Literary Biography

1. Allen, Paul.: Alan Ayckbourn: grinning at the edge. London: Methuen, 2001. 1st. edn. x, 337pp. B/w photos. D/w very slightly creased at spine head and tail otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4078) £6.00

2. Barker. Juliet: Wordsworth: a life London: Viking, 2000 1st. edn. xviii, 971 pp. B/w illus., maps. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2195) £10.00

3. Beauclerk, Charles.: Shakespearre’s Lost Kingdom: The true history of Shakespeare and Elizabeth. New York: Grove Press, 2010. 1st. edn. xviii,430pp. Cold. illus. D/w with a tiny tear at spine head otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 5830) £7.00

4. Benkovitz, Miriam J.: Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. 1st. edn. xiii(3)332pp. B/w photos. An ALS from the author dated 28th February, 1977 laid in. D/w slightly faded on front panel and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 4692) £20.00

5. Bernstein, Burton.: Thurber: a biography. London: Victor Gollancz, 1975. 1st. UK edn. xii, 532pp. Numerous b/w phtos. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4567) £7.00

6. Brod, Max.: The Biography of Franz Kafka. London: Secker & Warburg, 1948. Reprint. 183pp. Translated from the German by G. Humphreys Roberts. Some foxing to epp. D/w a little rubbed on corners and edges with some fairly minor loss at spine head., otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7262) £20.00

7. Bruccoli, Matthew J. & Atkinson, Jennifer McCabe (eds.): As Ever, Scott Fitz: letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his literary agent, Harold Ober, 1919-1940 London: The Woburn Press, 1973. !st. UK edn. xxii441pp. B/w photos. Foreword by Scottie Fitzgerald Smith. D/w rather rubbed on edges and corners with several small, closed tears. Very clean and sound internally.  (Stock ref 8845) £15.00

8. Carroll, E. Jean.: Hunter: the strange and savage life of Hunter S. Thompson. New York: Dutton, 1993. 1st. edn. viii,341pp. Many b/w photos. Black ink line across bottom edge of text block. D/w, a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 6575) £9.00

9. Cash, Arthur H.: Laurence Sterne London: Methuen & Co., 1975-86 1st. edn. Two vols. The Early and Middle Years, xxvi(iv) 333pp, The Later years, xxiv, 390 pp. Two cold. frontis. and numerous b/w illus. D/w’s just showing a little shelf wear otherwise a clean, bright set,  (Stock ref 2869) £80.00

10. Chaney, Lisa.: Hide-and-Seek With Angels: a life of J. M. Barrie. London: Hutchinson, 2005. 1st. edn. (14)402pp. Many b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 3432) £6.50

11. Colette: My Apprenticeships and Music-Hall Sidelights. London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. 1st UK edn. (6)260pp. A volume in the Uniform Edition of the Works of Colette. D/w somewhat faded on the spine and very slightly rubbed on top cprners otherwise a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 7270) £8.00

12. Collins, Irene.: Jane Austen: the parson’s daughter. London: The Hambledon Press, 1998. 1st. edn. xxii,282pp. B/w illus. D/w faded on spine otjherwise a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 5824) £7.00

13. Coote, Stephen.: John Keats: a life. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 1st. edn. xii, 356pp. B/w illus. D/w showing just a little shelf wear, a very good copy.  (Stock ref 4591) £6.00

14. Dahl, Roald.: Going Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. 1st. edn. 208pp. B/w illus., map. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4949) £8.00

15. Dimbleby, Josceline.: A Profound Secret: Mary Gaskell, her daughter and Edward Burne-Jones. London: Doubleday, 2004. 1st. edn. xxiv,344pp. Cold. and b/w illus. Inscribed by the author. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6139) £12.00

16. Drew, bettina.: Nelson Algren: a life on the wild side. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990. 1st. UK edn. 416pp. B/w photos. D/w rather rubbed on edges and corners and very slightly faded on spine otherwise, a very good copy.  (Stock ref 5527) £5.00

17. Eliot, T. S.: The Letters of T. S. Eliot: volume 1 1898-1922. London: Faber & Faber, 1988. 1st, edn. xxxii,639pp. Many b/w photos.  Edited by Valerie Eliot. D//w rubbed and worn on edges and corners else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9938) £8.00

18. Eliot, T.S.: The Letters of T.S.Eliot: volume 2 1923-1925. London: Faber and Faber, 2009. 1st. edn. xxxiv,878pp. Edited by Valerie Eliot and Hugh Haughton. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy..  (Stock ref 9939) £10.00

19. Evaristo,Bernardine.: Manifesto: on never giving up. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2021. 1st. edn. 192pp. Cold. and b/w photos. Signed by the author. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9571) £10.00

20. Forster, Margaret (ed.): William Makepeace Thackeray: memoirs of a Victorian gentleman. London: Secker & Warburg, 1978. 1st. edn. viii,391pp. B/w illus. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on spine otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 7341) £8.00

21. Forster, Margaret.: Daphne du Maurier. London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. 1st. edn. xviii,455pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5559) £5.00

22. Foster, R. F.: W. B. Years: a life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997-2003. 2 vols.,1st. edns. Vol I: The Apprentice Mage. xxxi,640pp. Many b/w illus. Inscribed by the author on title page. Price-clipped d/w else a fine copy. Vol.II: the Arch-Poet. xxiv,798pp. Numerous b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9013) £70.00

23. Fowles, John: Wormholes: essays and occasional writings London: Jonathan Cape, 1998 1st. edn. xxv, 405 pp. Edited and with an introduction by Jan Relf. D/w slightly creased and rubbed on edges, a very good copy.  (Stock ref 1867) £7.50

24. Frank, Joseph.: Dostoevsky: the seeds of revolt 1821-1849. London: Robson Books, 1977. 1st. UK edn. xiv, 401pp. 15 b/w illus. D/w faded on spine and showing some light rubbing on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5463) £10.00

25. Fraser, Rebecca: Charlotte Bronte London: Methuen, 1988 1st. edn. xii, 543 pp. B/w illus. Neat gift inscription to ffep. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2175) £10.00

26. Fraser, Rebecca.: Charlotte Bronte. London: Methuen, 1988. Reprint. xii,543pp. B/w illus. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8839) £8.00

27. Gerin, Winifred.: Elizabeth Gaskell: a biography. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. 1st. edn. xviii,318pp. B/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8835) £6.00

28. Gerin, Winifred.: Emily Bronte. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st. edn. xviii,290pp. B/w illus. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8834) £12.00

29. Gittings, Robert.: Young Thomas Hardy. London: Heinemann, 1975. 1st. edn. xii,259pp. B/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5562) £7.50

30. Glendinning, Victoria.: Jonathan Swift. London: Hutchinson, 1998. 1st. edn. xii, 324pp. B/w illus. Signed by the author to title page and a small, neat gift inscription to reverse of half-title. Price-clipped d/w just a trifle rubbed on edges. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 3436) £10.00

31. Graves, Robert: Goodbye to All That London: Jonathan Cape, 1929 1st. edn., 2nd. issue. 448 pp. Portrait frontis. pp 341-343 blank where the Sassoon poem was printed in the first issue. Salmon pink cloth gilt rather dusty and  rubbed on corners otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 2242) £60.00

32. Green, Dudley.: Patrick Bronte: father of genius. Stroud: Nonsuch Publishing, 2008. 1st. edn. 384pp. B/w illus. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8996) £15.00

33. Green, Peter.: Kenneth Grahame, 1859-1932: a study of his life, work and times. London: John Murray, 1959. 1st. edn. xvi,400pp. 22 b/w illus. Price-clipped d/w rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 8497) £10.00

34. Greene, Graham: A Sort of Life. London: The Bodley Head, 1971 1st. edn. 216pp. Dated ownership name to ffep. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9086) £12.00

35. Greene, Graham.: Ways of Escape. London: The Bodley Head, 1980. 1st. edn. 309pp. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8742) £15.00

36. Hamilton, Ian.: Robert Lowell: a biography. London: Faber & Faber, 1983. 1st. UK edn. xiv, 527pp. B/w photos. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4736) £6.00

37. Harman, Claire.: Jane’s Fame: how Jane austen conquered the World. Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2009. 1st. edn. x, 342pp. Cold. and b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 3431) £6.00

38. Hastings, Selina: Evelyn Waugh: a biography London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994 1st. edn. xii, 724 pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w just showing some shelf wear otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2123) £12.00

39. Heilpern, John.: John Osborne: a patriot for us. London: Chatto & Windus, 2006. 1st. edn. 528pp. B/w photos. D/w very slightly creased at spine head otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8995) £10.00

40. Hemingway, Ernest.: Ernest Hemingway: artifacts from a life. London: Scribner, 2018. 1st. edn. xxviii,212pp. Numerous cold., sepia and b/w photos. Edited with an introduction by Michael Katakis, foreword by Patrick Hemingway and afterword by Sean Hemingway. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8727) £15.00

41. Hingley, Ronald.: A New Life of Chekhov. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. 1st. edn. xx, 358pp. 22 b/w photos., four text figures.Gift inscription to ffep. D/w a trifle rubbed on edges with two tiny nicks. Avery good copy.  (Stock ref 3445) £6.50

42. Holroyd, Michael.: Lytton Strachey: the new biography. London: Chattor & Windus, 1994. 1st. edn. xxxv,780pp. Cold. and b/w illus. Ownership signature to ffep. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9014) £15.00

43. Honan, Park.: Jane Austen: her life. London: Max Press, 2007. 1st. edn. (10)54pp. B/w illus. Binding very slightly cocked and d/w a trifle rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5568) £5.00

44. Janouch, Gustav.: Conversations With Kafka. London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. 2nd. UK edn., revised and enlarged. 219pp. D/w rather worn on edges and corners otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 7690) £10.00

45. Kafka, Franz.: The Diaries. New York: Schocken Books, 2022. 1st. US edn. xxiv,670(4)pp. Grey paper-covered boards with black spine and gilt lettering,lacking d/w and slightly bumped on corners otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9348) £15.00

46. Kaplan, Justin.: Walt Whitman: a life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. 1st. edn. 432pp. Many b/w illus. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5173) £8.00

47. Kaplan, Louise J.: The Family Romance of the Impostor-Poet Thomas Chatterton. New York: Atheneum, 1987. 1st. edn. xv(3)302pp. B/w illus. D/w just showing some shelf wear. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 3704) £9.00

48. Kelly, Ian.: Casanova: actor, spy, lover and priest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008 1st. edn. x,403pp. Cold. illus. D/w very slightly faded on spine else  a fine copy..  (Stock ref 10140) £15.00

49. Krissdottir, Morine: Descents of Memory: the life of John Cowper Powys New York: Overlook Duckworth, 2007 1st. edn. 480 pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2224) £10.00

50. Larman, Alexander.: Blazing Star: the life and times of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. London: Head of Zeus, 2014. 1st. edn. 387pp. Cold. and b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7388) £10.00

51. Le Faye, Deirdre.: Jane Austen: a family record. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 2nd. edn. xxx,377pp. Pictorial card covers slightly creased at top corner of back panel and showing a little general sjlf waer otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5791) £15.00

52. Lee, Hermione.: Edith Wharton. London: Chatto & Windus, 2007. 1st. edn. x,853pp. Numerous b/w photos.. Signed by the author on title page. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8992) £25.00

53. Lee, Laurie.: Cider with Rosie. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976. Reprint. 231(8)pp. Line drawings by John Ward. Inscribed by the author, Jan ’77. Pictorial card covers slightly dust-marked else a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9244) £50.00

54. Marchand, Leslie A.: Byron: a biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. 1st. edns. Three vol. set. Vol I, xxx,476,45pp, vol II, xiv,477-942,47-102pp, vol III xii,943-1264,103-163,lxxxvipp. B/w illus., maps. D/w’s very slightly edge worn with minor loss at spine tails otherwise a very clean, sound set.   (Stock ref 8474) £60.00

55. Masters, Brian.: The Life of E. F. Benson. London: Chattor & Windus, 1991. 1st. edn. x,324pp. B/w photos. All pp lightly tanned. Binding slightly cocked and d/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5567) £6.50

56. Maurois, Andre.: Ariel: a Shelley romance Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1935. 1st. P/B edn. 252pp. Penguin no.1. Lacks half-title. All pp slightly tanned. D/w chipped nd worn on edges with some fairly minor loss at spine head.  (Stock ref 5064) £35.00

57. Max, D. T.: Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: a life of David Foster Wallace. London: Granta Books, 2012. 1st. UK ewdn. xiv,352pp. D/w a little dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7165) £8.00

58. McKillop, A. B.: The Spinster and the Prophet: a tale of H. G. Wells, plagiarism and the history of the world. London: Aurum Press, 2000. 1st. UK edn. xvi,477pp. B/w photos. Gift inscription. D/w, a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5564) £5.00

59. Meyers, Jeffrey.: Scott Fitzgerald: a biography. London: Macmillan, 1994. 1st. UK edn. xvi, 400pp. Many b/w photos. Price-clipped d/w otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5174) £8.00

60. Moore, Doris Langley.: Lord Byron Accounts Rendered. London: John Murray, 1974. 1st. edn. x, 511 pp. 15 b/w illus. Price-clipped d/w very slightly rubbed on extremities otherwise a clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 6117) £6.50

61. Morrison, Robert.: The English Opium Eater: a biography of Thomas De Quincey. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009. 1st. edn. xviii, 462pp. B/w illus. D/w with one tiny tear in top edge of front panel otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 3438) £8.50

62. Mortimer, Penelope.: About Time Too: 1940-1978. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993. 1st. edn. (12)219pp. B/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5570) £6.00

63. Moser, Benjamin.: Sontag: her life . London: Allen Lane, 2019. 1st. UK edn. xvi,816pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w slightly rubbed on edges and cornerswith some loss in top edge of back panel. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 9083) £10.00

64. Murry, John Middleton:: Jonathan Swift. London, Jonathan Cape, 1954. 1st. edn. 508 pp. Portrait frontis. D/w chipped and rubbed on extremities and with minor loss to spine. An excellent critical biography  (Stock ref 6116) £7.50

65. Nokes, David.: Jane Austen. London: Fourth Estate, 1997. 1st. edn. xiv,578pp.b/w illus. D/w very slightly faded on spine a creaseed at spine head otherwise a very good copy.  (Stock ref 5826) £5.00

66. Nokes, David.: Jonathan Swift, a Hypocite Reversed: a critical biography. Oxford: Oford University Press, 1985. 1st. edn. xix, 427pp. Eight b/w illus. gift inscription to ffep verso. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6482) £8.00

67. Orel, Harold (ed.).: Thomas Hardy’s Personal Writings: prefaces, literary opinions, reminiscences. London: Macmillan, 1967. 1st. UK edn. 295pp. D/w slightly faded on spine and rubbed on edges otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5561) £20.00

68. Palmer, Alan & Veronica.: Who’s Who in Bloomsbury. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1987. 1st. edn. xii,215pp. Ownership address label to ffep. D/w a little dust marked and slightly creased on edges with a small ncik at spine tail. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 6303) £10.00

69. Parker Peter.: Isherwood: a life revealed. New York: Random House, 2004. 1st. US edn. xiv,815pp. Many b/w photos. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10064) £8.00

70. Pasternak, Evgeny:: Boris Pasternak: the tragic years 1930-60. London, Collins Harvill, 1990. 1st. edn. xii, 278 pp. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 6113) £6.00

71. Pawel, Ernst.: The Nightmare of Reason: a life of Franz Kafka. London: Harvill Press, 1984. 1st. UK edn. xiv,466pp. B/w photos. D/w a little rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 5821) £7.50

72. Pearce, Joseph: Wisdom and Innocence: a life of G. K. Chesterton London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996 1st. edn. xiv, 522 pp. Cartoon frontis. by Max Beerbohm, b/w illus. D/w very slightly faded on spine otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 2119) £8.00

73. Peters, Margot.: Unquiet Soul: a bigraphy of Charlotte Bronte. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. 1st. edn. xv,460pp. B/w illus. D/w somewhat rubbed on edges and corners otherwise  a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9016) £8.00

74. Phelps, Barry.: P. G. Wodehouse: man and myth. London: Constable, 1992. 1st. edn. 344pp.  B/w photos. D/w, a very clean, bright copy.  (Stock ref 9196) £8.00

75. Plath, Sylvia.: The Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962. London: Faber & Faber, 2000. 1st. edn. xii,732pp. Edited by Karen V. Kukil. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8030) £20.00

76. Powys, John Cowper.: Autobiography. London: Macdonald, 1967. New edn. xxiv, 672pp plus 7pp publisher’s list. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. D/w slightly spotted and with several tiny tears otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5113) £15.00

77. Prideaux, Sue.: Strindberg: a life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. 1st. edn. xii, 371pp. Numerous cold. and b/w illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 4981) £10.00

78. Redinger, Ruby V.: George Eliot: the emergent self. London: The Bodley Head, 1976. 1st. UK edn. xii, 515, xxvpp. Gift inscription to ffep. D/w very slightly faded on spine with some very light fraying to spine head otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5094) £7.50

79. Rolfe, Frederick (Baron Corvo),: The Venice Letters. London: Cecil Woolf, 1987. New illustrated edn. 96pp. B/w illus. by the author. Edited by Cecil Woolf. All pp lightly tanned. D/w slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8523) £25.00

80. Sampson, Fiona.: Two Way Mirror: the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. London: Profile Books, 2021. 1st. edn. xiv,322pp. cold. illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8842) £8.00

81. Schoenbaum, S.: Shakespeare’s Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. New edn. xx,612pp. B/w illus. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5823) £20.00

82. Scott, W. S. (ed.).: New Shelley Letters. London: The Bodley Head, 1948. New edn. 168pp. B/w illus. D/w rubbed and worn with several closed tears and minor loss to both panels and spine head and tail.Clean and sound internally.   (Stock ref 7258) £10.00

83. Sisman, Adam.: John le Carre: the biography. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. 2nd. impression. xx,652pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w very slightly rubbed on edges otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 5563) £6.50

84. Stashower, Daniel.: Teller of Tales: the life of Arthur Conan Doyle. London: Allen Lane, 2000. 1st. UK edn. xvi,472pp. B/w photos. D/w very slightly creased at spine head otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10086) £10.00

85. Stauffer, Andrew.: Byron: a life in ten letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. 1st. edn. x,401pp. Cold. and sepia illus. Red cloth boards slightly bumped on bottom corners. D/w very slightly rubbed on corners and at spine head else a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8723) £15.00

86. Thoreau, Henry D.: I to Myself: an annotated selection from the diary of Henry D. Thoreau. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. 1st edn. xxxii,493pp. B/w illus., map. Edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. D/w. a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9661) £15.00

87. Tomalin, Claire: Katherine Mansfield: a secret life. London: Viking, 1987. 1st. edn. (8)291pp. B/w photos. D/w with a tiny, closed tear in top edge otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 9011) £8.00

88. Tomalin, Claire: Thomas Hardy, the Time-torn Man. London: Viking, 2006. 1st. edn. xxvi,486pp. B/w illus., map. D/w very slightly dut marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7335) £8.00

89. Tomalin, Claire.: Charles Dickens: a life. London: Viking, 2011. 1st. edn. xlviii,527pp. Numerous b/w illus., maps. Original turquoise and gilt half d/w over pictorial boards which show very light corner rubbing otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7339) £12.00

90. Tomalin, Claire.: Jane Austen: a life. London: Viking, 1997. 5th. impression. xx,358pp. Numerous b/w illus., map. Signed by the author on title page. D/w rubbed on edges and corners. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 7338) £12.00

91. Tomalin, Claire.: Katherine Mansfield, a Secret Life. London: Penguin Books, 1988. 1st. P/B edn. (8)292pp plus 4pp publisher’s list. B/w illus. Inscribed by the author on title page. All pp lightly tanned. Pictorial card covers just a little rubbed on edges otherwise a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5341) £25.00

92. Tomalin, Claire.: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974. 1st. edn. (12)316pp. B/w illus. The author’s first book. D/w a little rubbed and worn on edges with one small, closed tear. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 7487) £30.00

93. Tucker, George Holbert.: Jane Austen the Woman: some biographical insights. London: Robert Hale, 1994. 1st. UK edn. xx, 268pp. One b/w illus. D/w, a very clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 5783) £5.00

94. Uglow, Jenny.: Elizabeth Gaskell: a habit of stories. London: Faber & Faber, 1993. 2nd. impression. xiv, 690pp. B/w illus. All pp lightly tanned. D/w very slightly creased at spine head and tail otherwise a fine copy  (Stock ref 3439) £8.00

95. Uglow, Jenny.: Elizabeth Gaskell: a habit of stories. London: Faber & Faber, 1993. 1st. edn. xiv,690pp. B/w illus. Ownership signature to ffep. All pp lightly tanned. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8994) £12.00

96. Wade, Francesca.: Square Haunting: five women, freedom and London between the wars. London: Faber & Faber, 2020. 1st. edn. x,422pp. B/w illus. Paper covered boards very slightly rubbed on corners but “half-size” d/w very clean. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 7561) £12.00

97. Wesker, Arnold.: As Much as I Dare: an autobiography 1932 1959. London: Century, 1994. 1st. edn. xiv,578pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7340) £8.00

98. Wicks, Susan.: Driving my Father. London: Faber & Faber, 1995. 1st. edn. (6)137pp. Signed by the author. D/w, a fine copy..  (Stock ref 9573) £9.00

99. Willes, Margaret.: The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. London: Yale University Press, 2017. 2nd. impression. xx,282pp. Many cold. illus. D/w, a fine copy.  (Stock ref 7289) £8.00

100. Williams, Tennessee: Memoirs Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1975 1st. edn. xix, 264 pp. Numerous b/w photos. D/w slightly faded on spine with very slightly frayed at spine head. A very good copy.  (Stock ref 4647) £6.50

101. Wilson, Jean Moorcroft.: Robert Graves: from Great War poet to “Good-bye to all That”, 1895-1929. London: Bloomsbury, 2018. 1st. edn. xiv,461pp. B/w photos.  D/w very slightly dust marked otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 10141) £10.00

102. Wodehouse, P. G.: Wodehouse on Wodehouse London: Hutchinson, 1980. 1st. omnibus edn. 655pp. Contains “Bring on the Girls”, “Performing Flea” and “Over Seventy”. D /w slightly faded otherwise a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9197) £10.00

103. Wodehouse, P. G.: Yours, Plum: the letters of P. G. Wodehouse. London: Hutchinson, 1990. 1st. edn. (10)269pp. B/w photos. D/w slightly dust-marked else a clean, sound copy.  (Stock ref 9198) £8.00

104. Woolf, Virginia.: A Writer’s Diary. London: The Hogarth Press, 1969. 5th Impression. x,372pp. Edited with a preface by Leonard Woolf. D/w a little tanned on spine otherwise a fine copy.  (Stock ref 8544) £60.00