Books - "biography"
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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
Autobiography
sixth edition 325pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1879
KEYWORDS: history biography literature john stuart mill
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
Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company 1600-1858
first edition 311pp VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's heraldic bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1925
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy campbell clan barcaldine
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
The Grubbs of Tipperary Studies in Heredity and Character
first edition 260pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (green vinyl,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.internal foxing) v.tidy copy
PUBLISHER: mercier press cork 1972
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy ireland grubb geoffrey watkins tipperary
Scrivelsby, The Home of the Champions, with some Account of the Marmion and Dymoke Families
second edition 216pp ills.[b/w w.folding charts and col.frontis.] VG+ (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled edges,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,another owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: elliot stock london 1894
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy samuel lodge scrivelsby marmion dymoke