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Behr Edward THE GOOD FRENCHMAN -THE TRUE STORY OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MAURICE CHEVALIER
Villard Books, New York 1993 0 679 41518 1 / 9780679415183 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
"More than merely a chronicle of a show-business giant, The Good frenchman tells the story of a country whose personality, tragedies and triumphs seem to parallel the life and career of one of its most famous sons. This is not just the history of a song-and-dance man but the history of French music-hall tradition."
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25.00 AUD
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Cook Judith DAPHNE DU MAURIER; A PORTRAIT
Corgi Books, London 1991 0 552 99422 7 / 9780552994224 First Soft Cover Edition Soft Cover Fair/Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
"Judith Cook's portrait of Daphne du Maurier is an illuminating study of a complex and introverted woman whose books continue to captivate generations of readers."
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9.00 AUD
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Faulks Sebastian THE FATAL ENGLISHMAN
Hutchinson, London 1996 0 09 179211 8 / 9780091792114 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A triple biography with all the compassion and narrative power that characterised "Birdsong".
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28.00 AUD
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Frame Tom PACIFIC PARTNERS; A History of Australian-American Naval Relations"
Hodder & Stoughton,, Australia 1992 0 340 56685 x / 9780340566855 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
"The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest body of water and is the most disputed ocean in modern history. Two nations vitally interested in it are Australia and the United States of America, and this is the first-ever book on the naval relations between the two countries."
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17.00 AUD
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Fraser Antonia MARIE ANTOINETTE
London Weidenfeld and Nicolson 2001 0 297 81908 9 / 9780297819080 First Edition Hard Cover As New Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
"Still a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions." Text supported by maps, colour and b/w plates.
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49.00 AUD
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Pickard Roy WHO PLAYED WHO ON THE SCREEN
B.T. Batsford Ltd. London 1988 0 7134 5683 3 / 9780713456837 First Edition Hard Cover Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
ex library book.Nearly 800 entries and over 300 photographs supporting the comprehensive text.
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29.00 AUD
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Quintana Patricia THE BEST OF QUINTANA
New York Stewart, Tabori and Chang 1995 1 55670 409 7 / 9781556704093 Pictorial Hard Cover As New As New 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Photographs By Ignacio Urquiza and Jorge Contreras Chacel
"The Best Of Quintana, lavishly illustrated with more than sixty full-color photographs, is an elegant and authoritative introduction to the food and culture of Mexico."
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24.00 AUD
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Spencer Stewart WAGNER REMEMBERED
Faber & Faber, UK 2000 0 571 19653 5 / 9780571196531 First Edition Soft Cover Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
"A kaleidoscope of images of Wagner presented by sixty or more of his contemporaries, from Queen Victoria to one of the Wagners' servants, some never before published."
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Stansky Peter and Abrahams William THE UNKNOWN ORWELL
Constable, London 1994 0 09 473460 7 / 9780094734609 First Soft Cover Edition Soft Cover Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
This book covers the first thirty years of George Orwell's life, from his childhood in Henley , to Eton, , five years in the Imperial Police in Burma and then five years in Paris and London. An ex-library book with protective cover in good condition.
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