Books - "biography"
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Muldoon The Solid Man of Sport
first edition 364pp ills.[b/w] VG- (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,80% split to upper hinge and across spine creating a flap,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) this copy is from the collection of the late former New Zealand Prime Minister R.D.Muldoon
PUBLISHER: stokes new york 1929
KEYWORDS: history sport wrestling biography muldoon
Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Of Abbotsford with a reprint of his Memorials of the Haliburtons
first edition lxxii+78pp VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to bevelled edges,2x owner's inscr.to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: paterson london 1877
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy walter scott charles rogers haliburton abbotsford
Palmerston The Early Years 1784-1841
first edition 749pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: allen lane london 1982
KEYWORDS: history biography palmerston kenneth bourne
Letters and Memoir of the late Walter Augustus Shirley, D.D.
first edition 505pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (rebind in burgundy cloth w.half leather,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,upper hinge starting,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hatchard london 1849
KEYWORDS: history letters biography walter augustus shirley thomas hill
The Flying Duchess
first edition 216pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.stained,dealer's label to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1968
KEYWORDS: history biography mary bedford duchess
Raffles of the Eastern Isles
first edition 788pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.external/internal tape repairs,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1954
KEYWORDS: history geography biography raffles wurtzburg
The Historical and Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 1772-1784 [5 vols.]
ex-lib.first edition 430/448/459/464/461pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth w.black ruled borders,sl.rubbed and stained w.libr.labels to spines,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed o/w contents are tidy)
PUBLISHER: bickers london 1884
KEYWORDS: history biography memoir nathaniel william wraxall wheatley
Bluebirds The Story of the Campbell Dynasty
first edition inscribed by Campbell 215pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,Gina Campbell's inscr.to title page) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1988
KEYWORDS: biography sport motoring gina campbell signed bluebird
Oscar Wilde and His Mother
second edition 199pp VG- (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: everett london 1914
KEYWORDS: biography history oscar wilde anna de bremont
William Blake, Mystic A Study
first edition 14+42pp ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled edges,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: liverpool booksellers liverpool 1911
KEYWORDS: biography history william blake mystic adeline butterworth
The Life of William Blake [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.168/192pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.to each vol.] VG (green cloth w.gilt ruled borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,owner's notes in pencil to ffep both vols.)
PUBLISHER: thomas wright olney 1929
KEYWORDS: william blake biography arts thomas wright
The Life of Titian [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.399/384pp [b/w frontis.portrait to vol.1 w.folding genealogy chart at rear of vol.2.] G+ (burgundy cloth w.burgundy quarter leather,top board of vol.1 detached but present with others shaky,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.losses to both spines,owner's label to front pastedown of vol.2 w.vol.1 label removed,prelims.sl.foxed/soiled,missing upper 3cm of title page to vol.1.but with no loss of text,some minor soiling to contents w.owner's neat copperplate annotations,speckled edges) would benefit from repair as the contents are generally tidy
PUBLISHER: henry colburn and richard bentley london 1830
KEYWORDS: titian art history renaissance james northcote biography
Fay Jones The Architecture of E.Fay Jones
first edition 224pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (cream cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,creasing to upper edge of rear cover) heavy item
PUBLISHER: american institute of architects press washington 1992
KEYWORDS: arts architecture history biography fay jones robert adams ivy
De Quincey at Work
ex-lib.second printing inscribed by author 111pp [b/w frontis.] VG (paper boards w.title label to spine and top board,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to hinges and losses to spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,author's inscr.to title page,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: airport publishers buffalo 1936
KEYWORDS: de quincey willard hallam bonner signed biography literature
Ludwig von Mises
first edition 365pp VG+ (black cloth,owner's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.browned) in NF d/w (spine and hinge area sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: gower aldershot [1988]
KEYWORDS: biography history economics ludwig von mises eamonn butler
The Man Died
first edition 315pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: rex collings london 1972
KEYWORDS: history biography wole soyinka prison
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, with Critical Observations on their Works [4 vols.]
new edition corrected 4 vols.[b/w frontis.portrait to vol.1.] G+ (full tree calf,vol.1.missing top board w.rear board detached,most boards detached from other vols.,rubbed and soiled,spines darkened w.spine of vol.1.possibly smoke damaged,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in need of rebinding but text blocks are generally tidy
PUBLISHER: rivington et al london 1790/1791
KEYWORDS: literature poetry samuel johnson biography
The Genealogical Magazine [May 1898 - September 1898]
5 issues bound as 1 [May 1898 - September 1898] 232pp VG (red cloth rebind,rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,soiled eps w.owner's sign.to ffep verso,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: [np] london 1898
KEYWORDS: genealogical magazine history literature biography
The Last of the Royal Stuarts
second edition 309pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1906
KEYWORDS: history biography royal stuarts herbert vaughan
Fitzhardinge's Nobiliary 1986
first edition thus 250pp ills.[b/w] NF (red cloth,v.sl.soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: fitzhardinge's nobiliary bankstown 1986
KEYWORDS: history biography fitzhardinge nobiliary charles bailey genealogy