Biography from Dodman Books

London: Bantam Books, 2014. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by Gardner to title page. Paperback edition with new afterword. Stock lightly toned to top of block, but all in VG+ crisp, clean and bright order otherwise. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 505pp +… Read more about this item

London: London & Provincial Publishing Co, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Excellent illustrated survey of the great and good of two counties - and their properties, many photographed - produced by the remarkable entrepreneur John Grant, pioneer of this early form of vanity publishing. Published at £6 6s. and "only for subscribers" so likely… Read more about this item

Austin: Eakin Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON on pre-title page: "For Tony - on a happy visit to the LBJ Ranch! February 8, 1998, Lady Bird Johnson". Written by a "biographer of famous Texans for young Americans" and in fine, crisp,… Read more about this item

London: The Times, 1894. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce memorial booklet, celebrating the life of John Walter, MP, proprietor of The Times and grandson of its founder. Booklet was produced for internal circulation to the Times' staff. Engraved photo frontispiece of Walter followed by reprints of his Times obituary… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Laurence and Leigh to lightly toned photo frontispiece. All in generally good internal order. Some spotting to endpapers and edge of block, but this only intruding onto pages occasionally and then minor. Smart burgundy boards with bright silver titling to… Read more about this item

London: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First UK Edition of this perceptive biography of Phil Mickelson. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Near-fine unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo.… Read more about this item

Leominster: Gracewing, 1995. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second printing of Mascall's autobiography, with much on Cambridge, Oxford and life as leading Anglo-Catholic priest. All in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Very light wear only to smart green boards with bright gilt titling… Read more about this item

Leominster: Gracewing, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of remarkable hymnologist and leading Anglo-Catholic Neale. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Light wear only to smart card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 241pp

London: Bloomsbury, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of Neville's extraordinary tour through 1960s counterculture as editor of Oz. Well illustrated. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Light fading to bottom edge of smart purple boards with bright gilt titling to… Read more about this item

Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well received biography in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Light wear only to pictorial card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 212pp + plates

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Priest's journey from a childhood in the slums of Poplar to a return as vicar of St Paul's, Stepney. Much of interest on London's East End poor. All in VG internal order. Corner crease to one page. Light… Read more about this item

Wallington: The Religious Education Press, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Nine pen portraits of remarkable religiously motivated social campaigners. All in VG internal order. Pictorial card covers dulled to edges. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 96pp

London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge [SPCK], 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stock toned to edges, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Signs of label removal to endpapers, but no indications of library use. Blue boards a little worn to edges and rather faded to spine. This is… Read more about this item

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The life of a man greatly beloved". Light toning to stock and a little marking to edge of block, but internally all is clean and bright. Light shelfwear only to smart blue boards. Good unclipped d/j a little worn to top… Read more about this item

London: The Centenary Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce and fascinating memoir from leading Anglo-Catholic priest, with much of Sheffield interest. Stock lightly toned, moreso to endpapers, and occasional minor spotting, but in general all in VG internal order. Black cloth, with gilt tilting to spine, well worn… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. First edition of this biography of leading figure in the women's suffrage cause, with eight plates and a frontispiece portrait. Likely ex-lib as some evidence of label removal to rear pastedown, but no other indications. Stock toned and some light marking/corner creasing, but in general good order… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Barker, 1956. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. Second impression of first edition. Ex-Boots library with sticker to front board, but no other indications of library use. Stock a little toned with a few occasional marks and slight looseness to front hinge. Best regarded as a reading copy. Brown cloth well worn to edges.… Read more about this item

London: The Anglo-Catholic History Society, 2008. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Revised edition of this biography of noted Anglo-Catholic cleric. One of the scarcer titles in the Society's series of occasional papers. All in VG+ clean and bright internal order. Very light wear only to smart card covers.… Read more about this item

Eton: David Bland, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In near fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart plum boards with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG unclipped d/j, faded to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 334pp … Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of much loved priest and joint founder of the Society of the Holy Cross, a society for Anglo-Catholic priests. Fourth edition, with toning to stock and occasional foxing. Endpapers split, but bindings holding firm. Attractive armorial bookplate… Read more about this item