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 Special Offers: Second Hand Books by Beverley Nichols
 

Beverley Nichols 1898 - 1983

Beverley Nichols was educated at Marlborough and Oxford. His first novel, the very rare and collectible “Prelude”, was written while he was still an undergraduate, and was an immediate success. He created a literary sensation by writing his autobiography, “Twenty-Five”, at that early age.
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In 1972 he made his name as an interviewer with “Are They The Same At Home?” – a series of portraits of the famous. This was followed by “The Star Spangled Manner”, a first book of American impressions published in 1928, which earned him the title of ‘the world’s champion questioner’.
Witty, urbane, intelligent - Beverley Nichols has a delightful way of recording times in his life with people he loves and hates. He is very shrewd in his depictions of personalities, trends, and the styles that folk adopt as time goes on – something I am sure has come back to bite him manyfold. He has a unique American viewpoint of the British of the day, often with a startling accuracy that could shock some readers. He was reported to say that American newspapers gave Britain about as much space, on the average, as British papers devoted to the Isle of Man.
Altogether he has written some twenty-seven books, covering a wide range of subjects. Many of his gardening titles are still available NEW:
  • GARDEN OPEN TODAY, hardback, $65.00
  • GARDEN OPEN TOMORROW, hardback, $50.00
  • A THATCHED ROOF, hardback, $60.00
  • SUNLIGHT ON THE LAWN, hardback, $60.00
  • MERRY HALL, hardback, $45.00
  • DOWN THE GARDEN PATH, hardback, $60.00
Nichols also loved cats and he wrote “CATS A.B.C.” (paperback, $30.00) where you can meet "Four," "Five," and Oscar. "Four" was a champion purrer. "Five" invented the sport of beeing, surprising innocent bees with a bash worthy of a tennis pro. And "Oscar" who, adopted later in life after an "excessively Bohemian" upbringing, had a penchant for scratching the primrose yellow silk on the divan. The three shared a home and garden with Beverley Nichols, who understood them superbly and rather doted on them.
We have a limited stock of second hand titles by Beverley Nichols. The prices on the titles listed below have been reduced to $10.00 from $25.00. These books are in very limited stock and the sale price only applies to those titles we have on our shelves. Buy now while stocks last.
Included in this offer are titles such as:
  • "Are They the Same at Home?" Hardback, used condition.
  • "CATS A.B.C"
  • "Cry Havoc". Hardback with no dust jacket, foxing to pages. Sound copy.
  • "Death to Slow Music". Nichol's third detective novel, witty and eminently readable. Hardback with dust jacket, very good condition.
  • "Evensong". The story of a great singer. Hardback with dust jacket, good condition.
  • "The Fool Hath Said". Hardback, good condition.
  • "Men Do Not Weep" (Ex Lib). Hardback, no dust jacket, used condition.
  • "Moonflower" (Ex Lib). His second detection novel and a great read. Used condition.
  • "News of England" (Or a Country Without a Hero). Hardback, used condition.
  • "Powers That Be". Hardback with dust jacket, very tidy condition.
  • "Revue". A slip through the stage door to see the putting on of a West End show. Delightful read. Hardback with a dust jacket, good condition.
  • "Star Spangled Manner". Hardback, used condition.
  • "The Sun in My Eyes" (Ex Lib). By ship, bus and air, Nichols travels took him to South Africa, Singapore and the Far East, and then by freighter across the Southern Pacific from Sydney to Panama. Enjoyable "nostalgic asides" in which the author pays tribute to some of his own generation of fellow-travellers.
  • "The Sweet and Twenties". A book to arouse the nostalgia of those who remember the Twenties and delight the curiosity of those who do not. Lovely black and white photographs. Hardback with a dust jacket, good condition.
  • "Uncle Samson". Hardback with a dust jacket, very good condition.
  • "Unforgiving Minute". Some confessions from childghood to the outbreak of the Second World War. Hardback with dust jacket, good ex library copy, black and white photography.
  • "Verdict on India" (Ex Lib). An uncompromising account on his travels to India. Hardback with dust jacket, used condition.
  • "Women and Children Last". Lovely read, has a "children's' section at the back.
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NOTE: Not all titles in this collection have been reduced to $10.00.

We have one second copy of the very rare and collectible "Prelude" by Beverley Nichols. Its is a First Edition, 1920. We describe it as "Hardback with cloth cover, good condition. Dark green cloth with faded gilt musical notes to front cover. pages browned, cloth rubbed at extremities, binding tight. Some intermittent foxing. The book is slightly cocked but a good, readable copy."
We have priced this book at a very reasonable $235.00.

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Peter and Diane Arthur
Touchwood Books
15th February 2012.