Books - "biography"
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The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg
poetry prose letters paintings and drawings
first edition 320pp.illus.(b/w+col.) VG(brown cloth,blue and gilt title to spine,sl.scuffed,v.small chip to rear board,v.sl.sunned,head and foot mod.shelf-worn,edges sl.foxed and soiled,small dealer label to front paste-down) in VG- d/w (mod.creased,scuffed and soiled with mod,shelf-wear to extrems.,sl.foxing to verso,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto london 1979
KEYWORDS: isaac rosenberg poetry literature art biography
Bywyd a Gwaith John Dyfnallt Owen
first edition 140pp one illus. (b/w) VG+( red cloth, gilt title to spine, spine, boards and extrems sl.scuffed, top edge sl.soiled,previous owners sign to ffep) in VG d/w ( mod.worn, mod shelf wear to extrems, price sticker on front board, verso sl worn and foxed top and bottom.)
PUBLISHER: ty john penry abertawe 1976
KEYWORDS: geraint elfyn jones wales music eisteddfod biography literature
SIR WALTER SCOTT
first edition, green cloth, 387pp, VG( vsl edgewear, vsl rubbed, v sl bumped spine head & foot, prev owners sign to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges, internal rear hinge reinforced with tape, v sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co London 1932
KEYWORDS: history biography sir walter scott
The Legion of the Damned
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
The Story of Chinese Gordon
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
the life & times of the 12th earl of derby
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
The Fool Errant
being the memoirs of francis-antony strelley
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
Left Hand Right Hand!/Great Morning/Laughter in the Next Room/The Scarlet Tree
4 vols.
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
T S ELIOT THE MAN AND HIS WORK
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
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
The Shaping of the Historian
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
Living Dangerously
the autobiography of ranulph fiennes
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
Little Jennings and Fighting Talbot
a life of the duke and duchess of tyrconnel
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
PROFESSOR OSCAR J. GOLDRICK AND HIS DENVER
together with his address delivered on the early history of Denver, July 4, 1876
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
The History of the Life and Adventures and Heroic Actions of the Renowned William Wallace
to which is annexed the life and martial achievements of that valiant hero robert bruce
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
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
A Critical Study
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
The Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace,the Liberator of Scotland
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
BEYOND ALL PITY
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
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST CONAN DOYLE
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
SHEILA SCOTT
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
Te Puea
a biography
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