In His True Centre. An Interim Autobriography. With thirty photographs.
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1951. 23cm x 14.5cm. 328 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.
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Here and There Memories.
First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 22.3cm x 15cm. XI, 411 pages. Original ‘tri-colour’ cloth with gilt title and decorations. Good condition only. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and stained. Remains of a paper sticker (ex library?) on front board. Front hinge open and end paper nearly detached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, but internally clean.
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Feltmarskal Alanbrookes Krigsdagbøger. Vol.1: Med ryggen mod Muren. / Vol.2: Seijren i Vest.
First Editions. Two Volumes. København, Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1961. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: 633 pages / Vol.2: 445 pages. Illustrated. Each volume is accompanied by a letter from Collins publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. One volume also contains a flyer by the Danish publishers about the book. Original stiff paperboards in original decorated dust jacket, now in archival jackets. All edges deckle. Good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mostly unopened. First and last pages of both volumes are damp stained.
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Tempo Di Guerra (1939-1943) & Trionfo in Occidente (1943-1946). I Diario E Le Note Autobiografiche Del Feldmareciallo Visconte Alanbrooke Capo Dello Stato Maggiore Generale Imperiale.
First Editions. Two Volumes. Milano, Longanesi, 1960 & 1962. 18 x 12 cm. Vol.1: 1023, (14) / Vol.2: 726, (8). With some maps in text. With a losely inserted letter by Collins Publishers to Field Marshal Alanbrooke. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In orginal dust jackets. Volume 1 with a blue paper band issued by the publisher. Volume 1: Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally very clean. / Vol.2: Good condition. Rubbed and bumped with damp stains both internally and externally. Dust jackets with some edge wear and small closed tears; now in archival jackets.
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Christy Brown’s Women. A Biography drawing on his Letters. Includes the Founding of Cerebral Palsy Ireland by Robert Collis.
First Edition. Dublin, Westport Books, Not dated. 21 x 14.5 cm. 178 pages. With B&W photos. Original decorared stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the Author to Westport Historian Jarlath Duffy. Internally bright and clean.
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French Personalities and Problems.
First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946. 19 x 13 cm. 228 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) on front free end paper. Internally clean. Some paper clips loosely inserted.
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Buddha. Reprinted from the translation by W. Hoey, by permission of Messrs Williams & Norgate.
London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 21 x 17 cm. 382 pages. Contemporary half leather over cloth-covered boards. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Front board was detached and has been professionally re-attached, but remains and weak point. Internally clean.
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Chaucer’s Women. Nuns, Wives, and Amazons.
First Edition. Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1990. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xv, 254 pages. Losely inserted hand written letter by the author. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. See images.
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Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.
London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.
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Nicanor of Athens. The Autobiography of an Unknown Citizen,
First Edition. Cambridge, At the University Press, 1946. 20 x 12.5 cm. xviii, 359 pages. Map-illustrated end papers. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Name of previous owner (‘Michael Tierney’) in pencil. Internally clean.
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The Mystery of Lewis Carroll. Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland.
First US Edition. New York, St. Martin Press, 2010. 23 x 15 cm. x, 326 pages. Original pale blue cloth hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Traces of a sticker on front of dust jacket.
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The Life of Mother Mary Baptist Russell. Sister of Mercy. By her Brother the Reverend Matthew Russell, S.J.
[First Edition]. New York, The Apostleship of Prayer, 1901. 18 x 12 cm. 187 pages. With B&W Plates. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Good condition only. Text complete. Binding frail and a few pages are lose. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Internally clean. Remains a good reading copy.
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Memoires Du Comte De Grammont, Par Hamilton.
Two Volumes. Paris, Delongchamps, 1823. 10.5 x 7 cm. vj, 217 / 240 pages. With a Frontispiece in each volume. Uniform red half morocco over paper coverd boards. Dark end papers. Gilt decorations and title. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on verso of front free end paper.
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