Biography & Autobiography from David Murray Books

Oxford: Lion Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "From the Rainforests of Brazil to Kew Gardens", this is a biography of a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A well-preserved copy, which I almost listed "Fine" but for some browning of the paper edges and slight curling… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption" is an inspiring story, honestly told, of Monty and Sarah Don's Herefordshire garden that during the 1990s rose "from the ashes of a catastrophic failure" following the collapse of their earlier jewellery business… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Morton was a close friend of Churchill from WW1 inwards and his personal assistant during WW2. He was closely involved in Secret Intelligence throughout those years. Book in excellent condition; dustjacket has no tears, but some shelf-wear.

London: Short Books, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Short biography of Reginald Farrer who revolutionised the 20th century approach to rock gardening. Small octavo. 118pp. A very well-preserved copy that has been in boxed storage for some years, having previously been in our "New" stock.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1932. A journalist's account of the ups and downs of Churchill's life to that point. It was reprinted in the 1940s but copies of this 1932 first edition are now quite rare. The bindiing is firm (apart from… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1905. Now rare. So far as I have been able to establish this is the earliest biography of Churchill, written when he was in his early thirties, at the end of his first period as an M.P. (for Oldham). Hardcover. Used… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good copy. Binding very firm. Slight browning with age. A small mark on the margin of page 56 spreads to the edges of several previous pages but not sufficient to downgrade from overall condition Very Good. No dust… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 2005. Soft cover. Fine. A frank account of a journalist's twenty years in Mugabe's Zimbabwe. An unread copy. NOT SECONDHAND. In an ex-bookseller's boxed storage for the past 12 years. Yellowing of the page edges but otherwise as new.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of the Trafalgar House group. A nice clean copy. no internal markings apart from the previous owner's name and date neatly on front flyleaf

New York: Macmillan, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A 1976 expansion of Holbrook's 1955 history of the J. I. Case Compant. Spanning 1842 to 1976.

Bantam Books, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Richard Cohen, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A nice clean copy. The dust jacket is Very Good apart from a short tear at top right front (see photo)

Lewes Sussex: Book Guild, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A fine copy but for a small Funchal bookseller's plate and a discreet entry of previous owner's name on flysheet.

London: Frank Cass, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very well-kept copy. Until recently it was in a slip box, which unfortunately was damaged. It therefore comes without the box. The gold edging to the leaves and on the boards beautifully preserved. Three photographs.

London: Park Lane Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Official history of the McAlpine company. A fine copy from a private collection in a dust jacket fine apart from being price clipped.

Workington: Privately Published, 2022. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. The stories of a selection of Christian missionaries who went from many parts of Cumbria to many parts of the world from churches with roots in the Christian Brethren movement. Elizabeth Wilson who went from Kendal to China in 1876, John Rothery from Whitehaven to Trinidad in… Read more about this item

London: Century, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An excellent copy, unmarked apart from neat signature of previous owner