TOWNSEND,JOHN

first edition 190pp [b/w frontis.and map] VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,ffep clipped at upper corner,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface scuffs to front cover,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some small closed tears,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: elek london 1961

KEYWORDS: military history biography french foreign legion john townsend

HAKE,A.EGMONT

tenth edition in half-leather 407pp ills.[2x b/w w.2x fold-out maps] VG+ (brown cloth w.half-leather,gilt stamps and raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,surface scratch to top board,sl.scuffs to leather,mod.wear to extrems.,marbled eps and edges,prelims.sl.foxed o/w contents clean and tight)

PUBLISHER: remington london 1884

KEYWORDS: history biography geography chinese gordon a.egmont hake

DERBY,EARL OF;COX,MILLARD

first edition 164pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (black cloth,sl.stained,owner's stamp to half-title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping to extrems.w.1cm closed tear to foot of front cover repaired internally w.tape)

PUBLISHER: allen london 1974

KEYWORDS: history biography horse racing sport derby millard cox

STRELLEY,FRANCIS-ANTONY;HEWLETT,MAURICE[ED.]

first edition [from the editor's collection] 352pp VG (green cloth w.gilt/white dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,bookplate of editor maurice hewlett to front pastedown,prelims.and contents sl.foxed w.edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1905

KEYWORDS: biography history memoir francis-antony strelley maurice hewlett

SITWELL,OSBERT

reprints 4 vols.in slipcase VG (fawn cloth,eps and content edges lightly foxed, top edges mauve) in VG d/ws (light creasing and bumps to extrems.) in scruffy slipcase (plain grey card,mod.rubbed and foxed, tape repairs to all edges)

PUBLISHER: reprint society london 1949/1950/1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography osbert sitwell

TATE, ALLEN: (EDITOR)

first edition, blue cloth, 397pp illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, sl rubbed with v sl surface loss, v sl bumped board edges, v sl sunned spine, v sl soiled, prev owners sign to ffep, ex libris bookplate to ffep, prev owners sign to title page, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography t s eliot

CLIVE, JOHN:

First edition, brown boards, 499pp + xxxvi index, G+ (internal separation at hinges and several locations in contents, binding holding except ffep which is loose, otherwise contents tight and unmarked( d/w VG- (sl creases & wear to extrems, sl sunned, v sl soiled & rubbed,

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg, London, 1973

KEYWORDS: thomas macaulay historian biography

FIENNES,RANULPH

reprint, signed and dated by author, 263pp ills.[b/w and col.] imperial octavo hardcover, VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems, light soiling to lower page edges) in VG d/w (light wear to covers, light bruising and chipping to extrems)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1990

KEYWORDS: biography travel autobiography ranulph fiennes signed

SERGEANT,PHILIP W.

first edition 2 vols.674pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.4cm of nibbles to upper hinge of vol.2,owner's stamp to ffep/title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spines cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1913

KEYWORDS: history biography politics philip w.sergeant

MUMEY, NOLIE:

Ex lib, minimal markings, paper wraps, 36pp, frontis illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, contents excellent)

PUBLISHER: Sage Books, Denver, 1959

KEYWORDS: nolie mumey oscar j goldrick biography history denver

HAMILTON,WILLIAM

220/104pp [single vol.] VG- (full leather probable rebind,rubbed and soiled,lacks title labels to spine,leather on spine split vertically and starting to separate,wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky,owner's sign.to title,sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and separation at many sections)

PUBLISHER: fairbairn edinburgh 1807

KEYWORDS: biography history military william wallace robert bruce william hamilton

BERKMAN, SYLVIA:

ex lib, minimal markings, 246pp illus, VG-(spine re-covered, corners sl bruised & reinforced with tape, sl edgewear, boards rubbed & soiled, front d/w flap attached to front pastedown, ep's & text edges v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press New Haven 1951

KEYWORDS: history biography katherine mansfield

WALLACE,WILLIAM;GRANT,GEORGE

299pp+ads. VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained,sl.sunned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,yellow eps sl.soiled,owner's sign.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: james m'glashan dublin 1849

KEYWORDS: history biography william wallace george grant scotland

DE JESUS, CAROLINA MARIA:

first uk ediiton, ex lib, minimal markings, 190pp illus, G+(sl bruised & scuffed corners, edgewear, sl tears to spine head & foot, spine joints scuffed, boards sunned rubbed & soiled, sl cocked, internal seperation at front & rear)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press London 1962

KEYWORDS: history biography carolina maria de jesus

SYMONS, JULIAN:

ex lib, minimal markings, 138pp illus, VG(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl edgewear, sl cocked) d/w V-+(in plastic, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Whizzard Press London 1979

KEYWORDS: history biography conan doyle

LOMAX, JUDY:

first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 264pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to boards) d/w NF in plastic

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1990

KEYWORDS: history aviation biography sheila scott

KING,MICHAEL

first edition 331pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth, light wear to extrems, prev owners details in ink to front paste down, light foxing to page edges and prelims) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled, chipping and small tears to extrems, sl sunning to spine)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton auckland 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography te puea michael king maori

PRINCE LEOPOLD OF LOEWENSTEIN:

ex lib, minimal markings, 282pp, VG-( v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl cocked, sl edgewear, v sl soiled fore edge, sl internal seperation at rear) d/w VG(in plastic, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: W H Allen London 1970

KEYWORDS: prince leopold loewenstein biography

PALMER,NETTIE

first edition limited numbered and signed by author [144/500] NF (beige cloth w.brown quarter leather spine,gilt titling to spine,v.sl.soiled,eps and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,ghost of owner's sign.to ffep,author's numbered sign.to colophon opp.title,publisher's order form for this title loosely inserted)

PUBLISHER: meanjin press melbourne 1948

KEYWORDS: literature biography signed nettie palmer history

FIENNES,RANULPH

first us edition proof copy 266pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.sunned w.minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: atheneum new york 1988

KEYWORDS: literature proof copies biography travel ranulph fiennes