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Keating, H.R.F. (Ed.) - AGATHA CHRISTIE FIRST LADY OF CRIME(Weidenfeld & Nicholson London , 1977)
pp.224 Pages
Agatha Christie was not only the biggest selling writer of detective stories the world has ever known but she was also a mystery in herself. Keating, a crime novelist and respected reviewer of crime fiction, has assembled a dozen distinguished writers from both sides of the Atlantic to try and throw some light on this woman of mystery. 18x25cm. Profusely illustrated.
Black textured brds. in d/w Fine
Price: $13.20

Hassall, Christopher (Arranged by) - AMBROSIA AND SMALL BEER : The Record of Correspondence between Edward Marsh and Christopher Hassall(Longmans, London , 1964)
pp.373 Pages
Correspondence between Winston Churchill`s Private Secretary and the noted biographer (`Edward Marsh`, 1959 and `Rupert Brooke`, 1964) View image.
VG+ cloth brds in VG edgeworn d/w
Price: $11.00

Zagier, David - BOTCHKI : When Doomsday Was Still Tomorrow(Peter Halban, London , 2000)
pp.238 Pages
HARDCOVER UK EDITION Memoirs of shetl life 1900 - 1927 in Czarist and Bolsevik Russia, Imperial Germany and Poland: Botcki was a shetl of motionless Wandering Jews and goyim. BIOG JEWISH STUDIES
Very Fine (unused) hardcover clth brds in VF d/w
Price: $13.20

Harman, Nicholas - BWANA STOKESI and his African Conquests(Jonathan Cape, London , 1986)
pp.xv, 272 Pages
Charles Stokes, African adventurer and his relations with the British, Germans, Belgians and French during their colonial expansion into Africa ending in `murderous and farcical confusion` with the notorious `Stokes Affair`.
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $16.50

Dormer, Marion - COUNTRY SKETCHBOOK OF DUBBO AND DISTRICTS(Macquarie Publications , 1980 1st ed.)
pp.108 Pages
Illustrated by Alex Parker and text by Marion Dormer. 24x18.5 cm. SIGNED by Marion Dormer
Brown brds with gilt lettering to front and spine very fine in very fine d/w
Price: $22.00

Pottle, Mark (ed); Bonham Carter, Violet - DARING TO HOPE: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter 1946-1969(Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2000)
pp. xxxi, 431 Pages
Includes raw material of VBC`s 1965 biography `Winston Churchill As I knew Him` and its unpublished sequel. Well illustrated, appendices, notes, index.
Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in d/w with some rear edgewear
Price: $30.25

Durschmied, Erik - DON`T SHOOT THE YANQUI - The Life of a War Cameraman(Grafton Books London , 1990 1st. ed.)
pp.330 Pages
Durschmied has been described in Newsweek as `a supremely gifted cameraman-reporter who has transformed the medium he works in`. Don`t Shoot the Yanqui is his story, from his boyhood in Vienna to his remarkable life as a war cameraman. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 17/5 x 25 cm.
Grey textured brds. in d/w with 2 minor tears otherwise fine.
Price: $16.50

Kronenberger, Louis - EXTRA-ORDINARY MR WILKES, THE : His Life and Times(Doubleday, New York , 1974)
pp.269 Pages
18th century English wit, politician, insatiable libertine (founder member of the Hell-Fire Club), Lord Mayor of London, supporter of the American Revolution. Illustrated. (View image)
Fine cloth brds inedgeworn Good d/w
Price: $16.50

Wallace, Irving - FABULOUS SHOWMAN, THE(Hutchinson, London , 1960, 1st ed)
pp.236 Pages
Biography of P. T. Barnum, circus entrepreneur extraordinaire. (.View image of frontispiece and title page)
VG+ cloth brdfs,, bookplate and bookseller`s label on fep, lightly speckled edges, no d/w
Price: $15.40

Pullar, Philippa - FRANK HARRIS(Hamish Hamilton, London , 1975, 1st ed)
pp.419 Pages
The definitive biography of the author of `My Secret Life`.
VG, some marks to cloth brds, no d/w
Price: $13.20

Lee, Chana Kai - For Freedom`s Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer(Univerity of Illinois , 1999)
pp.xvi, 255 Pages
Study of Mississippi Afro-american civil rights activist Hamer, who made dramatic appearance at 1964 Democratic National Convention as leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. With bibliog refs and index.
Very fine cloth brds in Very Fine d/w
Price: $17.60

Burrell, Philippa - GOLDEN THREAD, THE & THE HORSES AND THE CHARIOTEER (2 vols of trilogy)(University of Hull Press , 1997)
pp.366, 360 Pages
Price is for the 2 volumes.`One of the finest autobiographies of the 20th century` - Colin Wilson. Playwright Burrell`s account from her early life in a London school and her lesbian experience with the head-mistress, her role as private secretary at 10 Downing Street, her life in India to her escape from Nazi Germany on the last train from Warsaw.
Very Fine trade paperback editions
Price: $24.20

Gage, Nicholas - GREEK FIRE : THE STORY OF MARIA CALLAS AND ARISTOTLE ONASSIS(Pan Macmillan , 2000)
pp. xxi, 422 Pages
`Packed with detail, brimming with compassion and understanding of both these highly charged lovers ... a hugely entertaining, distinguished and serious work.` - New York Post
Softcover. Fine (unused)
Price: $11.00

James P. Spradley (Ed.) - GUESTS NEVER LEAVE HUNGRY The Autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian(Yale University Press , 1969)
pp.310 Pages
The Story of James Sewid, A twentieth-century Kwakiutl Indian Chieftain, brings to live the experience of one man caugfht in conflict as the traditional Kwakiutl culture gave way to the demands of an expanding Western society in British Columbia. 14.5 x 21.5 cm. B/w photo. illust.
P/b in very good cond.
Price: $11.00

Tolstoy, Nikolay - HALF-MAD LORD, THE : Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (1775-1804)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York , 1978 1st US ed)
pp.239 (endpaper maps) Pages
Prototype Regency hero, cousin of Prime Minister Pitt, whose exploits included his attempt, disguised as an American sailor, to assassinate Napoleon. For a time, the obsessed Pitt was more feared by Napoleon`s government than the forces of Britain, Austria and Russia! Illustrated. (View image)
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $19.80

Colacello, Bob - HOLY TERROR Andy Warhol Close Up(Harper Collins , 1990)
pp.514 Pages
An Insider`s Portrait by the editor of `Interview` magazine. The real story of Warhol`s life and career, the inner workings of the Factory, Studio 54, etc.
FineCloth brds in d/w
Price: $19.80

Freeman, Sarah - ISABELLA AND SAM The story of Mrs Beeton(Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, NY , 1978)
pp.336 Pages
Biography of the author of `Mrs Beeton`s Book of Household Management`. Debunks image of Mrs Beeton as archetypal Victorian dowager and explores her life as a very atypical modern career woman, author and magazine editor.
Fine in VG+ d/w
Price: $17.60

Taylor, Anne - LAURENCE OLIPHANT 1829-1888(Oxford University Press , 1982)
pp.xi, 306 Pages
`There was no stranger man than Larence Oliphant in the whole Victorian era`: Traveller, writer, diplomat, wit, secret agent, enrepreneur and mystic. 12 plates, notes, bibliog, index. Cross references: Thomas Lake Harris, Brotherhood of the New Life, Hannah Pearsall Smith
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $16.50

Noor, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan - LEAP OF FAITH: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life (Queen Noor)(Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2003)
pp.xi, 467 Pages
Princeton graduate Lisa Halaby married King Hussein and became the glamorous Queen of Jordan. She plays a vital role in Jordan`s mediating role in the Middle east conflict.
Hardcover. Very Fine in Very Fine d/w. Page 407 has tiny irregularity to bottom edge.
Price: $33.00

Mead, Margaret - LETTERS FROM THE FIELD 1925-1975(Harper & Row , 1977 1st ed.)
pp.343 Pages
Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs and maps bringing to life the experiences of one of the most remarkable women of our time. 16x24 cms.
grey cloth brds very fine in d/w withchipped edges
Price: $16.50