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Author: Hugo Vickers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 832 Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedIn Far East, the legendary British aesthete, photographer, and wartime chronicler Cecil Beaton turns his singular eye...

Author: Cecil BeatonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book, "Self Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark work of biographical non-fiction, Hugo Vickers' exhaustive and authoritative portrait chronicles the extraordinary life of Cecil...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew figures in twentieth-century culture possessed the singular eye and social access of Cecil Beaton — photographer to royalty, designer...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in twentieth-century British culture burned as brightly — or as eccentrically — as Sir Cecil Beaton, the legendary...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: DJ - price clipped; Through the lens and pen of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated aesthetes,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingA wartime odyssey captured through the lens of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated visual artists, Near...

Author: Ian GrantBinding: HardbackPublished: Spring Books, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsGreat Interiors presents a lavish visual compendium of exquisite living spaces, showcasing the pinnacle of...

All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth ever wants is a quiet life in the tranquil surroundings of Lochdubh, his home village in the Scottish Highlands. Although the area he polices is vast,...

Author: M.C. Beaton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 No one in Lochdubh expects Dorothy to stay for long... She is, after all, entirely unsuitable. She's an uptown girl, used...

A tribute to the famous aeroplane from men who flew or admired them including Johnie Johnson, Cecil Beaton, Douglas Bader and Richard Dimbleby. The story of its creation is described...

**Features over 100 sumptuous images** From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen...

**Features over 100 sumptuous images** From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen...

Author: M.C. Beaton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Whether dressed in her finery or disguised as a frump, he wanted her just the same! How can plain...

**Features over 100 sumptuous images** From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen...

Author: M.C. Beaton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL...

THE PAGE-TURNING NEW MYSTERY IN THE BESTSELLING HAMISH MACBETH SERIES! ------------ Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is craving peace and quiet. But visitors to his home village of Lochdubh, nestled in the...

'If you have a Wild, Unruly, or Undisciplined Daugher, two Ladies of Genteel Birth offer to Bring Out said Daughter and Refine what may have seemed Unrefinable. We can make...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY Agatha and her assistant, Toni, are driving...

A revised edition of a compelling photographic history of Queen Elizabeth II's life and reign This book is a photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, from her first official photograph...

Author: M.C. Beaton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A missing person report is not usually something that Hamish Macbeth sees as cause for undue distress. Should a child or...

This book examines the life of the little-known but highly successful man whose productions dominated London theatre for over 30 years. Following 10 years of research, the author has uncovered...

Author: M.C. Beaton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin...

The park is full of things to spot. From spring blossom, bees and butterflies to autumn leaves and rainy skies, little observers will love discovering the wonder in the world...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the turn of the twentieth century, England basked in the last golden glow of imperial confidence — a world...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN 'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers...

Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin series Raven-haired Minerva, eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar, When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency...

Author: Henry CecilBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, London, 1965Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the intriguing case of Lord Cochrane, a figure shrouded in speculation and...

Author: Henry CecilBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph., 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges, some slight discolouration and tears to DJ from age.This insightful guide,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA richly textured portrait of a vanished city, London Particulars transports the reader back to the teeming, fog-laden streets of early twentieth-century London through...

An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the battles for modern art and society were being fought in France and Spain, it has seemed...

A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us...

Author: Cecil LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and front, first page has previous owner marks and remains...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew memoirs capture the dizzying whirl of early twentieth-century bohemian artistic life with the candour and wit found...

Author: Alexandra HarrisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 450g, 416 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the...

Author: Cecile Coulon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Emilienne's life is Paradise, her isolated farm at the end of a winding path. After the sudden death of her daughter...

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Emilienne's life is Paradise, her isolated farm at the end of a winding path. After the sudden death of her daughter and son-in-law, this is where she farms alone, with...

Rose Chan, "Queen of Striptease" at just 27 years old, enthralled men young and old in the heyday of cabaret in 1950s Malaya. Her accidental shot to fame, thanks to...

Edition: Scarce 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text. "The...

The local ladies all deem Mr John a wizard, so when Agatha finds a few grey hairs on her head - and the rinse she tries at home turns her...