Biografia

JOURNEYMAN A Printer's Impressions Through Eighty Years in a Rapidly Changing World

PARTRIDGE Walter · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Perdix Press, 1991. 0907596193 1st edn signed by author above frontispiece and with his handwritten note loosely inserted. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 176, illus with b&w frontispiece (no other ...

THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield in Six Volumes

MONYPENNY William Flavelle, BUCKLE George Earle · 1910 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

John Murray, 1910-1920 1st edn. 6 vols. Tall 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Original uniform gilt lettered blind-ruled blue cloth, top edges of vols I-IV gilt (boards lightly marked, spines faded with nicks at head and tails - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with b&w frontispieces...

A PICTURE OF LIFE 1872-1940

MERSEY Charles Clive Bigham 2nd Viscount · 1941 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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John Murray, 1941 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (chalk numerals on upper board and page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xii + 466, illus with b&w plates and maps (small tear at fore-edge of p. 439; no inscriptions).

NO ART WITHOUT CRAFT The Life of Theodore Low De Vinne Printer

TICHENOR Irene · 2005 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Boston: David R. Godine, 2005 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 329, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

MRS JACK An Autobiography of Isabella Stewart Gardner

THARP Louise Hall · 1965 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Boston: Little Brown, 1965 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth, top edge purple (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 365, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE PROMISED PARTY Kahlo Basquiat and Me

CLEMENT Jennifer · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

Canongate Books, 2024. 9781838859275 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 283 (no inscriptions).

BORN UNDER SATURN A Biography of William Hazlitt

MACLEAN Catherine Macdonald · 1943 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Collins, 1943 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (a little rubbed at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rubbed and nicked - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 631, illus with b&w plates (light pencil annotations in margins).

ANDREW MARVELL His Life and Writings

HUNT John Dixon · 1978 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Paul Elek, 1978 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 206, illus with b&w photos (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions).

BRECHT AND COMPANY Sex Politics and the Making of the Modern Drama

FUEGI John · 1994 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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New York: Grove Press, 1994 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown/tan cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 732, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS A Writer's Life

GOODMAN Susan, DAWSON Carl · 2005 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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University of California Press, 2005. 9780520238961 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue/brown cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover). Pp. xxvi + 529, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

MINOR LIVES A Collection of Biographies by John Nichols Annotated and with an Introduction on John Nichols and the Antiquarian and Anecdotal Movements of the Late Eighteenth Century

NICHOLS John, HART Edward L. [Editor] · 1971 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Harvard University Press, 1971. 9780674576308 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxxii + 367, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER And Fenway Court

CARTER Morris · 1925 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925 1st edn 2nd imp. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth, top edge gilt (rubbed at head and tail of spine and corners - otherwise VG). Pp. xi + 254, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down).

GEORGE ELIOT A Critical Study of the Life Writings and Philosophy

COOKE George Willis · 1884 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (lightly scuffed at tail of spine - otherwise VG). Pp. 438, illus with b&w portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard (no inscriptions).

CROWN OF TRAGEDY Nicholas II

FRANKLAND Nobel · 1960 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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William Kimber, 1960 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 208, illus with b&w plates (biro 'file copy' on half title).

A LIFE OF CHEKHOV

NÉMIROVSKY Irène, DE MAUNY Erik [Translator] · 1950 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

The Grey Walls Press, 1950 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (damp marks on boards; fore-edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 181 (endpapers partially tanned; no inscriptions).

CLERGYMEN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THACKERAY, THE NEW ZEALANDER

TROLLOPE Anthony · 1995 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Trollope Society [&] Omnium Publishing, 1995-1997 3 vols. 8vo. Original decorated cloth (Fine), no dustwrappers issued. Pp. various, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

MISS CHASE Santa Barbara's Trailblazer

KERRY Simon · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Unicorn, 2023. 9781911397731 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xii + 378, illus with b&w frontispiece, b&w maps, coloured and b&w plates and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

FORTUNE FAVOURS A BIELER Adventures in Life Love and Business

BIELER Philippe · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023. 9780228018889 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black paper laid boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 246, illus with coloured frontispiece and coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions).

THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW PONCHO A Memoir

ZOOK Kristal Brent · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Duke University Press, 2023. 9781478017196 1st edn. 8vo. Original yellow cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. xii + 210, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

CLAUDE MONTEFIORE Jewish Scholar Communal Leader Philanthropist

DIAMOND Bryan · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Bryan Diamond, 2023 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. xii + 316, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).