‎Biographie‎

‎John Friedrich‎

‎Codename Iago‎

‎Heinemann Australia 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 256 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Heinemann Australia 1991. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Autobiography of the former chief executive of the Victorian division of the National Safety Council of Australia finished just before his death. Includes an afterword by his solicitor and copies of letters from people with whom he worked. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0855614528. ISBN/EAN: 9780855614522. Inventory No: 19060208. 9780855614522 Heinemann paperback‎

Référence libraire : 19060208 ISBN : 0855614528 9780855614522

‎John Friedrich‎

‎Codename Iago‎

‎Heinemann Australia 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 256 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Heinemann Australia 1991. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Autobiography of the former chief executive of the Victorian division of the National Safety Council of Australia finished just before his death. Includes an afterword by his solicitor and copies of letters from people with whom he worked. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0855614528. ISBN/EAN: 9780855614522. Inventory No: 19070006. 9780855614522 Heinemann paperback‎

Référence libraire : 19070006 ISBN : 0855614528 9780855614522

‎JAY, RICKY‎

‎LEARNED PIGS & FIREPROOF WOMEN. A History of Unique Eccentric & Amazing Entertainers‎

‎London: Robert Hale Ltd 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First and Later Editions. 4to large 4to. pp. ix 343. Ooriginal dust jacket very good with a little rubbing to edges hardback binding very good with light knock to head of the spine. Contents clean and tight top edge of book block slightly dust marked/spotted otherwise no inscriptions no foxing. A very good clean copy. Superbly illustrated including colour plates with playbills posters and portraits many not published before. Chapters include Harry Kahne: The Multiple Mental Marvel; Willard the Man who Grows; Max Malini: The Last of the Mountebanks; Datas: The Man who Knew too Much; Arthur Lloyd: The Humorous Human Card; Seamus Burke & Others etc. Index. Robert Hale Ltd Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 032388 ISBN : 0709031505 9780709031505

‎Thomas Ewing Dabney‎

‎The Man Who Bought the Waldorf : The Life of Conrad N. Hilton‎

‎Duell Sloan and Pearce New York 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 272 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Duell Sloan and Pearce New York 1950. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. Gift inscription in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 20010292. Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 20010292

‎Rev Sydney Smith‎

‎THE WIT AND WISDOM OF THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH A SELECTION OF THE MOST MEMORABLE PASSAGES IN HIS WRITINGS AND CONVERSATION‎

‎London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1861. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 8vo. pp viii 355 pages. Attractive quarter leather hardback binding with pink cloth boards very good with just a little rubbing to corners gilt text to spine. Contents clean and tight just a few spots to the blanks only otherwise unmarked marbled endpapers no inscriptions. A near fine unmarked copy. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 032969

‎Baron De Grimm and Diderot‎

‎CORRESPONDANCE LITTERAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET CRITIQUE ADRESSEE A UN SOUVERAIN D'ALLEMAGNE Series I II III complete in 15 volumes‎

‎Paris: F. Buisson 1813. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 18.5 x 12.5 cm. complete set of 15 volumes published from 1812 - 1813 portrait frontispiece to vol. 1 series two. The set comprising of; First series 1813 Longchamps & F. Buisson Paris depuis 1753 jusqu'en 1769 in 6 volumes. Second series 1812 Seconde Edition revue et corrigee F. Buisson Paris depuis 1770 Jusqu'en 1782 in 4 volumes . Third series 1813 F Buisson Paris pendant une partie des annees 1775 - 1776 et pendant les annees 1782 a 1790 inclusivement in 5 volumes. Attractively bound in half leather ornate bright gilt decoration to spine compartments two contrasting title labels on the spine. Binding fine and Content clean and tight A near fine complete frontispiece plate title page and numerous engraved plates. Bound in red leather with marbled covered boards page edges marbled six gilt decorated spine compartments with two contrasting leather title labels. Bindings near fine strong with very little sign of wear and rubbing joints firm no cracking. now with protective archival removable wrappers. Contents clean and tight a little toning to some blank pages private book plate belonging to Sir John Stuart Forbes no inscriptions or other marks. A near fine attractive set. Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes 8th Baronet of Monymusk of Fettercairn and Pitsligo FRSE 1804-1866 was a Scottish baronet landowner advocate and agriculturalist. F. Buisson Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 033116

‎Michael Levine‎

‎Johnny Horton Your Singing Fisherman : Ngaha Tashly Ha Arscheaische‎

‎Vantage Press USA 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Hardcover. 220 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Vantage Press USA 1982. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Music. ISBN: 0533048028. ISBN/EAN: 9780533048021. Inventory No: 16070389. 9780533048021 Vantage Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 16070389 ISBN : 0533048028 9780533048021

‎Lackington, James‎

‎AUTOBIGRAPHY. A COLLECTION OF THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING LIVES EVER PUBLISHED WRITTEN BY THE PARTIES THEMSELVES. VOL. XVIII - MEMOIRS OF THE FORTY-FIVE FIRST YEARS OF THE LIFE OF JAMES LACKINGTON BOOKSELLER‎

‎London: Hunt and Carke 1827. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 347 pages ix index; complete with engraved frontispiece. Original hardback cloth binding fair with general wear and some loss tot he spine. Contents clean joints weak no inscriptions a few random marks. A fair copy that makes for an interesting read. Hunt and Carke Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 029506

‎James Morton‎

‎Fighters: The Lives and Sad Deaths of Freddie Mills and Randolph Turpin‎

‎Little Brown London 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 330 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Little Brown London 2004. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In July 1965 Freddie Mills popular former light heavyweight champion of the world was found shot in an alleyway off London's Charing Cross Road. Was he murdered and if so by whom Did he kill himself and if so why should this happily married man whose popularity was immense take his own life A year later Britain's second world champion of the era the middleweight Randolph Turpin who defeated the fabulous Sugar Ray Robinson was found shot dead in a room above his cafe in Leamington Spa. How did this man who earned thousands during his career come to end his life in a backstreet cafe Or was he also murdered to prevent him getting the money due to him from his career Morton looks at the role of their managers and promoters and the relationship with the Boxing Board of Control. Should many of Mills' fights and some of Turpin's have been sanctioned Is this in part what led to their deaths Where did their money go Gambling women protection Is there any possible truth in the persistent rumours that Mills was the so-called Jack the Stripper murderer the killer of prostitutes in Hammersmith Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0316860875. ISBN/EAN: 9780316860871. Inventory No: 17030397. 9780316860871 Little, Brown hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 17030397 ISBN : 0316860875 9780316860871

‎Charles Wright‎

‎Oranges and Lemmings : The Story Behind Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh‎

‎Greenhouse Publications Australia 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 167 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Greenhouse Publications Australia 1985. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0864360126. ISBN/EAN: 9780864360120. Inventory No: 17080135. 9780864360120 Greenhouse Publications paperback‎

Référence libraire : 17080135 ISBN : 0864360126 9780864360120

‎Various‎

‎We Knew Mary Baker Eddy : Expanded Firsthand Accounts‎

‎Christian Science Pub. Society USA 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 2-volume set complete. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Christian Science Pub. Society USA 2011. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Volume 2 is still in shrink wrap. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Theology. ISBN/EAN: 9780875104850. Inventory No: 18010039. 9780875104850 Christian Science Pub. Society hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 18010039 ISBN : 0875104851 9780875104850

‎William Meinhold‎

‎Sidonia the Sorceress : The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania‎

‎Simms & McIntyre London 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 578 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simms & McIntyre London 1849. First Edition. This is the first edition in the English language. CONDITION: This book is in poor condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have substantial rubbing/wear and mild soiling. Edges of boards have moderate edgewear and corners are heavily bumped. Spine has considerable fading. Pages are reasonably tanned and reasonably foxed. Previous owner's name in ink. Front board is detached. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Originally published in German this is a scarce first English edition which was published as a part of the Parlour Library series. It is a two volume work but bound in a single book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Magic Paranormal & Occult; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 13110218. Simms & McIntyre hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 13110218

‎David Hassall‎

‎The Peter Brock Story‎

‎Garry Sparke & Associates Australia 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by persons connected with book. Hardcover. 96 pages. Signed by persons connected with book. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Garry Sparke & Associates Australia 1983. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Spine has minor lean. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. . Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Signed by Peter Brock on title page. Also included is a Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team business card in immaculate condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 090808157X. ISBN/EAN: 9780908081578. Inventory No: 13110343. 9780908081578 Garry Sparke & Associates hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 13110343 ISBN : 090808157X 9780908081578

‎T H S Escott‎

‎Edward Bulwer First Baron Lytton of Knebworth : A Social Personal and Political Monograph‎

‎George Routledge & Sons London 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed by persons connected with book. Hardcover. 348 pages. Signed by persons connected with book. PUBLISHING DETAILS: George Routledge & Sons London 1910. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have moderate rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have substantial wear. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. Pages are reasonably tanned. Front hinge is slightly split. ABOUT THIS BOOK: There is a signature on the frontispiece which could be of a descendant of Edward Bulwer-Lytton or is a fake - it is similar to the subject's signature but can't possibly be because he died in 1873. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 14010447. George Routledge & Sons hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 14010447

‎LINCOLN, Abraham‎

‎The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln‎

‎New York: The Modern Library 1942. Hardcover. Edited by Philip Van Doren Stern. Introduction by Allan Nevins. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxvi 863pp. Near fine. Faintest of faint edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition of this Modern Library Giant #20 with "First Modern Library Giant Edition 1942" clearly noted. This sharp copy also bears a fine autograph edition: Tipped among the preliminary leaves is an outstanding content Typed Letter Signed from Nevins 1p 5¼" X 8" New York NY 1956 October 21. Addressed to "Ralph" Ralph G. Newman 1912-2000 founder of Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. Writing on "Columbia University" letterhead Nevins first discusses Bruce Catton's book "This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War." He writes: "Here we are. Bruce has written a fine book. It will delight everybody. It reads at times as if he had written in haste but I did not mention that. Some of the omissions are rather startling. But as a whole it is a superb performance." He then discusses Newman and Otto Eisenschiml's 1947 book "The American Iliad: The Epic Story of the Civil War as Narrated by Eyewitnesses and Contemporaries" an anthology that had just been rereleased by Grosset & Dunlap with a "Pictorial Chronicle" volume added by E.B. "Pete" Long. He writes "My congratulations on those two volumes of yours and Pete Long's. They are magnificent. You will have a very large sale. I agree that in time the second volume should be enlarged. It is fine as it stands but expansion would make it still finer. The whole set is a real public service." Signed simply "Allan" in blue ballpoint. The Modern Library hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 39617

‎Evelyn, John; Bray, William [editor]‎

‎Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn F.R.S. : To Which is Subjoined The Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne. 4 volume set.‎

‎London: Published for Henry Colburn By His Successors Hurst & Blackett. 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo. "A New Edition in Four Volumes. Corrected Revised and Enlarged." Portrait frontispieces in volumes I and II; two further plates to vols. I & II the latter also with a large folding table at the rear. Uniformly bound in the publisher's brown embossed cloth with gilt lettering to the spines and gilt armorial crests to the front boards. Bindings very good all remain strong with a light general wear and rubbing to edges discreet repair to the head of vol I. Contents clean and tight; original pale yellow end papers all original adverts present light browning/ foxing to tissue guards plates a little toned and very slightly foxed otherwise pages very clean. A very good set. Published for Henry Colburn, By His Successors, Hurst & Blackett. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 027533

‎RENOUF, PETER LE PAGE [Cathcart, Kevin J, ed]‎

‎THE LETTERS OF PETER LE PAGE RENOUF Complete 4 Volume Set. Vol. I: Pembroke College Oxford 1840-1942 St. Mary's College Oscott 1842-1846; Vol. II: Besancon 1846-1854; Vol. III: Dublin 1854-1864. Vol. IV: London 1864-1897‎

‎Dublin Ireland: University Dublin College Press 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. 2002-2004. Complete four volume set: pp. xxxii252; xxvii323; xxix337; xxix433. Dust jacket fine with slight rubbing to edges only vol. 4 slightly scuffed to rear panel. Hardback bindings fine; contents clean and tight unmarked. A fine set in dustwrappers. "Sir Peter le Page Renouf 1822-97 a Guernseyman was described by Lord Acton as 'the most learned Englishman I know'. The remarkable collection of his surviving letters published in four volumes by University College Dublin Press between 2002 and 2004 covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. In 1864 Acton helps to obtain a post for Renouf in England as Inspector of Schools. Although this work involved the most tedious administrative duties Renouf still managed to keep up his Egyptological studies. In 1875 he and his wife travelled to Syria Palestine and Egypt. His life changed dramatically in 1886 when he was appointed Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum a post he held until his retirement in 1891. He spent the last years of his life on a translation of the Book of the Dead.". University Dublin College Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 028166

‎Halliday, Andrew‎

‎A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF GUELPH‎

‎London: Printed for Thomas and George Underwood 1821. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to 23 x 28cm. pp. xxxvi 472 table and index errata engraved frontispiece plate of the armorial bearings of Henry the Lion a little marked . Contemporary or near contemporary brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities and joints cloth a little marked. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions small newspaper clipping dated 1913 tipped onto the page before the tables with a small amount of associated tanning otherwise unmarked good margins. A very good tight copy. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 018184

‎Upton, Florence K & Upton, Bertha‎

‎THE GOLLIWOGG'S AIR-SHIP‎

‎London: Longmans Green & Co. 1902. Book. Illus. by UPTON FLORENCE. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to Landscape. Copyright 1902 to the base of the title page pp. 64 ii 31 fine colour lithographic illustration throughout. All pages present and generally very good. Original pictorial covers with cream cloth spine. Spine very good with no fraying. Boards with a little general wear. Contents tight and complete original swan patterned end papers minmal wear to edges slightly creased endpapers over the internal hinge no tears ink surname to the top of the front free endpaper no scribblings or other marking. A very good first edition copy. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 019212

‎Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John E‎

‎Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith Esq. or the Pursuits of an English Country Gentleman‎

‎Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Pp. xiii 307; 8 plates and 2 vignettes. Contemporary full red polished calf binding with extra gilt to the spine very good with a little general wear and rubbing minimal scuffing to the head of the spine and scuff mark to rear top corner. Contents clean and tight marbled end papers all edges marbled slight spotting/foxing otherwise unmarked. A handsome copy. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 020792

‎AUBREY, JOHN:‎

‎Letters written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.and Lives of Eminent Men.the whole now first published from the originals in the Bodleian Library.‎

‎London: for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1813. First edition. Volume 1 & Volume 2 part 1 lacking the 3rd volume i.e.volume 2 part 2. Two volumes 8vo 9 x 5 3/4 inches pages: xxiii:304 & 352 recent grey buckram unlettered. Browning to titles. Totally uncut therefore with full margins. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 13087

‎Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse‎

‎The Art of Painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy‎

‎Printed by A. Ward and sold by J. Dodsley T. Cadell 1783. Book. Poor. unbound sheets. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vol. 3 - Front full leather board missing front endpaper also lacking title page but with contents page & half title page intact. The rear board attached by binding but cracked ! rest of the book tight with all pages intact incl full index at back - no marks or writing etc. Leather spine well rubbed appears stuck to binding. 370 pages. Translated into English verse by Rev. William Mason with annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds. guaranteed posting 24hrs St160 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Printed by A. Ward, and sold by J. Dodsley, T. Cadell hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 011000

‎Seligman, G‎

‎SNOW STRUCTURES AND SKI FIELDS Being an Account of Snow and Ice Forms Met with in Nature and a Study of Avalanches and Snowcraft‎

‎London: Macmillan 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. "with an appendix of Alpine Weather by C. K. M. Douglas." Pp.xii 555.; folding frontispiece plate b/w plates and in-text illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth binding very good with slight wear only spine very lightly faded/marked. Contents clean and tight previous owner's name to the front free end paper otherwise unmarked. Macmillan Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 023773

‎J A La Nauze‎

‎Alfred Deakin: A Biography - Famous Australia Lives Series‎

‎Angus & Robertson Australia 1979. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 714 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson Australia 1979. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine has slight fading. . Pages are lightly tanned. Minor water damage to text covers unaffected. Front end page may have been removed. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 020714057X. ISBN/EAN: 9780207140570. Inventory No: 13090202. 9780207140570 Angus & Robertson paperback‎

Référence libraire : 13090202 ISBN : 020714057X 9780207140570

‎Fitzpatrick, W J‎

‎THE LIFE OF CHARLES LEVER‎

‎London 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition Revised. 8vo. New Edition Revised - the preface is dated 1884 and refers to the revised edition so this is all liklihood the publication date; pp. xii 392 2 publisher's adverts; portrait frontispiece original yellow end papers. Original dark cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine black lettering to the front front board; binding very good and bright with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good tight copy. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 013492