Biografia

Thomas Paine.

Ayer, A J · 1989 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Faber and Faber, 1989. Mass Market Paperback, 195pp, the page edges browning a little with age. Illustrated soft card covers by Brian Grimwood. A very clean, tight copy. The life of the radical political writer and an exposition of his ideas... Fine.

Samuel Pepys The Saviour Of The Navy.

Bryant, Arthur · 1961 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Collins Fontana, 1961. Mass Market Paperback, 451pp, edges now a little browned with age. Illustrated softback covers. Frontispiece portrait. A very clean, tight Near Fine copy. The third volume in the biography of Samuel Pepys, the diarist of Restoration England... Very Good.

Tolstoy And His Wife.

Polner, Tikhon · 1946 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cape, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, 221pp, brown cloth covered boards. Flyleaf neatly removed, otherwise internally clean. A biography of the great Russian writer... Very Good /No Jacket.

Turner.

Selz, Jean · 1975 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Clematis, 1975. Hard Cover, Tall format. 97pp, white boards. Dustjacket with one closed short tear to rear, no loss. Many colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. The development of Turner's art and theory and the link between the Romantic Classical world and Impressi...

Henry The Eighth.

Hackett, Francis · 1946 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Reprint Society, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 503pp, black cloth covered boards with leather label. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, a little wear to gutter, otherwise internally clean. The story of King Henry VIII... Very Good /No Jacket.

Fanny Kemble.

Marshall, Dorothy · 1977 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Weidenfeld, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover, 280pp, dustjacket with closed tears to edges. B + w illustrations. A biography of the actress and abolitionist who wrote ' Journal of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation'... Fine /Very Good.

Margaret Ogilvy By Her Son.

Barrie, J M · 1898 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder, 1898. Hard Cover, '43rd Thousand'. 204pp, black cloth boards. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Hand cut foredge. A couple of light fox marks, not affecting text, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

One Foot On The Stage The Biography Of Richard Wilson.

Roose-Evans, James · 1996 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Weidenfeld, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover, 236pp,very slightly browned to edges with age, dustjacket with photograph of Richard Wilson. B + w photographs. A very clean copy. A biography of the actor who created 'Victor Meldrew'... Fine /As New.

Reflections In A Mirror.

Morgan, Charles · 1944 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macmillan, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover, 225pp, priceclipped dustjacket with small portions of loss to spine. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Includes essays on Tolstoy, Turgenev, Thomas Hardy and Emily Bronte... Very Good /Very Good.

Mary Wollstonecraft Her Life And Times.

Nixon, Edna · 1971 · Hessay Books

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Dent, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover, 271pp, complete dustjacket, very slightly rubbed to edges. B + w illustrations. A biography of the early advocate of women's rights... Fine /Very Good.

The Duke.

Guedalla, Philip · 1940 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Reprint Society, 1940. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 470pp, marroon cloth covered boards with leather label. Light marks to edges of boards, one mark to foredge, but internally very clean. A biography of the Duke of Wellington... Very Good /No Jacket.

White Spring.

Hilary, Evelyn · 1990 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The Book Guild, 1990. Hard Cover, 1st English edition. 134pp, complete dustjacket, a little faded to spine. B + w frontispiece photograph.. The true story of a Polish boy's wartime exile in Siberia, Kazakstan and the Ukraine... As New /Fine.

Anthony Trollope.

Cockshut, A O J · 1968 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Methuen, 1968. Soft Cover, Softback edition of the biographical study first published in 1955. 256pp, previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. One of the University Paperbacks series... Very Good.

Rembrandt Life & Work.

Rosenberg, Jakob · 1968 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Phaidon, 1968. Soft Cover, 3rd edition. Softback covers, faded to spine. 386pp. 282 illustrations in b + w. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean. 'The best short introduction to Rembrandt's work.'.. Very Good.

James Currie the Entire Stranger and Robert Burns.

Thornton, R D · 1963 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Oliver & Boyd, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. A heavy book of 459pp. Dustjacket designed by Stuart Barrie with wear to the ends of the spine, now in a removeable protective jacket. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A biography of the first editor ...

The Life and Times of Charles II.

Falkus, Christopher · 1972 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Club Associates, 1972. Hard Cover, 223pp, complete dustjacket. 16 colour and 100 b + w illustrations. Introduction by Antonia Fraser. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise clean. A biography of the Stuart king... Very Good /Fine.

Queen Victoria Her Life and Times 1819 1861.

Woodham-Smith, Cecil · 1973 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Book Club Associates, 1973. Book Club. Hard Cover, 574 pp, purple cloth boards, b + w photographs. A readable account of Queen Victoria's early years, up to the death of Prince Albert... Fine /No Jacket.

The Indomitable Mrs Trollope.

Bigland, Eileen · 1970 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. Hard Cover, 219pp, dustjacket with a little wear to top of spine. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A biography of Frances Trollope, the novelist, and mother of Anthony Trollope... Very Good /Very Good.

John Buchan A Biography.

Smith, Janet Adam · 1965 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Hart Davis, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. First edition. A heavy book of 524pp. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of the author of The 39 Steps, who became the Governor General of Canada... Very Good /No J...

Mountbatten, Hero Of Our Time.

Hough, Richard · 1981 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Weidenfeld, 1981. Hard Cover, 3rd impression. 290pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. Endpaper family tree. A very clean copy. A biography of the Admiral and Viceroy of India... Fine /Fine.