Biografia

SON OF TALLEYRAND The Life of Comte Charles de Flahaut 1785-1870

BERNARDY Francoise de, NORTON Lucy [Translator] · 1956 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Collins, 1956 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pink cloth (page edges and endpapers rather spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (tear at tail of spine and light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 320, illus with b&w plates and genealogical table (...

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND An Autobiography

AALL Christian Hiorth · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Combloux: Starvan Montagne, c. 1991 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 416, illus with b&w plates (no other inscriptions).

THE ANNUAL BIOGRAPHY AND OBITUARY FOR THE YEAR 1817 Vol I.

Anon · 1817 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1817 1st edn. 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt tooled in six compartments (corners a little bumped - otherwise bright VG). Pp. x + 606, illus with silhouette cameos in text (previous owner's ar...

ROBERT LOWELL Setting the River on Fire A Study of Genius Mania and Character

JAMISON Kay Redfield · 2017 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue/black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 532, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE INVENTION OF ANGELA CARTER

GORDON Edmund · 2016 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Chatto & Windus, 2016 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (page edges a little tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xvii + 525, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions).

T.H. WHITE A Biography

WARNER Sylvia Townsend · 1967 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Jonathan Cape [&] Chatto and Windus, 1967 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo (8¾ x 6 ins). Contemporary gilt tooled quarter morocco on red cloth sides, top edge gilt (near Fine). Pp. 352 illus with b&w plates and decorative endpapers (no inscriptions).

THE INTERIOR CASTLE A Life of Gerald Brenan

GATHORNE-HARDY Robert · 1992 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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New York: W.W. Norton, 1992 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red/cream cloth (page edges spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small sticker at tail of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 660, illus with b&w plates (no inscr...

THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER Complete in One Volume

CUSHING Harvey · 1940 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Oxford University Press, 1940 Rebound in gilt lettered maroon buckram cloth, top edge maroon (bottom edge stamped - otherwise near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. xviii + 1417, illus with b&w frontispiece and b&w plates (ex academic library with usual stamps and markings).

NO LONGER WITH US NAIM Encounters with Naim Attallah

ATTALLAH Naim. INGRAMS Richard · 2018 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Quartet Books, 2018 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 823 (no inscriptions).

ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD A Dangerous Innocence

COOPER Artemis · 2016 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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John Murray, 2016. 9781848549272 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (top corner of lower board lightly bumped - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price-clipped). Pp. vii + 376, illus with b&w p...

ALGY CLUFF Get On With It A Memoir, Unsung Heroe.. and a Few Villains, By the Way

CLUFF Algy · 2016 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Cluff & Sons, 2016-2019 1st edn. 3 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. various, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions).

MEMOIRS OF COMTESSE DE BOIGNE Volume I 1781-1815 [&] Volume II 1816-1830

D'OSMOND Adele Comtesse de Boigne, MUHLSTEIN Anka [Editor] · 2003 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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New York: Helen Marx Books, 2003 2 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (bottom corners of pages of vol I creased - otherwise VG). Pp. xxxix + 257 [&] xxxiii + 227, illus with b&w frontispieces (no inscriptions).

ANNA COMNENA

MITCHISON Naomi · 1928 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Gerald Howe, 1928 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black, top edge black (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 96, illus with b&w frontispiece by J. Gower Parks (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions).

ARBITER OF ELEGANCE A Biography of Robert Adam

GRAHAM Roderick · 2009 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Birlinn, 2009. 9781841588025 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. xviii + 382, illus with coloured plates (small mark on front endpaper; no inscriptions).

A GERMAN POMPADOUR Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine von Gravenitz Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg a Narrative of the Eighteenth Century

HAY Marie · 1906 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Archibald Constable and Co., 1906 1st edn. 8vo. Rebound in gilt lettered green cloth (light wear at corners - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. ix + 358, illus with b&w frontispiece (previous owner's faint pencil inscription on front endpaper).

PATRICK O'BRIAN The Making of the Novelist

TOLSTOY Nikolai · 2004 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Century, 2004. 9780712670258 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xv + 512, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

A WOMAN OF PASSION The Life of E. Nesbit 1858-1924

BRIGGS Julia · 1987 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Hutchinson, 1987 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 416, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).

THE ROTHSCHILDS A European Family [&] Essays on the History of a European Family

HEUBERGER Georg · 1994 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Thorbecke [&] Boydell & Brewer, 1994 1st edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 208 [&] 420, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

WALTER BENJAMIN A Biography

BRODERSEN Momme · 1996 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Verso Books, 1996 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered grey cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xvi + 334, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

PAUL BOWLES A Life

SPENCER CARR Virginia · 2005 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Peter Owen, 2005. 9780720612547 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (top edge lightly spotted - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 431, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).