Books - "biography"
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The Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone [6 vols.bound as 3]
[first edition] 6 volumes bound as 3 ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth boards w.dk.blue hald leather,gilt-on-red title label to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep all vols.,prelims.sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,marbled edges) tidy set; heavy item
PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography william gladstone george smith politics
Warwickshire Grazier and London Skinner 1532-1555
first edition 282pp ills.[b/w] F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.external/internal tape repairs,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london [1981]
KEYWORDS: history biography alcock grazier skinner
My Life
first edition inscribed by author 358pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1911
KEYWORDS: history biography theology william mair signed
The Third Earl of Leitrim
first edition 135pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (rebind in burgundy cloth w.original glossy paper wrappers bound-in,owner's inscr.to inside of original front cover,content edges v.sl.foxed) scarce
PUBLISHER: published on behalf of james shiels fanad [1978]
KEYWORDS: history ireland leitrim liam dolan biography genealogy
Sweet Robin A Biography of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1533-1588
first edition 355pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (ochre cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.external/internal tape reinforcing to epper edge)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1981
KEYWORDS: history biography robert dudley leicester derek wilson
The Diplomatic Career
first edition 160pp VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1962
KEYWORDS: history biography lord strang
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
twentieth edition inscribed by author 347pp [b/w frontis.portrait] G+ (tan cloth w.black ruled borders and gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutters,author's warm inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: edmonston and douglas edinburgh 1871
KEYWORDS: history biography signed scotland ramsay character
The Life of Sir Stamford Raffles
first edition xv+403pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt armorial crest stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked w.sl.separation at some sections)
PUBLISHER: horace marshall london 1897
KEYWORDS: history biography stamford raffles demetrius boulger
Edward III
first edition 266pp [folding maps] duodecimo brown boards with gilt lettering to spine VG (lightly rubbed and soiled, sl.bumps to extrems, moderate wear to hinges and cracked gutters,sl.foxing )
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1875
KEYWORDS: history biography warburton edward
Anne Boleyn: A Study
first edition 288pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography boleyn sergeant
Mountjoy: Elizabethan General
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs to edges,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: odhams press london 1955
KEYWORDS: history biography mountjoy cyril falls
King George II and Queen Caroline
first edition 230pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: sutton publishing stroud 1997
KEYWORDS: history biography king george queen caroline john van der kiste
Mrs. Delany At Court and Among the Wits
first edition 292pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1925
KEYWORDS: history biography delany brimley johnson
The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon A Family History [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.348/364pp VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's heraldic bookplate to front pastedown of both vols.,owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) an additional two volumes were published in 1904
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1903
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy bernard abington nether winchendon napier higgins
Hearsay
first edition 275pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,contents sl.foxed,one plate loose but all present)
PUBLISHER: nisbet london 1925
KEYWORDS: history biography saye sele
A Tudor Story The Return of Anne Boleyn
first edition 182pp VG+ (dealer's stamp and owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: james clarke london 1963
KEYWORDS: history biography anne boleyn tudor packenham-walsh
A Treatise on The Pretended Divorce between Henry VIII and Catharine of Aragon
ex-lib.first edition thus 344pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,usual libr.stamps,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: johnson reprint new york 1965
KEYWORDS: history biography aragon henry viii harpsfield pocock
Some Celebrated Irish Beauties of the Last Century
ex-lib.first edition xxiv+299pp ills.[b/w] G+ (amateur rebind in green cloth w.dk.green cloth spine,title sections from top board and spine of original brown cloth binding have been roughly pasted to the new binding,mod.rubbed and soiled,new eps w.owner's inscr.to ffep,usual libr.stamps incl.some blind stamps to prelims.,contents are sl.soiled,all ills.are present,spine cracked w.sl.separation at some sections) scarce first edition in basic rebind but could be rescued
PUBLISHER: ward and downey london 1895
KEYWORDS: history ireland irish beauties frances gerard biography
Life and Times of William the Third and History of Orangeism
first edition 309pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall C294
PUBLISHER: brett [printer] auckland 1890
KEYWORDS: history biography william third joseph carnahan orangeism
Old Ireland Reminiscences of an Irish K.C.
first edition 302pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps mod.soiled,contents mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) scarce first edition
PUBLISHER: thornton butterworth london 1927
KEYWORDS: history ireland sullivan biography