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Luth, Erich.
Viel Steine lagen am Weg. Ein Querkopf berichtet.
Hamburg Marion von Schröder 1966. . Autobiographie. Mit Personen-Register. - Erich Lüth 1902-1989 war nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg u. a. mehrere Jahre Leiter der Staatlichen Pressestelle in Hamburg. Hamburg, Marion von Schröder, (1966). unknown
Référence libraire : 22503
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The Elder Statesman. Auszüge aus dem Protokoll einer am 23. Februar 1981 zu Ehren von Prof. Dr. Herbert Weichmann . abgehaltenen Sondertagung im Bergedorfer Schloß. Hrsg. v. Bergedorfer Gesprächskreis.
Hamburg 1981. . H. W. 1896-1983 Bürgermeister. (Hamburg, 1981). unknown
Référence libraire : 2170
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Kayser, Rudolf (Hrsg.).
Karoline Perthes im Briefwechsel mit ihrer Familie und ihren Freunden.
Hamburg Paul Hartung 1926. . Möller/Tecke I 3051. - 160 ausgewählte Briefe aus den Jahren 1793-1821von u. an Karoline Perthes 1774-1821 die Frau des Hamburger Buchhändlers Friedrich Christoph Perthes 1772-1843. Unter den Korrespondenten: ihre Eltern Matthias u. Rebecka Claudius Julie Reventlow-Schimmelmann Sophie Stolberg-Redern Friedrich Leopold Stolberg u.a.m. Mit Personen-Register. - Rücken und Deckelränder verblaßt /stockfl. Hamburg, Paul Hartung, 1926. unknown
Référence libraire : 32562
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Dreyer, Alfred.
Johann Matthias Dreyer 1717-1769. Ein Hamburger satirischer Dichter und Holstein-Gottorper-Diplomat. Ein Beitrag zur Geistesgeschichte Hamburgs um die Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts.
Hamburg Christians 1934. . Mit Auswahl aus Dreyers Gedichten und Epigrammen Namen Orts- und Sachverzeichnis. - Einband stellenweise verblaßt. Hamburg, Christians, 1934. unknown
Référence libraire : 9743
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Feiner, Jos..
Gabriel Rießers Leben und Wirken. Ein Buch für jung und alt. 3. Aufl.
Leipzig Gustav Engel 1911. . Obere Ecken bestoßen kl. Fleckchen vorn Leipzig, Gustav Engel, 1911. unknown
Référence libraire : 21523
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Berdrow, Otto.
Friedrich Perthes ein deutscher Buchhändler. Dem Volke und der reiferen Jugend dargestellt. 2. Ausgabe.
Gotha Friedrich Andreas Perthes A.-G. 1913. . Deckel schwach sprenkelfleckig sonst gutes sauberes Exemplar.- Der Verleger Friedrich Christoph Perthes 1772-1843 Schwiegersohn des Dichters Matthias Claudius gründete 1796 die erste reine Sortiments-Buchhandlung in Hamburg. Gotha, Friedrich Andreas Perthes A.-G. 1913. unknown
Référence libraire : 51783
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HANZHANG Ya
The Biographies of the Dalai Lamas
Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1993 near fine in same dust jacket marker ribbon vii 442pp colour plates history of Tibet as well as biographies of the first through to the fourteenth Dalai Lamas . reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Foreign Languages Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 005913 ISBN : 0835122662 9780835122665
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Lewis, C. S.
Letters of C.S. Lewis
1994. Soft Cover. Good. Gd. condition - Revised and Enlarged edition . AN28825z paperback
Référence libraire : 8825z ISBN : 0156508710 9780156508711
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Marchtaler, Hildegard.
Eigenhändige beidseitig beschriebene Briefkarte.
Hamburg 1972. . Die Hamburger Historikerin u. Genealogin H. von Marchtaler "Die Slomans" "Aus Althamburger Senatorenhäusern" u.a.m. dankt dem Archivrat des Vereins für Hamburgische Geschichte K. D. Möller für seine Glückwünsche zu ihrem 75. Geburtstag u. berichtet u.a. von dem Besuch von Margret Kümmell aus Kiel. - Gutes sauberes Exemplar. (Hamburg, 1972). unknown
Référence libraire : 52842
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BROOK-SHEPHERD Gordon
Dollfuss
London: MacMillan 1961 price clipped dust jacket light wear name label top of fep otherwise tidy copy xvii 296pp plates biography of Engelbert Dollfuss the Austrian Chancellor. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. MacMillan hardcover
Référence libraire : 005729
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KAYE M. M.
Golden Afternoon Being the Second Part of Share of Summer Her Autobiography
New York: St Martins 1988 near fine copy in same unclipped dust jacket which may have slight fade to spine vol 2 of 3 in the series of autobiographies complete unto itself xiii 418pp plates. In the second book of her autobiography M. M. Kaye returns after spending several years at a British boarding school to India the cherished country of her childhood. It is 1927 and nineteen-year-old Mollie makes her debut on the Delhi social scene. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. St Martins hardcover
Référence libraire : 005793 ISBN : 0312192738 9780312192730
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SOUNESS Graeme with Bob Harris
No Half Measures
London: Willow Books 1985 500 gram rate unclipped dust jacket book light lean to spine unmarked football biography 208pp plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Willow Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 005813 ISBN : 0002181347 9780002181341
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BRUCE Ian
Lavallette Bruce. His Adventures and Intrigues Before and After Waterloo
London: Hamish Hamilton 1953 unclipped dust jacket rubbed with short edge tears and minor chipping to corners and spine ends book tidy and unmarked xiv 342pp plates and folding map etc biographical account of a young British gentleman in Europe during the Napoleonic wars. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Référence libraire : 005786
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PATON John G & A K Langridge
Thirty Years with South Sea Cannibals
London: Hodder 1927 teal cloth with black titling and image of savage with a club light rubbing and handling soiling prize plate to end paper Laurie Smith St Nicholas Sunday School 1931 book nice and tidy 256pp plates map frontis missionary work in the New Hebrides as well as a biography of the author's early life in Glasgow. Fourth. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Hodder hardcover
Référence libraire : 005842
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HARVIE, E F
George Bolt Pioneer Aviator
Wellington: Reed 1974 George Bolt began as an apprentice aero-mechanic in 1916 in Waitemata New Zealand. From experiments with hot air balloons and elastic band powered models to his career as Chief Engineer for New Zealands National carrier. Includes training of pilots for the Royal Flying Core 1914-18 176pp including many vintage b&w photos. Near fine condition. DW under plastic sleeve minimal spots of adhesive bleed to free end papers name erased form top corner of fep. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Reed hardcover
Référence libraire : 005546 ISBN : 0589008234 9780589008239
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WARNER Rex
Pericles the Athenian
London: Collins 1963 unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear with a few short tears or minor chips map end papers first edition fictional biography of Pericles through the eyes of Anaxagoras 254pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Collins hardcover
Référence libraire : 005560
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MILLER Hugh
My Schools and Schoolmasters or the Story of My Education
Edinburgh: Nimmo 1879 brown cloth with black embossed design gilt to spine some wear and rubbing to cloth minimal scattered foxing to closed edges rear hinge cracked but tight xi 562pp twenty eighth edition memoir by the author of "The Old Red Sandstone or New Walks in an Old Field". reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Nimmo hardcover
Référence libraire : 005582
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MITCHISON Naomi
You May Well Ask; A Memoir 1920-1940
London: Victor Gollancz 1979 500 gram rate uncorrected book proof near Fine spine reading crease 235pp plates sewn sheets in paper wrapper. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Galley/Proof. Victor Gollancz paperback
Référence libraire : 005378 ISBN : 0575026146 9780575026148
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COOPER Michael
Rodrigues The Interpeter An Early Jesuit in Japan and China
New York: Weatherhill 1974 oatmeal cloth with gilt decoration insect damage to spine and fore edges not too badly affected internally VG 416pp plates biography of early seventeenth century Jesuit in China and Japan compiler of a Japanese Grammar in 1604. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Weatherhill hardcover
Référence libraire : 005373 ISBN : 0834800942 9780834800946
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REED A H
Ben and Eleanor Farjeon
Reed 200 gram rate would be very good but lacks prelims before contents page limited to 1000 copies but this has lost the limitation page 9- 84pp based on the collection of letters in the Reed Collection Dunedin New Zealand Eleanor donated many books and letters from her father to the collection in Dunedin. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Reed paperback
Référence libraire : 005387
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GRANT Joan
Time Out of Mind
London: Arthur Barker 1958 cloth rubbed to edges and corners former owner details to fep 254pp frontis autobiography of a noted clairvoyant who wrote a string of novels based on her 'far memory' of past lives. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Arthur Barker hardcover
Référence libraire : 005452
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YOUNG Egerton R.
By Canoe and Dog Train; Among the Cree and Salteaux Indians
London: Epworth press VG clean tidy copy red cloth with black and white illustration of men and dog sled gilt titling prize plate to fep viii 267pp colour plates as well as reproduced engravings in the text narrative of his missioning experiences in the wilds of Canada and the United States. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J E Laughlin. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Epworth press hardcover
Référence libraire : 005455
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SCHAPSMEIER Edward L. & Frederick H.
Henry A. Wallace of Iowa: The Agrarian Years 1910-1940
Ames: Iowa State University Press 1968 dust jacket is heavily insect damaged to the fore edge folds the joints and the edges book is clean and tidy xii 327pp plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Iowa State University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 005473 ISBN : 0813817412 9780813817415
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JAMESON Storm
Journey from the North; Autobiography
London: Collins Harvill 1969 clipped dust jacket has rubbing wear to joints and edges book tidy 415pp plates volume one of her memoirs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Collins Harvill hardcover
Référence libraire : 005484
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MACLEOD Iain
Neville Chamberlain
London: Muller 1961 cloth dust jacket chipped to corners name to fep 319pp plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Muller hardcover
Référence libraire : 005481
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GARLAND Ailsa
Lion's Share
London: Michael Joseph 1970 500 gram rate uncorrected proof in printed paper wrappers waterstain top corner / head of spine and on to some interior pages 248pp plates biography of time in the fashion business around 1960s. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Galley/Proof. Michael Joseph paperback
Référence libraire : 005497 ISBN : 0718105435 9780718105433
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ALLARD Bert
Can Your Mother Skin a rabbit Tales of a Suffolk Lad
Thorndon: Lucas Books 2004 500 gram rate near fine reprint edition 84pp. reprint. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Lucas Books paperback
Référence libraire : 005506 ISBN : 1903797349 9781903797341
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STROUSE Jean
Alice James a Biography
London: Jonathan Cape 1980 xvi 367pp plates the sister of William and Henry James revealed through her journals and letters. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Référence libraire : 005499 ISBN : 0224014366 9780224014366
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ANDREWS C F
Sadhu Sundar Singh a Personal Memoir
London: Hodder 1934 light handling soiling to cloth foxed closed top edges ownership name dated 1934 to fep 255pp plates first edition of this biography of the Indian Christian Missionary. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Hodder hardcover
Référence libraire : 005236
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CHEEVER George B.
Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress and on the Life and Times of John Bunyan
London: William Collins Sons and Company 1872 500 gram rate blind embossed green cloth rubbed at spine ends and corners with fraying to tips and corners hinges cracked front and rear but still holding light foxing to margins gilt title lozenge to spine original chocolate end papers all edges gilt 326pp tidy copy with some reading wear. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. William Collins Sons and Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 005242
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PIAT S- J
The Story of a Family; the Home of the Little Flower
Dublin: M H Gill & Son 1947 buckram with some rubbing flecking and fading light foxing to closed edges 421pp plates Catholic hagiography of St Therese of the Child Jesus. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. M H Gill & Son hardcover
Référence libraire : 005319
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LANE Margaret
Edgar Wallace the Biography of a Phenomenon
London: Heinemann 1938 large book boards soiled and faded hinges loose splitting to spine ends large pen name to fep some foxing mainly to closed edges and margins internally a complete and unmarked copy one plate starting to detach xii 421pp plates undated but 1938 first. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Heinemann hardcover
Référence libraire : 005138
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Peter Finn
John Doyles Overcoat : Hong Kong & The Partisan's Last Kiss: Italy
Access Press Perth 2006. First Edition. Softcover Stiff Card. As New/No Dust Jacket. Journalist Peter Finn worked on "The Star" newspaper in Hong Kong before its demise and this book is a nostalgic recall of those days. The second half of the book is about an ex-army man who worked with the Italian partisans during World War Two. Author's seventh book. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 8. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Australian Literature; History. ISBN: 0864451814. ISBN/EAN: 9780864451811. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 7192. . 9780864451811 Access Press paperback
Référence libraire : 7192 ISBN : 0864451814 9780864451811
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Matousek, Mark
THE BOY HE LEFT BEHIND A Man's Search for His Lost Father
London: Piatkus Books. Very Good. 2001. Paperback. 0749921390 . Softcover with flaps. True story. 350gms weight ; Remainder; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages . Piatkus Books paperback
Référence libraire : 20950 ISBN : 0749921390 9780749921392
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O'Brien, Justin
The Modern Prince: Charles J.Haughey and the Quest for Power
Dublin 2: Merlin Publishing 2003. Hardcover. Jacket leading corners edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Binding is intact contents are clean and clear. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Merlin Publishing Hardcover
Référence libraire : 051924 ISBN : 1903582415 9781903582411
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Maxine Excell
Damned
Access Press Perth 2005. First Edition. Softcover Stiff Card. As New/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: True Crime; Australia; Australian History; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0864451806. ISBN/EAN: 9780864451804. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 13905. . 9780864451804 Access Press paperback
Référence libraire : 13905 ISBN : 0864451806 9780864451804
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Sylvia Dee
The Short Straw
Access Press Perth 1998. First Edition. Softcover Stiff Card. As New/No Dust Jacket. 1st edition limited run 500. Autobiographical experience of a battered wife and victim of a nervous breakdown. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Australian History; History. ISBN: 0864451237. ISBN/EAN: 9780864451231. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 1400. . 9780864451231 Access Press paperback
Référence libraire : 1400 ISBN : 0864451237 9780864451231
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TROLLOPE Anthony
An Autobiography
London: Oxford University Press 1950 ex library with call number to spineand stamps to prelims and closed fore edge Autobiography by Trollope now first published in this form in The Oxfrod Trollope Crown Edition xxvi 411pp plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Oxford University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 005021
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Ettridge, David
CONSIDER YOUR VERDICT
New Holland. New. 2004. Paperback. 1741102324 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages . New Holland paperback
Référence libraire : 20472 ISBN : 1741102324 9781741102321
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Keith Noud
Keith Noud Recalls
Brisbane QLD Australia: Boolarong Publications 1986. Previous owners name at top of minor title page. 205 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boolarong Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 006598 ISBN : 0864390149 9780864390141
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De Vries, Susanna
Strength of Purpose: Australian Women of Achievement from Federation to the Mid-20th Century
Sydney: HarperCollins 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 28 Australian women of energy and achievment.268pp ills some in colour index. Just about fine copy. Size: 4to <br/> <br/> HarperCollins hardcover
Référence libraire : 30293 ISBN : 0732267846 9780732267841
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POUND Reginald
Arnold Bennett a Biography
London: Heinemann 1952 dust jacket price clipped sunned spine short edge tears or chips x 385pp plates spotted or dusty closed edges. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Heinemann hardcover
Référence libraire : 004918
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Various
The Adrian H. Goldstone Collection of Mystery and Detective Fiction
California Book auction Galleries 1981. First Edition. Hardcover Embossed Cloth. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Special Limited Edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Top edge very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Books on Books; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 13124. . California Book auction Galleries hardcover
Référence libraire : 13124
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Dreyfuss, Jack
THE TWO LIVES OF JACK DREYFUSS; THE LION OF WALL STREET
Washington DC: Regnery Publishing 1996. First Printing . Hard Back. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 12330pp. Photos. Ink name at top of title page. Dj somewhat scuffed but not bad. <br/> <br/> Regnery Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 44420 ISBN : 0895264617 9780895264619
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WALKER John & Ron Palenski
John Walker Champion
Auckland: Moa Beckett 1984 near fine in same unclipped DW autobiography with the help of Palenski Olympic Gold medallist and sub 3 minute 50 second mile holder 248pp b&w and colour plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Moa Beckett hardcover
Référence libraire : 004772 ISBN : 090857083X 9780908570836
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TAYLOR William
Story of My Life
New York: Eaton & Mains 1895 3000 grams so triple standard shipping rates 'an account of what I have thought and said and done in my ministry of more than 53 years in Christian Lands and Among Heathen' quarto dark chocolate embossed pressboard leatherette binding gilt titled cover and spine all edges gilt corners rubbed to board spine ends starting to flake split to bottom of upper joint binding is intact but due to book size it is fragile and needs careful handling marbeled endpapers 770 pages edited by John Clark Ridpath with original engravings and sketches by Frank Beard approx 200 illustrations including engraved plates beautiful and informative look on Africa even without the missionary and biographical content author was the Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church for Africa . First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Beard. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Eaton & Mains hardcover
Référence libraire : 004820
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CHAPMAN Stanley
Jesse Boot of Boots the Chemists
London: Hodder 1974 special edition published for the Boots company very tidy book and wrapper some slipped in newspaper cuttings about a new Boots' pharmaceutical product 221pp plates. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Hodder hardcover
Référence libraire : 004838 ISBN : 0340177047 9780340177044
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GADDIS Thomas E
Birdman of Alcatraz
London: Victor Gollancz 1956 second impression ex library stamps and call numbrs etc DW call number to spine short tear lower front corner well read copy 254pp Stroud was a lifer who befriended and trained birds becoming an expert on them and writing a book on bird diseases uncommon. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ex-Library. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Référence libraire : 004854
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COOPER Duff
Sergeant Shakespeare
London: Rupert Hart Davis 1949 500 grams price clipped DW light handling soiling name to fep 100pp was Shakespeare a soldier on the Continent from 1584 to 1592 Duff Cooper investigates the possibility. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Rupert Hart Davis hardcover
Référence libraire : 004867
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REITSCH Hanna
The Sky My Kingdom
London: Bodley Head 1955 first English translation light age spotting/ foxing to closed edges small pen name and rubber name stamp to fep unclipped dust jacket has a few small patches of tape rust to fold in flaps a few patches to paste downs also excellent dust wrapper the foremost test pilot during the Third Reich covers her personal meetings with nazi leaders such as Hitler and Himmler and her participation in experimental aircraft and V- weapons 222pp plates TIDY COPY. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Bodley Head hardcover
Référence libraire : 004878
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