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

PITMAN E.R.:

ex-library 1/4 leather xii 160pp ills. G+ (burgundy cloth w.yellow leather spine,gilt lettering to spine,cloth sl.rubbed and stained,leather mod.stained and sunned w.spine heavily sunned,wear to hinges and head/foot of spine,minor loss to head of spine,corners sl.bumped,prelims.sl.stained w.usual libr.stamps,contents clean,speckled edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: s.w.partridge and co london [nd]

KEYWORDS: missionaries history biography

WILSON GUY FLEETWOOD:

first edition ix 214pp ills. VG- (green cloth w.gilt stamp to cover and lettering to spine,sl.rubbed and stained w.sl.sunning and mod.sunning to spine,extremities sl.bumped and worn,eps foxed,sl.paper separation to ep gutter,contents v.sl.foxed,dealer's label to rear pastedown,edges sl.soiled,bottom edges untrimmed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1921

KEYWORDS: biography history fleetwood wilson

MELLNIK, STEVE:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 316pp illus boards VG+(v sl gum stains to fep's & boards,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl sunned,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: van nostrand reinhold co new york 1969

KEYWORDS: history philippine war 1941 biography

CHADWICK ELLIS H.:

first edition xv 472pp 3pp adverts. illustrated VG- (red cloth with gilt lettering,bevelled edges to upper and lower boards,lightly rubbed and sl.sunned,spine lightly sunned,extremities incl.head/foot of spine sl.bumped,prelims. sl.discoloured with foxing throughout,teg,page edges sl.discoloured and lightly foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: sir isaac pitman and sons london 1910

KEYWORDS: mrs.gaskell literary biography

KOHT, HALODAN:

first edition,2 volumes ex libris(usual cancellation stamps,pkts etc)vol 1 304pp,illust.VG+(corners bruised,rubbed,remains d/w attached to f&e paste downs,gum stains to ep's,sunned spine)vol 2 341pp VG+(library rebind cloth,new end papers)

PUBLISHER: george allen & unwin ltd london 1931

KEYWORDS: biography, history, norway, poetry

IDUARTE, ANDRES:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc)156pp VG+(v sl gum stains to fep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl sunned spine,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: praeger publishers new york 1971

KEYWORDS: mexico revolution porfirio diaz biography

NOWELL, ELIZABETH:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 456pp VG+(v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl sunned spine foot) d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1961

KEYWORDS: biography thomas wolfe america history

WELLS, JAMES:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 419pp illus VG+(v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot,v sl sunned, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1909

KEYWORDS: biography stewart history africa

ARKELL, REGINALD:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 190pp illus VG(v sl seperation at front board,v sl bruised corners,sl sunned)d/w VG(v sl wear/tears/chipped at extremities,v sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1946

KEYWORDS: biography richard jefferies england

CAUNTER, F LYDE:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 168pp illus VG+(v sl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: h e warne cornwall (nd)

KEYWORDS: england cornwall mining sharks biography polio

DOWDEN, EDWARD:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 421pp G+(spine broken,v sl foxing throughout,sl cocked,sl bruised corners,sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: longmans green & co london 1888

KEYWORDS: history henry taylor biography 1823

REITH, JOHN:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 222pp VG+(v sl gum stains to fep's & boards,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1966

KEYWORDS: history war biography

STIGAND, WILLIAM:

2 volumes first edition ex libris (usual cancellation stamps at random throughout book pkts etc) vol 1 402pp vol 2 441pp VG+(library rebound in fawn cloth,label with title attached to spine,v sl bumped spine head & foot,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1875

KEYWORDS: history biography heine germany france

PIGAFETTA et al :

tastefully ex libris (gilt library logo and number to front board and spine only)lx 258pp xx, argent chromolitho armorial plate, 2 maps (part coloured, one folding) full contemporary calf, spine gilt with red title labels, marbled edges and endpapers VG- (front board cracked along 60% of hinge, illus sl foxed, some rubbing/shelfware-particularly to spine, bookplate on fep, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: hakluyt society london 1874

KEYWORDS: travel history biography

REYNOLDS JOSHUA,PHILLIPS CLAUDE:

first edition 415pp + ads. ills. VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamps and lettering to cover/spine,rubbed and stained w.mod.sunning to spine,bumps w.some sl.wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,ffep lost,prelims.sl.foxed,edges untrimmed and soiled,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: seeley and co london 1894

KEYWORDS: artists joshua reynolds biography

RICHARDS, VYVYAN :

First edition, 144pp, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, VG (average foxing, minor shelf wear to lower corners) in VG- d/w (price clipped and price also cut out of front cover leaving a small circular hole, corners and spine head/foot sl.chipped)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth London 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography