MATISSE THE MASTER: A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE VOLUME TWO, 1909-1954
Written by Hilary Spurling.
Stock no. 1826356
Published by The Penguin Group. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Whitbread Book of the Year 2005. Red cloth spine with gilt title, beige paper boards. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780241133392. Fourth printing.

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THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO 1918-1956: AN EXPERIMENT IN LITERARY INVESTIGATION
Written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn; Brian W. Aldiss.
Stock no. 1826285
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

The author's experiences in the Soviet Gulag system. Edited from the original three volume edition by Edward E. Ericson. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Whitney and Harry Willetts. Introduced by Aldiss. Pictorial boards. B/w photos. Couple of tiny minor marks to rear last page but one. Else a lovely copy, appears unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Written by Francis Kilvert; William Plomer.
Stock no. 1826229
Published by Century Hutchinson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Very good condition.

Life in the English Countryside in Mid-Victorian Times. An Illustrated Selection Edited and Introduced by William Plomer. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and elaborate onlay to front. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0712693978. Previous owner's name & address label to front pastedown. Text block has a few minor marks and is lightly browned.

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VANWALL: THE STORY OF TONY VANDERVELL AND HIS RACING CARS
Written by Denis Jenkinson; Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1826214
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tony Vandervell, the founder of world-famous bearing manufacturers Vandervell Products Ltd, was the driving force behind the Vanwalls. Invaluable insight into the character of Tony Vandervell and what went into the building and racing of his team of Vanwall cars. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 0850591694. Board edges rubbed, top rear corner bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to text block. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges.

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SS-KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER 1943-1945
Written by Massimiliano Afiero.
Stock no. 1826137
Published by Kagero. 1st 2018. Almost very good condition.

The military career of Jochen Peiper, one of the most valiant and decorated officers of the Waffen SS told through the main battles and campaigns, which involved the units under his command, especially the armored Kampfgruppen of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9788395157509. Corner sbumped & rubbed. Rear board is worn with a few splits to surface paper at edges. Contents are clean.

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FASANELLA'S CITY: THE PAINTINGS OF RALPH FASANELLA WITH THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND ART
Written by Patrick Watson. Illustrated by Ralph Fasanella.
Stock no. 1826070
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A personal encounter with an extraordinary man and his art. The extraordinary art of Ralph Fanasella - his electrically alive vision of the city of New York and of America. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed image to front. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0394488237. Light browning to board edges and text block. Small grubby mark to verso of frontis, last page has some foxspots. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine and front spine edge, worn at top of spine and creawsed to top edge.

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CHARDIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826063
Published by Royal Academy of Arts; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. To accompany exhibition during 2000. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900946830. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Top edge of text block and front cover slightly nicked (minor) and text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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WALTER HANCOCK AND HIS COMMON ROAD STEAM CARRIAGES
Written by Francis James.
Stock no. 1826025
Published by Laurence Oxley. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Walter Hancock who produced steam vehicles of many types, from his steam Phaeton of 1836 to the five ton Automaton. This is his life and work as written by his great great grand nephew. The second half of the book contains a reprint of Walter Hancock's Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments (1824-36) dealing with Steam Carriages ont he Common Roads, together with the original engravings as published in 1838. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950134775. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to title page. Faint damp patch from dustwrapper to rear board. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block. Tiny nick to lower edge of first couple of pages. Text block a little grubby and dampstained. Orange dustwrapper is damp stained to verso, lightly edge-worn and lightly marked.

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SERENADE TO THE BIG BIRD
Written by Bert Stiles.
Stock no. 1325570
Published by Howland Associates. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Bert Stiles was a student at Colorado College in 1942 when he joined the American Army Air Force... Blue glazed pictorial boards. 160 pages. ISBN: 0965523861. Minimal bumping to spine and corners else a fine copy.

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TERROR IN THE STARBOARD SEAT
Written by Dave McIntosh; David L. Bashow.
Stock no. 1825993
Published by Stoddart Publishing Co Ltd.. 2nd 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second edition. 41 trips aboard a Mosquito: a true story of 418 Squadron. Informative, scene-setting foreword by David L. Bashow. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0773730893. A lovely copy.

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THOMAS TOMPION: HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by R.W. Symonds.
Stock no. 1825939
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Thomas Tompion has been called the 'Father of clockmakers': without a doubt he was one of the finest horologists in history. This book is a definitive record of Tompion's life and work. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and several colour. Top edge blue. Text block lightly browned. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and worn at corners. Includes contemporary press release of the book

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ARCHITECT OF WINGS
Written by Harald Penrose.
Stock no. 1825880
Published by Airlife. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of Roy Chadwick - designer of the Lancaster Bomber. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 246 pages. ISBN: 0906393558. Pictorial dustwrapper has faded from blue to green at spine, base of spine is rubbed and worn.

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