Biografia

The Frederic Ozanam Story

Michael P. Murphy · 1980 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Society of St Vincent de Paul. Paperback. 16p. A staplebound booklet in good condition. Cover lightly creased. Underlining in pencil on a few pages, but most text clean, and binding tight. Brief biography of Bl. Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. U...

Richardson.

Downs, Brian W · 1969 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Frank Cass & Co, 1969. Hard Cover, New edition. 248pp. Complete blue dustjacket, a little faded. Frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise a very clean copy. A biography of Samuel Richardson, his circle, a study of the novels, sentiment et...

Richardson.

Downs, Brian W · 1969 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Barnes & Noble, 1969. Hard Cover, New edition. 248pp. Complete blue dustjacket, a little darkened with age to the spine. Frontispiece illustration. Internally very clean. A biography of Samuel Richardson, his circle, a study of the novels, sentiment etc... Fine /Very Good.

The Stuarts of Highcliffe.

Franklin, Robert · 1998 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Natula Publications, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 118pp.Priceclipped illustrated dustjacket is otherwise complete. Family trees. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The story of eight members of the family who owned Highcliffe Castle in Dorset, from Lord...

Paul Nash Landscape of the Vernal Equinox.

Simpson, Ann · 1987 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 8 pages. Colour and b + w illustrations. A clean copy. A short biography and an examination of the painting by Nash, written to accompany an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of M...

James Allen A Portrait Enlarged.

Wren, M A and Hackett, P · 1968 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Brown Knight, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover, 85pp, soft card covers. B + w illustrations and fold out family tree. A clean, tight copy. A biography of James Allen, the Founder of Dulwich College in London... Fine.

Geoffrey Chaucer.

Lowes, John Livingston · 1958 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Indiana University Press, 1958. Soft Cover, 199pp, illustrated soft card covers. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, a couple of marks to the edges, otherwise internally clean and tight. A reprint of one of the most popular studies of Chaucer ever. The intellectual, literary...

A Tale of Three Cities The Life and Times of Lord Daer 1763 - 1794.

Harris, Bob · 2015 · Hessay Books

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

John Donald Birlinn, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 280pp. Complete dustjacket with a light crease to the bottom of the spine. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. Lord Daer was a radical political thinker, immersed in the Scottish Enlightenment, who impre...

Cossack Girl.

Yurlova, Marina · 1934 · Hessay Books

£82.00 (€98.29 | $108.33 | ¥17,299)

Cassell, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition, now rare. 312pp, brown cloth covered boards with wear to the edges of the spine and a little loss to the top of the spine. Eight b + w illustrations. Original owner's name to the flyleaf, a small mark to the margins of a...

Memories of Andrew Devonshire.

Devonshire, Deborah · 2007 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Landmark Publishing, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover, 112pp, colour illustrated card covers. B + w photographs to each page. A very clean copy. The Duke of Devonshire's 54 years as custodian of Chatsworth, and as a family man and sportsman recalled in pictures and text by his ...

The King and the Vice Queen George IV's Last Scandalous Affair.

Ambrose, Tom · 2005 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Sutton, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 248pp, complete illustrated dustjacket, a little faded to the spine. B + w illustrations. A clean copy. The relationship between George IV and his mistress, Elizabeth Marchioness of Conyngham, her greed, and family and po...

The Diary of John Evelyn FRS Edited By William Bray Vol 1 and Vol 2.

Evelyn, John · 1945 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Dent, 1945. Hard Cover, Everyman's Library edition, edited by William Bray and with a Prefatory Note by G W E Russell. Complete in two volumes. 406pp and 400pp, including Index. Pink cloth covered boards, yellow series dustjackets with a little loss to the ends of the spine. A...

Cockburn's Millennium.

Miller, Karl · 1976 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

5 Queen Square London, Harvard, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover, 322pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the edges. B + w frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. A prizewinning biography of the l...

Handel.

Hogwood, Christopher · 1984 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Thames and Hudson, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 312pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. 100 illustrations of which 10 are in colour and a map. The previous owner has pencil ticked and underlined items in the Chronological Table by Anthony Hicks and the Inde...

Indira The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi.

Frank, Katherine · 2001 · Hessay Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 567pp, the paper a little yellowed with age. Complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A perceptive biography of the leader destined to play a significant role in the creation and go...

Tolstoy A Study.

Redfern, Percy · 1907 · Hessay Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

A C Fifield, 1907. First Edition. Soft Cover, 'With a recent snapshot of Tolstoy taken by his daughter in the garden at Yasnaya Polyana' 124pp, grey soft covers, now rather grubby, with some loss to the ends of the spine, with a photograph of Tolstoy to the front. A damp mark ...

The Undark Sky A Story of Four Poor Brothers.

Raisman, Geoffrey · 2002 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Harehills Press Ltd, 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover, A heavy book of 435pp. Illustrated softback covers without creases. B + w illustrations. Gift inscription signed by the author to Dame Fanny Waterman on the title page, otherwise a very clean, tight As New copy. The story o...

The Life and Times of Albert Einstein.

Brown, James · 1994 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Parragon, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover, A small pocket sized book, of approx 11cm x 8.5cm. 68pp, illustrated paper covered boards with a matching dustjacket. Colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A useful short biography of the scientist... Fine /Fine.

The Life and Times of Oscar Wilde.

Moffet, Timothy · 1994 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Shooting Star Press, 1994. Hard Cover, A small pocket sized book, of approx 11cm x 8.5cm. 64pp, illustrated paper covered boards with a matching dustjacket. Colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A useful short biography of the author, poet and dramatist... Fine /F...

Beethoven As He Lived.

Specht, Richard · 1933 · Hessay Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Macmillan, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover, Translated by Alfred Kalisch. A heavy book of 371pp, including Bibliography and Index. Red cloth covered boards, a litttle sun faded to the spine, with gilt title. Gift inscription to the fleaf, otherwise internally clean. The life a...