BIRMINGHAM,GEORGE A.

reprint 225pp ills.[12 tipped-in col.plates by Jack B.Yeats] VERY GOOD (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,all plates clean although two are in different places from that listed,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: foulis london 1914

KEYWORDS: biography ireland jack yeats history biography birmingham

CHESTERTON, G K (ASSISI, saint FRANCIS)

hardcover; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton

KEYWORDS: biography literature biography religion theology g k chesterton saint francis of assisi

THOMSON, .L GEORGE

hardcover octavo(VG+)d/w(VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Century

KEYWORDS: literature biography auto biography george l. thomson

DRAKE-BROCKMAN, HENRIETTA

hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1982

KEYWORDS: biography history maritime nautical shipwreck batavia australia biography francisco pelsaert specials

MOTION, ANDREW

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xx + 570pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1994

KEYWORDS: Andrew Motion Philip Larkin biography literature literary criticism literary biography

JUNGER, SEBASTIAN

Softcover octavo (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2011

KEYWORDS: specials Sebastian Junger autobiography biography memoir politics war Middle East Afghanistan embedded journalism experiential biography

THOMSON, JANE (ed)

Ex library, Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus frontispiece, v+587pp, illus, VG ( library markings, to feps and reps, light scuffing to lower and upper board edges) in d/w VG (library stickers on spine and front & back covers, v light fading to wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Longacre 1998

KEYWORDS: Ex libris Jane Thomson Otago Southland biography new zealand culture collected works anthology biography

THOMSON, JANE (ed)

Numbered limited edition in full leather binding, Ex library (minimal marking, none external) Quarto, brown leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus frontispiece, v+587pp, illus, VG+ (small rip to lower pastedown, v small rip to upper pastedown, book plate to fep, small glue mark to back board)

PUBLISHER: Longacre 1998

KEYWORDS: Ex libris Jane Thomson Otago Southland biography new zealand culture collected works anthology biography

GRAY, FRANCES

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Macmilla Press 1982

KEYWORDS: drama theatre history biography john arden biography literary criticism analysis

BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986 (?)

KEYWORDS: royal family monarchy biography Edward the eighth Wallis Simpson biography letters correspondance

BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986 (?)

KEYWORDS: royal family monarchy biography Edward the eighth Wallis Simpson biography letters correspondance

NEHLS, EDWARD:

3 volume set ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) illus 614pp 537pp 767pp all three in similar condition each bound in a different coloured cloth VG- (boards sl rubbed with bruising to corners and heads and tails of spines, sl creasing at spines and binding sl shaken)

PUBLISHER: university of wisconsin madison 1957-1959

KEYWORDS: lawrence literature england modern biography bloomsbury set

PORTER HAL:

first edition 305pp VG (sl.rubbed and stained w.sl.sunning to head/foot of spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,green eps sl.stained,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed,spine mod.sunned,extrems.sl.bumped and chipped,sl.internal foxing,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: angus and robertson london 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first editions biography

WHITTICK ARNOLD:

219pp ills. VG (red cloth w.gilt lettering to spine,v.sl.rubbed w.sl.sunning to edges and mod.sunning to head/foot of spine,extremities sl.bumped w.v.minor wear,prelims.sl.discol.w.sl.foxing throughout,owner's ink stamp to ffep,contents and ills.clean,edges sl.soiled/foxed,sl.cocked) in G d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.stained,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extremities incl.some chipping and minor tears,adverts.to rear and internally,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: leonard hill london 1964

KEYWORDS: architecture biography mendelsohn

STRAVINSKY IGOR,CORLE EDWIN(ED):

first edition 245pp ills.(incl.picasso,klee,chagall,etc) VG- (black cloth w.yellow lettering to cover/spine,sl.rubbed/stained,v.minor bumps to extremities,ills.eps,owner's pencil sign.to ffep,contents clean w.some v.minor foxing,ills.v.clean,headbands,te red,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in G+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.mod.stains,sl.sunned w.spine sunned,extremities sl.bumped w.some wear and chipping incl.2cm closed tear to head of front hinge)

PUBLISHER: merle armitage usa 1949

KEYWORDS: stravinsky music biography

COZENS-HARDY BASIL(ED):

first edition xvi 357pp VG (aqua cloth w.gilt lettering to spine,v.sl.stains w.sl.sunning to spine,extremities v.sl.bumped,eps sl.stained/foxed,contents v.clean,edges sl.soiled/foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.stained/sunned,extremities sl.bumped w.v.minor chipping,sl.internal foxing,price hole-punched out)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1950

KEYWORDS: biography sylas neville diaries literature

OLIPHANT, MARGARET OLIPHANT W :

Seventh edition, 2 vols, complete school library rebind in polished calf with gilt emblem to front and gilt to spine, marbled edges and ep's with presentation bookplate on front paste-down Vol.I, ix 314pp, vii 386pp, frontis. with tissue-guard. VG with sunned spines that are a little rubbed at joints and extrem., boards generally rubbed at edges and corners with a few scratches to rear, sl.foxing to prelims and last few pages)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh 1891

KEYWORDS: travel biography

CORTES, HERNANDO:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 388pp VG+(v sl bruised corners, sl rubbed,v sl crease to front board,v sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: george routledge & sons london 1928

KEYWORDS: history cortes biography

FREIDMAN, TUVIA:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 299pp VG+(v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: anthony gibbs & phillips london 1961

KEYWORDS: history israel freidman biography nazis jews eichmann

GREENAWAY KATE,SPIELMAN M.H. & LAYARD G.S.:

xx 301pp + ads. ills.(some colour) G (dec.binding,pale blue w.red/green dec.,gilt lettering to cover/spine,rubbed and heavily stained,uneven heavy sunning,gilt college stamp to rear board,extremities bumped and worn w.top hinge starting at head,boards shaky but attached,rubbing and sl.stains to prelims.,poss.loss of some blank prelims.,some sl.foxing to contents otherwise clean,rfep torn out,teg,edges sl.soiled/foxed,cocked w.v.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1905

KEYWORDS: kate greenaway illustrators art biography