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$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

$14.00
2g8/45

The Man on the twenty dollar note


KINGSFORD-SMITH, CHARLES; MCNALLY, WARD

octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: reed sydney 1976

KEYWORDS: history aviation biography charles kingford-smith ward mcnally

$63.75
r8/22

Gog and Magog and I


SAYER,T.LEWES

first edition inscribed by author 184pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps to extrems.,author's inscription [but no signature] to ffep dated 3.v.35,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: london guildhall history biography lewes sayer

$51.00
r8/23

The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone


2 vols.

FISHER,LORD;BACON,R.H.

reprint 2 vols.312/328pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled,spines cracked but tight) lacks d/ws

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1929

KEYWORDS: lord fisher kilverstone biography nautical bacon

$29.75
2g3/30

Schoonerman


ENGLAND,RICHARD

first edition 294pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hollis & carter london 1981

KEYWORDS: nautical biography richard england schooner

$21.25
r9/5

A Secret Country


PILGER,JOHN

first edition proof copy 286pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.owner's stamps to front cover,owner's inscr.to inside front cover and stamp to half-title)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1989

KEYWORDS: john pilger biography history proof copies literature

$106.25
r12/15

Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist


LODGE,GEORGE E.

first edition 96pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.col.plate to front cover,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: gurney and jackson london 1946

KEYWORDS: natural history george lodge arts biography

$25.50
r13/1

Sgrepan Pererin


JONES,R.LEWIS

first edition 132pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] NF (pink cloth,minor shelf wear) in G+ d/w (mod.rubed and soiled,price sticker to front cover,2x2cm loss to head of front cover/spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: llyfrfa'r m.c. caernarfon 1971

KEYWORDS: lewis jones biography history literature wales welsh

$46.75
2d7/9

Kiki of Montparnasse


KOHNER,FREDERICK

ex-lib.first edition 222pp VG+ (green cloth,tape stains to boards w.libr.mark to spine,tape stains to eps,usual libr.stamps w.label removed from rfep) in VG d/w (libr.marks to spine w.tape stains to upper/lower edges)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968

KEYWORDS: history biography literature kiki montparnasse frederick kohner

$21.25
r15/27

An Admiral's Yarns


DUNDAS,CHARLES

second printing 313pp ills.[b/w] VG- (olive cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1922

KEYWORDS: military history nautical biography charles dundas

$63.75
r16/14

Memoirs of Charles Lamb


LAMB,CHARLES;TALFOURD,THOMAS NOON;FITZGERALD,PERCY [ED.]

ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [110/150] initialed by publisher [large paper edition] 291pp ills.[b/w portraits] VG (beige cloth w.gilt to top board,rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.,browned spine w.some small holes,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,numbered colophon to prelims.)

PUBLISHER: gibbings london 1892

KEYWORDS: biography history literature charles lamb talfourd

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