WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY: THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Eric H. Walther.
Stock no. 1829439
Published by University Of North Carolina Press. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In this biography of William Lowndes Yancey, one of the leading secessionists of the Old South, the author examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xi and 477 pages including index. ISBN: 9780807830277. Top & tail of spine very slightly shelf-worn. Minor stain to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE HOPKINS TOUCH: HARRY HOPKINS AND THE FORGING OF THE ALLIANCE TO DEFEAT HITLER
Written by David L. Roll.
Stock no. 1829438
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unforgettable portrait of the Iowa-born social worker who became the linchpin of America's war effort. Cream boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 510 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199891955. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top rear edge of spine and a few minor marks.

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J.L. AUSTIN: PHILOSOPHER AND D-DAY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
Written by M.W. Rowe.
Stock no. 1829437
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

J.L. Austin was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Less well known is his outstanding contribution to intelligence in the Second World War. This revelatory biography explores Austin's complex character, his remarkable achievements in war and peace, and the surprisingly dramatic events in his personal life. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. xv and 660 pages including index. ISBN: 9780198707585. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to top of spine, lightly creased at edges and lightly scuffed.

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FRINK: A PORTRAIT
Written by Edward Lucie-Smith; Elisabeth Frink. Illustrated by Elisabeth Frink.
Stock no. 1829436
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Limited. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Elisabeth Frink was the foremost British sculptor of her generation, renowned for her haunting and majestic representations of birds, animals and men. Here, Frink's words speak with a freshness and authenticity which, when combined with Lucie-Smith's illuminating commentary, succeed in portraying the very essence of a truly great artist. Oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 138 pages. ISBN: 0747515727. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Name in ink to top of half-title page. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby.

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EDWARD SEAGO: THE VINTAGE YEARS
Written by Ron Ranson. Illustrated by Edward Seago.
Stock no. 1829424
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seago's finest and most characteristic landscape paintings. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0715399276. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Large grubby mark to lower margin of page 69 slightly affecting the text but not the picture. Otherwise one or two minor marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE LOWRY LEXICON: AN A-Z OF L.S. LOWRY
Written by Shelley Rohde. Illustrated by L.S. Lowry.
Stock no. 1829422
Published by The Lowry Centre. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this entertaining and skilfully presented gift-book, Lowry biographer Shelley Rohde uses her great skills as a writer to present a sequence of often amusing and always revealing anecdotes from the life of the artist. Square format. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 190297011X. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MAUD
Written by Maud Berkeley; Flora Fraser; Elizabeth Longford.
Stock no. 1829418
Published by Secker & Warburg. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diaries of Maud Berkeley, a remarkable Victorian middle class woman. Adapted by Flora Fraser. Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0436256770. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine. Lingering musty odour present.

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TOPICS OF OUR TIME: TWENTIETH-CENTURY ISSUES IN LEARNING AND IN ART
Written by E.H. Gombrich.
Stock no. 1829404
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Includes a short autobiography of the author. The author devotes this volume of his essays to some of the most urgent issues confronting the student of art and of civilization today. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 071482707X. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel has has an old price-label to rear.

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THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Written by Alan Johnson.
Stock no. 1829396
Published by Bantam Press. 1st 2016. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of Alan Johnson, Home Secretary 2009. This volume tells of Alan's early political skirmishes as a trade-union leader, where his negotiating skills and charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair and other senior members of the Labour Party. Grey paper boards, silver title to spine. A few colour photos. 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780593076033. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Some light rubbing to front board and lower edge of rear board. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little sticky to rear panel (label removal?) and just a little grubby.

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TOLSTOY: A RUSSIAN LIFE
Written by Rosamund Bartlett.
Stock no. 1829394
Published by Profile Books. Circa 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In November 1910 Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. He was 82 and had led a remarkable and long life during one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history. Purple cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 544 pages. ISBN: 9781846681387. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BEN NICHOLSON
Written by Jeremy Lewison. Illustrated by Ben Nicholson.
Stock no. 1829389
Published by Tate Gallery. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

This catalogue, published to accompany the major exhibition of Nicholson's work held at the Tate Gallery 1993-1994, sheds new light on Nicholson's achievements and his life. All the works in the exhibition are described and analysed and there are ten essays on different aspects of Nicholson's art. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 277 pages. ISBN: 1854371304. Lower front edge and top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase which has a few marks.

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ILYA KABAKOV
Written by Boris Groys; David A. Ross; Iwona Blazwick. Illustrated by Ilya Kabakov.
Stock no. 1829388
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ilya Kabakov is the most prominent contemporary Russian artist. Boris Groy, an art critic and philosopher, surveys the artist's long career and analyzes its philosophical and formal dimensions in terms of art history as well as the artist's own biography. David A. Ross discusses the artist's practice and its bridging of Eastern and Western contemporary art by means of an interview with the artist. Large format. White cardwraps with black titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0714837970. Text block slightly grubby, cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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