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Loitering with Intent (vol 2): The Apprentice (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- In this second volume of his autobiography, Peter O'Toole remembers his time as a drama student at RADA in the 1950s. He recollects seeing Richard Burton in "King John" at the Old Vic, recalls Dame Sybil Thorndyke giving him elocution lessons, and describes ballet lessons shared with Albert Finney.
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London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
- £350.00
- Churchill's popular memoir of his experiences in the first 5 months of the 2nd Boer War. The correspondence of which this volume is composed appeared in the columns of the Morning Post, and extends from October 26, 1899, to March 10, 1900. The volume gives a detailed account of the…
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Long Life, Memoirs
- £20.00
- Nigel Nicolson shares a vivid memoir of a young boy who became a companion to Virginia Woolf, went on to first admire and then fight Mussolini, founded a controversial publishing firm, served as a Tory in Britain's Parliament, and finally returned to his literary roots.
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Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries
- £15.00
- Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice and the knowing wit he brought to…
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Mature Reflections and Devotions of the Rev. Rowland Hill in his old age
- £100.00
- Rowland Hill (1744-1833) was a celebrated evangelical non-conformist preacher, who built Surrey Chapel in London, with an inheritance from his welathy father. He was an associate of the Countess of Huntingdon, but Surrey Chapel was not part of the Connexion. Sidney had published his biography of Hill in 1834 with…
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Memoir of Henry Venn
- £15.00
- Henry Venn was the grandson of the Henry Venn of Clapham Sect fame and a follower in his footsteps; a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral and honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society. First published in 1880 without the appendix, this memoir includes selections from Venn's letters and journal.
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Memoirs of Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bart. With An Inquiry Into The Results Of Emancipation.
- £250.00
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from…
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Memoirs of Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bart. With An Inquiry Into The Results Of Emancipation.
- £60.00
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from…
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Messengers of Day (Vol 2 of To Keep The Ball Rolling)
- £18.00
- The second volume of Powell's memoirs covering 1926-1934, includes pen portraits of several friends, including George Orwell.
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MI5 and Me: A Coronet Among the Spooks
- £10.00
- A Jilly Cooper heroine in a John le Carr world' (Libby Purves, TLS); a beguiling comic memoir about a young woman who discovers her father is a spy (and was the model for John le Carr's George Smiley) and goes to work as a secretary in 1950s MI5. Much to…
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Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
- £300.00
- "In 1842 his Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa appeared, to become a widely read Victorian missionary classic" (DNB). Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a missionary in Africa and linguist. One of Moffat's greatest achievements was the translation and printing of the New Testament into Tswana, for the use of…
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Mother Land (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- Set in the late 1960s, Mother Land describes life on an Aegean island, seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. It is the first-hand account of a Greek boy, born on a Turkish island, trying to make sense of the escalating tension between Greek and Turk, Muslim and Christian,…
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My Apprenticeship
- £100.00
- My Apprenticeship has long been cited as an important and fascinating source for students of social attitudes and conditions in late Victorian Britain, and this new paperback edition makes it once more generally available. Beatrice Webb, the eighth of the nine daughters of the railway magnate Richard Potter, was an…
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My Life and Times: Octave Three 1900-1907
- £30.00
- Volume Three out of Ten of Compton Mackenzie's memoirs. "With its bravura, high spirits and zest for life, its dolce ardor, Octave Three is lyrical, comic and elegaic in turn. Each chapter contains a world of evocation and the pages dance with a life of their own."
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My Lives (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell (1891Ð1975) was a British poet and printer at The Nonesuch Press. From a famous literary family (his mother was the poet Alice), he was a conscientious objector in 1WW, went on hunger strike, was a communist for a time, and even big business entrepreneur. He…
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Loitering with Intent (vol 2): The Apprentice (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- In this second volume of his autobiography, Peter O'Toole remembers his time as a drama student at RADA in the 1950s. He recollects seeing Richard Burton in "King John" at the Old Vic, recalls Dame Sybil Thorndyke giving him elocution lessons, and describes ballet lessons shared with Albert Finney.
- Add to basket
-
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
- £350.00
- Churchill's popular memoir of his experiences in the first 5 months of the 2nd Boer War. The correspondence of which this volume is composed appeared in the columns of the Morning Post, and extends from October 26, 1899, to March 10, 1900. The volume gives a detailed account of the…
- Add to basket
-
Long Life, Memoirs
- £20.00
- Nigel Nicolson shares a vivid memoir of a young boy who became a companion to Virginia Woolf, went on to first admire and then fight Mussolini, founded a controversial publishing firm, served as a Tory in Britain's Parliament, and finally returned to his literary roots.
- Add to basket
-
Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries
- £15.00
- Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice and the knowing wit he brought to…
- Add to basket
-
Mature Reflections and Devotions of the Rev. Rowland Hill in his old age
- £100.00
- Rowland Hill (1744-1833) was a celebrated evangelical non-conformist preacher, who built Surrey Chapel in London, with an inheritance from his welathy father. He was an associate of the Countess of Huntingdon, but Surrey Chapel was not part of the Connexion. Sidney had published his biography of Hill in 1834 with…
- Add to basket
-
Memoir of Henry Venn
- £15.00
- Henry Venn was the grandson of the Henry Venn of Clapham Sect fame and a follower in his footsteps; a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral and honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society. First published in 1880 without the appendix, this memoir includes selections from Venn's letters and journal.
- Add to basket
-
Memoirs of Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bart. With An Inquiry Into The Results Of Emancipation.
- £250.00
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from…
- Add to basket
-
Memoirs of Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bart. With An Inquiry Into The Results Of Emancipation.
- £60.00
- Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from…
- Add to basket
-
Messengers of Day (Vol 2 of To Keep The Ball Rolling)
- £18.00
- The second volume of Powell's memoirs covering 1926-1934, includes pen portraits of several friends, including George Orwell.
- Add to basket
-
MI5 and Me: A Coronet Among the Spooks
- £10.00
- A Jilly Cooper heroine in a John le Carr world' (Libby Purves, TLS); a beguiling comic memoir about a young woman who discovers her father is a spy (and was the model for John le Carr's George Smiley) and goes to work as a secretary in 1950s MI5. Much to…
- Add to basket
-
Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
- £300.00
- "In 1842 his Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa appeared, to become a widely read Victorian missionary classic" (DNB). Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a missionary in Africa and linguist. One of Moffat's greatest achievements was the translation and printing of the New Testament into Tswana, for the use of…
- Add to basket
-
Mother Land (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- Set in the late 1960s, Mother Land describes life on an Aegean island, seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. It is the first-hand account of a Greek boy, born on a Turkish island, trying to make sense of the escalating tension between Greek and Turk, Muslim and Christian,…
- Add to basket
-
My Apprenticeship
- £100.00
- My Apprenticeship has long been cited as an important and fascinating source for students of social attitudes and conditions in late Victorian Britain, and this new paperback edition makes it once more generally available. Beatrice Webb, the eighth of the nine daughters of the railway magnate Richard Potter, was an…
- Add to basket
-
My Life and Times: Octave Three 1900-1907
- £30.00
- Volume Three out of Ten of Compton Mackenzie's memoirs. "With its bravura, high spirits and zest for life, its dolce ardor, Octave Three is lyrical, comic and elegaic in turn. Each chapter contains a world of evocation and the pages dance with a life of their own."
- Add to basket
-
My Lives (SIGNED)
- £100.00
- Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell (1891Ð1975) was a British poet and printer at The Nonesuch Press. From a famous literary family (his mother was the poet Alice), he was a conscientious objector in 1WW, went on hunger strike, was a communist for a time, and even big business entrepreneur. He…
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