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Sasolburg, South Africa: Alison Bradshaw, 2014. A print-on-demand copy from Amazon. Very slight bumping to spine ends, otherwisr a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Episodes from the author's parents' time living on the shores of Lake Kariba in (then) north-west Rhodesia between 1968 and 1976. 137pp, colour and b&w drawings throughout..… Read more about this item

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to corners of black buckram-covered boards, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Number 139 (CXXXIX) in the publisher's "The Worlds Classics" series which was issued in ten different bindings, this is bound in black buckram with paper title… Read more about this item

London: Quercus, 2022. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Tales from the author's life in comedy. NOT a first edition, number line starts with a 2. Signed by the author on title page to original owners "To .... & .... Rich Hall". … Read more about this item

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Applause, 2011. Ex American library copy (Clark County, Springfield, Ohio) with labels to spine and back cover, small ink stamps on top and bottom page edges and a date stamp on half-title, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A biography of the American actor Jerry Orbach, probably… Read more about this item

Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics: Matador, 2019. Very slight bumping to bottom end of spine of red boards, otherwise a very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. A biography of the suffragist (not suffragette) Ray Strachey (1887-1940), who also campaigned for improved employment opportunities for women and was one of the first female parliamentary candidates.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Paul Harris, 1983. Minor crreasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, original owner's gift message on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and family history of Christian Watt, who was born in Fraserburgh in 1833, was sent to the… Read more about this item

Whitby, Yorkshire: Caedmon of Whitby, 1975. Slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. A biography of William Scoresby (1789-1857), remembered mainly for his Arctic explorations when commanding whaling ships 1811-22; he also wrote many scientific papers for the Royal Society and later studied Divinity at Cambridge,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. Some creasing and a few small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of gray boards, previous owners gift message on f/ep dated 1980, possibly from the editior (... from all the Barkers...), but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally written in 1947 but never… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 2022. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally written in the mid 1950s but unpublished until 2022, autobiographical memoirs by the American poet Robert Lowell, covering his childhood, later periods of mental illness, and reminiscences of other writers. 387pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Hard… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 2015. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Memoirs by the former Conservative MP and cabinet minister who served from 1979 to 1987. 297pp, 16pp b&w (mostly, some in colour) illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Biteback Publishing, 2023. The tiniest bit of crasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A biography of Marcia Williams, political secretary to Harold Wilson. 277pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Virago Press, 1992. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the life and (more so) at the works of poet Sylvia Plath. 288pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1990. Slight bumping to spine ends and corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and work of Orcadian writer Robert Rendall, known for his poetry and for writings on archaeology, travel, and religion. Includes a section on his… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1978. A three-inch tear to top end of fold of back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, some creasing to edges of same, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, btut otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being the autobiography of the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Includes his early service in the Manchester… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Barbara Hopkinson Books, 1985. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1959, the author's memories of the town of Hadleigh in Suffolk when he was a child in 1915-19, though many of the events were told to him… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Ramsay Head Press, 1986. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of gray boards, pages 61-64 (one sheet of paper) loose, NOT torn out, but a mistake in the binding. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. The author's memories of life in rural Aberdeenshire when he was… Read more about this item

Weardale, Co Durham: The Memoir Club, 2007. Slight fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwiise a good clea tight copy of this hard-cover book. The autobiography of the author, who spent his working life in administration at Trinity College, Oxford, also lecturing in Modern Greek, and later as Warden at Rhodes House. Earlier he served in the Royal… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. Minor creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1935, this is a fourth impression from 1945. "Chapters on Children and on Childhood as it is revealed in particular in Early Memories… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Paul Harris, 1980. Slight creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, also an old water-stain to bottom edge of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some foxing to outer pages, Original owner's gift message on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his unusual… Read more about this item

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1955. A reprint from 1955 (same year as the first printing)Unclipped dustwrapper is in poor condition, torn in two at the right-hand side of the spine and with the lower part of spine missing, other tears and creases to the edges. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some… Read more about this item