Biografia

On and Off the Record A Memoir of Walter Legge.

Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth · 1982 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Faber, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover, Introduction by Herrbert Von Karajan.292pp, complete dustjacket, a very little rubbed to the edges. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A biography, drawing on his writings, of the man who worked at EMI to record the greatest sin...

Alma Mahler Muse to Genius.

Monson, Karen · 1984 · Hessay Books

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,059)

Collins, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, 348pp. Priceclipped dustjacket, a very little rubbed to the edges. B + w illustrations. A crease to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. A biography of the woman who was the wife of the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Wa...

Aspects of Wagner.

Magee, Bryan · 1972 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Panther, 1972. Mass Market Paperback, 109pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers, a little rubbed to the edges of the spine. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. New light on the most controversial composer o...

Aubrey's Brief Lives A Selection Based Upon Existing Contemporary Portraits.

Aubrey, John and Barber, Richard (ed) · 1975 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Folio Society, 1975. Hard Cover, 324pp, decorated grey cloth, a little sun darkened to the spine. Card slipcase with a little wear to the edges. B + w contemporary portraits to each of the 'Lives'. Internally very clean. Biographies of Shakespeare, Marvell, Spenser, Milton, Er...

Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy.

Hale, J R · 1972 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Penguin Pelican, 1972. Mass Market Paperback, 190pp, the page edges browned with age. Illustrated softback covers. Map. A clean, tight copy. Machiavelli's life and how his diplomatic experiences led to his pragmatic political theories... Very Good.

An Appreciation of the Art of Guido Farina 1896 - 1957.

Reynolds, Barbara · 1967 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Stamperia Valdonega, 1111. First Edition. Soft Cover, 19pp, colour illustrated soft covers. A clean, near Fine copy. A discussion of the work of the work of the noted painter from Verona, and list of the paintings discussed. From the monograph 'Guido Farina' published in 1967....

The Family Life of King George and Queen Mary.

Lascelles, Hon Mrs Frances · 1935 · Hessay Books

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Ideas and Town Talk, 1111. First Edition. Soft Cover, 16pp booklet, No.3 in the Ideas Royal Jubilee Souvenir Series. Many sepia photographs. Illustrated stapled paper covers. Internally clean. A souvenir booklet produced by Ideas magazine to celebrate the Jubilee of King Georg...

The Love Story of King George and Queen Mary.

Lascelles, Hon Mrs Frances · 1935 · Hessay Books

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Ideas and Town Talk, 1111. First Edition. Soft Cover, 16pp booklet, No. 2 in the Ideas Royal Jubilee Souvenir Series. Many sepia photographs. Illustrated stapled paper covers. Internally clean. A souvenir booklet produced by Ideas magazine to celebrate the Jubilee of King Geor...

The Childhood of King George and Queen Mary.

Lascelles, Hon Mrs Frances · 1935 · Hessay Books

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Ideas and Town Talk, 1111. First Edition. Soft Cover, 16pp booklet, No. 1 in the Ideas Royal Jubilee Souvenir Series. Many sepia photographs. Illustrated stapled paper covers, with a couple of marks. Internally clean. A souvenir booklet produced by Ideas magazine to celebrate ...

Jonathan Swift.

Glendinning, Victoria · 1998 · Hessay Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Hutchinson, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 324 pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A vivid biography of the satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels. Comes with two reviews of the book... As New /Fine.

Some Friends of Dr Johnson.

Smith, Frederick M · 1930 · Hessay Books

£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.44 | ¥3,903)

Henry Hartley, 1111. First Edition. Hard Cover, Probably 1930s. 253pp, blue cloth covered boards, faded to the spine, and with a little loss to one edge. Previous owners' names to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. Bibliography. Biographies of Dr Johnson's friends -...

Alexander the Great.

Lane Fox, Robin · 1988 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Penguin, 1988. Mass Market Paperback, 568pp, the paper browning a little with age. Illustrated soft back covers with a couple of light creases. B + w illustrations and maps. Internally clean and tight. The accessible but erudite classic biography of Alexander the Great... Very...

The Dragon Empress Life and Times of Tz's Hsi 1835 1908 Epress Dowager of China.

Warner, Marina · 1974 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cardinal, 1974. Soft Cover, A full sized book of 217pp. Illustrated softback covers with a couple of light creases to the spine. Many colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. A biography of the ruthless and clever woman who ruled over China from 1861 to 1908...

John Donne Language and Style.

Partridge, A C · 1978 · Hessay Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Andre Deutsch, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover, 259p, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. An analysis of Donne's work, integrating biographical information and editorial facts with literary interpretation and a study of the compositional methods to show Donne's immense cre...

The Firebringers Art Science and the Struggle for Liberty in Nineteenth Century Britain.

Adams, Max · 2009 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Quercus, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover, 323pp the paper beginning to tan a very little to the edges. Complete illustrated dustjacket. A very clean copy. The lives of the Martin brothers - William the inventor, Richard who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, Jonatha...

Charles Darwin.

Aydon, Cyril · 2002 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Constable, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover, 326pp, the page edges tanning a very little with age. Complete illustrated dustjacket B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The life and work of the man who wrote the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, and changed the world....

Miro.

Penrose, Roland · 1970 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Thames and Hudson, 1970. Soft Cover, 215pp, the page edges browning a very little with age, laminated illustrated softback covers. 137 illustrations of which 54 are in colour. A clean, tight copy. The life and art of Joan Miro. The author is an esteemed art critic, who was a f...

Ted and I.

Hughes, Gerald · 2012 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Robson, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Gerald Hughes. 217pp, complete dustjacket with one crease to the front. Photographs and b + w drawings. A scrape mark to the inner board, under the turnover flap, otherwise a clean copy. The brother of Ted Hughes, the poet Laureat...

Modern Persian Prose Literature.

Kamshad, H · 1966 · Hessay Books

£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.44 | ¥3,903)

Cambridge, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover, 226pp, priceclipped dustjacket with one short closed tear to the front edge. One b + w illustration. Internally very clean. A study of the imaginitive prose literature written in Persia since the end of the nineteenth century, with a...

A Complicated Man the Life of Bill Clinton as Told By Those Who Know Him.

Takiff, Michael · 2010 · Hessay Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Yale, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 496pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little creased to the top of the spine. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The biography of Bill Clinton, from childhood onwards, as told by more than 150 of the friends, ...