GRAHAM SUTHERLAND: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Roger Berthoud. Illustrated by Graham Sutherland.
Stock no. 1829595
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An authorised biography, showing the artist, Graham Sutherland, to be no less complex and fascinating as a man than as an artist. Green cloth boards, brown title block with gilt title to spine, brown title to front. B/w and a few colour photos and illustrations. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0571118828. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block very slightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby.

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DE LEMPICKA
Written by Gilles Neret. Illustrated by Tamara De Lempicka.
Stock no. 1829584
Published by Taschen. Nearly fine condition.

Tamara De Lempicka was a Polish painter best known for her polished Art Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. ISBN: 9783836532273. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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GIOTTO DI BONDONE 1267-1337: THE RENEWAL OF PAINTING
Written by Norbert Wolf. Illustrated by Giotto.
Stock no. 1829579
Published by Taschen. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

"Back to Visual Basics" series. Giotto was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 9783822851609. A nice, clean copy.

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DRIVEN PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES FORRESTAL
Written by Townsend Hoopes; Douglas Brinkley.
Stock no. 1829559
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Bluejacket Books. A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century. Forrestal forged a career that took him from his working-class origins to the social and financial stratosphere of Wall Street, and from there to policy making in Washington. This absorbing study not only takes an understanding look at this complicated man but presents an authoritative history of the tumultuous years of America's rise to world primacy. Blue cardwraps. A few b/w photos. xvi and 587 pages including index. ISBN: 1557503346. Covers lightly scuffed. Small stain to top edge of text block and a few margins. Contents clean.

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BRECKINRIDGE: STATESMAN, SOLDIER, SYMBOL
Written by William C. Davis.
Stock no. 1829558
Published by University Press of Kentucky. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

John C. Breckinridge rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in America's history. Born to a well-known Kentucky family in 1821, he became a celebrated statesman, heroic soldier, and supporter of compromise. Pictorial cardwraps. xxviii and 687 pages including index. This is a physical print-on-demand copy. ISBN: 9780813192550. Lower front corner of covers lightly creased. Small stain to top rear edge and gutter margin of index pages. Else contents clean.

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ACCIDENTAL AGENT
Written by John Goldsmith.
Stock no. 1829555
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A true and exciting story of SOE. After several unsuccessful attempts to offer his services to his country, Goldsmith found himself, quite by accident, in the sinister and romantic world of espionage. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850520371. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, lightly faded to spine, foxing to verso.

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NO TIME TO LOSE: THE FAST-MOVING WORLD OF BILL IVY
Written by Alan Peck.
Stock no. 1829553
Published by Motor Racing Publications Ltd.. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A tribute to a great champion of motorcycle racing, Bill Ivy. Dark green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 0900549149. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Front pastedown is pulled over very close to vertical edge of boards (binding error). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and is rubbed at top & tail of spine.

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THE RACER'S EDGE: MEMOIRS OF AN ISLE OF MAN TT LEGEND
Written by Dave Molyneux.
Stock no. 1829551
Published by Wharncliffe Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A frank autobiography of the greatest TT sidecar racer of all time. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. x and 164 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845631420. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and scuffed.

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GUY BURGESS: A PORTRAIT WITH BACKGROUND
Written by Tom Driberg.
Stock no. 1829548
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1956. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the spy. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 123 pages. Remains of a label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed to spine and front panel, grubby to rear panel.

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ONE MAN'S MOTORCYCLES 1939-1949
Written by Peter McManus.
Stock no. 1829544
Published by Tranters. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A motorcycle theme with much more than that... Boyhood in Rhyl during the depression driven 1930s, Engineering apprenticeship in Dickensian conditions in Derby then Aero Engine Development at Rolls Royce. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 271 pages. ISBN: 0953060322. SIGNED by the author (with good wishes) to title page. Author's address label to inside of front cover. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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TEN MINUTES TO BUFFALO: THE STORY OF GERMANY'S GREAT ESCAPER
Written by Ulrich Steinhilper; Peter Osborne.
Stock no. 1829543
Published by Independent Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Having fought throughout the Battle of Britain, Ulrich Steinhilper was shot down as he flew his Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 on a bomber escort duty. So it was in late October 1940 Ulrich was to begin a phase of his life which would stretch him to the limit of physical endurance and to the edge of insanity. He was to become a prisoner of war, but he was not a man to embrace something as alien as imprisonment lightly and so he was to dedicate himself to the idea of escape... Blaqck cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 432 pages. ISBN: 1872836011. SIGNED by the author to bookplate on front endpaper. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed to rear panel.

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EDWARD BURRA: TWENTIETH-CENTURY EYE
Written by Jane Stevenson.
Stock no. 1829535
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first full-scale biography of one of Britain's most important twentieth-century painters. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 496 pages including index. ISBN: 9780224078757. Top & tail of spine slightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, has a minor mark to spine, and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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