Biografia

SAMUEL RICHARDSON English Men of Letters

DOBSON Austin · 1902 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

Macmillan, 1902 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edge gilt (small split at edge of spine at tail - otherwise VG). Pp. 213 (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).

LOCKE English Men of Letters

FOWLER Thomas · 1902 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

Macmillan, 1902 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, top edge gilt (bright VG). Pp. viii + 205 (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).

THE QUESTING BEAST An Autobiography

BALDWIN Oliver · 1932 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Grayson & Grayson, 1932 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-ruled black cloth, top edge red (corners lightly scuffed - otherwise bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 243 (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper).

BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON New Questions New Answers

VANCE John A. · 1985 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

University of Georgia Press, 1985. 0820307653 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 272 (no inscriptions).

A CONGREVE GALLERY

LYNCH Kathleen M. · 1951 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

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Harvard University Press, 1951 1st edn signed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original white lettered red cloth (top edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine faded and a little chipped at head and tail of spine - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp....

GARRICK

BARTON Margaret · 1978 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Greenwood Press, 1978 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (very lightly bumped at head and tail of spine, otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 312, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions; 2 small marks on rear endpaper/pastedown).

A LITTLE OVERMATTER

BAGNALL Nicholas · 2002 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Southover Press, 2002. 1870962184 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 234 (no inscriptions).

Florence Nightingale: Letters From the Crimea

Goldie, Sue M. · 1997 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Manchester Mandolin pp. 326.,8vo,,, 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. B&W frontis. and ills.

Leonard Woolf / A Biography

Glendinning, Victoria · 2006 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Toronto McClelland & Stewart 1st edition pp. 498.,8vo,Near fine in near fine dust jacket, B&w photos

A SERMON Preached in the Central Congregational Church, Dighton, at the funeral of Joseph Emmons Briggs, May 17, 1867

DAWES, Rev. Ebenezer · 1867 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,366)

Cambridge, UK Welch, Bigelow, & Co 1st peinting pp. 34.,8vo,,A stitched pamphlet showing light wear & soiling, else vg cond,Included at the end of this 'In Memoriam' sermon is an Appendix entitled: 'Resolutions Adopted by the Class of Harvard College of 1866, at a Meeting held...

THE POET COWPER AND HIS BROTHER

[Tract Association of Friends] · 1888 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,366)

Philadelphia, PA Tract Association of Friends 1st printing pp. 12.,12mo,,A small stitched pamphlet of twelve pages, Name written at top. Prelims. a little soiled & 'thumbed'. Binding tight. Contents unmarked. A good copy.

A STEEL ENGRAVING OF CADWALLADER COLDEN OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK

[COLDEN, Cadwallader] · 1850 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

,,A trifle age-toned at the margins, one corner slightly wrinkled,Colden (1688-1776) was a physician, natural scientest and lieutenant-governor for the Province of New York (i.e. New York State). He served as the first Colonial representative to the Iroquois Confederacy, an ex...

A STEEL ENGRAVING OF THE 31st FIRST MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY

[HEATHCOTE, Caleb] · 1850 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

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,,Right margin a trifle wrinkled, and sl. age-toning to margins,Heathcote (1665-1721) served as the 31st mayor of New York City from 1711 to 1713. A marble statute of Heathcote stands atop the old Hall of Records at 31 Chambers Street in Manhattan. An armorial crest appears ab...

MEMOIR OF FRANCIS PARKMAN reprinted from The Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts Vol. I.

WHEELWRIGHT, Edward · 1894 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$19.26 (€12.25 | $13.50 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Cambridge, MA John Wilson and Son 1st printing pp. 49.,8vo,,An original copy of the publication with tissue-guarded frontis.,Note: this is the original publication. It is not one of those abominable PDF or printed on demand copies. Edges of printed paper covers are chipped. Li...

AMERICAN PORTRAIT GALLERY, Containing Portraits of Men Now Living; with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives

LIVINGSTON, John · 1854 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$28.46 (€18.10 | $19.95 | £15.10 | ¥3,186)

New York City (no publisher stated) pp. 164-230.,8vo,,A stitched soft cover with original printed covers.,Also included is the Contents of volumes I through IV. Apparently issued in parts, the whole comprising four substantial volumes 'of about 2,000 pages of letter press, and...

AND...HOWE!

HOWE, Gordie and Colleen with Tom DeLisle · 1995 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$13.05 (€8.30 | $9.15 | £6.92 | ¥1,461)

Traverse City, MI Power Play Publications, Inc 1st edition pp. 427. 8vo. Light shelf wear, else near fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. 'An authorized biography', signed by Gordie Howe and Colleen Howe on third blank preliminary page. black-and-white photographs

A LIFETIME IN ROSSER: A Narrative by Alan Beachell

BEACHELL, Alan · 2015 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

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NP (Manitoba) Published by the author 1st edition pp. 64.,Slim 8vo,,, Card covers creased and rubbed at edges. Small spot (paint?) to front cover. Contents unmarked. Good overall condition. No ISBN. colour photographs

CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF BILLY MILES

MILES, Wilma Sinton [aka Billy Miles] · 1995 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$28.46 (€18.10 | $19.95 | £15.10 | ¥3,186)

Chevy Chase, MD 1st printing ,8vo,,,Offered is a stiff card folder (21.5 x 14 cm) on the front cover of which is a b&w photo of Billy Miles in uniform. On the inside front page is a drawing of a Chinese junk, and on the inside rear page is printed the poem 'Till We Meet Again'...

CANADA'S WHEAT KING The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler

SHILLIDAY, Jim · 2007 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,366)

Regina, SK University of Regina 1st printing pp. vii, 177.,Royal 8vo,,Card covers show light wear, else in very good condition, A couple of instances of inobtrusive marginal notation to text. ISBN 0889771871. black-and-white photographs

SEVEN MEN

BEERBOHM, Max · 1919 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$27.07 (€17.21 | $18.97 | £14.36 | ¥3,030)

London William Heinemann pp. 219, ads. 8vo. Biographies of Enoch Soames, Hilary Maltby and Stephen Braxton, James Pethel, A. V. Laider, and 'Savonarola' Brown. Armorial bookplate of 'Casa de Aldrich' to front free endpaper. Bookbinder's stamp to bottom right of second prelimin...