BLAIKIE, WILLIAM GARDEN:

first edition, in brown cloth with decorative black band & gilt title to spine, xix 504pp + 32, folding map at rear & portrait at frontispiece, VG-(corners sl bruised & scuffed, sl bumped apine head & foot with v sl tears, edges sl bumped & worn, boards soiled & v sl discoloured, prev owners sign to fep, sl internal seperation at tilte page & rear hinge, sl foxing to ep's & edges, sl shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1880

KEYWORDS: history david livingston biography

POLLNITZ,KARL LUDWIG VON

first edition thus 292pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,mod.stains and sl.sunned,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.stained,browned spine,chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: george allen london 1929

KEYWORDS: literature biography augustus of saxony karl ludwig von pollnitz

CHOLMONDELEY,R.H.

first edition 355pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,top board shaky w.paper separation at ep gutter,frontis.detached,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: batchworth press london 1950

KEYWORDS: history literature biography heber r.h.cholmondeley

SIDNEY,PHILIP

ex-lib first edition 232pp+ads. VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,libr.plate to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.soiled/foxed,teg sl.rubbed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: fisher unwin london 1899

KEYWORDS: history biography philip sidney

THOMPSON,MERVYN

first edition inscribed by author 185pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (dk.grey cloth,minor shelf wear,author's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1980

KEYWORDS: biography theatre arts new zealand mervyn thompson modern first edition

HUTCHINSON,LUCY

fifth edition 523pp VG (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: bohn london 1846

KEYWORDS: history biography colonel hutchinson lucy hutchinson bohn's standard library

DE BEER,GAVIN

first edition 123pp [fold-out map] NF (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,internal tape repairs to head of spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: geoffrey bles london 1955

KEYWORDS: history travel biography hannibal gavin de beer

NAPOLEON;SAVANT,JEAN

rebound in quarter-vellum 459pp [text in french] VG (rebound in dec.paper boards w.vellum spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.vellum browned,v.small corner tabs of vellum,new eps,original contents browned w edges sl.soiled,original col.paper wrapper bound in at rear,tight)

PUBLISHER: correa buchet/chastel paris [1954]

KEYWORDS: history napoleon military biography france jean savant

SEGUR,MARQUIS DE

rebound in half-vellum 367pp [text in french] VG+ (rebound in marbled paper boards w.half-vellum,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,new eps,prelims.and untrimmed edges mod.foxed,original paper wrapper bound in at rear,tight)

PUBLISHER: calmann-levy paris [nd]

KEYWORDS: history biography france marquis de segur monarchie louis xvi

MASEFIELD,JOHN;SPARK,MURIEL

first edition 186pp [frontis.] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.sunned spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,spine cracked at frontis.gutter,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and wrinkled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: peter nevill london 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition muriel spark john masefield biography literature

HARE,CHRISTOPHER

first edition 310pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG+ (olive cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,tight)

PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1913

KEYWORDS: history theology maximilian christopher hare biography

FOSTER,JOHN

[first edition] 560pp+ads. VG (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: bohn london 1858

KEYWORDS: history biography literature john foster bohn's standard library

MEDICI,LORENZO DE;ROSCOE,WILLIAM

tenth edition 564pp+ads. VG+ (green embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,1cm worm hole to top board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,ads.to eps,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: bell london 1881

KEYWORDS: history biography lorenzo de medici william roscoe bohn's standard library

LEWIS,MICHAEL

first edition 247pp+index ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,eps v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.wear to extrems.,laminate starting to lift at foot of upper hinge,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: allen and unwin london 1969

KEYWORDS: history tudor biography genealogy hawkins michael lewis

HERRIOT,EDOUARD

2 vols.in quarter-leather 363/452pp [text in french] VG+ (woodgrain paper boards w.leather spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,content edges sl.browned o/w clean)

PUBLISHER: plon-nourrit paris 1909

KEYWORDS: history biography madame recamier edouard herriot

SUARD,M.

651pp [text in french] VG (black embossed cloth,rebacked w.original spine laid down,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,new eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents sl.browned,tight)

PUBLISHER: firmin didot freres paris 1844

KEYWORDS: history biography m.suard mme.de sevigne literature

GIBBON ,EDWARD

508pp VG+ (blue cloth sl.soiled w.sl.foxed contents/edges mod.foxed ffep/rfep,gilt, spine)

PUBLISHER: frederick warne london 1899

KEYWORDS: history biography sociology theology edward gibbon

MANKOWITZ, WOLF:

first edition, blue cloth, 248pp illus, VG+(v sl brusied corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(5cm closed tear to lower front cover, sl sunned & v sl soiled, v sl wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Weinden feld & Nicolson London 1978

KEYWORDS: history biography edgar william poe

GILL,LINDA[ED.]

first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 584pp ills.[b/w w.some col.] NF (green cloth,minor shelf wear,mceldowney's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sunned spine w.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: auckland univ.press auckland 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition new zealand literature arts biography linda gill frances hodgkins

BALFOUR, GRAHAM:

2 vols, ex lib, blue cloth, vol 1 216pp, vol 2 239pp, VG-(sl cocked, library labels attached to front, boards soiled & rubbed with sl sunning, sl edgewear, library labels to fep's & stamp spasmodically throughout, sl foxing to ep's, edges & ep's sl browned, v sl internal seperation at fornt hinge vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1902

KEYWORDS: history robert louis stevenson biography