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William Blake : The Man

by Gardner, Charles

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fair
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1919
Binding
Hardcover
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Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
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$15.00

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London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Lts, 1919. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover 1st edition. Green covers with decorative artwork. Minor shelf and edgewear, a touch of age toning of pages and endpapers, otherwise quite good. Dust jacket is present, but rather worn. All in all a nice vintage book on… Read more about this item
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John Cowper Powys : The Solitary Giant

by Breckon, Richard

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Used - Very Good
Published
1973
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Paperback
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London: The Village Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Unpaginated staple bound (as issued) - originally published in 1969, this is a reprint from 1973. Discusses the history of this English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire. Light scuffing of front cover and back cover has a crease, interior fine.
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Reverend John Moore Perkins - a Biography of a Missionary in Liberia

by Choppin, Denise

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New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2020
Binding
Paperback
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Toronto Canada: TCB, 2020. Book. New. Soft cover. First Edition. BRAND NEW softcover, plain paper, staple bound. The fascinating story of the Reverend John Moore Perkins, initally a Methodist missionary in Liberia and later associated with the Pentocosal Assemblies of God..
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The Story of Lewis Carroll

by Green, Roger Lancelyn

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Methuen and Co. , 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover 1st edition. Very slight shelfwear and a spine lean otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. Dust jacket is a little chipped along edges, otherwise quite good.
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Fanfare: The Unauthorised Biography of Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Fanfare: The Unauthorised Biography of Andrew Lloyd Webber

by Mantle, Jonathan

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780718132743
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Michael Joseph, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover 1st edition. Just a hint of edgewear otherwise close to pristine. .
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Alfred Tennyson ( The Bookman Biographies Series )

by Chesterton, G.K. ; Garnett, Richard

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1904
Binding
Hardcover
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$45.00

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New York : James Pott and Company, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Hardcover, 1st edition in this very attractive format. Front cover with decorations. 40 pages plus catalogue at back. Profusely illustrated. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy.
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Journal of a Man of Letters : 1898 - 1907

by Leautard, Paul ; Sainsbury, Geoffrey ; Pryce-Jones, Allan

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
New
Edition
First Thus
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Hardcover, 1st English language edition. Light red covers with gilt titles on spine. No DJ. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean coy.
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A Doctori's Life John Keats

by Wells, Walter A.

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1959
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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New York: Vantage Press, 1959. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover, stated first edition. Orange covers with black titles on spine. Some shelf and edgewear and light rippling of pages, otherwise still a good solid copy.
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A Rose By Any Name - Autographed Copy

by Ford, Gertrude C.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
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Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
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$35.00

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New York: A.S. Barnes Co., 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition with a handwritten note and signature of the author on the FFEP. Blue cloth covers with white titles on spine. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean study copy. Dust jacket is a little worn along edges, otherwise good.
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$35.00
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Margin Released : Reminiscences and Reflections

by Priestley, J.B.

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1963
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Reprint Society, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Attractive hardcover, brown boards with cream coloured spine, gilt titles on spine. Book is in very nice shape, clean and sturdy with only a touch of shelfwear. The dust jacket presents a little more wear, but still present and protecting the book.
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Journal of Marie Leneru

by Leneru, Marie ; Bradley, William Aspenwell ; De Curel, Francois

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1923
Binding
Hardcover
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$25.00

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New York: Macmillian, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Hardcover, first American English language edition. Attractive covers in blue cloth and gilt titles. Very minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy.
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The Diary of Anais Nin 1934 - 1939

by Nin, Anais ; Stuhlmann, Gunther

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: The Swallow Press and Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover, STATED FIRST EDITION. Gray cloth with green spine, (faded) silver title on spine. Illustrated. Some general shelf and edgewear, a few pencil annotations inside, otherwise a good solid copy.
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Charlemagne

by Lamb, Harold

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1958
Binding
Paperback
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USA: Bantam, 1958. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. The classic biography of King Charlemagne. Some edgewear creasing of spine and age toning of pages. The binding is becoming a little brittle, but otherwise still a good reading copy.
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Talleyrand

by Cooper, Duff

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1958
Binding
Paperback
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London: Arrow Books, 1958. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. A detailed biography of the French statesman. Some edgewear and a sticker remnant on front cover, light age toning of pages otherwise still a good reading copy.
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Walter Savage Landor : A Biography - Complete Two Volume Set

by Forster, John

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket as Issued
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1869
Binding
Hardcover
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$50.00

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London : Chapman and Hall, 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Complete two volume set, hardcover 1st, green cloth with possibly original paste down labels on spine. Minor foxing, primarily confined to prelims. Some general shelfwear and rubbing, binding is sound. A detailed study into the life of the British poet, author and activist. An intriguing… Read more about this item
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Troublemaker : A Personal History
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Troublemaker : A Personal History

by Gray, James H

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1978
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780770517182
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Toronto: MacMillan, 1978. Hardcover, 1st edition. Rescued from a library cull, presents the usual stamps and stickers. Some general shelf and edgewer, chipping of the dust jacket. Perhaps some brittleness of the binding at the photo insert section, otherwise quite good. Describes an era starting with 1935 through the mid 1950s - the golden age of… Read more about this item
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The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson

by Kelman, John Junr.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1903
Binding
Hardcover
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Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1903. Hardcover, 1st edition, blue and cream cloth with gilt and black paste down label on spin. A handsome copy with only minor shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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Adventures of a Columnist

by Berton, Pierre

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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Toronto: Maclelland and Stewart, 1960. Hardcover, 1st edition. Grey and white covers. Very minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. Dust jacket presents some wear along edges, but generally good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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Goethe : His Life and Times

by Friedenthal, Richard

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fair to Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1965
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965. Hardcover, 1st edition in this format. Attractive slate=grey covers with silver titles on spine. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. The dust jacket is quite frayed along edges, but still present and quite bright. First Thus. Half-Leather. Very Good/Fair to Good.
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Bennett

by Sherman, Paddy

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1966
Binding
Hardcover
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Canada: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1966. Hardcover 1st edition. Rescued from a library cull, presents the usual stamps and stickers, along with some general shelfwear. Otherwise actually quite good. A biography of the Premier of British Colubia, William Andrew Cecil Bennett.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.
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