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Biography

Includes authors, explorers and famous historical figures as well as some of our favourites from stage and screen
A Chinese Childhood Chiang Yee "The Silent Traveller"
A Chinese Childhood Chiang Yee "The Silent Traveller"
Regular price £25.00
Alfred Watkins: A Herefordshire Man by Ron Shoesmith
Alfred Watkins: A Herefordshire Man by Ron Shoesmith
Regular price £6.99 — Sold Out
An Introduction to William Barnes The Dorset Poet 1801 - 1886 by Douglas Ashdown
An Introduction to William Barnes The Dorset Poet 1801 - 1886 by Douglas Ashdown
Regular price £4.99 — Sold Out
Anthony Burgess by Roger Lewis FIRST US EDITION
Anthony Burgess by Roger Lewis FIRST US EDITION
Sale price £25.00 Regular price £50.00 Sale
Austin Osman Spare: The Life & Legend of London's Lost Artist by Baker, Phil
Austin Osman Spare: The Life & Legend of London's Lost Artist by Baker, Phil
Regular price £16.99 — Sold Out
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales by George Birkbeck Hill D. C. L.
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales by George Birkbeck Hill D. C. L.
Regular price £170.00
Captain Scott (Golden Hind Series) by Stephen Gwynn
Captain Scott (Golden Hind Series) by Stephen Gwynn
Regular price £25.00
Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral: The Adventures of the Cowboy Who Conquered Britain's Skies by Garry Jenkins
Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral: The Adventures of the Cowboy Who Conquered Britain's Skies by Garry Jenkins
Regular price £14.99
Dinosaur Doctor: The Life and Work of Gideon Mantell by Edmund Critchley
Dinosaur Doctor: The Life and Work of Gideon Mantell by Edmund Critchley
Regular price £14.99
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend by Gary L. Roberts
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend by Gary L. Roberts
Regular price £9.99
Edison and the Electric Chair by Mark Essig
Edison and the Electric Chair by Mark Essig
Regular price £12.99
Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life by W. H. Hudson FIRST EDITION
Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life by W. H. Hudson FIRST EDITION
Regular price £25.00
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