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This page contains books on literature, literary figures and the arts.
JOHN STEINBECK by Jay Parini. A 614 page hardback biography of the author of Of Mice and Men. This is a first edition published in 1994 by Heinemann and both book and dustjacket are in fine condition. There are photographs. £10.00
RAYMOND CHANDLER by Tom Hiney. A 310 page hardback biography of the inspiration of the ‘film noir’. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Chatto & Windus and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. There are photographs. £10.00
VICTOR HUGO by Joanna Richardson. A 334 page hardback biography of the famous French author and poet. This is a first edition published in 1976 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson and both book and dustjacket are in very good condition. There are photographs. £8.00
IN THE BEGINNING by Irina Ratushinskaya. A 320 page hardback autobiography recalling the formative years of herself as a dissident poet. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Hodder & Stoughton and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £8.00
ART and ARTISTS of the NORWICH SCHOOL by Josephine Walpole. A 176 page hardback published in 1997 by The Antique Collectors Club. A first edition with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. There are numerous illustrations. £10.00
CHANNEL ISLANDS - The Diary of Three Friends in a Boat. A 113 page hardback consisting of watercolours by Jean Loup Eve and text by Gilbert Hurel. Published by Editions Aquarelles in 1999 both book and dustjacket are in fine condition. £10.00
THE FADED BANNERS, Memorable Writings of The American Civil War edited by Eric Soloman. A 336 page hardback published in 1986 by Exeter Books. Both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £8.00
ALWAYS and ALWAYS - The Wartime Letters of Hugh and Margaret Williams edited by Kate Dunn ( signed by Kate Dunn). A 276 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1995 by John Murray and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £6.00
FRONT LINE ARTISTS - a book mainly covering artists in war’s during the latter part of the nineteenth century by Peter Johnson. A 184 page hardback with numerous illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1978 by Cassell with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
WALLIS AND EDWARD - The Letters of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor from 1931 to 1937 edited by Michael Bloch. A 308 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
REMEMBRANCE OF HELL - The Great War Diary of Norman Ellison who was a writer, Broadcaster and Naturalist, edited by David Lewis. A 158 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Airlife with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
THE RAGS OF TIME - The autobiography of William Buchan. A 278 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1990 by ABE with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
THE SUN IN THE MORNING - The autobiography of M. M. Kaye. A 454 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Viking with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
MALCOLM LOWRY - a biography by Douglas Day. A 483 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1974 by Oxford with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
STEPHEN KING on Writing - a memoir. A 238 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 2000 by Hodder & Stoughton with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £6.00
A TIMELESS FASCINATION - The Byron story in fresh focus 200 years on by Margaret Sherry. A 215 page softback with illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1987 by Courtworth in very good condition. £5.00
STELLA BENSON a biography by Joy Grant. A 339 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1987 by Macmillan with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
BYRON - a biography by Elizabeth Longford. A 231 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1976 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
SAMUEL BUTLER - a biography by Peter Raby. A 334 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by Hogarth Press with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
ANTHONY TROLLOPE - a biography by Victoria Glendinning. A 551 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 1992 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
DAPHNE DU MAURIER - a daughter’s memoir by Flavia Leng. A 206 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published by Mainstream in 1994 with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
COLETTE - a biography by Michele Sarde. A 479 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1978 by Joseph with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
TIME TO BE EARNEST - the autobiography of P. D. James. A 269 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1999 by knopf with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £7.00
GEORGES SIMENON - a biography by Pierre Assouline. A 447 page hardback with photograph. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Chatto & Windus with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00
ART IN THE COLD WAR from Vladivostok to Kalamazoo, 1945 to 1962 by Christine Lindey. A 224 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Herbert with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
ALAN BENNETT - Writing Home. A 417 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1994 by faber & Faber with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
TERENCE RATTIGAN - a biography by Geoffrey Wansell. A 434 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1995 by Fourth Estate with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00
BLACKS IN BONDAGE - Letters of American Slaves edited by Robert S. Starobin. A 196 page hardback. This book, published in 1998 by Barnes & Noble has both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £7.00
THE ADVENTURES OF CONAN DOYLE - The life of the creator of Sherlock Holmes by Charles Higham. A 368 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1976 by Hamish Hamilton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
THE ROY STRONG DIARIES 1967 - 1987. A 461 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN TWO VOLUMES. The two books include all the plays and poems. There is no date but they are published by Nelson Doubleday and are both books and both dustjackets are in very good condition.. £20.00 including UK p/p.
TRUMAN CAPOTE - a biography by Gerald Clarke. A 631 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Hamish Hamilton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
A LOVING GENTLEMAN - The love story of William Faulkner and Meta Carpenter by Meta Carpenter Wilde and Orin Borsten. A 334 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1976 by Simon & Schuster with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF OSCAR WILDE - edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis. A 1,250 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2000 by Fourth Estate with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £25.00 including UK p/p.
BERNARD SHAW, The search for love - Volume one 1856 to 1898 by Michael Holroyd. A 486 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Chatto & Windus with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
SHAKESPEARE - the biography by Peter Ackroyd. A 546 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2005 by Chatto & Windus with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
UNQUIET SOUL - a biography of Charlotte Bronte by Margot Peters. A 460 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1975 by Hodder & Stoughton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £9.00
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS by Arthur Ransome. A 351 page hardback with illustrations. This edition published in 1990 by Jonathan Cape with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
ARTISTS OF THE RENAISSANCE by Giorgio Vasari. A 320 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This edition published in 1978 by Allen Lane with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £10.00
EVELYN WAUGH a biography by Selina Hastings. A 724 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1994 by Sinclair - Stevenson with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £12.00
A TALENT TO DECEIVE - An appreciation of Agatha Christie by Robert Barnard. A 203 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 1980 by Collins with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
THIS SCEPTER’D ISLE - Shakespeare’s Immortal Tribute with photographs by Fay Godwin. A 32 page hardback. Published in 1989 by Souvenir Press both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £4.00
RIVALS IN POWER - Lives and Letters of The Great Tudor Dynasties edited by David Starkey. A 292 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Grove Weidenfeld with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £10.00
THE IMMORTAL DINNER - A famous evening of genius and laughter in literary London, 1817 by Penelope Hughes-Hallett. A 336 page hardback with photographs. This is a second edition published in 2000 by Viking with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £6.00
BILL TIDY - an illustrated biography. A 231 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1995 by Smith Gryphon with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
TO BE A LADY - Biography of Catherine Cookson by Cliff Goodwin. A 326 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1994 by Century with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £6.00
THE GIRL FROM LEAM LANE - The Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson. A 248 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Headline with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £6.00
ENID BAGNOLD - a biography by Anne Sebba. A 317 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
NO LAUGHING MATTER - Joseph Heller and Speed Vogel. A 335 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Cape with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £6.00
THE COMPULSIVE SPIKE MILLIGAN edited by Norma Farnes. A 435 page hardback with illustrations. This is a first edition published in 2004 by Fourth Estate with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
TOLKIEN - Man and Myth - A Literary Life by Joseph Pearce. A 242 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Harper Collins with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £6.00
NIGHTMARE - The Birth of Horror by Christopher Frayling. A 224 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1996 by BBC Books with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
BYRON - The Making of a Myth by Stephen Coote. A 191 page hardback with both colour and black & white illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Bodley Head with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
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