BIOGRAPHY
You are viewing stock in the "BIOGRAPHY" category. We currently have 600 books in this category in stock.
600 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
MAINLY IN MINESWEEPERS
Written by Charles McAra.
Stock no. 2138104
Published by R. J. Leach & Co..
1st
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A Scot at sea. ISBN: 1873050070.
THE COPPER KING: A BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS WILLIAMS OF LLANIDAN
Written by J.R. Harris.
Stock no. 2137905
Published by Landmark Publishing.
2nd
2003.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
2nd edition. Landmark Collector's Library. Red boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1843060922. Some erased pencil inscription to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.
THE THIRD MAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM MURDOCH 1754-1839
Written by John Griffiths.
Stock no. 2137786
Published by Andre Deutsch.
1st
1992.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The inventor of gas lighting. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0233987789. A few light knocks along cover edges. Marks and some browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- GAS
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
ENID BLYTON THE BIOGRAPHY
Written by Enid Blyton; Barbara Stoney.
Stock no. 1322824
Published by Hodder Children's Books.
2nd
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Authorised biography investigating the two faces of Blyton. ISBN: 0340583487. 1st printing of this 2nd paperback edition. Light rubbing to cover edges. Pale page edge browning. SIGNED by the author to title-page.
GEORGE MORLAND
Written by Walter Gilbey; E.D. Cuming.
Stock no. 2137552
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1st
1907.
Almost very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. A. & C. Black Colour Book 20 Shilling series. 50 colour plates. 290 pages plus 2 page original booklist. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Piece of loss/hole to top corner of spine. Some scuffing to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint is pulled. Foxing and browning, mostly to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- A AND C BLACK COLOUR BOOK
- BIOGRAPHY
- A AND C BLACK 20 SHILLING SERIES
THE COLEMANS: KIWIS ON THE GRASS IN NEW ZEALAND - ON THE ROAD IN EUROPE
Written by Rod Coleman.
Stock no. 1823533
Published by Rod Coleman.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Colemans of motor cycle racing. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0473049562. SIGNED by Rod Coleman to front endpaper (Best wishes John). Text block just slightly grubby. Spine is faded to blue. Otherwise contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- MOTOR CYCLE RACING
- NEW ZEALAND
- AUSTRALIA
- ISLE OF MAN
- BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM CALLOW R.W.S., F.R.G.S.
Written by William Callow; H.M. Cundall.
Stock no. 2137057
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
Circa
1908.
Almost very good condition.
An Autobiography. Green cloth with gilt title to spine, black title to front cover and red/brown decorations. Edited by Cundall. A. & C. Black 7/6 series. Spine is browned. Corners are bumped. Cracking to joints. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- A AND C BLACK COLOUR BOOK
- A AND C BLACK 7s 6d SERIES
HENRY IV
Written by Bryan Bevan.
Stock no. 1322607
Published by The Rubicon Press.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A powerful study of Henry of Bolingbroke, one of the most important noblemen of the later 14th century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 166 pages. ISBN: 0948695358. Minimal bumping to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ROYALTY
SCHARNHORST: THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1755-1801
Written by Charles Edward White.
Stock no. 2136687
Published by Helion & Company.
Circa
2020.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w maps. From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 No. 57. ISBN: 9781913118990. Light edge-wear.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
COURTAULD IMPRESSIONISTS: FROM MANET TO CEZANNE
Written by Anne Robbins; Caroline Campbell.
Stock no. 1823453
Published by National Gallery Company Limited.
1st
2018.
Nearly fine condition.
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery are brought together at the National Gallery with paintings from both collections by Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Produced for the exhibition of the same name which ran from 2018 - 2019. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781857096385. Light rubbing with slight surface paper loss to lower rear corner of boards. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- IMPRESSIONISM
- POST-IMPRESSIONISM
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- BIOGRAPHY
THE FOX AND THE WHIRLWIND: GENERAL GEORGE CROOK AND GERONIMO: A PAIRED BIOGRAPHY
Written by Peter Aleshire.
Stock no. 2136601
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Yellow boards with black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0471325759. Bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY
THE MAN WHO MADE BEAMISH
Written by Frank Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322450
Published by Northern Books.
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
An autobiography of the man who opened the first Open Air Museum in England. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953573001. SIGNED by author with a dedication to Marilyn to title-page. Spine bumped. Light veritcal mark to centre of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top and tail of spine.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- NORTH EAST UK
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)