Hessay Books

Norman Douglas A Pictorial Record Together with a Critical and Biographical Study

Fitzgibbon, Constantine · 1953

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,480)

Richards Press First edition. 71pp. Complete dustjacket, unfortunately marred by part of a light coffee ring mark to the front cover, is now protected by a removeable plastic sleeve . 17 b + w plates, including a caricature by Max Beerbohm. Internally very clean. Photographs ...

Jane Austen and Her World

Laski, Marghanita · 1975

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

BCA 143pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the edges.Many b + w illustrations. Family tree. Chronology. Notes on the Pictures. Internally very clean. Jane Austen's life and her family and the places and people she knew. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Very Good Fine

The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD Volume II

Boswell, James · 1907

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Dent Everyman edition. The second volume of two. 625pp, including Index. Light blue cloth covered boards, now a little marked and darkened with age, with gilt ornament to the spine. Decorated title pages and endpapers. Internally clean. This volume goes from 1776, when Dr J...

The Portable Johnson & Boswell

Kronenberger, Louis (ed) and Johnson, Samuel and Boswell, James · 1969

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Viking 7626pp. Illustrated softback covers. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, a small crease to the edge of a couple of pages, otherwise internally clean and tight. Editor's Introduction by Louis Kronenberger and passages from the writings of both Boswell and Johnson, plus...

Soldier Rebel Traitor John Lord Wenlock and the Wars of the Roses

Brondarbit, Alexander R · 2022

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Pen & Sword First edition. 195pp, including Index and Notes. Complete illustrated dustjacket. Map. Colour illustrations. A very clean, as new, copy. A biography of the warrior and diplomat Lord John Wenlock whose career included campaigning with Henry V in France in the 1420s...

Pre Raphaelite Sisterhood

Marsh, Jan · 1985

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Quartet A heavy book of 408pp. Black boards. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little faded to the spine. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The lives and careers of the women who inspired and sat as models for the Pre Raphaelite painters - Elizabeth Siddall, Emma Br...

The Combmakers of York

Malden, R J · 1986

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Oliver Sheldon Memorial Essay Competition YAYAS A4 size. Unpaginated, 48pp. Soft card boards with clear plastic to the front board. Typescript of an entry for the Oliver Sheldon Memorial Essay Competition in 1985. The history of comb making in the City of York, with an alphabe...

Elusive Virtuosi Thomas & Joshua Mann

Malden, R J · 1985

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Oliver Sheldon Memorial Essay Competition YAYAS A4 size. 28pp. Soft card boards with clear plastic to the front board. Typescript of an entry for the Oliver Sheldon Memorial Essay Competition in 1985. Thomas and Joshua Mann were architects, builders and engravers working in Y...

The Life of Joseph Williamson.

Bridson, David · 2002

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

The Joseph WIlliamson Society, 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover, 18pp booklet. Light blue stapled soft covers with a portrait. B + w illustrations and maps. Clean and tight. The life of eccentric Joseph Williamson ( born in 1769 in either Warrington or Yorkshire and died in Liv...

Famous Illnesses in History.

Stevenson, R Scott · 1962

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 239pp. Dustjacket with a little wear to the top of the spine. Original owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The illnesses of famous people - George V, George Washington, Queen Anne, Napole...

Hogarth and His House.

Green, Florence M · 1957

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

London Borough of Hounslow, 1111. First Edition. Soft Cover, Proabably circa 1957. 20pp. Decorated blue soft covers. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight copy. A biographical sketch of the artist William Hogarth and a description of his house in Chiswick, London, and its conten...

The Life and Works of Nikos Kazantzakis.

Panagiotakis, George I · 2007

£29.50 (€35.36 | $38.97 | ¥6,222)

Crete, Typokreta, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover, 316pp. Illustrated softback covers. Sepia photographs. A very clean, tight. As New copy. The life and work of the Cretan writer Nikos Katzantzakis, who wrote Zorba the Greek, Report to Greco and the Last Temptation of Christ e...

The Trials of Radclyffe Hall.

Souhami, Diana · 1998

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 418pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The life and work of the lesbian author who wrote 'The Well of Loneliness'... Fine /Fine.

The Hooded Hawk Or The Case Of Mr Boswell.

Wyndham Lewis, D B · 1946

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 281 pp. Dustjacket by Nichols with a little edgewear. B + w illustrations and endpaper maps. A couple of very light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise internally clean. A biography of James Boswell, th...

The Hooded Hawk Or The Case Of Mr Boswell.

Wyndham Lewis, D B · 1946

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, 281 pp. Endpaper maps and b + w illustrations. Blue cloth covered boards, faded to the spine. A couple of light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. A biography of James Boswell, the great biographer of D...

A Venetian Affair.

Di Robilant, Andrea · 2005

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Harper Perennial, 2005. Mass Market Paperback, 313pp, including Index. Illustrated softback covers. A couple of very small light creases to the top edge, otherwise a very clean, tight Near Fine copy. Includes author profile, Q and A etc. The true love story of Giustiniana Wyn...

Leonardo and His World.

Sachs, Marianne · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Ward Lock Kingfisher, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, Large Format. 29pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. Many colour illustrations to each page. Internally clean. The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, part of the Kingfisher Great Masters series, suitable for young people... Fine /...

Rosamond Lehmann.

Hastings, Selina · 2009

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Vintage, 2009. Mass Market Paperback, First Vintage edition. 476pp, the paper tanning a little with age. Ilustrated softback covers with light creases to the spine. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean and tight copy. A biography of the writer, who moved into Bloomsbury ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson A Critical Biography.

DeMaria, Robert · 1993

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Blackwell, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover, 356pp. Complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. A wide ranging biography of Samuel Johnson and his aspirations and achievements in his personal and professional life... Fine /Fine.

John Skelton Poet of Tudor England.

Pollet, Maurice · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dent, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover, Translated by John Warrington. 302pp. Green cloth covered boards, a little faded to the top of the spine, with gilt title and laurel wreath. Frontispiece illustration. Internally very clean. A biography of the cleric and poet (c. 1460 - 1...