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| Goodwin, Cliff: To Be a Lady
Book Number: 26071
Arrow 6 July, 1995 8vo softcover 336pp index, b/w plates. very good. A biography of the bestselling author and northern cultural icon, Catherine Cookson. Following her story from her birth as illegitimate daughter of a South Shields woman who became an alcoholic in later life, through her career as a laundry worker, to her current star status, this work features interviews with the subject and original research, and reveals a great deal of fresh information.
Keywords: Poetry Drama Criticism Biography To Be a Lady Goodwin Cliff
Price: $9.00 |
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| Cracknell, Ruth: Ruth Cracknell : a biased memoir
Book Number: 26528
Ringwood, Vic. Penguin 1997 8vo hardcover 307pp index, b/w illus. very good.
Keywords: Cracknell Ruth 1925 2002 Actors Australia Biography Ruth Cracknell a biased memoir Cracknell Ruth
Price: $18.00 |
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| Hibbert, Christopher: Wellington
Book Number: 26649
HarperCollins, 1997 8vo softcover 460pp index, b/w illus. very good. This single volume study of Wellington's life and times is based on modern research. Wellington achieved fame as a soldier fighting the Mahratta in India. His later brilliant generalship fighting the French in Spain was rewarded by a dukedom and a grant from the house of Commons which would today be worth some £8 million. After his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo he embarked on his second career as a politician. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the army for life, became Prime Minister in 1827 and a byword for High Toryism while presiding over the emancipation of Roman Catholics and the formation of the country's first police force. Unhappily married, he had several mistresses and many intimate friendships with women.
Keywords: History Biography Wellington Hibbert Christopher
Price: $17.00 |
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| Cornish, Sandy.: Sandy : a butterfly emerging
Book Number: 26672
Avalon, N.S.W. Hal Books 2000 8vo softcover 150pp b/w illus. very good.
Keywords: Cornish Sandy Cerebral palsied Australia Biography Christian biography Australia Sandy a butterfly emerging Cornish Sandy
Price: $12.00 |
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| Park, Ruth.: Fishing in the Styx
Book Number: 26731
Ringwood, Vic. Viking 1993 First edition 8vo hardcover 301pp, b/w illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Keywords: Park Ruth Biography Women novelists Australian 20th century Biography Novelists Australian 20th century Biography Aus Fishing in the Styx Park Ruth
Price: $18.00 |
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| Chick, Suzanne: Searching for Charmian : the daughter Charmian Clift gave away discovers the mother she never knew
Book Number: 26825
Chippendale, N.S.W. Pan Macmillan 1994 8vo hardcover 361pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Inscribed by author. Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Chick Suzanne 1942 Family Clift Charmian 1923 1969 Family Birthparents New South Wales Sydney Identification Adopt Searching for Charmian the daughter Charmian Clift gave away discovers the mother she never knew Chick Suzanne
Price: $25.00 |
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| Scriven, R. C. (Ronald Charles): Edge of darkness, edge of light
Book Number: 27189
London Souvenir Press 1977 8vo hardcover 224pp. very good / good d/w.
Keywords: Scriven R C (Ronald Charles) 1907 Childhood and youth Authors English 20th century Biography Edge of darkness edge of light Scriven R C (Ronald Charles)
Price: $15.00 |
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| Robyns, Gwen.: Barbara Cartland : an authorised biography
Book Number: 27254
London Sidgwick & Jackson 1984 8vo hardcover 269pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Keywords: Cartland Barbara 1902 Biography Novelists English 20th century Biography Barbara Cartland an authorised biography Robyns Gwen
Price: $22.00 |
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| Schmidt, Margaret Fox.: Passion's child : the extraordinary life of Jane Digby
Book Number: 27589
New York Harper & Row 1976 8vo hardcover 268pp index, b/w illus. very good, light foxing to outer page edges / very good d/w. Bibliography: p. 259-262.
Keywords: Ellenborough Jane Elizabeth Digby Law Countess of 1807 1881 British Travel Arab countries History 19th century Nobility Passion's child the extraordinary life of Jane Digby Schmidt Margaret Fox
Price: $18.00 |
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| Roland, Betty: An improbable life
Book Number: 27690
Sydney Collins Australia 1989 8vo softcover 164pp. very good, Signed by Author, owner's signature inside rear cover.
Keywords: Roland Betty 1903 Biography Dramatists Australian 20th century Biography An improbable life Roland Betty
Price: $18.00 |
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