.
Stock no. 1831305
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

A biography offering insights into Keats's family background, his financial difficulties, illnesses and unhappy love affair with Fanny Brawne, interpreting evey poem in the context of Keats's experience. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine with silver title. A few b/w illustrations. xv and 469 pages including index. Top edge red. Spine lightly sunned, a few minor marks to boards. Spine is slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned, top edge lightly faded. A few minor foxspots present else contents clean.

TONY MARSH, THE GREAT ALL-ROUNDER IN AND OUT OF MOTORSPORT
Written by Tony Marsh.
Stock no. 1331132
Published by Parley Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Former six-times British Hill Climb Champion and racing driver, the story up until 2001. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 269 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780955482601. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

THE STORY OF CHARLES II
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1331099
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Rear free-endpaper has been removed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn (with tape reinforcements to rear) and is foxed. Last title on rear flap is Julius Caesar.

JOHN MAJOR THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by John Major.
Stock no. 1331095
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the most personal and revealing autobiographies every written by a former British Prime Minister. Black boards, gilt title to spine Blue endpapers. 774 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 0002570041. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and grubby marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

ISAIAH BERLIN A LIFE
Written by Michael Ignatieff.
Stock no. 1331094
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Isaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. Black boards, silver title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 356 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0701163259. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut.