LINKLATER, ANDRO

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning/discolouration, light chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1980

KEYWORDS: Charlotte Despard feminism feminists suffragette movement biography memoir politics political activists activism history

DOUGAN, ANDY

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Robson Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Hollywood actors entertainment movie stars Michael Douglas biography memoir

ADAMS, JAD

Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000

KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson

FILON, AUGUSTIN (from the French of)

FIRST EDITION; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, decorative rule & coat of arms motifs to spine & front board, top edge stained black, frontispiece, xi + 247pp, illus photo plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate sun-fading to spine, light cracking to front hinge & heavy cracking to front gutter - boards slightly shaky, light creasing & moderate foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1913

KEYWORDS: first editions france french monarchy royalty royals history louis napoleon iv biography biographies memoirs prince imperial augustin filon translations

HAGGARD, Lieut.-Col. ANDREW C. P.

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rule to front boards, teg, frontispieces, xi + 346pp / ix + 342pp, illus plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate-heavy foxing/discolouration to prelims/terminals & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions france french revolution monarchy monarchs royalty royals history louis xvi marie antoinette biography biographies

GREENWOOD, ALICE DRAYTON

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, top edges stained red, frontispieces, xv + 419pp / xiii + 439pp, illus - maps & plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to boards - moderate black ink stains to front board of Vol I, heavy sun-fading to spines, light-moderate cracking to gutters, some pages starting to come loose in front sections but all present, light-moderate foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1909/1911

KEYWORDS: first editions english england royals royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies queens hanover hanoverian history biographies biography sophia dorothea of celle caroline of ansbach charlotte sophia of mecklenburg strelitz amelia elizabeth caroline of brunswick adelaide of saxe meiningen

FORESTER, C. S.

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & crown motif to spine & boards, frontispiece, 247pp, illus plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to front gutter, a few pages loose/coming loose but all present, light-moderate foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in pencil & light pencil doodling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions france french military political politics imperial history napoleon bonaparte emperors court of biography biographies

DE FOE [DEFOE], DANIEL & WILSON, WALTER

3 VOL. SET, RE-BOUND; Super octavo, light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece, lxii + 482pp / xvii + 527pp / xviii + 685pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spines, light creasing & foxing to pages/page edges throughout, light tanning to page edges, occasional light annotations in ink and pencil)

PUBLISHER: Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1830

KEYWORDS: rebound memoirs literary biography biographies autobiography autobiographies history daniel de foe defoe england english writers authors novelists

HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY & HUXLEY, LEONARD

2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xi + 539pp / vii + 541pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems of Vol. II, boards slightly cocked & soiled, light cracking to gutters on both volumes, a few pages coming loose & one or two small open tears not impacting text, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to Vol. I fep)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: england english history letters writings autobiography autobiographies memoirs biography biographies thomas henry h huxley biology biologists anthropology anthropologists science scientists theory of evolution natural selection darwin

THOMSON, Mrs. A. T.

2 VOL. SET; RE-BOUND; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, xxviii + 475pp / vii + 573pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Henry Colburn 1839

KEYWORDS: england english royal history royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies memoirs biography biographies queen anne court courtiers sarah churchill duchess of marlborough

DAVIES, ROBERTSON & SKELTON GRANT, JUDITH (ed.)

Octavo Softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1979

KEYWORDS: literary criticism biography literature Robertson Davies

MIKAELIAN, ALLEN

Octavo Softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hyperion 2002

KEYWORDS: military biography World War American Civil Vietnam medals history journalism

HEIDEN, KONRAD & MANHEIM, RALPH (transl.)

Octavo Hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1944

KEYWORDS: biography Adolf Hitler history nazi Germany

RAMSDEN, TIM

Super Octavo Softcover (NF); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Galago 2012

KEYWORDS: Biography Mozambique South Africa citizen force military guerilla journalism photography

PADFIELF, PETER

Octavo Softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Panther 1985

KEYWORDS: military nazis World War 2 biography Karl Donitz Germany naval warfare navy history

BINGHAM, MILLICENT TODD

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc.

KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies history literature poetry poems poets emily dickinson millicent todd bingham

FURLONG, MONICA

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fount Paperbacks 1982

KEYWORDS: ex library literary biography biographies thomas merton authors writers trappist monks theologians theology religion spirituality

EDMONDS, ANDY

Ex-library; Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Carol Publishing Group 1993

KEYWORDS: ex library biography biographies organised crime true bugsy siegel mob gangsters mafia virginia hill

BURKE, JAMES

LACKS D/W, Ex-library; Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945

KEYWORDS: biography biographies bill william burke methodist christian missionaries china chinese travel writing

A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF MERCY & O'BRIEN, RICHARD BAPTIST (intro)

Sm. octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece portrait, 508pp, VG- (light cracking to gutters - boards sl. shaky, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate fraying to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, occasional creasing to pages, prev. owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: P. J. Kennedy and Sons 1866

KEYWORDS: biography biographies religion spirituality christianity catholicism irish ireland nuns sisters of mercy house institutes educational venerable mary catherine mcauley