Biografia

Benjamin Franklin A Biographical Sketch.

Becker, Carl L · 1946 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Cornell, 1946. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Reproduced from Dictionary Of American Biography, with new prefatory note. 49pp, blue cloth boards. Faint stamp on title page and pocket on inner board, otherwise internally very clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

Candles And Crinolines.

Murray, D L · 1930 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Jonathan Cape, 1930. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, First issued as 'Scenes And Silhouettes'. 316pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt title. Stamp to title page and pocket to inner board, otherwise internally clean. Travellers' Library edition. Victorian people... Very Good /No Jacket.

Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Sander, Lloyd C · 0 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Walter Scott, 1111. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 177pp and bibliography. Red cloth covered boards, with wear to spine. Stamps to title page and flyleaf and remains of label to inner board, otherwise internally clean... Good /No Jacket.

The Queens And The Hive.

Sitwell, Edith · 1962 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Macmillan, 1962. Hard Cover, Reprint, same year as 1st edition. 542pp, dustjacket by Jack Matthew with closed tear to back, no loss. Internally clean. The story of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen Of Scots... Very Good /Very Good.

Do They Hear You When You Cry.

Kassindja, Fauziya and Bashir, Layli Miller · 1998 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Bantam, 1998. Hard Cover, 518pp. Map. One woman who defied the tribal customs of Togo and fought for her freedom in the West... As New /Fine.

A Pageant Of English Actors.

Brook, Donald · 1950 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Rockliff, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 286pp, red cloth boards, light damp marks to rear. B + w portraits of actors. Burbage, Garrick, Kean etc to Olivier. One red ink mark on foredge. Ex College library, so label to flyleaf and stamp to inner board, otherwise ...

Byron The Years Of Fame.

Quennell, Peter · 1943 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Reprint Society, 1943. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 319pp, red cloth boards with black leather label. Frontispiece portrait. Internally clean. Byron's life from July 1811 to April 1816 - covering his marriage and until he leaves England... Very Good /No Jacket.

James Hogg The Ettrick Shepherd Memorial Volume.

Borland, R (ed) · 1898 · Hessay Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

Selkirk, James Lewis, 1898. Hard Cover, Being the speeches delivered on the occasion of the Unveiling of the Memorial erected to commemorate the birthplace of James Hogg The Ettrick Shepherd at Ettrickhall on 28th June 1898. 81 pp, green cloth covered boards. B + w photographs...

Constable And His World.

Gadney, Reg · 1976 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

BCA, 1976. Hard Cover, 128pp, green boards, dustjacket with 2 short closed tears to bottom of spine, no loss. 121 illustrations in b + w. Internally clean. The life and world of the artist.. Fine /Very Good.

From Log Cabin To White House Life Of James A Garfield.

Thayer, W M · 0 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Ward, Lock, 1111. Hard Cover, Late 19th century. 351 pp, red cloth boards, worn to edges and with one closed tear to edge of spine, with design of art nouveau flowers to front. Floral vignettes to head of each chapter. occasional marks but generally clean, though 'well read'. ...

Michelangelo Painter Sculptor Architect.

Santini, Loretta · 1977 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Plurigraf, 1977. Soft Cover, English language version. Laminated illustrated covers. 111 pp, 104 colour plates. A clean copy. Michelangelo's life and work... Very Good.

Churchill The Man Of The Century.

Ferrier, Neil (ed) · 1955 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Robinson, 1955. Hard Cover, Large format. 93 pp, dustjacket with portions of loss to top edges.Many b + w photographs. Internally clean. A pictorial biography... Very Good /Good.

The Life of Thomas Hardy A Critical Biography.

Turner, Paul · 2001 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Blackwell, 2001. Soft Cover, 326pp, softback covers with a portrait of Hardy. A very clean, tight copy. A useful study of Hardy's work examined in relation to his life, and reading... Fine.

Thomas Hardy.

Page, Norman · 1987 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. Soft Cover, 195pp, softback covers with a photograph of Hardy. Internally very clean and tight. Hardy's life and career, and studies of the major and minor novels, short stories and poems... Very Good.

Madame Tussaud.

Cottrell, Leonard · 1965 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Evans, 1965. Hard Cover, Cadet edition. 160pp, blue boards. B + w photographs, including one of the Beatles with their waxworks. A couple of light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise a clean copy. A biography of the life of the founder of the famous waxworks, from rhe court ...

The Intelligent Heart The Story of D H Lawrence.

Moore, Harry T · 1960 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Penguin, 1960. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition. 560pp, the paper browning with age, orange softback covers. B + W illustrations. Internally clean and tight. A biography of the writer D H Lawrence... Good.

Betjeman.

Wilson, A N · 2007 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Arrow, 2007. Mass Market Paperback, 375pp, softback covers, with light creases to spine. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. Best- selling biography of the much loved poet and campaigner... Very Good.

The Story Of Albert Schweitzer.

Manton, Jo · 1955 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, 1955. Hard Cover, Ill.: Astrid Walford. 1st reprint. B + w illustrations by Astrid Walford. 176 pp, cream boards, illustrated dustjacket with edgewear. Internally very clean... Fine /Very Good.

Mayada Daughter of Iraq One Woman's Survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail.

Sasson, Jean · 2004 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Bantam, 2004. Mass Market Paperback, 414pp, illustrated softback covers with light creases to spine. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The story of the daughter of a powerful Iraqi family, who is imprisoned by Saddam Hussein... Very Good.

Prelude to Parnassus Scenes from the Life of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799 - 1837.

Cleugh, James · 1936 · Hessay Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Arthur Barker, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 342pp, red cloth covered boards with a closed split to the edge of the spine. Frontispiece portrait. Ex reference library - bookplate to inner board, a couple of small stamps, flyleaf removed, otherwise internally cle...