BIOGRAPHY
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THE COUNTRY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
Written by Charles S. Olcott.
Stock no. 1815690
Published by Cassell & Co..
1st
1913.
Very good condition.
The author and his wife explore 'Scott Country' from May 1911. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles and thistle vignette. B/w plates. xiv and 414 pages including index. Light mottling to cloth boards, rear board has a small white mark. Endpapers browned. All plates present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- BIOGRAPHY
MILLERGATE
Written by Wilbur Wright.
Stock no. 1610197
Published by Wrightway Publishing Limited.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The real Glenn Miller story. More than 60 illustrations, appendices and maps. ISBN: 0951254707. The audio tape mentioned on wrapper is NOT present.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOGRAPHY
DIARY OF AN AVIATOR
Written by Sandy Johnstone.
Stock no. 1610080
Published by Airlife.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An autobiography of Air Vice Marshal Sandy Johnstone. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853104302. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper spine heavily faded.
MEXICAN JOE VOLUME II: THE RUNNING WOLF YEARS
Written by Tom F. Cunningham.
Stock no. 1815260
Published by The English Westerners' Society.
2016.
Nearly fine condition.
The Brand Book Volume 50, No. 1 (Winter 2016). An Essay. American Showman Joseph Shelley AKA Mexican Joe. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. 44 pages.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- PERFORMING ARTS
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Written by Ian Mackersey.
Stock no. 2123879
Published by Little, Brown.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World. B/w photos. ISBN: 0316861448. Light bumping along a couple of cover edges. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased.
THE LAST KING OF POLAND
Written by Adam Zamoyski.
Stock no. 1815040
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The rich and enthralling story of a personal dream with all the elements of grand tragedy, while at the same time an important chronicle of the birth and death of liberalism in Poland and the establishment of Russian power in Europe. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 029781821X. Text block a little grubby. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few scuff marks.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- POLAND
- BIOGRAPHY
ROALD DAHL
Written by Jeremy Treglown.
Stock no. 2123721
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1994.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571165737. A few marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.
REMBRANDT
Written by Mortimer Menpes; C. Lewis Hind.
Illustrated by Rembrandt.
Stock no. 1814271
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1st
1905.
Very good condition.
Large format, Brown cloth. Mounted colour illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed. Free endpapers browned. All plates present. New pastedowns, some professional strengthening of sections using cloth.
KLONDY: A DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH
Written by Klondy Nelson; Corey Ford.
Stock no. 1814134
Published by Robert Hale Limited.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
Biography of a woman caught up in the Klondike Gold Rush 1897. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ALASKA
- GOLD
RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON 'ON THE PLEASURE OF PAINTING'
Written by Patrick J. Noon.
Illustrated by Richard Parkes Bonington.
Stock no. 1813533
Published by Yale Centre For British Art.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (13 November 1991-19 January 1992) and at the Petit Palais, Paris (5 March 1992-17 May 1992). Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 315 pages. ISBN: 0930606671. Corners lightly rubbed. Spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- ROMANTICISM
- BIOGRAPHY
RICHARD DOYLE'S JOURNAL 1840
Written by Richard Doyle; Christopher Wheeler.
Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1506855
Published by John Bartholomew & Son Limited.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Reproduction of the journal kept by Doyle throughout 1840. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Hand-written text. ISBN: 0702882801. Spine lightly bumped. Odd fox spot to text block. Dustwrapper is unevenly browned and faded, laminate cracking in folds, brown mark to front panel.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO?
Written by Mel Calman.
Illustrated by Mel Calman.
Stock no. 1506718
Published by Methuen London Ltd.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Some sketches from a cartoonist's life. Grey boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 105 numbered pages. ISBN: 0413588408. Signed by author, with inscription, on front endpaper. A little fading to base of spine and edges of covers alongside. Faint erased pencil writing to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small marks, very light browning to spine area.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- CARTOONS
- ILLUSTRATED