AFGHAN

first edition 312pp+ads. VG (beige cloth w.black stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/browned,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1922

KEYWORDS: modern first edition afghan india biography geography military

PAULI,R.

582pp VG (blue embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: bohn london 1853

KEYWORDS: history biography alfred the great royalty britain r.pauli bohn's antiquarian library

NEWBOLT,HENRY

first edition 295pp NF (blue cloth,paste action to eps) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine browned,chipping to head/foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: nelson london 1926

KEYWORDS: history literature henry newbolt biography

SPENDER,STEPHEN

first edition 201pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,chipping and closed tears to extrems.,some minor losses,tatty)

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld & nicolson london 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition stephen spender travel biography

PEMBER, PHOEBE YATES

199pp,ills (b/w) in VG+ (red cloth, owners inscipt to ffep, sl cocked.) in VG d/w (minor closed tears to extrems, v sl surface soiling, internal foxing.)

PUBLISHER: mccowat-mercer press, tennessee, 1959

KEYWORDS: phoebe pember colonisation biography history america

DELL' ACQUA, GIAN ALBERTO

198pp, ills (col) VG (large format red cloth with black and gold stamps,text in italian, minor bumps to extrems, sl surface soil to lower front, sl discolouration to prelims, foxing to eps, tipped in colour plates all clean.)

PUBLISHER: aldo martello, milan, 1955

KEYWORDS: gian alberto dell' acqua tiziano biography arts

KINGSLEY, GEORGE HENRY

544pp, VG- (red cloth, bumps to extrems, spine sunned, adhesives to front paste down and ffep, pencil to ffep verso, sl foxing to prelims, eps and some contents, rough cut edges some unopened, foredges browned.)

PUBLISHER: macmillan & co, london, 1900

KEYWORDS: george henry kingsley sport travel biography history

BELL, GERDA:

first edition, brown cloth, 165pp illus, VG in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press Palmerston North NZ

KEYWORDS: biography ernest dieffenbach

BLAIKIE, WILLIAM GARDEN:

first edition, in brown cloth with decorative black band & gilt title to spine, xix 504pp + 32, folding map at rear & portrait at frontispiece, VG-(corners sl bruised & scuffed, sl bumped apine head & foot with v sl tears, edges sl bumped & worn, boards soiled & v sl discoloured, prev owners sign to fep, sl internal seperation at tilte page & rear hinge, sl foxing to ep's & edges, sl shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1880

KEYWORDS: history david livingston biography

POLLNITZ,KARL LUDWIG VON

first edition thus 292pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,mod.stains and sl.sunned,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.stained,browned spine,chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: george allen london 1929

KEYWORDS: literature biography augustus of saxony karl ludwig von pollnitz

CHOLMONDELEY,R.H.

first edition 355pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,top board shaky w.paper separation at ep gutter,frontis.detached,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: batchworth press london 1950

KEYWORDS: history literature biography heber r.h.cholmondeley

SIDNEY,PHILIP

ex-lib first edition 232pp+ads. VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,libr.plate to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.soiled/foxed,teg sl.rubbed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: fisher unwin london 1899

KEYWORDS: history biography philip sidney

THOMPSON,MERVYN

first edition inscribed by author 185pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (dk.grey cloth,minor shelf wear,author's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1980

KEYWORDS: biography theatre arts new zealand mervyn thompson modern first edition

HUTCHINSON,LUCY

fifth edition 523pp VG (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: bohn london 1846

KEYWORDS: history biography colonel hutchinson lucy hutchinson bohn's standard library

DE BEER,GAVIN

first edition 123pp [fold-out map] NF (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,internal tape repairs to head of spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: geoffrey bles london 1955

KEYWORDS: history travel biography hannibal gavin de beer

NAPOLEON;SAVANT,JEAN

rebound in quarter-vellum 459pp [text in french] VG (rebound in dec.paper boards w.vellum spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.vellum browned,v.small corner tabs of vellum,new eps,original contents browned w edges sl.soiled,original col.paper wrapper bound in at rear,tight)

PUBLISHER: correa buchet/chastel paris [1954]

KEYWORDS: history napoleon military biography france jean savant

SEGUR,MARQUIS DE

rebound in half-vellum 367pp [text in french] VG+ (rebound in marbled paper boards w.half-vellum,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,new eps,prelims.and untrimmed edges mod.foxed,original paper wrapper bound in at rear,tight)

PUBLISHER: calmann-levy paris [nd]

KEYWORDS: history biography france marquis de segur monarchie louis xvi

MASEFIELD,JOHN;SPARK,MURIEL

first edition 186pp [frontis.] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.sunned spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,spine cracked at frontis.gutter,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and wrinkled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: peter nevill london 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition muriel spark john masefield biography literature

HARE,CHRISTOPHER

first edition 310pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG+ (olive cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,tight)

PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1913

KEYWORDS: history theology maximilian christopher hare biography

FOSTER,JOHN

[first edition] 560pp+ads. VG (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: bohn london 1858

KEYWORDS: history biography literature john foster bohn's standard library