Anthony West

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Anthony West (August 4, 1914 - December 27, 1987) was a British author, the illegitimate son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells. Anthony West's best-known book is H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life, a biography of his father. Not to be confused with the Irish author Anthony C. West. There is also a professional motorcycle rider of the same name - see Anthony West (motorcycle racer).

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(1949) On A Dark Night. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. ASIN B0006F5IOM. Amazon
(1949) The Vintage, Paperback, Popular Library. ASIN B000FH7QKA. Amazon
(1951) Another Kind. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Amazon
(1957) Principles and Persuasions: the Literary Essays of Anthony West. Harcourt, Brace. ASIN B0007DU4TM. Amazon
(1960) The Trend Is Up. New York: Random House. OCLC 367819. Amazon
(1965) Elizabethan England. Odyssey Press. ASIN B0006BN6EK. Amazon
(1967) Galsworthy Reader. Scribner. OCLC 729903. Textbook
(1967) All About The Crusades. London: W. H. Allen. Illustrated by Carl Rose
(1970) David Rees, Among Others. London: Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-01887-0.
(1973) Mortal Wounds. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-7069-4753-3. An examination of the dossiers of three noted 19th-century women, including Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, 1766-1817
(1975) D. H. Lawrence. Norwood Editions. ISBN 0-88305-782-4.
(1979) John Piper. London: Secker & Warburg.
(1984) H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-53196-5. "The son of H.G. Wells and Rebecca West provides a biography of his father, chronicling the great English writer's rise to fame and fortune, his relationships with other famous people, and his numerous affairs."
(1984) Heritage. London: Coronet. ISBN 0-340-36938-8. "Richard Savage, the illegitimate son of a famous British author and a prominent stage actress, faces the difficulties of growing up in boarding schools and living with one parent at a time."