Search Results: Biography - English - General from Goldring Books

London: Bloomsbury, 1991. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small printing mark to the inner margin of two pages) with non price clipped dustjacket which has a little wear to one corner tip. Foreword by Ben Kingsley. In the backstreets of Calcutta, shielded from the scorching heat by a tattered tarpaulin, mothers clutching semi-conscious, emaciated babies, and adults and children with missing or gangrenous limbs or suffering from tuberculosis or leprosy, queue in their hundreds to see Dr. Jack Preger. His 'clinic' has survived despite official disapproval and he has treated over 20,000 destitute and dispossessed street people. Born and brought up in an orthodox Jewish family in Manchester, he converted to Catholicism and qualified as a doctor in 1972 and immediately left to set up a clinic in Bangladesh, being deported after seven years after exposing a government masterminded racket involving the illegal export of babies. Undeterred he set off again to begin his now legendary work… Read More

London: Collins, 2008. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 304 pages. 28 illustrations. Highly ambitious and relentlessly motivated, James Martin has worked extraordinarily hard to become one of Britain's most successful TV chefs. It hasn't been a smooth ride and here he tells his remarkable story, looking back to his working class childhood in Yorkshire, relating the highs and lows of a career in the kitchen and revealing some of the astonishing events that have come with fame and fortune. 21. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. A near Fine copy with a small name to front endpaper else unmarked with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Illustrations by Claudio Munoz. The vision of living in a world of grand spaces, beautiful furniture, historic paintings and elaborate gardens is immensely appealing, and the author lived this dream for seven years at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, a fine National Trust property, where her husband was administrator. However her lifestyle was closer to the servants of the past rather than the aristocrats, as at one time an army of servants kept the house in order, but now only a handful of staff provide the same service for its thousands of visitors. In this memoir she reveals what goes on behind the scenes not only of Felbrigg Hall but of stately homes all over the country. **** NOT EX LIB **** D4E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Munoz, Claudio. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Latimer House, 1948. Silver title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear but with a small amount of fading to spine head. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges and a touch to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some chipping, small closed tears, wear to edges and is not price clipped. After the First World War, just as after that of the Second World War, the economic situation in Great Britain was difficult. Thousands of young men, newly released from the armed forces anxious to launch themselves afresh, found themselves hampered and frustrated, and in desperation turned their thoughts to the Dominions overseas. The author was one of that generation, a professional soldier, yet now retired from the Indian Army, who emigrated to Australia in 1923. Of Australia and of farming he knew nothing, settling down to a life wholly strange to him. How did he fare? With what unexpected problems and difficulties did he have to cope? What lessons does… Read More

London: W.H. Allen, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Generations of women have married his career at the same time as they marry the man, and this is particularly true of women who marry into the Establishment, and who are often seen as an extension of their husbands. In this unique collection of women's voices, the authors have drawn together 43 wives from fields as varied as the law, the arts, the foreign office and civil service, business and industry, medicine and politics, who discuss their lives with an appealing openness. Included are Lady Weymouth, Flavia de Gray, Lady Armstrong, Lady Conran, Julia Birling, Lady Howe, Lady Trethowan, Lady Grandy, Lady Jakobovits, Anne de Rothschild, Lady Dacre. Photographic illustrations. 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lewes, East Sussex: The Book Guild, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author's autobiography recounts life as boy in the 1930's, his start in the motor industry as an apprentice with Vauxhall and where he rose to become an engineer and manager. An inspiring story of determination and success in which he presents significant details that make the past come alive. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harper Collins, 2002. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age toning to closed edges) with Dustjacket which is price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 465 pages, 39 illustrations and 1 map. Michael Faraday is one of the giants of the history of science. No less remarkable than his discoveries in electricity, magnetism and other fields is his own story. A self-made, self-educated man, his public life was underpinned by his devout membership of a small Christian sect, whose rigid attitudes shadowed him at every turn, culminating in crises that tested his resolve as a scientist, his faith as a Christian and even the balance of his mind. Yet this son of a blacksmith became the greayest scientist of his day, and the central figure of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.92 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST L. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1979. Brown title on brown boards which have a small rub mark to front. Internally a few marks to top edge else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with some stains to inside but not visible on outside and with a touch of light creasing to top. No biography of Thomas Hardy has yet included a serious attempt to discover what went wrong with his first marriage to Emma Lavinia Gifford, attributing it wholly to her fault. The present study the author has used every available clue, many of them uncovered for the first time by the author, in his quest to find the true character of Emma, of her feeling towards her husband and of the effects of both on his work. The result, unforeseen when the quest was begun, is a completely new theory of what happened to the Hardys' early love for one another and why. 20 photographic illustrations. 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Sanctuary, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The author was for more than 35 years the hired muscle to the biggest rock stars from the Beatles to Madonna, Led Zeppelin to Frank Sinatra, who fended off the paparazzi, madmen, drug dealers and kept groupies to manageable levels and here reveals the story of his life in the business. 15. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1978. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 272 pages. 22 illustrations. Starting off as Fleet Street journalist, in the Second World War the author became famous as one of the legendary fighter aces leading the top-scoring 249 Squadron during the Battle of Malta, later being variously decorated. After the war he entered politics, then business as Managing Director of the Greyhound Racing Association. His long association and prowess at golf - Captain of the 1949 British Walker Cup Team adds to his varied careers. Filled with stories of each of his 'lives', it makes a fascinating autobiography. 13. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Norwich: Michael Russell, 1992. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 176 pages. The author describes his life as the son of a Bishop of the Church of England, scholar of Winchester and Trinity, Cambridge, wartime soldier and member of the Diplomatic Service for thirty years. He recalls the public figures he has served and the memorable and happier moments of his life. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Norwich: Michael Russell, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped and has fading to spine. 272 pages. 38 illustrations. Frank Fletcher was one of the towering headmasters of his day. Master of Marlborough at 33 and the first layman to head a major public school. For 20 years he was Headmaster of Charterhouse where he reformed the school, guided it through the First World War, and gave an enduring lead to other headmasters. He was the first to be knighted for his services to education. D4F. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bantam, 2006. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. Fred Dibnah won the hearts of millions with his television programmes about his life as a steeplejack, and his passion for the industrial history of Britain. With his trademark flat cap, enthusiasm and knowledge of the country's steam past, his gift for storytelling, and his cry of 'did you like that?' as another giant chimney slid to the earth behind him, he quickly became a genuine favourite with viewers. This is an intimate portrait of Fred, from his childhood to his struggles to make ends meet before becoming an unlikely television personality and eventual holder of an M.B.E. 24 pages of illustrations in colour and black and white. D4A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. A Fine copy with a Fine dustjacket. The author's second volume of memoirs that commences at the end of World War I to the present, in which he describes his 25 years with the City Police, leaving as a Chief Inspector, then his work as a freelance journalist, followed by 25 years on the editorial staff of the New Statesman. His colleagues on the paper were Kingsley Martin, Raymond Mortimer and V.S. Pritchett and his work and experiences at the BBC, as a broadcaster, brought him into contact with many others including Raymond Chandler, Geroges Simenon, Danny Kaye and Rebecca West. C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1966. Gold title on brown cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean and unmarked with a little dust marking to top edge. A near Fine copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to top. Portrait endpapers. The book comprises biographies of five men, concentrating on the influence that they had on their children. The men are Thomas Seward, George Crabbe the elder, Charles Burney, Richard Edgeworth and George Mitford. The children are Anna Seward, known as the Swan of Lichfield and a poet, George Crabbe the younger and his brother, Fanny Burney, Maria Edgeworth the author and Mary Russell Mitford. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Century, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine price clipped dustjacket. This collection of the comedy duo's works is a comprehensive compilation of the finest sketches that they wrote together, featuring transcripts of one night stands and including previously unpublished scripts for Not Only But Also, it promises to be a revelation even for Cook and Moore's most informed fans. It also charts the extraordinary friendship between the two and its almost telepathic intensity, which not only brought them together but also pulled them apart time after time until their eventual reconciliation. D4F. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Roger Ingram, 1948. A Very Good unmarked copy which is clean and tight. Dustjacket is price clipped with chipping and wear. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865) became private secretary to Earl Bathurst and was clerk of the Privy Council 1821-1859, where his position gave him peculiar facilities for studying court and public life. In his memoirs we can follow the pageant of history from the days of the Regency to those of mid Victorian England, read his description of all the important events from the battle of Waterloo to the opening of the Great Exhibition, and he gives the 'inside information' on political cahnges. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. The author's husband was taken hostage in Beirut in 1989 and this book written before she knew the outcome recounts her courage still believing that he is alive and will return. 13 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Souvenir Press, 1992. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket which has some fading to spine. The author, a British Ambassador and knighted in 1990, shares an idyll of 1951 when, as a 14 year old, he went to spend the summer with his aunts in Flanders in an old country house. It re-creates a generation at the moment of its passing, French men and women whose lives had been radically altered by two world wars. Illustrated by Catherine Jenkins. C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Jenkins, Catherine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Gold title on black quarter cloth with grey boards which have a blind embossed motif of John Lennon and his facsimile signature. A minor bump to top front corner tip else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy with no former ownership marks - a near ine copy. Dustjacket has light rubbing and is not price clipped - VG+. 255 pages in a large format. 'Forward' by Yoko Ono and preface by David Wolper. More than a tribute to John Lennon's art, the book emerged from a dazzling proposal by Yoko Ono to David Wolper, in which she offered to open Lennon's personal archives - a treasury of rare film footage, photographs and writings - to create his definitive film biography. Lennon's life unfolds in more than 250 photographs, two thirds in colour and duotone, many never before published. There are spectacular shots from the foremost rock photographers, including Annie Leibovitz, Ethan Russell, Allan Tannenbaum, Robert Freeman, Jim Marshall, Bob Gruen and Ken Regan.… Read More