Biografia

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...

Boswell's Life of Johnson Illustrated Volume One.

Boswell, James · 1765 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Office of the National Illustrated Library, Hard Cover, '10th thousand' - probably late 19th century. 291pp,green cloth covered boards with impressed design, faded gilt to spine. Many engraved ilustrations. Occasional marks, but mainly clean. Vol I contains Chapters I to XIV -...

Boswell's Life of Johnson Volume V.

Boswell, James and Birrell, Augustine (editor) · 1901 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Constable, 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 295pp in dark red cloth covered boards B + w portrait illustrations. Ex library - label to inner board, stamp to title page, otherwise internally clean. This volume is 1778 - 1782.. Very Good /No Jacket.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning.

Garrett, Martin · 0 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

British Library, First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 128pp, illustrated laminated card covers. Many colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of the poets Elizabeth Barret Browning and Robert Browning - Part of the British Library Writer's Lives serie...

Purely For Pleasure.

Lane, Margaret · 1966 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Hamish Hamilton, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover, 234pp, dustjacket a little rubbed to edges. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, a few light spots of foxing to foredge, othewise clean. Essays on Austen, Johnson, Dickens, Mrs Gaskell, Beatrix Pottrer etc... Very Good /Very Good.

Elizabeth Gaskell Her Life and Work.

Hopkins, A B · 1952 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover, 383pp, red cloth covered boards. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to inner cover, otherwise clean. Includes a Bibliography of Mrs Gaskell's works... Very Good /No Jacket.

Stevie Smith A Critical Biography.

Spalding, Frances · 1990 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Faber, 1990. Mass Market Paperback, 331pp, illustrated softback coverswith one small scrape mark to the front. B + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. The relationship of Stevie Smith's life and the evolution of her work... Very Good.

Johannes Brahms An Essential Guide to His Life and Work Classic FM Lifelines.

Brown, Jonathon · 1996 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Pavilion, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover, 105pp, illustrated card covers. A very clean, tight copy. Brahms's life, records, list of works and bibliography... Fine.

The Lighthouse Stevensons.

Bathurst, Bella · 1999 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Flamingo, 1999. Mass Market Paperback, 284pp, illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight, unread copy. The story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson... As New.

Where There's A Will Who Inherited What and Why.

Silverman, Stephen · 1991 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, 230pp, complete dustjacket. A dark mark to bottom edge, otherwise as new. Wills of the famous - Astor, Auden, and many film stars, including Monroe, Gable, Garland, Brynner etc.. Fine /Fine.

The British Labour Party Its History, Growth Policy and Leaders Vol III Biographies.

Tracey, Herbert (ed) · 1948 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Caxton, 1948. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 347pp, marroon cloth covered boards. B + w photographs. A very clean, Near Fine copy. Biographies of the founders and leaders of the Labour Party, written by Bevan, Callaghan, Gaitskell etc.. Very Good /No Jacket.

Joyce Cary.

Noble, R W · 1973 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Oliver & Boyd, 1973. Soft Cover, 118pp, softback covers with a drawing of Cary. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, some underlining and noting in biro, but a tight copy. A critical introduction to Cary's work as a novelist.. Good.

Milton.

Pattison, Mark · 1929 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.94 | ¥949)

Macmillan, 1929. Hard Cover, 227pp, green cloth covered boards. Original owner's name to inner board, pencil marking to several pages, but mainly clean. Part of the 'English Men of Letters' series... Good /No Jacket.

Portrait of G. B. S..

Topolski, Feliks · 1946 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Feliks Topolski. Introduction by Hesketh Pearson, colour frontispiece and b + w plates of George Bernard Shaw by Topolski. Dustjacket with loss to the top of the spine and a couple of closed tears. Internally clean. N...

Abraham Lincoln & the Working Classes of Britain.

Pole, J R · 1950 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

English Speaking Union, 1111. Soft Cover, Probably 1950s. Booklet of 37pp, rather grubby paper covers with a small tear. Introduction by Robert Willis, Chairman of the London Trades Council (1952) and President of the TUC... Good /No Jacket.

The Right Hon Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield KG And His Times Vol I Division II.

Ewald, Alexander Charles · 1883 · Hessay Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

William Mackenzie, 1883. First Edition. Hard Cover, Large format. A handsome book with blue cloth covered boards with gilt armorial decoration,all edges gilt. B + w illustrations. Original owner's name on flyleaf, a few small spots of foxing, otherwise clean. This volume comme...

Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Fkourished In The Time of George III Series I Vol II.

Brougham, Henry, Lord · 1845 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Charles Knight, 1845. Soft Cover, 256pp, paper boards, the spine now strengthened by modern brown tape. Internally clean. Includes Pitt, Canning,, Wilberforce, Franklin, Empress Catherine etc. A good 'reading copy'.. Good.

Disraeli A Picture of the Victorian Age.

Maurois, Andre · 1930 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Bodley Head, 1930. Hard Cover, 334pp, purple cloth covered boards, faded to spine. Gift inscription on inner board, a few light spots of foxing, othewise internally clean. Biography of the Victorian politician and novelist.. Very Good.

Socratic Discourses.

Plato and Xenophon · 1940 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Dent, 1940. Hard Cover, Everyman edition, with an Introduction by A D Lindsay. 364pp,complete series dustjacket, a very little worn to the ends of the spine. Internally clean. Xenophon's Memorabilia, Apology and Symposium and Plato's Lysis, Protagoras, Euthyphro, Apology and C...

Antony.

Lytton, Earl Of and Barrie, J M · 1936 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Peter Davies, 1936. Hard Cover, 5th impression. 368 pp, blue cloth boards, a little rubbed to edges of spine, sepia photographs. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, light foxing to foredge anfd title pages, otherwise internally clean. A biography of Viscount Knebworth, who was k...