Books - "biography"
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J.B. Priestley
the last of the sages
description on request
PUBLISHER: calder london 1981
KEYWORDS: john atkins jb priestley literature biography plays drama
THE REBEL COUNTESS
The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz
ex lib, minimal markings, 330pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear) d/w in plastic, VG+(v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1967
KEYWORDS: history constance markievicz biography
Memories of Madras
first edition 313pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt borders/crest,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to tissue guards,sl.stains to some plates,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1905
KEYWORDS: biography history india madras charles lawson geography
The Memoirs of Baron De Marbot
in two vols
695pp, b/w frontis to vol 1, VG (stiff paper boards, minor bumps and soils, vol 1 has split at upper rear hinge, stamps to front paste down, minor soils and foxing to prelims, vol 1 sl cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: longmans, london, 1913
KEYWORDS: baron de marbot arthur john butler france military biography history
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
A Biography - Volume one: 1889-1947
ex lib, minimal markings, 398pp, illus, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bruised upper corner) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1975
KEYWORDS: history jawaharlal nehru biography
Bishop Heber in Northern India
selections from heber's journal
324pp, ills (b/w) NF (red cloth, v minor fading to lower front extrem, v minor marking to ffep and frontis.) in NF d/w (v minor creasing and soils.)
PUBLISHER: university press, cambridge, 1971
KEYWORDS: m a laird bishop heber india history biography
Posthumous Poems
edited by edmund gosse, and thomas james wise
194pp, VG (blue cloth, fading to extrems, minor foxing to prelims and contents,rough cut edges, paste action to rear fep.) in G+ d/w (chipping with minor losses to extrems, closed tear to lower spine hinge, moderate soils, internal repairs.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann, london, 1917
KEYWORDS: algernon charles swinburne poetry literature biography
Wings of Song
the story of caruso
218pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (purple cloth with gold stamps, spine sunned and soiled at head and foot, minor foxing to some contents and foredges, rough cut edges, binding cocked.) in G+ d/w (minor soils and fading, tears to folds, losses.)
PUBLISHER: minton, balch, new york, 1928
KEYWORDS: dorothy caruso torrance goddard caruso music arts biography
GLADSTONE AND LIBERALISM
ex lib, minimal markings, 219pp, VG-(cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, vsl rubbed & soiled, sl paste action to ep's)
PUBLISHER: English Universities Press London 1952
KEYWORDS: history politics gladstone biography
VICTORIA ALBERT AND MRS STEVENSON
ex lib, minimal markings, 309pp illus, VG-(sl briused corners, sl rubbed & soiled, sl sunned, v sl cocked, sl browned ep's)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller London 1957
KEYWORDS: history sallie coles stevenson biography
THE MEMOIRS OF CHANCELLOR PASQUIER 1767-1815
ex lib, minimal markings, 192pp illus, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl bumped spine foot, v sl paste action to ep's) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Elek London 1967
KEYWORDS: history chancellor pasquier biography france
The Shoemaker of Dover Luke Howard 1621-1699
first edition 83pp.VG(cream wraps,title to front cover,mod.scuffed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner sign.to title)
PUBLISHER: friends book centre london 1943
KEYWORDS: l v hodgkin luke howard biography english history
VOM SEGEN DES GLAUBENS
Bearbeitet und erganzt von Renate Rocholl und Eberhard George Wedell
Decorated boards, limp binding, 224pp, illus, lacks d/w, NF(glossy wraps, v sl rubbed, v sl edge wear)
PUBLISHER: Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland, Dusseldorf, 1995
KEYWORDS: hans and gertrud wedell biography collected works
BITTER BIERCE
A Mystery of American Letters
reprint, ex lib, minimal markings, 291pp, FINE
PUBLISHER: Cooper Square Publihers New York 1966
KEYWORDS: history ambrose pierce biography
A FLAME IN SUNLIGHT
The Life and Work of Thomas De Quincey
ex lib with library labels to ffep's and stamps spasmodically throughout, 352pp illus, G+(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl edgewear, cocked, sl rubbed & soiled with sl sunned spine, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, ep's browned, sl internal seperation at front hinge)
PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1936
KEYWORDS: history thomas de quincey biography
JONES VERY
EMERSON'S BRAVE SAINT
Ex lib, minimal markings, first edition, blue boards, 238pp, illus, VG (sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, Durham, 1942
KEYWORDS: jones very biography emerson
VIRGIL
With an introduction and notes. Vol 1 introduction and text. Vol 2 notes.
Two vols, red boards, vol 1. 350pp + 16pp ads unopened (pencilled marginalia and underlining to pages containing introduction), vol 2 395pp + 8pp ads, both vols VG (corners sl scuffed, spine sl bumped head & foot with v sl surface loss, sl rubbing and v sl surface loss to boards with sl bumped edges, v sl sunned & soiled, sl paste action and foxing to eps, fomer owner inscript to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892
KEYWORDS: modern first edition papillon haigh virgil p vergili maronis opera biography poetry
THOMAS A. EDISON
'S werelds grootste uitvinder
Ex lib, minimal markings, 286pp, illus and all plates present, POOR (binding loosening, mod foxed throughout, mod wear & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Uuitgevers Maatshappij, Amsterdam, n.d. (ca. 1946)
KEYWORDS: francis t miller thomas edison biography
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 212pp illus, VG(sl cocked, sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl edgewear, vs l bumped spne head & foot, sl foxing to text edges, rear ep clipped) d/w VG(sl gum stains, v sl wear & creasing to extrems, sunned, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1970
KEYWORDS: history biography brothers grimm
THE LIFE OF DASHIELL HAMMETT
first ediiton, ex lib, minimal markings, gold cloth, 344pp illus, VG+(sl gum stains to pastedowns & ep's, v sl soiled edges) d/w VG+(flaps clipped, vsl wear to extrems, sl crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1984
KEYWORDS: history dashiell hammett biography literature