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UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With fascinating detail on the battle plans. weaponry, and human drama of Agincourt, this is a gripping evocation of a historical event integral to English identity and the Fiennes family. There is a gift dedication on the ffep. The D/W shows light signs of wear to its edges and corners .
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Agincourt: My Family, the Battle and the Fight for France
by Fiennes, Ranulph
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All in One Basket- Nest eggs.
by Deborah Devonshire
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London .UK: John Murry ( Publishers ) Ltd., 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book, titled," All in One Basket- Nest Eggs by Deborah Devonshire " the boards, text block and dust jacket are square, tight and clean. Illustrated. This book is photographed in the box its packed in as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..
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Beckett Remembering Remembering Beckett
by James Knowlson
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UK: Bloomsbury, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautifully designed and containing fascinating insights into Becketts world, together with a wide selection of photographs, some of them previously unpublished, this book is a lively and revealing tribute to a great novelist, poet and dramatist. The d/w a small nick to the head of the spine. A good clean tight copy..
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Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century
by Paul Kildea.
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London .UK: Allen Lane., 2013. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paul Kildea ,in this book helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, and takes us as far into his creative process as we are ever likely to go. There is a small tear to the top front corner. The covers and binding are square, tight and clean. This book is photographed in the box its packed in as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd Class Signed For Parcel Post in UK only. .
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Blood and Fire : William and Catherine Booth and Their Salvation Army
by Roy Hattersley
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UK: Little, Brown & Co., 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. William Booth was one of the most extraordinary men of his age - a pawnbroker's clerk who was to found the most successful religious movement of the nineteenth century. It now numbers its membership in hundreds of thousands and can be found in virtually every country in the world. A good, clean and tight copy..
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The Blossoming World
by Bates , H.E
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London: Michael Joseph.. This is the second part of his biography which takes up his life in 1926,when he was twenty and had just published his first novel,The Two Sisters.The d/w has light wearing along the top.there is also a dedication on the ffep. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1971.
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Born Fearless: From Kids' Home to SAS to Pirate Hunter - My Life as a Shadow Warrior
by Campion, Phil
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UK.: Quercus Publishing, 2011. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Not dead yet. Not kidnapped, captured, tortured or killed. But he has come close. Meet ' Big ' Phil Campion. To his fellow operators he's a private military contractor. To you or me he's a mercenary, a soldier of fortune, a gun for hire, selling violence to the highest bidder. But to Big Phil it's all just another chapter in a life spent fighting in the shadows. There is light marking on the text block edge..
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Bound with Love: Letters Home from China 1935-1945
by Audrey Salters
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UK: Agequod Publications, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In 1935 Ronald and Gwyneth Still set out on the long sea voyage from Tilbury to China, where Ronald was engaged to work as a doctor in a small mission hospital in the north. After ten turbulent years they returned by the same route, those ten years , encompassing eight years under Japanese occupation and three years in internment in Shanghai, is told in these letters to their families in England. The editiors signature is on the title page.There is light wear to the edges of the covers. A good clean and tight cover..
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The Busiest Man in England: The Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect, and Victorian Visionary
by Kate Colquhoun
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USA: David R. Godine Publisher, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joseph Paxton, bestrode the worlds of horticulture, urban planning, and architecture like colossus. This was the indispensable man, the self-taught polymath and can-do pragmatist who had a solution to every large-scale logistical problem, the genius whom an impossibly overworked Charles Dickens dubbed " The Busiest Man in England". The d/w has been covered in plastic by the previous owner, and there is an owners label on the ffep. A good clean and tight copy..
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Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
by Madhur Jaffrey
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UK: Ebury Press, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Madhur Jaffrey can tell a story beautifully especially when it is the account of her own childhood in India. This enchanting memoir of an exuberant young girl, growing up in an age and society that has now disappeared, is made all the more evocative by Madhur's passion for food. The tastes, the smells, the colours - these food memories form and shape her reminiscences. There is some light marking to the D/W . A clean and tight copy.
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Coleridge; Darker reflections
by Richard Holmes
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London .UK: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This volume titled " Coleridge; Darker Reflections".The boards , text block and dust jacket are all square, tight and clean. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..
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Collision Course
by Lygo, Raymond
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UK: The Book Guild Ltd., 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. On retirement from the Navy, industry beckoned in the shape of British Aerospace which, as chief executive and managing director, he nursed it through the traumatic experience of being the first nationalized company to be privatized. This is a fascinating biography of a boy who left school at 14 and ended up an admiral and chief executive of one of Britain's biggest companies. There is light bumping to the corners but is otherwise a tight clean copy.
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Davies Contract
by Braithwaite E.C
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Edgar Braithwaite was born in 1918 in the city of Leeds and served a five year apprenticeship with an engineering firm, followed by a further eight years in their drawing office. He spent the last ten years of his working life in Chesire before retiring in 1980 . There is a dediction and author's signature on the title page. Cheshire: Braithwaite. Very Good. First Edition. 2001.
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Davies Creation
by Braithwaite E.C.
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This is the biography of Edgar Braithwaite who was born in 1918 in the city of Leeds and served a five year apprenticeship with an engineering firm, folloed by a further eight years in their drawing office. He spent the last 10 years of his working life in Chesire , before retiring in 1980. There is a dedication and author's signature on the title page. Warrington Cheshire: Horseshoe Pub. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 1998.
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Davies Destiny
by Braithwaite E.C
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Cheshire: Braithwaite. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2003.There is a dedication and author's signature on the title page.A good, tight and clean copy.
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Davies Progress
by Braithwaite E.c
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Edgar Braithwaite was born in 1918 in the city of Leeds and served a five year apprenticeship with an engineering firm, followed by a further eight years in their drawing office. He spent the last ten years of his working life in Chesire where he retired in 1980. there is a dedication and the author's signature on the title page. Cheshire: Braithwaite. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2002.
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The Early Arrival Of Dreams
by Rosemary Mahoney
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UK: Macdonald & Co ( Publishers ) Ltd., 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An extraordinarily moving and sensitive account of a young American teacher's effort to work in China and learn from those she came to know - a sensitive thoughtful, beautifully rendered story, and a fine novelist's sensibility brought to tradition of personal, documentary writing. Their is light tanning to the text block. The D/W shows wear to its edges and a small tear to the lower bottom back corner. a clean tight copy..
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The Entokil Man; The Life of Harold Maxwell-Lefroy
by Laurence Fleming
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London .UK: Dexter Haven Publishing Ltd, 2015. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book titles," The Entokil Man; The Life of Harold Maxwell-Lefroy " the boards, text block and dust jacket are square, tight and clean. Illustrated with Black & White photos. This book is photographed in the box its packed in as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..
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Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel
by George Christie
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UK: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book, George Christie takes us on an action-packed ride through his forty years as a Hell's Angel. He describes the larger-than-life characters in the club, the brotherhood and the betrayals, being targeted by the Feds and his stretches in prison. A good, clean and tight copy..
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For Want of the Golden City
by Sitwell, Sacheverell
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UK: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A major work by one of the finest and most original writers of English prose, this book is a self-portrait of the author, though in no sense is it an autobiography. There is a signature ( not the authors ) and date in ink on the inside of the front fly-leaf. The D/J shows light shelf-wear to its edges top and base. PLEASE NOTE ; International economy shipping is by sea and may take upto 90 days to arrive..
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