CUMMINS, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1995

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KER, IAN

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PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press 1989

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HARROD, R. F.

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1959

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GREIG, JOYCE & GREIG, MARK

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2013

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BINDER, POLLY

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PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986

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WATTS, STEVEN

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PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 2008

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OGILVIE, GORDON

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PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1994

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LUDVIGSEN, KARL & BRABHAM, Sir JACK (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2000

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CREMONESI, ANDREA & DEGL'INNOCENTI, MARCO

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PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 2011

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CRAWFORD, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: Lily Publications 2013

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WALKER, MICK

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PUBLISHER: Breedon Books 2009

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TREMAYNE, DAVID & STEWART, Sir JACKIE (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2010

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BLYTH, HENRY

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PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1970

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SIMONCELLI, ROSSELLA & PAOLO & ROSSI, VALENTINO (Fore) & BELTRAMO, PAOLO (Ed) & WATSON, HEATHER (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2013

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CHURCHILL, WINSTON

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PUBLISHER: Heron Books 1962

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CLARKE, GERALD

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PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster

KEYWORDS: truman capote biography

PECK, ALAN

Octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1997

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DODGINS, TONY & BRUNDLE, MARTIN (Fore) & SUTTON IMAGES (Photos)

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PUBLISHER: Evro Publishing 2014

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HENRY, ALAN & SPURRING, QUENTIN & LAT (Photos)

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PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2008

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WALKER, MICK

Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 318pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Derby Books Publishing 2010

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