Biografia

ELIZABETH GASKELL A Habit of Stories

UGLOW Jenny · 1993 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.76 | $18.52 | ¥2,961)

Faber and Faber, 1993 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (page edges tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 690, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE YELLOW EARL The Life of Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857-1944

SUTHERLAND Douglas · 1969 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

Cassell, 1969 4th edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (upper board discoloured at bottom edge - otherwise VG), repaired tears on lower cover and ight wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with b&w plates and genealogical t...

A KING'S STORY The Memoirs of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor K.G.

WINDSOR Duke of · 1951 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.92 | $39.68 | ¥6,344)

Cassell, 1951 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge red (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 440, illus with coloured endpaper maps and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

KING GEORGE VI His Life and Reign

WHEELER-BENNETT John W. · 1958 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.76 | $18.52 | ¥2,961)

Macmillan & Co., 1958 1st edn 2nd printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon buckram cloth, top edge red (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiv + 891, illus with b&w plates and folding table (endpapers tanned; no inscriptions).

ORWELL The Authorised Biography

SHELDEN Michael · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.97 | $13.23 | ¥2,115)

William Heinemann, 1991 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (pages rather tanned otherwise VG) dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 564, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's gift inscription on front prelim).

Jam Yesterday

Cannell, Kathleen · 1945 · Clausen Books, RMABA

$40.00 (€36.20 | £30.24 | ¥6,395)

William Morrow & Company Textblock very clean and tight. Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; Dust jacket edge and corner worn; Stain on front cover. 238p. "A...book about a happy childhood under two flags - American and Canadian- beginning in the late [18]90's." Second Pri...

Recollections

O'Melveny, H. W. · 1989 · John Thompson

CA$28.00 (€17.77 | $19.63 | £14.84 | ¥3,139)

Privately Printed Solid with light wear on the covers and the interior is unmarked. First Edition United States Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Les caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec, avec Les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle. Et la clef

Jean de LA BRUYÈRE · 1697 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,100.00 ($1,215.36 | £918.81 | ¥194,297)

Estienne Michallet | Paris 1697 | 9.5 x 16.5 cm | Relié | Nouvelle édition. Selon Brunet, III, 720, toutes les éditions comportant la clef sont des contrefaçons étrangères. En effet, on considère que la neuvième édition de Michallet date de 1696 et que la dernière édition du m...

LADIES FOR LIBERTY Women Who Made A Difference In American History [SIGNED]

John Blundell · 2011 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.97 | $16.53 | ¥2,643)

New York, Algora Publishing, 1st Edition, All in VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Signed by author to title page with dedication. Card covers lightly worn. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8xo. xi. 218pp, Signed by Author(s), Very...

Vidocq

Philip John Stead · 1959 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.84 | ¥3,172)

London, Panther / Hamilton & Co, First paperback edition of biography of "the first and most feared of all the great detectives" and hard to find thus. Suitably sexed up on the cover with sensational blurb and Josh Kirby artwork. Toned to page edges, but otherwise all in VG in...

Walt Whitman's America _ A Cultural Biography

Reynolds, David S. · 1995 · San Francisco Book Company

€35.00 ($38.67 | £29.23 | ¥6,182)

New York Alfred A Knopf Cloth/dust jacket Octavo tan cloth spine, papered boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 671 pp. Very good very good

How to Stop Time _ Heroin from A to Z.

Marlowe, Ann · 1999 · San Francisco Book Company

€16.00 ($17.68 | £13.36 | ¥2,826)

New York Anchor Books Paperback Octavo wraps, 297 pp. Very good

Madame Claude _ Her Secret World of Pleasure, Privilege & Power

Stadiem, William · 2018 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.10 | £16.71 | ¥3,533)

New York St Martin's Press Paperback Octavo wraps, 278 pp, black ink markings on the front and rear covers. Very good

Proust

Hayman, Ronald · 1991 · San Francisco Book Company

€16.00 ($17.68 | £13.36 | ¥2,826)

London Minerva Paperback Octavo wraps, 564 pp, covers lightly worn, price tag on the front cover. Very good

Desert Queen _ The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser of Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

Wallach, Janet · 1997 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.57 | £12.53 | ¥2,649)

London Orion House Paperback Octavo wraps, 419 pp worn edges. Good

Samuel Pepys _ The Years of Peril

Bryant, Arthur · 1967 · San Francisco Book Company

€30.00 ($33.15 | £25.06 | ¥5,299)

London Collins Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo blue cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 466 pp, dj worn on the edges. Very good good

Love the World or Get Killed Trying

Chamberland, Alvina · 2024 · San Francisco Book Company

€16.00 ($17.68 | £13.36 | ¥2,826)

London Menard Press Paperback Octavo wraps, 270 pp. Very good

My Friend Henry Miller

Perles, Alfred · 1956 · San Francisco Book Company

€40.00 ($44.19 | £33.41 | ¥7,065)

New York John Day Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo red cloth, black lettering, dust jacket, 255 pp, dj worn and torn, covers lightly worn. Good fair

Rahel Varnhagen _ The Life of a Jewess

Arendt, Hannah; Weissberg, Liliane (ed); Winston, Richard and Clara (trans) · 1997 · San Francisco Book Company

€100.00 ($110.49 | £83.53 | ¥17,663)

Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo blue cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 388 pp. Very good very good

Praeterita _ Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts, Perhaps Worthy of Memory, in My Past Life

Ruskin, John · 1889 · San Francisco Book Company

€75.00 ($82.87 | £62.65 | ¥13,247)

Boston Dana Estes & Company Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo green cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 459 pp, covers lightly worn and scuffed. Good