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$33.46
1j12/6

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth


80 pictures by william hole

n/a

[unpaginated] ills.[80 col.plates by william hole] VG+ (cream cloth w.elaborate gilt stamps to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine mod.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.chipping to head/foot of spine,boards sl.shaky,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps sl.browned,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,teg,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: eyre and spottiswoode london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history arts biography jesus theology william hole

$69.71
man1j12/16

John Brown 1800-1859


a biography fifty years after

BROWN,JOHN;VILLARD,OSWALD GARRISON

ex-lib fifth printing 738pp ills.VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,paper separation starting at half-title gutter,edges sl.soiled,mod.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some minor losses and closed tears)

PUBLISHER: knopf new york 1943

KEYWORDS: history biography politics john brown oswald garrison villard

$27.89
26901jg7

Freya Stark


GENIESSE, JANE FLETCHER

Uncorrected proof, 387pp, unread & MINT in orange wrappers

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography travel stark

$11.15
1j14/24

A Piece of Truth


FLEMING,AMALIA

ex-lib first edition 257pp ills. VG (blue cloth,tape stains to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,tape stains to eps,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography alexander fleming amalia fleming science penicillin

$33.46
1j14/25

Gandhi,Tagore and Nehru


KRIPALANI,K.R.

ex-lib second edition 141pp VG (brown cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.w.libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hind kitabs bombay 1949

KEYWORDS: history biography india gandhi tagore nehru k.r.kripalani

$13.94
1j15/3

Wild Bill Hickok


HICKOK,WILD BILL;O'CONNOR,RICHARD

first edition 282pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled w.minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled/foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and minor closed tears)

PUBLISHER: alvin redman london 1960

KEYWORDS: history biography wild west wild bill hickok richard o'connor

$33.46
1j16/1

Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier


a history of my time 3 vols.

PASQUIER,CHANCELLOR;D'AUDIFFRET-PASQUIER,DUC(ED)

ex-lib first edition 3 vols.559/474/461pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,libr.stamps and labels,paste action to eps,teg sl.rubbed,edges sl.soiled,some pp uncut w.some minor chipping at fore-edges from those roughly opened,minor libr.labels to spines)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1893/94

KEYWORDS: history biography politics chancellor pasquier france revolution empire

$44.62
man1j16/4

The Last Days of Percy Bysshe Shelley


new details from unpublished documents

BIAGI,GUIDO

ex-lib first edition 167pp ills. VG (grey cloth,mod.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,teg)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin 1898

KEYWORDS: history biography literature poetry percy bysshe shelley guido biagi

$16.73
1j16/5

Two Russian Reformers


ivan turgenev leo tolstoy

LLOYD,J.A.T.

ex-lib 335pp+ads.ills. VG (red cloth,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and soiled,bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges mod.foxed/soiled,some minor foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: stanley paul london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history literature biography ivan turgenev leo tolstoy j.a.t.lloyd russia

$13.94
1j16/6

New Shelley Letters


SCOTT,W.S.(ED)

ex-lib first edition thus 170pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunned spine w.libr.mark,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumped and chipped extrems.w.minor losses to head/foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1948

KEYWORDS: history literature poetry biography percy bysshe shelley w.s.scott

$55.77
man1j16/9

The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley


2 vols.illustrated classics series

SHELLEY,PERCY BYSSHE;WOLFE,HUMBERT,ET AL

first edition thus 2 vols.415/469pp ills. VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,te black,sl.shaky spines) in VG- d/ws (sl.rubbed and mod.foxed/sunned,spines sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,8x1cm loss to upper hinge of vol.1)

PUBLISHER: j.m.dent london 1933

KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley humbert wolfe

$44.62
man1j16/10

The Real Shelley


new views of the poets life 2 vols.

JEAFFRESON,JOHN CORDY

ex-lib first edition 2 vols. 435/478pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned w.libr.marks to spines,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.bubbling to cloth on spines,boards sl.shaky w.separation starting at ep gutters,usual stamps and pockets,vol.1 lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.soiled,cocked w.sl.shaky and cracked spines)

PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1885

KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley john cordy jeaffreson

$11.15
1j16/13

The Young Shelley


CAMERON,KENNETH NEILL

ex-lib first edition 437pp VG+ (green cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky boards w.sl.paper separation at ep gutters,sl.cocked) in G d/w (in 2 pieces w.spine missing,rubbed and tape stained,chipped w.losses)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1951

KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley kenneth neill cameron

$22.30
1j16/14

The Nascent Mind of Shelley


HUGHES,A.M.D.

ex-lib first edition 272pp VG (black cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and minor losses)

PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1947

KEYWORDS: history literature biography poetry percy bysshe shelley a.m.d.hughes

$44.62
man1j16/19

John Keats


KEATS,JOHN;LOWELL,AMY

ex-lib second edition 2 vols.631/662pp ills. VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,usual stamps and pockets,edges soiled,sl.shaky spines)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925

KEYWORDS: history literature biography john keats amy lowell

$22.30
1j17/1

Diary of Charles Francis Adams


vol.1 only jan.1820-june 1825

ADAMS,CHARLES FRANCIS;DONALD,AIDA DIPACE/DONALD,DAVID(EDS)

ex-lib first edition 469pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,rear flap clipped)

PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1964

KEYWORDS: history biography charles francis adams politics

$22.30
1j17/2

Diary of Charles Francis Adams


vol.2 only july 1825-sept.1829

ADAMS,CHARLES FRANCIS

ex-lib first edition 514pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,rear flap clipped)

PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1964

KEYWORDS: history literature biography charles francis adams politics

$22.30
1j17/3

Diary of Charles Francis Adams


vol.3 only sept.1829-feb.1831

ADAMS,CHARLES FRANCIS

ex-lib first edition 431pp few ills. VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1968

KEYWORDS: history literature biography politics charles francis adams

$22.30
1j17/4

Diary of Charles Francis Adams


vol.4 only march 1831-dec.1832

ADAMS,CHARLES FRANCIS

ex-lib first edition 502pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1968

KEYWORDS: history biography politics literature charles francis adams

$30.00
2d4/34

The Life and Work of Charles Haddon Spurgeon Vol. II [2]


vol.ii only

SPURGEON,CHARLES HADDON;PIKE,G.HOLDEN

THIS VOL. ONLY, subscription only edition vol.ii only pp193-384 ills. VG+ (olive cloth w.gilt dec.,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation starting at ep gutters,publ.slip tipped-in to half-title gutter,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,aeg sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history biography literature theology charles haddon spurgeon g.holden pike

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