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London: Chatto and Windus, 1991. A Very good+ unmarked copy which has a very small indentation to front top edge and age toning to page edges. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. 255 pages. In this absorbing autobiographical memoir, Blady is not so much the principal (although she has a crucial part to play) as the core symbol and catalyst. It is a true story of people, events, themes and relationships which together have formed a special pattern in Laurens van der Post's life. Unlike anything he has written before, it combines intuitive fantasy with a taut dramatic narrative as the story gathers pace to the climax of Blady's great race. Outwardly random occurrencesm from the writer's childhood in Africa to the death of his son from cancer, provide the framework for the searching exploration that follows - an exploration into fundamental aspects of the human spirit, its besetting ills and troubles, and the life-forces that keep it intact. B2A. First. Hard Cover. Very…
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About Blady - A Pattern Out of Time
by Van Der Post, Laurens
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Agostinho Neto - Uma Vida Sem Tréguas 1922-1979
by Barradas, Aca´cio (editor)
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Lisboa: Seguros & Pensoes, 2005. Um retrato biográfico do primeiro Presidente de Angola, António Agostinho Neto (1922-1979), completado por testemunhos inéditos de familiares e amigos, dão forma à obra 'Uma Vida Sem Tréguas', organizada pelo jornalista Acácio Barradas. GRANDE LIVRO PESADO 1.2 KILO - CUSTO DE TRANSPORTE EXIGIDO NECESSÁRIO 1. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Albert Schweitzer - The Life of a Great Man
by Pierhal, Jean
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London: Lutterworth Press, 1956. First English Edition. Gold title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A VG+ copy. Dustjacket is price clipped. 35 photographs. An excellent personal biography of Schweitzer the man, who will last on beyond his writings, his music, his philosphy and even his famous hospital. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Albert Schweitzer's Gift of Friendship
by Anderson, Erica
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London: Robert Hale, 1966. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. This is the heartwarming story of an extended friendship with Schweitzer and his staff as told in the first person by the noted photographer, Erica Anderson. She visited Lambarene to make the film about Schweitzer's life and work that was seven years in production, and that won an oscar for best documentary in 1958. Since that time she visited regularly and by the time of Schweitzes' death had made 18 trips, and the book is rich in glimpses into the personality of Dr. Schweitzer. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Albert Schweitzer
by Ratter, Magnus C.
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London: The Lindsey Press, 1949. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with some fading to spine. Internally there is a contemporary inscription and date to front endpaper else clean and tight. Dustjacket is complete with a repaired tear to back and is plastic protected. This edition is a revision of the first edition of 1935, brought up to date and much enlarged, written with such clarity that the reader will understand Dr. Schweitzer's contribution to music, theology and ethics. B2B. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Arafat In the Eyes of the Beholder (Revised and Updated )
by Wallach, Janet and John
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New Jersey: Carol, 1997. A Fine copy with Fine dustjacket. A well praised book with foreword by Shimon Peres entitled "From a Foe to a Partner". Preface to first edition and to this revised edition. 28 photographic illustrations. A large scholarly work of 534 pages. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.09 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Boys Like Us - Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories
by Merla, Patrick (edited by)
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London: Fourth Estate, 1996. A Very good unmarked copy which has a very small indentation to back cover and a touch of light foxing to closed top edge. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. xvi +352 pages. The book presents the true 'coming out' stories of an impressive line-up of gay writers spanning two generations. Written specifically for this collection, these are powerful, often stunning evocations of the primal process by which men come to terms with their desire for other men. Arranged chronologically, these personal essays ultimately form a documentary of changing social and sexual mores during the last half-century - a literary, biographical, sociological and historical tour de force. 14. First. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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C.L.R. James - Cricket, the Caribbean and World Revolution
by Dhondy, Farrukh
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 190 pages. Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) will be remembered for as long as cricket is played anywhere in the world. He was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist theorist and essayist. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts. Farrukh Dhondy's biography traces James's long career and many reinventions, and assesses the contribution he made to Marxism, to the development of Black consciousness in Britain, and celebrates his love of cricket. Throughout the book, Dhondy draws on his friendship with James. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Captain Oates - Soldier and Explorer
by Limb, Sue and Cordingley, Patrick
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London: Leo Cooper, 1983. A near Fine unmarked copy which has minor indentations to front. 235 pages. 43 illustrations. 7 maps. A well researcked and beautifully presented book with fine photographs of Oates's life (1880-1912) and his time in Antarctica. The authors have produced a fascinating character study of a quintessential British hero. The 'soldier' as Oates was known, was not perhaps ideal for teamwork being a solitary man whose uncompromising views could irritate those easily offended. However, his frequent bouts of sourness towards Scott and others were mitigated by his common sense, practical abilities and his inimitable strength of character. B2E. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Catherines's Gift - Inside the World of Dr. Catherine Hamlin
by Little, John
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Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2008. An As New copy. 271 pages. 33 coloured photographs. Dr. Catherine Hamlin has been hailed as a living national treasure and one of the greatest Australians. Since 1959 she has lived and worked in Ethiopia, helping the victims of fistulas - devastating injuries caused by obstructed labour in childbirth, which condemn women to a lifetime of incapacity and degradation. The surgery she pioneered has allowed tens of thousands of sufferers to return to a normal life after being shunned by their families and communities. The hospitals she has set up in her adopted country now act as teaching centres for obstetricians and surgeons from developing countries around the globe. B2C. First. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Choices
by Ullmann, Liv
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985. A near Fine unmarked copy with a little dusting to top edge with VG + complete dustjacket. Continuing the story of her life from 'Changing' published in 1977, the actress reveals her most personal thoughts and feelings about her stage and film work and her travels as UNICEF's Ambassador of Good Will, the first woman to hold the title, travelling in Cambodia, Manila, Ecuador. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Christopher Columbus - The Dream and the Obsession
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London: Guild, 1986. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. Map endpapers and 9 maps. A splendid biography by the author who spent six years in the research, including visiting the places Columbus travelled to and he also retraced the voyage in a small boat of the explorer's voyage from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas following the original log. 13. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Cocteau - A Biography
by Steegmuller, Francis
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London: Macmillan, 1970. Gold title on brown cloth boards which has just a touch of wear to spine head. Internally there are some minor marks to lower closed edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a repaired closed tear and wear to edges and is not price clipped. xiv + 583 pages. 45 illustrations. Jean Cocteau, who died in 1963 at the age of 74 after 58 years of kaleidoscopic activity in the arts, was a fascinating and paradoxical figure. With the astounding variety of his work - as poet, novelist, playwright, artist and film-maker (merely to begin at the top of the list) - and the contradictions of his private life, the charm and the nastiness, the generosity and the egotism, the poise and anguish of an opium addicted homosexual who was equally welcome in the aristocratic drawing rooms of Paris and the raffish waterfront bars of Toulon, and who crowned a life among the avant garde by entering the ultra conservative precincts of the Académie…
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Cupid and the King
by Kent, Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of
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London: Harper Collins, 1991. SIGNED BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT (Marie Christine née Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz) to title page with dedication 'To Cicily'. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. Genealogical chart endpapers. xxx + 370 pages. 67 illustrations. In the book Princess Michael vividly recounts the stories of five very different women, each of whom became a celebrated, or notorious, royal courtesan. Diane de Poitiers, the beautiful paramour of Henri II of France; Nell Gwynn, the favourite of Charles II; Madame de Pompadour, the elegant chatelaine of Louis XV; Marie Walewska, the idealistic and patriotic young Polish woman who became the mistress of Napoleon in the hope of saving her country; Lola Montez, the flamboyant, outrageous and dazzling Irish beauty who reinvented herself as a Spanish aristocrat and won the heart of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. **** A…
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Dear Olivia - An Italian Journey of Love and Courage
by Contini, Mary
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Edinburgh: Canongate, 2006. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. In this fascinating follow up to the highly successful 'Dear Francesca', the author writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and helped transform Britain's food culture. A story of a family's journey from poverty in Southern italy to a new life in Scotland and a brilliant evocation of wartime experiences. Illustrated with contemporary photographs. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Depardieu
by Gray, Marianne
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London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The first biography written in English of the controversial and acclaimed French actor, Gerard Depardieu. Illustrated with photographs and includes a filmography and list of awards. B2E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Doomed To Live - An Epitaph to a Great Love
by Rothenberg, Fritz-Guenther
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Lewes, East Sussex: The Book Guild, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author was born in Danzig, where he practised as a barrister until Nazi persecution forced him to flee to England, arriving three weeks before the outbreak of war, where eventually he was released from internment and entered the catering business, rising to managerial status in the Grand Metropolitan chain. This biography tells of his marriage of convenience so that he can find domestic employment and his subsequent internment on the Isle of Man hastens the arrangement's failure and he begins to work towards a reunion with his wife and son, the family from whom the political situation in Germany had imposed his divorce. From his earliest days as a boy soldier at the end of the First World War to the present, life's harshest experiences have not daunted his stoical acceptance of hardship and his story is told with uncompromising honesty and fortitude. 3. First Edition. Hard…
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Dynasty - The Astors and Their Times
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Berkshire: Cliveden / Onslow Books, 1983. A Fine uninscribed copy with VG + complete dustjacket. 426 pages.16 pages of photographs. A marvellous history of the Astor family, a dynasty founded by a German butcher's son in the wake of the American Revolution and their amassing of America's first dynastic fortune from tea, furs and property. William Waldorf, appalled by 'vulgar' America, emigrated to England, became a viscount and founded the branch that owned 'The Times' and from that branch sprang Nancy, hostess of the Cliveden Set and the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. . *** NOT EX LIB *** **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.82 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 21. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Einstein in Love - A Scientific Romance
by Overbye, Dennis
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London: Bloomsbury, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xv + 416 pages. No figure towers over the intellectual landscape of the 20th century more compellingly than Albert Einstein. This is the first biography of the great physicist to focus on his life during the first two decades of the century, when he invented relativity, with its elastic view of space and time, and first glimpsed the quantum chaos in the heart of atoms. Despite his brilliance, he was also a young man in love - not only with the exhilarating vistas of physics, but with the extraordinary woman who was to become his first wife. Mileva Maric was a brooding and gifted Serb mathematician who was intellectual collaborator and emotional adversary. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Overbye reveals Einstein as a self-styled bohemian, a poet, a violinist and a self-confident, charismatic whirlwind who left personal and…
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Enchanters of Men
by Coryn, Marjorie
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London: The Naldrett Press, 1954. Dark green lettering on green boards which are unmarked apart from a small tear to base of spine. Internally there is light foxing to fore edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is torn and chipped with many repaired tears. Comprises biographies of Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Madame De Montespan, Nell Gwynne, Geramaine De Stael, Marie Waleska, Sophie Dawes, Lola Montez. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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