WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves

COATTS, MARGOT

Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, heavy scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, moderate creasing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Crafts Council 1983

KEYWORDS: hobbies crafts art artists weaving weavers Ethel Mairet history biography biographies memoir

WRIGHT, DON

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir

DAMROSCH, LEO

Super 8vo, pp. ix + 573; black heavy card bds, illus., photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Jonathan Swift 18th eighteenth century life lives biography

ROE, NICHOLAS

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 446; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, maps, illlus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: John Keats 19th century life lives biography poet poetry romantic social history England London

WEBBY, GEORGE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. 311; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: George Webby 20th century life lives biography autobiography memoir New Zealand

VALERY, PAUL; MATHEWS, JACKSON (transl)

THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, pp. ix + 167; cream cl bds, brown labels to spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in gilt; top edge stained grey; VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep; light annotation & underlining in pencil sporadic throughout).

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: Paul Valery journal notebook diary Monsieur Teste life lives biography memoir 20th century fiction

JEFFRIES, STAR

Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [8] + 440; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & pencil markings to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate annotation & underlining in pencil throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl curling & chipping).

PUBLISHER: Verso 2016

KEYWORDS: Star Jeffries 20th century Frankfurt School philosophy life lives biography politics culture Europe Germany

CREIGHTON, LOUISE

LACKS FEP, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 447pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to prelims, moderate cracking to guttes sporadically throughout, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1918

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir letters correspondence Thoams Hodgkin

BUXTON, CHARLES (Ed)

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, gilt tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 600pp, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine/boards, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, remembrance plate tipped in & gift inscription in ink to recto of half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1848

KEYWORDS: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton biography biographies memoir autobiographies literature letters correspondence history

ARNOLD, THOMAS & STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN

2 VOL SET, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, black rule & decoration to spines & boards, gilt initials in gothic script to front boards of both vols, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxiii + 440pp, vol 2- xvi + 448pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards, light soiling to page edges, numerous gift & ownership inscriptions in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: B Fellowes, Ludgate Street 1845

KEYWORDS: Thomas Arnold biography biographies memoir autobiographies history letters correspondence historical

MacCARTHY, FIONA

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 547pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2019

KEYWORDS: art design history Walter Gropius biography biographies memoir

ENTWISLE, PETER

COVER DEFACED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine & covers, 157pp, illus, VG (light creasing & rubbing/curling to spine & cover edges, lg lettering in black marker to front cover copy to check, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers William Tucker human heads biography biographies memoir

WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018

KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Robert Graves literature history

SMITH, SANDY

Imp. 8vo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Lagan Press 2013

KEYWORDS: C S Lewis Ireland Belfast life lives biography tour

BONAR, MARJORY

8vo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Banner of Trust Trust 1960

KEYWORDS: Andrew A Bonar diary journal life lives biography

POULOS, GEORGE

Ex-library. 8vo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Holy Cross Orthodox Press 1976

KEYWORDS: orthodox religion religious Saints life lives biography profile

SHORTT, RUPERT

Ex-library. 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2009

KEYWORDS: Rowan Williams life lives biography religion religious

PIRE, Father DOMINIQUE

8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1960

KEYWORDS: Father Dominique Pire life lives biography autobiography

GARDINER SJ, PAUL

Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: E. J. Dwyer 1993

KEYWORDS: Mary MacKillop life lives biography