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A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. A clean copy without foxing and only a pencilled ownership inscription. Pp.iv,126. Frontispiece. A sister's biography of her brother who died in action as a navigator in the RAF during the Second World War.
Published : Privately Printed at The Kynoch Press, Birmingham 1948, First Edition
£15.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Lengthy signed gift inscription on title page from the author to Compton Mackenzie. 207 pages. The story of eighteen difficult months in the author's life when she found release "only in sex--drugs--liquor--gay parties with unconventional friends - a desperate existence that spawned one long, schizophrenic nightmare".
Published : World Books, Waco, Texas 1971,
£12.00
Just about good. The red cloth is marked on the spine (including a superficial damp stain) and there is a little wear at the spine ends. There is a little bubbling to the cloth of the upper board. Internally the book is very good except for a smallish gift inscription on the front endpaper. Pp.xviii,352. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations. Lord Minto was Governor-General of Canada from 1898 to 1904 and later Viceroy of India.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons, London 1924, First Edition
£25.00
A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Bookplate. 387pp. Partly unopened. A biography of the famous novelist.
Published : Cassell, London 1932, First Edition
£7.00
A good copy in dark blue cloth. A little wrinkling to spine. Gift inscription. 213pp. A study of Scott and his works.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons, London 1925, First Edition
£6.00
A good copy in green cloth which shows some fading to the edges. In a poor dustwrapper, very worn and missing the front inner flap. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. 360 pages. Frontispiece and 18 illustrations. 3 maps. This is Buhl's climbing autobiography culminating in his solo ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1956, First Edition
£25.00
Hardback. No. 441 of 525 copies. A very good copy in the original olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Partly unopened. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Some browning to end-papers. Pp.xxii,[i],367. 21 plates, mostly tissue-guarded, including one in colour. Also included is a separate item dated 1893 entitled "Genealogical Tree of the Family of Burnett of Leys. This is a large folding family tree in printed covers.
Published : New Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1901, First Edition
£170.00
A very good three volume set in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. No ownershjip inscription and very little foxing. Approx. 1550 pages in total. The book is described as "a diary kept during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor".
Published : Macmillan, London 1898, First Edition
£60.00
This is a hardbound typescript presented as a thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Letters at Merton College, Oxford. It is undated but probably from between 1925 and 1955. It is in blue cloth covers lettered in gilt on the upper board. 134 pages. Includes quite a substantial bibliography of Tickell. Tickell was an early 18th century English poet, friend of Joseph Addison, secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland etc.
Published : ,
£25.00
Hardback.N.d. The "Life" is dated 1857. A near very good copy in publisher's attractively blind-stamped brown leather. Title in gilt on spine and Byron's name in gilt on front board. Some rubbing to spine and rear board. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. No inscriptions. 8 engravings on steel. A little foxing. 576 pages.
Published : Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh,
£28.00
Illustrated by Donald McGill.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's yellow cloth with title in red on spine. No inscriptions.50 colour illustrations including frontis. Good plus illustrated dustwrapper missing a smallish piece along the top of the rear panel. Not price-clipped. Donald McGill was the greatest practitioner of the comic postcard, and especially of the seaside postcard.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1966, First Edition
£20.00
A very good copy in a good but dusty wrapper. 180pp. Frontispiece and 13 illustratioins. This is a biography of Lister by the son of his life-long friend Sir Hector Clare Cameron.
Published : William Heinemann, London 1948, First Edition
£10.00
A near very good copy in light blue covers lettered in black on front cover. Small label of previous owner towards end of book. 31 pages. 4 illustrations. The book is "based on a broadcast talk recorded at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in May 1953, and printed to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Eriskay church, built by Fr. Allan."
Published : Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1956, First Edition
£12.00
A good copy. Spine faded (but lettering clear). Some wear to boards. 308pp. Frontis. Recollections of Lawrence.
Published : Martin Secker, London 1932,
£5.00
A good copy in dark green cloth. Pp.xi,237. Short biographical studies of six late 19th century Scots including John Stuart Blackie, Keir Hardie, Henry Drummond etc.
Published : Constable, London 1927, First Edition
£8.00
A good two volume set in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Some fading to spines and rubbing to heads of spines. Small gift inscription on front end-paper of each volume. Vol. I,pp.xxi, 1-308. Frontispiece and 16 illustrations. Two facsimiles. Map. Vol. II,pp.v,309-616. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations. One facsimile. Map. The author, an American, served as chief of staff to General Gordon in the Sudan, was the second westerner to visit Lake Victoria and discovered Lake Kyoga. He also served in the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Published : Hutchinson & Co., London 1912, First Edition
£85.00
Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a very good dustwrapper which is a little marked on the spine but which is complete and virtually untorn. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xvii,321. Plates, illustrations in the text and folding family tree. Includes much original or uncollected material, tells how "The Wind in the Willows" came to be written etc.
Published : Methuen & Co, London 1933, First Edition
£35.00
A good copy in light green cloth lettered in white on the faded spine. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Light edge foxing. Pp.xv,285. Frontispiece and 47 plates. A mountaineering autobiography including a first ascent of Chomolhari in the Himalayas.
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1940, First Edition
£15.00
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's maroon cloth with title in gilt on spine. Some foxing to page ends.Previous owner's name, dated 1938, on front endpaper. 303 pages + publisher's catalogue. Good plus dustwrapper which is a little dulled on spine and has some faint red marks on back near wrapover. Not price-clipped and protected in a removable cover. Both before and after his death, Rousseau exerted an enormous influence in Europe. Napoleon, Kant and Tolstoy are among those who avowed his importance in their lives.
Published : Methuen & Co. Ltd., London 1931, First Edition
£18.00
Hardback. Some fading to spine and boards but otherwise a very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.ix,128. This is a volume of reminiscences of a life spent in the Indian Civil Service which the author entered in 1929. At the time the book was written he was First Member, Board of Revenue, Madras. Quite a scarce and interesting title.
Published : Asia Publishing House, London 1962, First Edition
£50.00
A very good two volume set in very good price-clipped dustwrappers. One very small tear on Part 1 dustwrapper. 1290pp. These two parts of the companion volume set out all the documents relevant to Main Volume 1 covering 1874 to 1900.
Published : Heinemann, London 1967, First Edition
£15.00
A good copy. Would be very good but for two inch vertical tear at foot of title page at join with spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription or foxing. 387pp. Illustrated.This is the first impression of the revised edition which contains four additional essays.
Published : Thornton Butterworth, London 1938,
£20.00
Hardback. Nd. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Some foxing. 48 pages. Colour frontispiece and four colour plates + colour portrait of Shakespeare on upper board. A volume in the "Days With the Great Poets" series.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London,
£9.00
Hardback. A good plus copy in the original cloth. Gift inscription. Pp.viii,476. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. Two other illustrations. A biography of Lord Jeffrey, the Scottish judge.
Published : Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh 1874,
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which has a small chip at the foot of the spine. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.ix,215. 10 illustrations. Sir John Banks was an M.P. , Fellow of the Royal Society, a friend of Samuel Pepys and one of the richest businessmen in the England of the Restoration and Revolution.
Published : Oxford University Press 1963, First Edition
£25.00
Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. Some darkening to the spine. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xxiv,439 + 35pp publisher's catalogue dated December 1874. Sara Coleridge was an author and translator and the only daughter of the poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, whose works she edited.
Published : Henry S King & Co, London 1875,
£20.00
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's black cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Map illustrations on endpapers. Page edges browned. 376 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper, which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover. During the author's research poring over yellowing library index cards she was surprised to come across her own name. She was even more surprised to discover that this author, George Collingridge was a relative and that 100 years ago he too had set off in search of his hero, Captain Cook. But it was only when she learnt of Collingridge's own shocking discovery that she realised how intertwined she was with Cook's legacy.
Published : Ebury Press, London 2002, First Edition
£18.00
A good copy in rather darkened and dusty white boards. A little pencilled underlining to early pages.138pp. Frontis and four illus. The biography of the discovereer of English china-clay and the first maker in England of true porcelain.
Published : E.Hicks, Junr., London 1895, First Edition
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which shows fairly minor edge wear and tear. Lower board tips a little bumped. Signed by the author on the front free end-paper. 259 pages. This is the story of the wife of a soldier in the RAMC before, during and after the Second World War with postings in England, India and Kenya. Loosely enclosed are two hand-written letters from the author.
Published : Dragon Books, Bala, North Wales 1973, First Edition
£20.00
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 190pp. Illustrated.
Published : Cassell, London 1972, First Edition
£5.00
A good copy in dustwrapper but damp-staining to boards mean it is a reading copy only. 180pp. 6 colour and 11 black and white illus. A biography of the English novelist of hunting and country life.
Published : Arthur Barker, London 1952, First Edition
£5.00
A very good copy in red cloth rather faded on spine. Pp.x,133. A series of vignettes from the life of Winston Churchill.
Published : The Ryerson Press, Toronto 1944, First Edition
£7.00
Hardback. A good copy in the original cloth. Spine somewhat faded and edge worn. 134 pages. Frontispiece. Folding map at rear. A biography of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore.
Published : Oxford University Press, London 1926, First Edition
£20.00
A fine copy. Pp.xx,546. Numerous illustrations. The biography of an eminent surgeon of Shetlandic background who was a founding father of medical bacteriology and friend and ally of Lister.
Published : Humming Earth, Edinburgh 2015, First Edition
£30.00
A fair to good copy in the original red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. The spine is darkened with a small tear in the cloth at the join with the upper board. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Three stamps from the library of a newspaper. 249pp. 18 illustrations.
Published : Mawson Swan & Morgan, Newcastle Upon Tyne 1911, First Edition
£12.00
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Gift inscription. 104pp. Interesting essays on Stevenson.
Published : The Epworth Press, London 1945, First Edition
£8.00
Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in white. Patches of fading at top of rear board. Boards now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Top edge gilt. Hinges tender. Pp.xvi,520 + 40pp publisher's catalogue dated July 1907. Numerous illustrations.
Published : Methuen & Co, London 1907, First Edition
£50.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which shows tears at the spine ends. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 190 pages. Frontispiece and eight illustrations. A biography of the wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1962, First Edition
£7.00
Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which shows a little wear at the spine ends. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 190 pages. Frontispiece and eight illustrations. A biography of the wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1962, First Edition
£10.00
Hardback. A good copy in decorated blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Gift inscription. Coloured illustrations (not from this book) pasted onto front end-paper. Pp.xix,216 + 4pp adverts. 73 colour illustrations. 20 full-page black and white illustrations + illustrations in text. A biography of a much-loved 19th century English artist.
Published : A & C Black, London 1906, First Edition
£20.00
A very good copy in red cloth with maroon spine and paper title label. Top edge gilt. Pp.xii,236. 14 illustrations + Nell Gwynn's horoscope. A nice copy.
Published : John Grant, Edinburgh 1908,
£15.00
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with two small tears. 336pp. 31 illustrations. A biography based almost entirely on cotemporary sources.
Published : Thames and Hudson, London 1973, First Edition
£6.00
Hardback. A fine copy in publisher's deep pink cloth with title in silver on black spine. INSCRIBED presentation copy from editor on title page and dated Sept.16, 1993. 166 pages including 4 page Index. Fine dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover. 1993 "marks the celebration of the one hundredth birthday of Dorothy L.Sayers, and in honour of that centenary, Alzina Stone Dale has gathered some of today's finest and most popular mystery writers and critics to discuss the ways in which Sayers - through her own crime writing and commentary - taught them their trade and rhe manner in which she viewed the mystery as a morality play."
Published : Walker & Company, New York 1993, First Edition
£20.00
A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. Bookplate. Some, mainly edge, foxing. 333 pages. 14 illustrations. Memoirs by the doyen of golfing authors.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1928, First Edition
£54.00
4to. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 125pp + 60 photographs by Cunningham at end. Further illustrations in text.
Published : Gordon Fraser, London 1979, First Edition
£40.00
Illustrated by John Davies.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's white cloth with title in gilt on spine. No ownership inscription and very little foxing. 171 pages. 34 illustrations + black and white chapter headpieces. In a very good illustrated dustwrapper slightly rubbed top of spine, not price-clipped and protected in a removable cover.
Published : Terence Dalton Ltd., Suffolk 1976, First Edition
£12.00
Softcover. A very good copy. The paper covers, which are a little spotted, are protected by the original cellophane wrapper and the book comes in the original box which is in good condition. This is a volume in the publisher's Royal Library, Historical Series. Internally a clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.v,349.
Published : Arthur L. Humphreys, London 1907,
£40.00
A very good copy in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 312pp. Illustrated. This is a memoir by Ezra Pound's daughter which recounts her strange upbringing and the close relationship which grew between her and her father.
Published : Faber & Faber, London 1971, First Edition
£20.00
Hardback. A good copy in red cloth which is faded on the spine. Boards a bit marked. Top edge gilt. Some end-paper and edge foxing. 306 pages. Frontispiece and two illustrations.
Published : Arthur L. Humphreys, London 1913, First Edition
£16.00
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