Sociology from Greystone Books

London: Century, 1999. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription. Profusely illustrated with photographs. A well-researched and authoritative biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother: with references to Diana, Princess Of Wales. With Bibliography and Index. A very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a… Read more about this item

London: Preface, 2013. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY JULIA ROBERTS, without dedication on title-page. Signing reads, 'love/Julia Roberts'. Illustrated with photographs. The autobiography of Julia Roberts (born 1956) who is a British television presenter. As a child she was struck witth polio, she has gone on to appear on 'QVC The Shopping Channel',… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 2013. VG+/NrF. First edition, second printing (same year as first printing) in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For/-----/with every good wish/Neil McKenna'. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. The true account of Fanny and Stella who were no ordinary young women. They were young men who… Read more about this item

London: Doubleday, 2015. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY MARY PORTAS, without dedication or inscription on title-page. The autobiography of Mary Portas (nee Newton), who is a retail consultant and broadcaster born in 1960. With Index. Small circuler publisher's sticker 'Signed First Edition' on front panel of d/w. A fine copy, in a fine… Read more about this item

Canterbury/Pontefract: Harmattan/Pontefract Press, 2004. NrF. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARGARET MAMAKI, on title-page without dedication or inscription. 196pp. Illustrated with photographs. The autobiography of Margaret Mamaki, an English girl who married a Nigerian medical student in the fifties when racial prejudice was rampant in London. The couple returned to Nigeria with their infant children. It is about… Read more about this item

Broadstairs, Kent: Stone Publishing House, 2012. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ROBERT HUME. On half-title page, inscription reads, 'To ------/With best wishes,/Robert Hume'. ix,137pp. Illustrated with a photograph and line-drawings by Cheryl Ives. The biography of German Jewish Gretel Bergmann (1914-2017). She was an athlete who competed as a highjumper during… Read more about this item

Deal, Kent: Marlene Heselden/Privately Published, 1998. NrF. First Edition. Paperback. (v),149pp. Illustrated with photographs. The autobiography of English artist Marlene Heselden (1935-2014). In 1944 Marlene Heselden, nee Saysell, was a survivor of a V1 flying bomb, though badly injured. Despite spending more than a year in hospitals, and after other setbacks, she eventually won her way to Goldmiths' College Art… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Privately Published, 2018. VG+. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BRIAN V PECK, without dedication of inscription at head of title-page. (6),iii,139pp. A biography of Margaret Hilda Thatcher (1925-2013); who was the first Conservative female Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.. With 'Notes'. TOGETHER WTH SMALL PRINTED BUSINESS CARD. Light cellophane lifting to bottom corner of… Read more about this item

London: Metro, 2021. NrF. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, CAMILLA THURLOW, ON EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITION PAGE, WITHOUT DEDICATION OR INSCRIPTION. The autobiography of Camilla Thurlow (born 1989) who trained in explosive ordnance disposal - finding and clearing landmines in some of the world's most dangerous places, including Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Cambodia. Seeking a… Read more about this item

Toronto, Canada: Me To We Books, 2010. NrF. Later Printing/Edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, WITH HER INITIALS, RW, Inscription reads, '(To) ------/Tuko pumoja [Swahili phrase meaning 'We Are Together']/RW'. xiv,274pp. Profusely illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs. Robin Wiszowaty left the ordinary world behind. In the sweeping vistas and dusty footpaths of rural Kenya, she joined… Read more about this item

London: Triangle/SPCK, 1997. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. xi,100pp. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JENNY GATEAUX, without dedication or inscription on half-title page. The true story of two people struggling to come to terms with tragedy, the account of Mike's journey with cancer and Jenny's journey of grief. Light age-tanning to edges of pages; else a near fine copy of… Read more about this item

New York, NY, USA: Vantage Press, 1992. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, APOLLOS O OJI, without dedication or inscription on front endpaper. Signing reads, '19-8-95/A O Oji'. The autobiography of Apollos Oji, a young Nigerian, and his experiences of immigration to England. Faint spotting to edges, with minor stain to rear… Read more about this item

Kansas, United States: University Press Of Kansas, 2000. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. Illustrated. A well-researched and authoritative account of the Japanese imprisonment of thousands of American civilian women in the Philippines during World War Two. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of the first edition, first impression.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard… Read more about this item

London: C A Watts, 1965. VG+. First Edition, First Printing. NO d/w. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, H L ELVIN TO DAVID NEWSOME, A FELLOW SOCIOLOGIST, EDUCATIONALIST AND AUTHOR. Inscription reads, 'To David Newsome/whose books I read with great admiration./H L E/20-4-65'. An authoritative study of the sociological, psychological and philosophical aspects of education. Published in the series 'The New… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 2012. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, HILARY DEVEY. Inscription reads, 'To Jane/Lots of Love/Hilary Devey 9-11-2012'. Illustrated with photograghs. The autobiography of businesswoman Hilary Devey (1957-2022). Who was a businesswoman, television presenter, televsion presenter and entrepreneur, best known for her role in 'Dragons' Den'. A… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY KATE ADIE, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. The twentieth century has been a period of tumultuous change for women - both in conflict and on the home front. Nowhere are these changes seen more obviously than… Read more about this item

Oxford: Mowbray, 1976. VG+/VG. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY JEAN COGGAN, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated with photographs. A biography of Jean Coggan (1908-2005), wife of Donald Coggan Archbishop of Canterbury. Some minor surface indentations to covers; d/w has short tear (17mm) to rear panel; else a very good plus copy, in… Read more about this item

London.: Lewisham Social Services, 1993. Fine. First Edition First Printing. Large format paperback. 44pp. Illustrated with photographs. Reminiscences of black elders immigration from the Caribbean to Lewisham, London. A fine copy of the SCARCE first edition, first printing.. First Edition. Large format Paperback. Fine.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ANDREW HOPPER, on half-title page. Signing reads, 'Best wishes, Andy'. There is a small circular sticker on the front of the book which reads 'Signed By The Author'. (x),262pp. Illustrated with line-drawings, and a map. A well-researched and authoritative biography of Sir Thomas… Read more about this item

London: Thorsons, 2000. VG/VG. First British Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ANITA RODDICK, on a sticker on verso of front endpaper. The autobiography of Anita Roddick (1942-2007) who was a British businesswoman best known as the founder of 'The Body Shop'. With Index. D/w has a couple of short edge tears (longest 6mm); else… Read more about this item