Books - "biography"
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The Heber Letters 1783-1832
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
Memoirs of the Sidney Family
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
All My Lives
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
Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson
bohn's standard library
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
Alps and Elephants
hannibal's march
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
raconte par les temoins de sa vie
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
Au Couchant de La Monarchie
louis xvi et turgot 1774-1776
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
John Masefield
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
Maximilian the Dreamer
holy roman emperor 1459-1519
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
Fosteriana
thoughts/reflections/criticisms bohn's standard library
[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
The Life of Lorenzo de Medici
bohn's standard library
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
The Hawkins Dynasty
three generations of a tudor family
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
Madame Recamier
et ses amis;2 vols.
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
Lettres de Mme.De Sevigne
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
The Life and Letters of Edward Gibbon
with his history of the crusades
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
THE EXTRAORDINARY MR POE
A Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
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
Letters of Frances Hodgkins
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
THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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
Edward Thomas
a critical biography 1878-1917
first edition, 292pp, ills (b/w) NF (green cloth, sl foxing to foredges.) in VG+ d/w (minor closed tears to some extrems, moderate foxing to rear and some insides.)
PUBLISHER: faber, london, 1970
KEYWORDS: william cooke edward thomas poetry literature biography
Shelley
a biography
first edition, 335pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (blue and white cloth, foxing to ffep and rear fep, sl cocked.) in VG+ d/w (v minor bumps to extrems, sl surface wear and discolouration.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape, london, 1968
KEYWORDS: jean overton fuller shelley biography literature