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1	Quicksands: A Memoir more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist In this sequel to JIGSAW, Sybille Bedford (b. 1911) writes about her fascinating and decidedly unusual upbringing. Her father was a connoisseur of the good life who taught her how to uncork wine when she was seven years old. Her mother left the family when Sybille was a child, moving to various exotic locations with her aristocratic Italian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Aldous Huxley: A Biography more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A close friend of Huxley's, Sybille Bedford was chosen to write his official biography in 1973. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Legacy more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Against the background of the Kaiser's Germany - dotty, militaristic, doomed - and the Europe of which it forms a part, two families are joined in marriage. Out of this marriage emerges a political and social legacy that is both funny and profound. By the author of "The Faces of Justice". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.92! \| first editions
4	Favourite of the Gods more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist One autumn in the late 1920s, a beautiful woman called Constanza boards a train to Brussels and a new marriage. With her is her young daughter, who is going to England. An odd incident interrupts their journey, and Constanza makes a decision that changes the course of both their lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Visit to Don Otavio more books like this by Sybille Bedford $2.11 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Sybille Bedford's delightfully amusing account of her travels in Mexico in the years after World War II is a classic of travel writing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.76! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The faces of justice. more books like this by Sybille Bedford $50.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $8.94! signed copies \| first editions
7	A Visit to Don Otavio: A Traveller's Tale from Mexico more books like this by Sybille Bedford $15.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The tale begins at Grand Central Station with an impetuous decision, continues with a nightmarish train journey, and then reveals the landscapes and people of Mexico with such a light touch that even the dullest patch of history becomes fascinating Although Bedford is frank about the horrors of travel, the highlight is the author's idyllic stay ... see all copies from $15.00! first editions
8	Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Between the first and second world wars, Sybille Bedford's heroine--whose life is based on her own--lives with her mother after her parents' divorce, settling finally in London where their friends include real people, among them Aldous Huxley and his wife. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Pleasures and Landscapes: A Traveller's Tales from Europe more books like this by Sybille Bedford, Jan Morris (Introduction by) $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The eight classic essays in this collection reveal what happened to the author when, at the peak of her literary powers, she traveled through France, Italy, and the rest of Europe for "Vogue, Esquire" and other magazines. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
10	Aldous Huxley : a biography. Vol.2, 1939-1963 more books like this by Sybille Bedford $16.50 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
11	Jigsaw: 2an Unsentimental Education: A Biographical Novel more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist An autobiographical novel based on Sybille Bedford's highly unusual childhood, moving from a south-German Schloss full of animals and expensive wines to a nonconformist family in the North of England. see all copies from $1.99!
12	Favourite of the God more books like this by Sybille Bedford $2.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Costanza is half Italian, half American, and she has led a charmed life. As she ages, however, she begins to wonder what her life is really about, and to find it wanting. Her quest for meaning forms the basis for this classic novel by one of England's most revered writers. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	Compass Error more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist While her mother travels with a new lover, Flavia, daughter of the Mondaine Constanza, lives alone in a Provencal villa, Studying for Oxford entrance, she is taken up and seduced by the wife of a fashionable painter, doomed to betrayal, the idealistic Flavia discovers her true inheritance. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	As it was : pleasures, landscapes and justice more books like this by Sybille Bedford $67.07 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Sybille Bedford, whose last book, "Jigsaw", was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, writes on travel, evoking Europe and the past, and justice, with accounts of the "Lady Chatterley's Lover" case and the trials of, among others, Jack Ruby and 22 former staff of Auschwitz. see all copies from $2.53! first editions
15	Visit to Don Octavio more books like this by Sybille Bedford $14.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Sybille Bedford's delightfully amusing account of her travels in Mexico in the years after World War II is a classic of travel writing. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
16	Sudden View: A Traveller's Tale from Mexico more books like this by Sybille Bedford $5.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00!
17 view cover	Jigsaw : an unsentimental education : a biographical novel by Sybille Bedford $5.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist An autobiographical novel based on Sybille Bedford's highly unusual childhood, moving from a south-German Schloss full of animals and expensive wines to a non-conformist family in the North of England. see all copies from $4.68! first editions
18	The trial of Dr. Adams. more books like this by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Jigsaw. by Sybille Bedford $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Trying to bridge the gap between the two styles of composition of the autobiography and the novel, this book is based on the author's unusual childhood in Germany, Italy, Provence and England. Her other books include "A Legacy", "Aldous Huxley" and "The Faces of Justice". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.16! \| first editions
20	Aldous Huxley more books like this by Sybille Bedford $3.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A close friend of Huxley's, Sybille Bedford was chosen to write his official biography in 1973. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	The sudden view; a Mexican journey more books like this by Sybille Bedford $5.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
22	The faces of justice : a traveller's report more books like this by Sybille Bedford $6.49 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $6.49! first editions \| SVS
23	The best we can do. more books like this by Sybille Bedford $6.86 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Written by the same author as "The Sudden View" and "A Legacy" this is a drama centering around the Old Bailey courtroom during the longest murder trial ever. Like the case, the book is an account of the events during the trial which led to the acquittal of the suspected murderer. see all copies from $6.86!
24	In Conversation with Naim Attallah more books like this by Naim Attallah, Sybille Bedford add to wishlist see all copies from $14.58! new only from $39.93!
25	Adolus Huxley : a biography more books like this by Sybille Bedford add to wishlist see all copies from $7.99!

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