BIOGRAPHY
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THE YOUNG CICERO
Written by James Barbary.
Illustrated by Shirley Farrow.
Stock no. 734288
Published by Max Parrish.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Famous Childhoods series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Minimal bumping to corners. Two names in ink to front endpapers covered with white typing fluid. Dustwrapper is edge torn and creased with minimal loss at corners.
MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 577388
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing.
1st
1995.
As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.
Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MARITIME
- BIOGRAPHY
DAUGHTER OF WYEDEAN AND KERNOW: NOTES FROM A WEST COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
Written by Jessie M. Stonham.
Stock no. 576515
Published by Thornhill Press.
1st
1978.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Autobiography. The author's childhood in Ross on Wye, her move to Weston Under Penyard, her visits to the Forest of Dean. Her long periods in Cornwall. ISBN: 0904110648.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- BIOGRAPHY
DRIVING AMBITION
Written by Alan Jones.
Stock no. 485486
Published by Stanley Paul.
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of the 1980 Formula One world champion. B/w photos. ISBN: 0091462401. Corners bumped. Pale foxing to endpapers and some creasing to lower margins. Price-cut wrapper is a little worn at edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
MIDDLESEX BIOGRAPHICAL AND PICTORIAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 576200
Published by Allan North.
1st
1906.
Very good condition.
Large format. Vellum spine. Red cloth with gilt titles. All edges gilt. Pen portraits of the worthies of Middlesex. B/w photos. Joints slightly cracked. Contents clean and bright. Vellum spine grubby.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- GENEALOGY
- BIOGRAPHY
PLAY BEETHOVEN
Written by Alison Sage.
Illustrated by Terry Gabbey.
Stock no. 502452
Published by Octopus.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Contains electronic keyboard. ISBN: 0706435079.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIOGRAPHY
- NOVELTY
- MUSICAL SCORE (CHILDRENS)
- ACTION BOOKS
HENRY FIELDING
Written by Donald Thomas.
Stock no. 233389
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st
1990.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0297811274.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
MY BUSH BABIES
Written by Iris Anderson.
Stock no. 560119
Published by MacMillan.
1st
1979.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the author's devotion to Australian Bushland creatures. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0333252373.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- KANGAROOS
- AUSTRALIA
- BIOGRAPHY
CHESTERFIELDS LETTERS
Written by Philip Dormer Stanhope.
Stock no. 656640
Published by J. Dodsley; Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope.
1777.
Good condition.
8th Edition. Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his son Philip Stanhope. Four volumes in two. Three-quarter black morocco binding, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Leather worn and chipped. Name in ink to first blank page, pencil shorthand to frontis and title page of vol 1 & 2. Faded writing to title page and ink smudge to first chapter of vol 3 & 4. Else content clean and tight for a book of its age.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LETTERS
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
AFLOAT AND ASHORE
Written by P.L. Waldron.
Illustrated by David M'C Brown.
Stock no. 682532
Published by James Munro & Company Limited.
Good condition.
Green cloth, white titles. B/w illustrations. The reminiscences of a Marine Engineer. Browning to prelims. Spine browned with a 2" crack. Contents very good.
TRAIL MAKER
Written by Robert O. Latham.
Stock no. 670448
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1961.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards. The story of David Livingstone. Colour frontis. Wrapper lightly edge-creased. A nice copy.
CONQUEROR OF THE NIGHT
Written by J. Christiaens.
Illustrated by Edward Mortelmans.
Stock no. 612543
Published by Abelard-Schuman.
1st
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the invention of Braille, the system of reading by touch. ISBN: 0200716301. price-cut wrapper.