Biografia

Abraham Lincoln From His Own Words and Contemporary Accounts.

Appleman, Roy Edgar (ed) and Lincoln, Abraham · 1959 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Unites States Information Service, 1959. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 44pp, softback covers. B + w maps and photographs. A couple of very light spots of foxing to Contents page, otherwise a very clean Near Fine copy. Produced to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincol...

Beloved Quixote the Unknown Life of John Middleton Murry.

Murry, Katherine Middleton · 1986 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Souvenir Press Condor, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 219pp. Complete dustjacket, a little rubbed to one corner. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. An account by the daughter of the literary crrtic John Middleton Murry of the influences on his work, h...

Introducing Shakespeare.

Harrison, G B · 1954 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Penguin Pelican, 1954. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition. 176pp, the paper browning a little with age, blue and white softback covers. Previous owner's name to front cover, a note to last page, otherwise clean and tight. A classic account of Shakespeare's life, his playho...

John Ruskin.

Whitehouse, J Howard · 1953 · Hessay Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Oxford, The Ruskin Society and Friends of Brantwood, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover, 26pp, cream boards. Handmade paper with hand cut edges. Internally very clean. A study of Ruskin's life and thought, part of which was originally published in 'Great Democrats'... Very Good /...

Oscar Wilde A Present Time Appraisal.

Ervine, St John · 1951 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

George Allen & Unwin, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover, 336pp, green cloth covered boards, faded to spine. Bookplate to inner board, otherwise internally very clean. A biography and appraisal of Wilde's work, by a playwright... Very Good /No Jacket.

Days With Bernard Shaw.

Winsten, Stephen · 1951 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Reader's Union, 1951. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 246 pp. B + w illustrations. A couple of short closed tears to dustjacket, no loss. Light foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. A biography of GBS.. Very Good /Very Good.

Dear Dodie The Life of Dodie Smith.

Grove, Valerie · 1997 · Hessay Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)

Thorpe Ulverscroft, 1997. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Large print edition. A heavy book of 712pp, with laminated hardback covers. B + w photographs. Ex library - a couple of stamps to flyleaf and title page, otherwise clean. A biography of the author of '101 Dalmatians' and 'Dear ...

W B Yeats.

Moriarty, Mary and Sweeney, Catherine · 1988 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Dublin, O'Brien Press, 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover, 63pp, laminated softback boards with portrait of Yeats. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography, with Yeats places to visit in Ireland... Fine.

I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight A Life of John Paul Jones.

Mackay, James · 1998 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Mainstream, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, 320pp, dustjacket with one closed tear to top edge. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A biography of John Paul Jones, the American Revolutionary sea captain... Fine /Very Good.

Jordaens.

Roujon, M Henri (ed) · 1926 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Pierre Lafitte, First Edition. Hard Cover, 80pp, card covers with an attached colour illustration, with loss to the bottom of the spine. 8 colour reprioductions. French text. Original owner's name and date 1926 to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The life and work of the a...

Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire.

Foreman, Amanda · 1999 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Flamingo, 1999. Mass Market Paperback, 463pp. Colour and b + w illustrations. Light creases to spine, otherwise a clean Near Fine copy. The story of the eighteenth century duchess who ruled fashionable society.. Very Good.

25 Legal Luminaries From 'Vanity Fair'.

Collens, Rupert · 1990 · Hessay Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)

Lambourn, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover, A large book of 126pp. Complete dustjacket. Full-Page colour illustrations. Caricatures from 'Vanity Fair' of leading Victorian and Edwardian legal personalities, with biographies... As New /Fine.

My Darling Clementine The Story of Lady Churchill.

Fishman, Jack · 1964 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Pan, 1964. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition.381pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers. B + w photographs. A clean, tight copy. The biography of Winston Churchill's wife.. Very Good.

Byron in Love A Short Daring Life.

O'Brien, Edna · 2010 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Norton, 2010. Mass Market Paperback, 228pp, illustrated softback covers. A clean, tight copy. A life of the poet Lord Byron, and his complicated love life... Very Good.

The Presidents In American History.

Beard, Charles A and Beard, Walter · 1969 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Messner, 1969. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 30th printing. 199pp, dustjacket, worn to edges and repaired. B + w illustrations. Flyleaf attached to front board and 2 small library stamps blacked out on title page, otherwise internally clean... Very Good /Very Good.

Verdi.

Wechsberg, Joseph · 1974 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Arts Book Society Readers Union, 1974. Hard Cover, Large format. 255pp, complete dustjacket. 16 colour and 120 b + w illustrations. A clean copy. A biography of the composer... Fine /Fine.

Augustus John A Biography Volume I The Years of Innocence.

Holroyd, Michael · 1974 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 415pp. The priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete, but a little worn to the edges. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The first part of the biography of the bohemian artist, from 1878 to...

Montrose.

Wedgwood, C V · 1961 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Fontana, 1961. Mass Market Paperback, 158pp, the pages browning a little with age, softback covers. A tight, clean copy. The classic biography of the great Civil War general... Very Good.

The Incredible De Foe.

Freeman, William · 1950 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Herbert Jenkins, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover, 304pp, illustrated dustjacket with wear to the edges and a little loss. Frontispiece portrait and family tree. A couple of light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise internally clean. The adventurous life of Daniel De Foe,...

The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume the Fourth.

Boswell, James · 1826 · Hessay Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Oxford, 1826. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾ - 12 tall, Oxford English Classics edition. Large size. 428pp, including index to all four volumes.Original paper coverd boards with paper label, front gutter now weak. Hand cut edges, hand made paper. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, l...