TOPIN,MARIUS

first edition thus [translated by Henry Vizetelly] 367pp VG- (brown cloth w.black stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,boards sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate and dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso and head of title page,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: smith elder london 1870

KEYWORDS: literature marius topin history biography iron mask

ETHEREGE,SIR GEORGE; BRACHER,FREDERICK [ED.]

first edition 324pp VG+ (green cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: university of california press los angeles [1974]

KEYWORDS: history biography literature letters george etherege bracher

WARD,MARY

first edition 140pp [b/w frontis.] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: burns & oates london 1909

KEYWORDS: biography history mary ward

SMITH,GEOFFREY RIDSDILL

first edition 195pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: roundwood press kineton 1968

KEYWORDS: history biography geoffrey ridsdill smith henry slingsby

FAIRFAX,LORD; WILSON,JOHN

first edition 215pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1985

KEYWORDS: biography military history fairfax

LESLIE,ALEXANDER; TERRY,CHARLES SANFORD

ex-lib.first edition 518pp ills.[b/w frontis.portrait w.2 maps and 2 plans] VG- (brown cloth,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,splits to hinges w.tear across centre of spine,libr.bookplate to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked but tight) scarce first edition

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1899

KEYWORDS: history military biography alexander leslie charles sanford terry

HAVELOCK,HENRY; MARSHMAN,JOHN CLARK

new edition 457pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,catalogue page glued to front pastedown,owner's stamp to ffep,contents sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1890

KEYWORDS: military history henry havelock john clark marshman biography

PHILLIMORE,W.P.W.

first edition 206pp VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some pencil notes to contents)

PUBLISHER: elliot stock london 1887

KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy phillimore

GLEIG,G.R.; LADY,A.

first edition [2 titles bound as 1] 182/145pp VG- (red cloth w.half leather,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,owner's inscr.to prelim.,paper separation at ep gutter,content edges sl.foxed/soiled)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1846

KEYWORDS: history biography madras sale's brigade gleig afghanistan

PARNELL,CHARLES STEWART; ROBBINS,SIR ALFRED

first edition 208pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and boards unevenly sunned,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: thornton butterworth london 1926

KEYWORDS: charles stewart parnell alfred robbins history biography

KENEALY,EDWARD VAUGHAN; KENEALY,ARABELLA

first edition 303pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: john long london 1908

KEYWORDS: biography history edward vaughan kenealy

BODDIE,JOHN BENNETT

first edition vol.ii 300pp VG+ (orange cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: pacific coast publishers redwood city 1958

KEYWORDS: america history biography john bennett boddie

DARLINGTON,JOSEPH

first edition 91pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor stain to top board,2x owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: burns oates washbourne dublin [nd]

KEYWORDS: biography history john haughton steele joseph darlington

MCDONALD,DONALD

first edition inscribed by author 180pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,folding family trees to eps,author's inscr.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: martins london 1964

KEYWORDS: history london johnsons donald mcdonald signed biography

PILKINGTON,LETITIA

reprint 487pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1928

KEYWORDS: biography history letitia pilkington

SKELTON,PHILIP; BURDY,SAMUEL

first edition thus 255pp VG+ (marbled paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,paper title label to spine w.spare tipped-in at rear of contents,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1914

KEYWORDS: biography history philip skelton samuel burdy

N/A

nouvelle edition [les editions stereotypes] 489pp [text in French] G+ (rebind in full leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,marbled eps,dealer's label and remains of sticker to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: [stereotype d'herhan] de l'imprimerie des freres mame paris 1807

KEYWORDS: history napoleon biography stereotype d'herhan

GAMBLE,DAVID [COMPILER]; GAMBLE,JOHN WILLIAM

second edition inscribed by compiler [2 vols.bound as 1] 53pp+blanks+27pp VG (fawn cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.paper separation at ep gutters,compiler's inscr.to blank prelim.dated August 1899,aeg sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: [np] copp clark [printers] toronto 1899

KEYWORDS: family history genealogy biography david gamble john gamble fermanagh toronto

ADAMS,BENJAMIN WILLIAM; PEERS,MAXWELL RICHARD WILLIAM PEERS

first edition author's copy [Maxwell Richard William Peers Adams] [possibly a proof copy] 195pp [hand-numbered with many pp hand-written] ills.[b/w original photos mounted on prelims.] VG (full black leather w.gilt ruled borders,raised/gilt bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,marbled eps w.author/owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown,content edges sl.soiled,many pages handwritten with [author's ?] annotations,many related pieces of ephemera loosely inserted incl.contemporary newspaper clippings,many blank pp bound in) a unique copy of what may well be the author's [Maxwell Richard William Peers Adams] bound proof copy - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: traill calcutta 1891 / simla [np] 1892

KEYWORDS: history biography peers adams alveston warwickshire proof copy genealogy

MONTGOMERY,B.G.DE

first edition numbered/limited [214/600] 303pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamp to top board,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs to corners and hinges,internal tape reinforcing) scarce in d/w

PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1948

KEYWORDS: history genealogy montgomery biography