Biografia

Sir Francis Chichester Voyage of the Century.

Simpson, Colin and Angeloglou, Christopher · 1967 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Sphere, 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 112pp,browning a little with age, 16 colour and 66 b + w photographs. The complete report of Sir Francis' Chichester's epic solo voyage around the world. A clean copy... Very Good.

Harlow An Intimate Biography.

Shulman, Irving · 1964 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Mayflower Dell, 1964. Mass Market Paperback, 352pp, the edges browned with age, softback covers. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. The candid story of the Hollywood star's life and death... Very Good.

Charles Dickens.

Pope-Hennessy, Una · 1970 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Penguin Pelican, 1970. Mass Market Paperback, 1st Penguin edition. 651pp, the edges browning with age, illustrated softback covers. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. A classic biography of the famous author... Very Good.

The Life of William Hazlitt.

Howe, P P · 1949 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Penguin, 1949. Mass Market Paperback, 1st Penguin edition, with an Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. 477pp, the edges browning a little with age, blue and white softback covers with one small paint mark to the back cover. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean...

Bernard Shaw.

Pearson, Hesketh · 1964 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Four Square, 1964. Mass Market Paperback, 1st softback edition. 508pp, edges browned with age. A few spots of foxing and previous owner's name stamp to flyleaf, otherwise clean. George Bernard Shaw worked with Pearson on this biography... Very Good.

Tolstoy In London.

Lucas, Victor · 1979 · Hessay Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Evans, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, Tall format. 111pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. Endpaper maps and sepia illustrations. A clean copy. A fascinating account of Tolstoy's visit to study educational methods in London in 1861... Fine /Fine.

Wilson's Historical Traditionary and Imaginative Tales of The Borders and of Scotland with an Illustrative Glossary Volume III.

Wilson, John Mackay · 1837 · Hessay Books

£32.50 (€38.96 | $42.93 | ¥6,856)

Ainsworth, 1837. Hard Cover, This volume contains Numbers 105 to 156, which is dated Saturday October 28 1837. Blind stamped cloth covered boards with a loss to the bottom half of the spine. Internally clean. Interesting stories of scots life, including an account of the snows...

William Cobbett Englishman.

Burton, Anthony · 1977 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Aurum, 1977. Trade Paperback, 1st softback edition. Full size softback of 275pp, with b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of the radical political writer... Fine.

Lorenzo The Magnificent.

Rowdon, Maurice · 1974 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Purnell Book Club, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 237pp, complete dustjacket. Many colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. Lorenzo de'Medici as politician and patron in Renaissance Florence... Fine /Fine.

Pushkin.

Feinstein, Elaine · 1998 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Weidenfeld, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, 309pp. Complete dustjacket with portrait of Pushkin. B + w illustrations. Bottom of the front cover a little rubbed, otherwise a very clean copy. The story of Russia's favourite poet... Very Good /Fine.

John Winthrop A Seventeenth Century Puritan Romance.

Cowell, Henry J · 1949 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Benham, 1949. First Edition. Soft Cover, 31pp, pale blue covers. Frontispiece portrait and picture of memorial window given by his american descendants. The story of the man from Groton, Suffolk who became the First Governor of the Colony at Massachusetts Bay and founded Bosto...

The Romance of Catherine and Potemkin.

Dreifuss, Jerome · 1938 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Jarrolds, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1938. 256pp, dark blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the edges of the spine. B + w illustrations. Owner's name to flyleaf, spots of foxing to title page, otherwise internally clean. The story of Empress Catherine of Russia and Princ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

Boswell, James · 1930 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Collins, 1111. Hard Cover, Probably 1930s. Pocket sized. 637pp in dark red cloth covered boards, faded to spine. Frontispiece portrait and sepia illustrations. Original owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Life of Nelson.

Southey, Robert · 1905 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Amalgamated Press, 1905. Hard Cover, 334pp, blue cloth covered boards with impressed design, gilded to spine. Flyleaf neatly removed, otherwise clean. A biography of Admiral Nelson. Part of the 'Harmsworth Library' edition of classics... Very Good /No Jacket.

Henry VIII.

Bowle, John · 1965 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Readers Union Allen And Unwin, 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 316pp, complete dustjacket is sun darkened to spine and a little rubbed to the top edge. B + w illustrations. A couple of small light spots of foxing to the edges, otherwise clean. A biography of the Tudor ...

That Great Lucifer A Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh.

Irwin, Margaret · 1961 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Reprint Society, 1961. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 350pp, yellow boards with brown spine and blue label. B + w illustrations. A few small spots of foxing to the edges, otherwise a clean copy. The story of the great Elizabethan courtier and adventurer.. Very Good /No Jacket.

I Got Rythm! The Ethel Merman Story.

Thomas, Bob · 1985 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Putnam, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover, 239pp, complete dustjacket has one short closed tear to the back. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. A biography of the Queen of Broadway... Fine /Very Good.

Henry of Guise and Other Portraits Agrippa D'Aubigne and Catherine of Navarre.

Macdowall, H C · 1898 · Hessay Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,375)

Macmillan, 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover, 344pp, red cloth covered boards, a little bumped to corners. Original owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise clean. 3 biographical portraits of Henry of Guise, Agrippa D'Aubigne and Catherine of Navarre. Rare... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Life of Christina of Sweden.

Neumann, Alfred · 1935 · Hessay Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hutchinson, 1935. Hard Cover, Dated from the publisher's catalogue at the end of the book. 2nd impression. 287pp, black cloth covered boards,a little rubbed and marked. Colour frontispiece and b + w illustrations. Internally very clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

Charles Dickens.

Pope-Hennessy, Una · 1947 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Reprint Society, 1947. Hard Cover, 496pp, brown cloth covered boards with a leather label. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A readable biography of the great author... Very Good /No Jacket.