Biografia

The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton

Hamilton, Thomas (ed.Maurice Lindsay) · 0 · Byre Books

£6.93 (€8.31 | $9.16 | ¥1,462)

Book Very Good Very Good Association for Scottish Literary Studies Aberdeen 1990 hdbk Gives a remarkably vivid evocation of merchant life in Glasgow, and of life in the old Glasgow University, just before the onset of the industrial revolution. VG in slightly sunned and edge-w...

We Travel Home

Swan, Annie S. · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Good Ivor Nicholson & Watson London 1st 1935 HB A second volume of reminiscences by the popular author, with photo of author and eight drawings by Sheila Stuart. Covers a little marked, no inscriptions, generally VG in worn, marked, chipped, mended DJ, good only...

Diving for Pearls

Brenton, Howard · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Very Good Nick Hern Books London 1st 1989 HB The playwright's first novel. VG in DJ that is slightly edge-worn but generally VG. 223pp 0

Sherrin's Year, the sparkling diary of a master raconteur

Sherrin, Ned · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Very Good Virgin London 1996 hdbk. VG in VG dj 298pp 0

Yesterday was Summer: the Marion Campbell story

Marian Pallister and David Adams McGilp · 2007 · Byre Books

£25.70 (€30.81 | $33.95 | ¥5,422)

Book Very Good Very Good Signed by Author(s) Argyll Publishing A biography of the writer and archaeologist. Signed by both authors to the title page. VG in VG DJ.

Henry Richard: Apostle of Peace and Welsh Patriot 1812 - 1888

Gwyn Griffiths · 2012 · Byre Books

£6.19 (€7.42 | $8.18 | ¥1,306)

Book Very Good Francis Boutle A biography of an unconditional pacifist and champion of the Welsh language. VG, no inscriptions.

Master Mariner: Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific

Daniel Conner and Lorraine Miller · 1978 · Byre Books

£10.24 (€12.27 | $13.53 | ¥2,160)

Book Very Good Good Canongate Generally VG, no inscriptions, in worn, creased, chipped, mended, DJ, good only.

Victorians 60 North: the story of the Edmonstons and Saxbys of Shetland

J Laughton Johnston · 2007 · Byre Books

£51.45 (€61.67 | $67.97 | ¥10,854)

Book Very Good Signed by Author(s) Shetland Times An historical and biographical study of a medical and botanical family in Shetland. Inscribed by the author 'To Margaret' (Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone) 'with much respect and love, Laughton', and signed and dated 2011....

Cadences: notes from an ordinary life

Anne M Scriven · 2017 · Byre Books

£10.26 (€12.30 | $13.55 | ¥2,165)

Book Very Good Signed by Author(s) Kennedy & Boyd A memoir, signed by the author to the title page. VG.

One and All: two years in the Chilterns

Kenneth Allsop, intruction by Richard Mabey · 1991 · Byre Books

£6.19 (€7.42 | $8.18 | ¥1,306)

Book Very Good Very Good Alan Sutton Life in a rural socialist community in the late 1940s. VG, no inscriptions, in lightly worn and marked DJ, generally VG.

Charlie Chaplin

McCabe, John · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Robson London 1992 pbk. Paper edition of the definitive biography. Some b & w photos VG 297pp 0

Nicholas Copernicus 1543 - 1943

Stephen P Mizwa · 1943 · Byre Books

£6.19 (€7.42 | $8.18 | ¥1,306)

Book Good The Kosciuszko Foundation Large stapled booklet, covers marked and worn, otherwise clean and sound, good.

I Like Life

Wendy Wood · 1938 · Byre Books

£35.87 (€43.00 | $47.39 | ¥7,567)

Book Good Moray Press The autobiography of the Scottish Nationalist. Green cloth worn and marked, no inscriptions, foxing to prelims and to edge of page-block, clean and sound, good, no DJ.

Garbo, Her Story

Gronowicz, Antoni · 1990 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Good 1st Edition Simon & Schuster New York 'Haunting, candid, vast, compelling.' VG in Good mended DJ.

Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney with selections from his journal and correspondence: Vol I

Joseph Bevan Braithwaite, ed. · 1855 · Byre Books

£15.37 (€18.42 | $20.31 | ¥3,243)

Book Good Fletcher and Alexander Norwich Second edition, volume one only, of two. Ex-library (Huddersfield Friends Library), with accession number to the spine and small label to front paste down. Brown cloth worn and marked, embossed design to boards, yellow eps, hand-written...

Garrick and his Circle

Mrs Clement Parsons · 1906 · Byre Books

£102.22 (€122.53 | $135.05 | ¥21,565)

Book Very Good Methuen & Co Full red leather, gold rules and titles, bright gilt all round, marbled end-papers, gold dentelles, slight foxing, otherwise in excellent condition throughout, VG.

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands

Mary Seacole, edited by Ziggi Alexander and Audrey Dewjee · 1984 · Byre Books

£6.19 (€7.42 | $8.18 | ¥1,306)

Book Very Good Falling Wall Press The second edition of the autobiography of the famed nurse. Very slight wear to illustrative covers, smudge to edge of page-block, no inscriptions, generally VG.

Nobody's Nation: reading Derek Walcott

Paul Breslin · 2001 · Byre Books

£25.55 (€30.63 | $33.76 | ¥5,390)

Book Very Good University of Chicago Press Very slight wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG.

Unearthing the Polynesian Past: explorations and adventures of an island archaeologist

Patrick Vinton Kirch · 2015 · Byre Books

£30.59 (€36.67 | $40.41 | ¥6,454)

Book Very Good Very Good University of Hawai'i Press Recounting fifty years of archaeolgy in the Pacific. Small name to ffep, otherwise VG in VG DJ.

Saints Over the Border: stories of the Scottish and Welsh Saints

Margaret Gibb, illustrated by Frederick Cockerton · 1947 · Byre Books

£25.49 (€30.55 | $33.68 | ¥5,378)

Book Good Hollis and Carter Stories for children, based on the lives of Saints Andrew, Ninian, Constantine, Columba, Servan, Kentigern, Aidan, Nathalan, Cuthbert, Adamnan, Margaret and Magnus; with Saints David, Illtyd, Samson, Beuno and Winifred. Red cloth a little worn and s...