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$34.00
1m37/39

Maud Gonne Lucky Eyes and a High Heart


GONNE,MAUD;CARDOZO,NANCY

first edition 468pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1979

KEYWORDS: biography history maud gonne nancy cardozo

$102.00
2d6/21

From Pole to Pole


HEDIN,SVEN

first uk edition thus 407pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt globe stamp to top board and spine,minor rubbing w.minor bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown w.dealer's label to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1912

KEYWORDS: travel geography sven hedin biography

$425.00
q29/14

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain


[12 volumes in 6]

LODGE,EDMUND

ex-lib.rebinds 12 vols.bound as 6 irregular pagination ills.[b/w engravings] VG (rebound in blue cloth w.blue half leather,raised bands and libr.labels to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses of leather,usual libr.stamps and labels,new eps,contents mod.foxed incl.plates but generally to margins and not so noticeable on images,tight set)

PUBLISHER: printed for harding,mavor and lepard london 1823-1834

KEYWORDS: edmund lodge arts portraits britain biography

$51.00
2d7/36

Helen of Troy


woman and goddess

LINDSAY,JACK

first edition 448pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: constable london 1974

KEYWORDS: history biography helen troy jack lindsay

$68.00
2d7/28

Varga The Esquire Years A Catalgoue Raisonne


VARGA,ALBERTO

first edition 176pp ills.[b/w and col.w.fold-outs] VG+ (grey cloth,sl.stained,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: alfred van der marck editions new york 1987

KEYWORDS: arts biography alberto varga

$148.75
r1/16

The Adventures of My Life


2 vols.

ROCHEFORT,HENRI;SMITH,ERNEST W.

ex-lib.first edition 438/428pp+ads. G+ (red cloth w.blue cloth spines,libr.label to top boards,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed/soiled,spines cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: edward arnold london 1896

KEYWORDS: history biography henri rochefort

$85.00
onz5863

W.N.Carson Footballer and Cricketer


CARSON,W.N.;CARMAN,A.H.

first edition signed by author [carman] 59pp+records pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan paper boards,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps v.sl.soiled,sign.of author a.h.carman to title page) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.stain to foot of spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: sporting publications wellington 1947

KEYWORDS: new zealand sport biography signed carman carson

$425.00
r1/27

The Heraldic Journal; Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families


4 vols.bound as 1

N/A

first edition [4 volumes in 1] 192/192/192/192pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-outs w.1 col.plate] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half-leather,gilt/raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep and title,some soiling and foxing to contents,some stains also to contents w.some pp browned,tight)

PUBLISHER: wiggin boston 1865-1868

KEYWORDS: heraldic journal genealogy america history biography

$76.50
r2/11

Donald Campbell


an informal biography

CAMPBELL,DONALD;YOUNG-JAMES,DOUGLAS

ex-lib.first edition 158pp ills.[b/w] VG- (black cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels w.some removed from rear eps,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked) in G+ d/w (rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses,rear flap trimmed,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: neville spearman london [1968]

KEYWORDS: motor racing sport biography donald campbell douglas james-young land speed record

$85.00
r2/17

Abraham Lincoln The War Years


4 vols.

LINCOLN,ABRAHAM;SANDBURG,CARL

ex-lib.4 vols.[vol.1 reprint;vols.2/3/4 first edition] 660/655/673/515pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,some plates loose but all present,content edges v.sl.soiled,spines cracked) lack d/ws

PUBLISHER: harcourt,brace new york 1939/1940

KEYWORDS: american history abraham lincoln biography politics

$45.00
r2/22

Django Reinhardt


REINHARDT,DJANGO;DELAUNAY,CHARLES

first edition 247pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,sl.soiled,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: cassell london [1961]

KEYWORDS: music jazz biography arts django reinhardt charles delaunay

$42.50
r3/20

Rhwng Y Silffoedd


RICHARDS,THOMAS;JONES,DERWYN;OWEN,GWILYM B.

first edition 174pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrms.w.some closed tears)

PUBLISHER: gwasg gee dinbych 1978

KEYWORDS: biography history wales thomas richards

$59.50
r4/15

Commodore John Rodgers


captain,commodore,and senior officer of the american navy 1773-1838

RODGERS,COMMODORE JOHN;PAULLIN,CHARLES OSCAR

first edition 434pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt flag stamped to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,new eps,sl.foxing to untrimmed content edges,small piece from pp45/46 torn away but present,teg)

PUBLISHER: arthur h.clark cleveland 1910

KEYWORDS: nautical biography john rodgers charles paullin

$425.00
2d6/38

Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani


AD-DIN,SAYYID JAMAL;KEDDIE,NIKKI R.

ex-lib.first edition 479pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to boards and eps w.libr.mark to spine,usual libr.stamps w.label removed from rear pastedown,contents clean and tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/creased w.libr.mark to spine,tape stains to rolled edges)

PUBLISHER: university of california press berkeley 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography sayyid jamal ad-din nikki keddie

$42.50
2d7/50

Forty Years of American Life


NICHOLS,THOMAS LOW

lacks title page 509pp G+ (green cloth w.black borders and stamps,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to bevelled edges,new eps,owner's sign.to half-title,lacks title page,contents sl.soiled w.sl.stain to foot edge)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london [1874]

KEYWORDS: history travel geography biography thomas low nichols america

$34.00
2d6/41

Jungle Lindsay


LINDSAY,HECTOR

[first edition] 282pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history geography biography hector lindsay

$42.50
r5/17

Eifion Wyn


WILLIAMS,PEREDUR WYN

first edition 263pp [text in welsh] VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: gwasg gomer llandysul 1980

KEYWORDS: history literature biography peredur wyn williams welsh

$1100.00
r7/19

A Personal Narrative of Those Transactions in the County Wexford,in which the Author was engaged,during the awful period of 1798


CLONEY,THOMAS

first edition [reading copy] 276pp+errata slip and publisher's slip tipped-in at rear G (quite possibly the original binding of greenish paper boards w.grey cloth spine,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many surface losses,rear hinge has been chewed,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,contents foxed,several sections detached,appears to be missing ppvii/viii however it could have been mis-paginated as the text seems to run logically,lacks pp105-108,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at many sections,errata slip and publisher's note both tipped-in at rear)

PUBLISHER: printed for author by james m'mullen dublin 1832

KEYWORDS: history biography law wexford thomas cloney

$25.50
2g8/34

Mostly a Farmer


WATERS,LANCE

first edition 193pp F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: cape catley whatamongo bay 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history lance waters

$29.75
2g8/23

The Making of a New Zealander


MULGAN,ALAN

reprint signed by author 215pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1959

KEYWORDS: new zealand history alan mulgan biography signed

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