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London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The text is illustrated throughout with over 150 pictures, including 16 in colour, of Lawrence, his friends and associates, places where he lived, and of his paintings..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This compelling life of Charles Dickens is the first to take full account of many new letters and the considerable research of Dickens scholars during the past twenty-five years..

London: Fourth Estate, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 9"; 212 pages; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, slightly bumped to top edge; vg/g; title page has been stamped 'Fourth Estate Ltd, 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU, Tel 0171 727 8993 - LIBRARY COPY;.

London: Collins and Brown, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1816 was "the year without a summer", when a volcanic eruption blotted out the sun, and it was also the season when a momentous friendship was forged. Byron, Shelley, Mary Shelley (who wrote "Frankenstein" in that year) and Claire Clairmont (Mary's step-sister, pregnant with Byron's child) were neighbours across the shores of Lake Geneva. Byron had just fled from England following the scandal surrounding his separation from his wife and rumours of incest with his half-sister, Augusta Leigh. This book charts the friendship between the flamboyant Byron and the youthful Shelley's and their friends and hangers-on, through Italy and England, through personal tragedies and passions, sex and scandal, wit and heartbreak - all accompanied by a prodigious and precocious outpouring of brilliant poetry which echoed the creative relationship between Byron and… Leer más

Derby: Breedon Books, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.5 x 9.5"; 234pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; fine copy; illustrated;.

London: A & C Black Ltd, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This edition provides information on people of influence and interest, contains over 30,000 biographies, approximately 1000 of which are new entries. It lists people from all walks of life: the arts and sciences; business and finance; the church; the civil service; education; entertainment and sport; government and the law; local government; the media; medicine; professional institutions; and the trade unions. Pencil inscription to front endpaper..

London: Collins, 1947. Book. Good Reading Copy. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 8.75"; 256pp; red cloth with gilt; bottom edge uncut; good reading copy;.

London: Gollancz, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.25 x 9.5"; 320pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; mint copy;.

London: Penguin, 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4.25 x 7"; 313 pages; paperback; illustrated; good;.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Of the new material presented, the most provocative is Summers's assertion that Monroe's corpse was first discovered by Robert Kennedy and Peter Lawford. The reason for the confusion of facts about her death, says Summers, is that a cover-up was conducted to hide Monroe's sexual involvement with both John and Robert Kennedy. Since Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller declined to be interviewed, this is not the definitive Monroe biography..

London: Hutchinson, 1956. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 x 9.25"; 276 pages; pink cloth with titles to spine; dustwrapper torn with loss to top and bottom edges; illustrated; g/p;.

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light sunning to spine. This book portrays a middle-class Georgian family with a country parson at its head..

London: Bantam, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.5 x 9.5"; 321pp; orange cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; very good copy; illustrated;.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1955. Book. Good. Hardback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Front endpaper is inscribed - This copy is owned by my loyal readers and friends Stella and Harold Wheal of Catford, They do not wish to lose this copy. We suggest ever so politely you buy a copy of your own. Best regards, Sincerely Fred Bason. The illustrated frontispiece, a line drawing of Bason's face by Nicozas Bentley is also inscribed 'Well, fancy that. Freddie'. Dustwrapper is lightly chipped to top edge..

London: Michael Joseph, 1974. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 8.75"; 191pp; black cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; spine slightly cocked, but reasonably good copy;.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1938. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 584pp, fair copy blue cloth spine, very slightly spotted but complete tight copy.

El Paso: University of Texas Press, 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Title page has been inscribed For Aunt Nin - with best wishes, Brian Sandwich 8/11/93..

London: Pan, 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6 x 9"; 166 pages; paperback; vg/-;.

London: Fontana, 1978. Book. Fair. Paperback.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardback. Signed by Cliff Richards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pages. Black cloth with gilt. Very good clean copy, signed To my best chum. Ever Cliff. Illustrated..