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JOHN COWPER POWYS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by John Cowper Powys.
Stock no. 630316
Published by MacDonald. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A New Edition, with Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Green cloth with gilt titles. Covers lightly marked. Remains of small label to front pastedown. Wrapper a bit grubby with some minor chipping.

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JOCHEN RINDT
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 816763
Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. The biography of the motor racing driver. Driver Profiles No. 6. ISBN: 0905138791. Never read.

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JOHN HARE COMEDIAN 1865-1895
Written by T. Edgar Pemberton.
Stock no. 811531
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1895. Very good condition.

Biography of the Victorian actor and manager of the Garrick theatre in London. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 202 pages. Bookplate of author to front pastedown plus 2 page handwritten letter SIGNED by John Hare.

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ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.

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THE MODEL MERCHANT OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Samuel Lysons.
Stock no. 809544
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 1st 1860. Very good condition.

Exemplified in the story of Whittington and His Cat being an attempt to rescue that interesting story from the region of fable and to place it in its proper position in the legitimate history of this country. Dark red cloth, gilt titles. 3 b/w plates plus 1 large folding genealogical table. Corners a little bumped and rubbed.

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THE CARLYLE COUNTRY
Written by J.M. Sloan.
Stock no. 807377
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Thomas Carlyle was born in the village of Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire. the story of this area and his life. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Top edge gilt. Endpapers lightly foxed. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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GRAVEN IMAGE
Written by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 598884
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition.

An Autobiographical textbook. B/w pictorial covers. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers and some pages internally.

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SHADOWS OF THE GALLOWS
Written by Patrick C. Murphy.
Stock no. 598436
Published by The Caxton Printers Ltd.. 1928. Fair condition.

The author was a life prisoner in the Idaho State Penitentiary. Red cloth. B/w photos. Rear board badly dampstained and photos at rear affected by damp.

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THE BOY'S STORY OF LINDBERGH THE LONE EAGLE
Written by Richard J. Beamish.
Stock no. 380157
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 320 pages. B/w photos. The story of the first man to fly from New York to Paris. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Large but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STAGE-COACHMAN
Written by Thomas Cross.
Stock no. 627233
Published by Hurst & Blackett. 1st 1861. Very good condition.

Three volumes. 8 x 5". Red embossed cloth, gilt titles to spines. B/w frontis to each volume. Bookplate of Eric S. Quayle to front pastedown of Vol I. Top and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents very good.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT LORD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 596566
Published by Oresko Books Ltd.. Circa 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905368037. A few marks and some uneven fading to covers. Contents are fine.

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EDWARD TEGLA DAVIES
Written by Islwyn Ffowc Elis.
Stock no. 595831
Published by Hugh Evans. 1st 1956. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cloth, black titles. Text in Welsh, b/w photo frontis.

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