Books - "biography"
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History of The Family of Chichester from A.D. 1086 to 1870
first edition 174pp ills.[b/w w.hand-coloured heraldic devices] G+ (burgundy cloth w gilt/red/blue/white heraldic stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,mod.wear to bevelled edges,owner's bookplate to front pastedown w.another to ffep,paper separation at fep gutter w.boards shaky,ffep detached but present w.owner's inscr.to verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some foxing to folding charts)
PUBLISHER: john camden hotten london 1871
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy chichester
Knox Genealogy Descendants of William Knox and of John Knox the Reformer
first edition inscribed by author 21pp+tables VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.and owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: george p. johnston edinburgh 1896
KEYWORDS: history william knox john knox biography genealogy william crawford
Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family of Knox
first edition [association inscriptions] 184pp G+ (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamped to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to bevelled edges,sl.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,sign.of J.P.Knox to blank prelim.,inscr.to head of title page mentions 2x Knox names,prelims.and content edges foxed,contents browned w.paper sl.brittle,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: grampian club london 1879
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy knox charles rogers
The Hull Family of County Down
first edition 30pp VG+ (2x booklets tied together at spine w.binders string,sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: mitchell hughes and clarke london 1932
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy hull family joseph culloden pinkerton
The Hundred of Wotton Topographically Described, and Illustrated with a Pedigree and Memoirs of the Family of Evelyn
first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth w.paper title label to spine,rubbed and stained,bumps and chipping to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: ede [printer] dorking 1846
KEYWORDS: history geography biography genealogy evelyn wedlake brayley wotton hundred
The Life and Times of the Hon. Algernon Sydney, 1622-1683 [2 vols.]
first edition 405/377pp ills.[folding map at front of vol.1.] VG- (green cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,new eps,owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: tinsley brothers london 1873
KEYWORDS: history algernon sydney ewald biography
Richard Trevithick: The Engineer and The Man
second impression 290pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press london 1934
KEYWORDS: history engineering biography richard trevithick dickinson
The McGills Celts, Scots, Ulstermen and American Pioneers History, Heraldry and Tradition
first edition 345pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: mcgill-warner saint paul 1910
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy mcgill ulster ireland america heraldry
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester A Biography
first edition 491pp [b/w frontis.] VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: archibald constable london 1907
KEYWORDS: history biography vickers humphrey duke gloucester
Strafford [2 vols.]
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.348/373pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,wrinkles to top board of vol.1.,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels throughout,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1931
KEYWORDS: history biography strafford burghclere genealogy
A History of the House of Percy [2 vols.]
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.393/495pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and stained,spines mod.sunned,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: freemantle london 1902
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy percygerald brenan lindsay
The Cavendish Family
first edition 326pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.crest stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1911
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy cavendish francis bickley
The Loyal Wentworths
first edition 267pp ills.[b/w w.folding charts at rear] VG- (black cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked w.some pp loosening,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1928
KEYWORDS: history biography wentworths allan fea
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart.
reprint 614pp [b/w frontis.] G+ (brown cloth,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,owner's inscr.to ffep and verso and half-title,prelims.and content edges foxed)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1855
KEYWORDS: history biography thomas fowell buxton
The Story of an Irish Sept - The Origin and History of the MacNamaras
first edition thus [signed handwritten note from publisher pasted to ffep verso] 339pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,note pasted to ffep verso) in F d/w - scarce reissue of 1896 text
PUBLISHER: martin breen ruan 1999
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy ireland macnamara sept martin breen
Seymour Vandeleur
ex-lib.first edition 288pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding maps] VG- (blue cloth w.silver/gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1906
KEYWORDS: history biography military seymour vandeleur maxse
Some Account of the Family of Hobhouse and Reminiscences
[first edition] 286pp [b/w photo pasted to blank prelim.] VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,owner's heraldic bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some faint pencil annotations to contents) scarce
PUBLISHER: johnson wykes [printers] leicester [nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy hobhouse
Hastings of Hastings
first edition [private circulation] 95pp [1 b/w photo tipped-in] VG+ (grey paper boards w.beige cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: ballantyne press [printer] colchester 1931
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy hastings geography beevor
Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.608/600pp VG (modern rebind in burgundy cloth,new eps,title page of vol.1 loosening,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: little brown boston 1864
KEYWORDS: history biography loyalists american revolution military lorenzo sabine
A Court in Exile Charles Edward Stuart and the Romance of the Countess D'Albanie [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.663pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,spines sunned to brown,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate and inscr.to front pastedowns,newspaper clipping taped to ffep vol.1.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1903
KEYWORDS: history biography charles edward stuart d'albanie vitelleschi