Search Results: Biography from Daisyroots Books Ltd

London: Constable, 1993. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Constable 1993 1st UK edition hardback with wrapper, Nr fine / nr fine. 472 pp. price clipped. Illustrated in b/w from photographs.

A Gull On The Roof (Large Print)TANGYE, Derek ISBN: 9780854565787Ulverscroft Large Print Books, Leicester, 1965, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards maroon/gilt, 310 pp. Boards clean and firm, sound square binding, no inscription, name pained out on front endpaper, pages clean and bright, top edge lightly dust stained. Wrapper clean and crisp, protected by acid-free archive film. (NOT ex-library.) LARGE PRINT, BIOGRAPHY, TANGYE DEREK, ULVERSCROFT BOOKS45459 hb 33 LARGE PRINT/BIOGRAPHY £16.50

The Letters of William and Dorothy WordsworthThe Early Years 1987 - 1805DE SELINCOURT, Ernest (Editor)Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967, Second edition, hardback with dustwrapper, VG/vg-, original blue cloth boards/gilt, illustrated frontispiece in addition to three b/w images, one fold out map of the Lake District, eight appendices and two genealogical tables, 729 pp. Presentation copy from the editor of the second revision (Chester L. Shaver) to Vera Farnell (a "resident of Grasmere who has aided me materially- preface) inscribed on flyleaf and dated May 1967 (see scan).Small neat annotations on pages viii and x, sound binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and bright, shelf marks on bottom fore-edge corner of text block. Dustwrapper (laid down and repaired), lightly shelfworn, rubs to all edges, small bumps to spine strip, now protected in acid free archive film, original price (90 s. net) not clipped.CUMBRIA, THE LAKE DISTRICT WRITERS AND POETS, WILLIAM AND DOROTHY WORDSWOTH,… Read More

A Man with No Ties : The Loves of a Yorkshire Lad (signed)WOOD, Francis 9781425154875Trafford Publishing, Oxford, 2008, signed, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated from several b/w and colour photographs, 163 pp.Signed dedication by the author on title page (see scan), no annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Copy of 'Songs of Tyneside' included. Lovely condition.RELIGIOUS, BIOGRAPHY, FRANCES WOOD, VICAR, PRODUCER RELIGION BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE44926 hb 44 REL/BIOG £9.00

A Pacifist's War: Sid's Story
WATERFALL, Sonia
ISBN: 9781839458408
FeedARead Publishing, 2021, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated throughout from maps and b/w photographs, 366 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Excellent condition.
BIOGRAPHY, SID WATERFALL, QUAKER, EARLY LIFE, THE WAR, PACIFISM, POW CAMPS, SURVIVAL, POST WAR LIFE
46596 BIO/W £29.00

London: Orion, 1998. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback with wrapper. Vg/vg. 264 pp. Illustrated in b/w. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. Slight rubbing to jacket edges.

A Thousand Pieces of Gold : A Memoir of China's Past Through Its Proverbs YEN MAH, AdelineISBN: 0007124503HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, 2002, paperback, 310 pp, VG+, chapter headings illustrated from b/w images of the Chinese Terracotta Army (see scan). Illustrated front cover, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and lightly tanned. Covers clean and crisp, very light rubs to fore-edge corners.BIOGRAPHY, YEN MAN, CHINESE PROVERBS, CHINESE CULTURE & HISTORY44023 hb 19 BIOG/M £21.50

Norwich: Michael Russell, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Signed First Edition. Hardback with wrapper. Vg/vg. 450 pp. Signed, dated dedication with location (Walton Hall) from the author on front end paper. Not price clipped. Fifteen b/w illustrations. Jacket edges very lightly creased.