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$12.39
1m14/9

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT REFORMERS


MEMORIAL EDITION

HUBBARD, ELBERT:

vol9 only, ex lib, gilt-stamped blue leatherette, usual cancellation stamps, 418pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled, stamps to front ep and ink inscription from former owner)

PUBLISHER: P. F. Collier & Sons, New York, 1928

KEYWORDS: biography wesley george garibaldi cobden paine kno

$12.39
1m14/10

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS


MEMORIAL EDITION

HUBBARD, ELBERT:

vol10 only, ex lib, gilt-stamped blue leatherette, usual cancellation stamps, 418pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled, stamps to front ep and ink inscription from former owner)

PUBLISHER: P. F. Collier & Sons, New York, 1928

KEYWORDS: biography moses confucius pythagoras plato king al

$12.39
1m14/11

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT BUSINESSMEN


MEMORIAL EDITION

HUBBARD, ELBERT:

vol11 only, ex lib, gilt-stamped blue leatherette, usual cancellation stamps, 431pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled, stamps to front ep and ink inscription from former owner)

PUBLISHER: P. F. Collier & Sons, New York, 1928

KEYWORDS: biography robert owen james oliver stephen girard

$12.39
1m14/13

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT LOVERS


MEMORIAL EDITION

HUBBARD, ELBERT:

vol13 only, ex lib, gilt-stamped blue leatherette, usual cancellation stamps, 418pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG (v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled, stamps to front ep and ink inscription from former owner)

PUBLISHER: P. F. Collier & Sons, New York, 1928

KEYWORDS: biography robert louis stevenson fanny osbourne jo

$12.39
1m14/15

LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE GREAT: GUIDEBO


MEMORIAL EDITION

HUBBARD, ELBERT:

guidebook, ex lib, gilt-stamped blue leatherette, usual cancellation stamps, 418pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled, stamps to front ep and ink inscription from former owner)

PUBLISHER: P. F. Collier & Sons, New York, 1928

KEYWORDS: biography little journeys elbert hubbard roycroft

$16.50
2g6/47

The Eye in the Mandala


patrick white: a vision of man and god

BEATSON, PETER

172pp, VG+ (black cloth, minor bumps to upper spine, sl cocked.) in VG+ d/w (minor creasing to upper spine, v sl soil to rear wrap, price clipped.)

PUBLISHER: reed, london, 1976

KEYWORDS: patrick white peter beatson biography literature a

$30.00
2d20/37

Evil Genius


the story of joseph goebbles

EBERMAYER, ERICH; MEISSNER, HANS-OTTO

245pp, ills (b/w) VG- (black cloth, v sl soils to rear board, owners inscription to ffep, stamp to first four pages, foxing to prelims, foredges, eps and some contents, date at upper rear paste down, sl cocked.) in VG- d/w (browned, soiled and foxed.)

PUBLISHER: allan wingate, london, 1953

KEYWORDS: ebermayer meissner hage goebbles biography history

$22.50
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REBECCA WEST


A LIFE

GLENDINNING, VICTORIA:

first edition, blue cloth, 288pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bumped spine head and foot, v sl soiled) d/w NF with v sl wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1987

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography rebecca west victor

$12.39
1m14/19

I PRESUME


Stanleys Triumph and Disaster

ANSTRUTHER, IAN:

first edition, ex lib with minimal markings, burgundy cloth, 207pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot & lower board edges) d/w VG(v sl wear, tears & creasing to upper extrems with sl chipped spine head, vsl rubbed sunned & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles London 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ian anstruther biography stan

$15.50
1m16/11

THE CONSTANT CAPTAIN GONZALO DE SANDOVAL


GARDINER, C. HARVEY:

ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 221pp, VG+ (v sl cocked, handsome half cloth binding, v sl edge wear) d/w VG (sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 19

KEYWORDS: biography gonzalo de sandoval cortes tenochtitlan

$86.75
1m18/9

LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY


HUXLEY, LEONARD:

2 vols, ex lib, original moroon cloth with gilt title to spines & gilt embossed library labels to front & spines, vol 1 viii 503pp plates, vol 2 vi 504pp plates, VG(sl edgewear, corners v sl bruised vol 1 sl vol 2, spine head & foot v sl bumped with v sl tears, boards rubbed & soiled & v sl sunned, v sl holes to spine foot vol 2, library labels to fornt pastedowns, pkts to rear, library stamps to half title, sl internal seperation at front hinges, sl foxing to ep's, edges sl browned & v sl foxed)

PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co London 1900

KEYWORDS: history biography thomas henry huxley

$30.98
1m43/11

Letters and Other Unpublished Writings of Walter Savage Landor


WHEELER, STEPHEN (ed)

ex lib, 282pp, VG- (black cloth bumped and rubbed, small soil to spine, adhesive to front paste down, library stamps to prelims and some contents, sl foxing to prelims and some contents, rough cut edges sl soiled,sl cocked.)

PUBLISHER: richard bentley, london, 1897

KEYWORDS: stephen wheeler walter savage landor biography lit

$30.98
1m40/37

Wild Life in a Southern County


JEFFERIES, RICHARD

387pp, G+ (green cloth with black & gold decortaive stamps, wear and scuffing with minor losses to some extrems, soil to spine, owners inscription to front paste down & half tp, binding beginning to separate at front and rear fep gutters, sl foxing to prelims, foredges and some contents, binding cocked and shaky.)

PUBLISHER: smith, elder, & co, london, 1881

KEYWORDS: richard jefferies natural history biography

$34.09
2d14/28

Junius


stat nominis umbra

JUNIUS

380pp, ills (b/w) G+ (maroon cloth, bumped, faded and surface losses, minor loss to upper spine, contemts browned and foxed with age, binding a little shaky.)

PUBLISHER: vernor hood & co, london, 1810

KEYWORDS: junius history biography

$18.59
1l17/6

Mad,Is He?


the character and achievement of james wolfe

GRINNELL-MILNE,DUNCAN

ex-lib first edition 304pp [map at rear] VG+ (blue cloth,d/w glued at pastedowns,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps,spine cracked) in VG d/w (attached at pastedowns,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears,rear flap trimmed)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1963

KEYWORDS: history biography military james wolfe duncan grin

$232.37
1m42/16

The Great Belzoni


MAYES,STANLEY

first edition 344pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs to head edge)

PUBLISHER: putnam london 1959

KEYWORDS: history egypt biography stanley mayes belzoni

$30.98
1e25/23

Mustang Pilot


TURNER,RICHARD E.

ex-lib first edition 176pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.creased w.tape stains to flaps,upper/lower edges and rear flap trimmed)

PUBLISHER: william kimber london 1970

KEYWORDS: military history biography aviation mustang richar

$49.57
man531

Charles Dickens


DICKENS,CHARLES;SWINBURNE,ALGERNON CHARLES

first edition 84pp VG+ (dk.blue cloth w.gilt border,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,teg)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography charles dickens algernon charles swinburne

$30.98
1m41/33

Fifty Years with the Speed Kings


MCDONALD,DAVID

first edition 176pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)

PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1961

KEYWORDS: motor racing sport biography david mcdonald

$37.18
1m36/34

Robert Blake


sometime commanding all the fleets and naval force

BLAKE,ROBERT;BEADON,ROGER

first edition 308pp VG (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: edward arnold london 1935

KEYWORDS: military history robert blake biography roger beadon

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