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Salter, K.W.
Thomas Traherne: Mystic and Poet
First edition hardcover without dust jacket in very good condition. Boards are slightly blemished, corners and spine ends are bumped, and page block is very lightly foxed. Previous owner's name, Norman Pope, pencilled to front pastedown, and his handwritten notes laid in. Pages and text are clear and unamarked throughout. LW Used
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Perkin, Harold
The Making of a Social Historian
Very good paperback, light shelf and handling wear only. Pages tightly bound, content unmarked. CN Used
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Barry, Margaret
Changes & Chances
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Some shelf wear to the jacket, and page block is discoloured. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Lewis, Theresa (ed.)
Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry, Volume I-III
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Acceptable condition. Three-volume set. Name of former owner is penned on half-title page of each volume. Worn boards with several marks, bumps and scores. Very small area of patchy fading on rear board of Vol. II. Inner edge of front board of Vol. III is faded. Spines are faded and stained. Spine ends are worn and bumped, with two or three tears and nicks. Leading corners are worn, bumped and frayed. Page blocks are a little foxed. Spine of Vol. I is partly detached from body of volume. Binding is loose at two or three points in each volume. Front hinge of Vol. I is reinforced with cloth tape. Minor foxing and a few marks on pages. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Keynes, Geoffrey
The Gates of Memory
First edition. Very good hard cover, with clipped dust jacket. Light shelf and handling wear, including creasing to DJ edges and corners, tanning to (cocked) spine. Pages very well bound, content within unmarked. CN Used
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Berger, Joseph
Shipwreck of a Generation: The Memoirs of Joseph Berger
Hardcover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked and discoloured, and edges are worn and torn, with two larger tears evident, one at the spine head at the front cover, and one to the rear inner flap at the upper edge. Page block and page edges are tanned, and page block head is blemished. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Al-Suwaydi, Tawfiq (Author); Roberts, Nancy (Translator); Sullivan, Antony T. (Introduction)
My Memoirs: Half a Century of the History of Iraq and the Arab Cause
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Light shelf wear to the jacket and page block, otherwise in an unused condition. LW Used
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De Gaury, Gerald
Traces of Travel; Brought Home From Abroad
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is sunned and slightly marked, and page block head is tanned and blemished. Bump to jacket rear which has travelled in to the rear board. Gutter break on page 86-87. LW Used
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Askwith, Tom (Author); Lewis, Joanna (Editor)
From Mau Mau to Harambee: Memoirs and Memoranda of Colonial Kenya
Very good condition paperback signed and dedicated by the author. Light shelf wear to the covers and page block. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Desai, Narayan
Gandhi Through a Child's Eyes: An Intimate Memoir
Paperback in good condition. Shelf wear to the covers, and page block is tanned and foxed. Corners are well thumbed, and a few pages are dog-eared. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Meinertzhagen, Richard (Author); Huxley, Elspeth (Preface)
Kenya Diary (1902-1906)
Paperback in good condition. Covers and spine are creased, worn at the edges, and corners are bumped. Page block head is foxed, and page block face and foot are blemished. A few of the upper page edges are bumped and dog-eared, and previous owner's name penned to inside front cover. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Fawcett, P.H. (Author); Fawcett, Brian (Arrangement)
Exploration Fawcett
Good condition fourth impression hardcover, signed and dedicated by Brian Fawcett, without dust jacket. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, and spine is cocked. Page block is lightly foxed and tanned. Previous owner's name penned to front pastedown, and a few pages are slightly marked. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Myers, Robin (Editor and Introduction)
The Auto-Biography of Luke Hansard: Printer to the House, 1752-1828
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Slight shelf wear to the jacket, and pages are lightly yellowed throughout. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked. LW Used
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Hawi, Khalil S.
Kahlil Gibran: His Background, Character and Works
Hardcover without dust jacket in good condition. Boards are marked and bowed, and edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and page edges are tanned, and page block is also slightly blemished. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Lotz, Wolfgang
The Champagne Spy: Israel's Master Spy Tells His Story
Review copy hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Publisher's promotional leaflet and review copy notification laid in. Jacket edges are creased and nicked, and page block is tanned. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Raina, Peter
The Seventh Earl Beauchamp: A Victim of His Times
Very good hard cover, no jacket. Light shelf and handling wear only. Pages tightly bound, content in 'as unread' condition. CN Used
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Batchelor, John
Mervyn Peake: A Biographical and Critical Exploration
Very good condition hardcover in clipped dust jacket, with Publisher's price label above cut edge. Light shelf wear to the jacket, page block is slightly tanned, and spine ends are somewhat bumped. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Van Ash, Cay and Sax Rohmer, Elizabeth
Master of Villainy: A Biography of Sax Rohmer
Hardcover with clipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is worn, edges are creased and nicked, and inner flaps are dog-eared. Spine ends are bumped, and page block is lightly marked. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
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Medwick, Cathleen
Teresa of Avila
Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. General shelf and handling wear, including light creasing to jacket edges. Pages are well bound, content is unmarked. CN Used
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Redgrave, Michael
In My Mind's Eye: An Autobiography
First edition, signed by author on title page. Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. Light shelf and handling wear only. Pages tightly bound, content unmarked. CN Used
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Day, Langston
The Life and Art of W. Heath Robinson
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is sunned, and edges are creased and nicked. Page block is lightly marked, and board cornes slightly bumped. Pages and text are clear and bright throughout. LW Used
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Fox, Richard K.
Bella Starr, The Bandit Queen, or the Female Jesse James
Mylar covered hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in an unread condition. 1960 reprint of 1889 publication. In slipcase which is marked and sunned, with bumps to the edges and corners. Label remnants evident on both sides of slipcase. LW. Used
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Tims, Hilton
Erich Maria Remarque: The Last Romantic
First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block is slightly blemished. Otherwise, as unread. LW Used
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Pepper, Laurie
Art: Why I Stuck With A Junkie Jazzman
Good paperback. General shelf and handling wear, including creasing at edges and corners. Page block head is bumped, causing light creasing to pages. Content is securely bound, clean and bright. CN Used
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Lewis, Geoffrey
F.A.Mann: A Memoir
Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. General shelf and handling wear, minor scuffs to DJ. Pages securely bound, content in 'as unread' condition. CN Used
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Arlott, John
Basingstoke Boy: The Autobiography
First edition. Very good hard cover with unclipped dust jacket. Light shelf and handling wear. Pages tightly bound, content unmarked. CN Used
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Davis, I.M.
The Harlot and the Statesman: The Story of Elizabeth Armistead and Charles James Fox
Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. General shelf and handling wear to DJ, including creasing at edges and corners, two small open tears present at front and rear folds. Not repaired. Pages are securely bound, content is unmarked. CN Used
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White, Gabriel
Edward Ardizzone
New condition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in original shrink wrapping. LW New
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Fish, Arthur
Henrietta Rae (Mrs. Ernest Normand)
Gold embossed cloth hardcover with printed front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, and spine is sunned. Page block head is gilt edged, and page block face and foot rough cut. Previous owner's name penned to FEP. Page block and some of the pages are somewhat foxed throughout. Pages, plates and text are otherwise clear and bright. LW Used
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Ehrman, John
The Younger Pitt: The Consuming Struggle
Good paperback. General shelf and handling wear, including light creasing and wear to cover edges, and discolouration and light blemishes to page block. Pages are tightly bound, content is unmarked. CN Used
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Gallarati Scotti Tommaso.
Due drammi e la duse. Eleonora Duse. Così Sia. La moglie di Pilato.
In-16° (cm. 19,3), brossura editoriale a risvolti (pergamino protettivo), pp. 190 [4]. Ottimo esemplare. (Ra3)
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Cantù Ignazio.
Vita ed opere di Tommaso Grossi. Memoria.
In-8° (cm. 22,3), brossura editoriale a stampa verde con titolo e illustrazione in nero al piatto anteriore (velina protettiva); pp. 63 [1b] in barbe, in stato molto buono (lievi e sporadiche fioriture). Prima edizione non comune. Antica firma di possesso al piatto anteriore. Esemplare molto buono. (OP1)
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Pelloux Luigi.
Quelques souvenirs de ma vie.
In-8° (cm. 25,3), brossura editoriale bianca a stampa con titolo in rosso e nero al dorso e al piatto anteriore; pp. XCIX [1b] 351 [1] in barbe, in ottimo stato (sporadicissime fioriture). Volume intonso. A cura e con introduzione di Gastone Manacorda. Collana Biblioteca scientifica, serie II Fonti, vol. LVI. Ottimo esemplare. (RB5)
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Gibbon Edoardo.
Memorie [..] scritte da lui medesimo.
8° (cm. 20,5), m. pelle coeva (lievis. segni d'uso), tagli spruzzati; pp. XXVI, 231 in ottimo stato. Fa parte della collana Bettoni «Vite di uomini illustri scritte da loro medesimi». All'ultimo capitolo il traduttore racconta gli ultimi due anni di vita del noto storico inglese. Ottimo, fresco esemplare.
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Cellini Benvenuto.
Vita di Benvenuto Cellini scritta da lui medesimo tratta dall'autografo per cura di Giuseppe Molini. Edizione seconda.
2 volumi in-8° (cm. 23,5), legatura in cartonato editoriale figurato con titolo in nero al dorso e al piatto anteriore tra ricche cornici ornate; pp. XII 734 [2] a numerazione continua, in stato molto buono (lievi e sporadiche fioriture). Edizione curata da Giuseppe Molini con m<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">arca tipografica editoriale incisa al frontespizio. Esemplare molto buono. (SL1)</span>
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Collectif
A la mémoire de Jean-Louis-Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau 10 février 1810 - 12 janvier 1892
1 vol. in-4 br., s.d. (1892), 111 pp. Contient une notice biographique, la liste complète de ses travaux, les allocutions prononcées à ses obsèques (dont l'allocation de Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) et la leçon d'ouverture du cours d'anthropologie du Muséum prononcée par le professeur Hamy. Etat moyen (dos faible avec fentes en mors, accroc au second plats affectant les derniers feuillets) pour ce rare ouvrage d'hommage proposant une riche bibliographie des oeuvres du célèbre préhistorien. Prix en l'état. Français
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MOUANS, A.
La Bonne Reine [ Vie de Marie Leczinska ]
1 vol. in-12 relié demi-toile bordeaux, dos muet, Téqui, Paris, 1899, 319 pp. Etat satisfaisant (ancien cachet d'institution religieuse en page de titre, ancienne cote de bibliothèque au dos en queue) pour ce rare exemplaire de la biographie de la reine Marie Leczinska, épouse du roi Louis XV. Français
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Anonyme
Le Révérend Père Morineau, S.M.M. Fondateur et Premier Président de la Société Française d'Etudes Mariales.
Extrait du Bulletin de la Société Française d'Etudes Mariales, 1 brochure in-8, Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, Paris, 1950, pp. 7-21 Bon état Français
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Collectif
Les Contemporains Année 1905 [ Revue 13e année juin à décembre 1905 : n° 660-698 ] Géricault - Claude Bernard - Général Daumesnil - Charles Dickens - Princesse de Lamballe - Millevoye - Camille Jordan - Siméon Lourdel, premier missionnaire catholique de l'Ouganda - Dupuy de Lôme - Amiral Bouet-Willaumez - Vicomte de Louis de Bonald - Paul Delaroche - Barthélémy de Lesseps - Charles-Marie de Weber - Rodolphe Topffer - P. Théobald Mathiew - Victoria Reine d'Angleterre - Prud'hon - Georges Washington de Long - Perrin Comte de Précy défenseur de Lyon - Philippe de Girard inventeur - Vergniaud - Marie-Caroline reine de Naples - Ferdinand IV roi de Naples - Abbé E. Lelièvre - Sir John Herschel - Cherubini - Eugène Fromentin - François I - Maréchal Lefebvre - Volta - Les seize Carmélites de Compiègne - Ferdinand II - Les Jussieu - Mgr Retord - François II - André Dupin - Auguste Comte - Maréchal Kellerman.
1 vol. in-4 relié demi-toile verte, N° 660 à 698, des années 1905-1906 , Les Contemporains - Hebdomadaire 5 rue Bayard, Paris, 16 pp. par numéro donc 624 pp. au total Etat satisfaisant (rel. frottée avec un mors fendu sur la longueur , étiquette de cote au dos en queue, une restauration à un numéro, bon état intérieur par ailleurs). Français
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Collectif : Les Contemporains (revue)
Les Contemporains Année 1908 16e Année Complète [ Revue - N° 795 à 848 ] : Duc d'Orléans Fils de Louis Philippe - Duc de Nemours - Louise de France Duchesse de Parme - George Canning - Lord Palmerston - Bonnassieux - Gustave Rouher - Lamoignon de Malesherbes - Abbé de l'Epée - Abbé Sicard - Marie Jenna - Tronchet - Raymond de Sèze - Mgr. Hacquard - Vauquelin - Ledru-Rollin - Les prêtres prisonniers des pontons de Rochefort - Daubenton - Talleyrand I et II - Commandant Gicquel des Touches - Vice-Amiral Gicquel des Touches - Armand Louis de Gontaut - Marat - Charlotte Corday - Latreille - Hérault de Séchelles - Chevreul - Madame Adélaïde et Madame Victoire - Henry Stuart - Clément-Thomas - Salgues de LEscure - R. M. de la Fare Supérieure des Sacramentines de Bollène - Henri de la Rochejaquelein - Maret duc de Bassano - Lady Fullerton - Jean-François Ducis - Marquise de Lage de Volude - Aimé Bonpland - Abbé Bernier - Lepelletier de Saint-Fargeau - Maria I - Jean VI - Junot - R. P. Captier - Leconte de Lisle - L'archiduc Charles - Beaumarchais - Maréchal Mouton - Abbé Rambaud - Stofflet
1 vol. in-4 relié demi-percaline rouge, N° 795 à 848, de l'année 1908, 16 pp. par numéro Bon exemplaire de ce passionnant recueil. Contient : Duc d'Orléans Fils de Louis Philippe - Duc de Nemours - Louise de France Duchesse de Parme - George Canning - Lord Palmerston - Bonnassieux - Gustave Rouher - Lamoignon de Malesherbes - Abbé de l'Epée - Abbé Sicard - Marie Jenna - Tronchet - Raymond de Sèze - Mgr. Hacquard - Vauquelin - Ledru-Rollin - Les prêtres prisonniers des pontons de Rochefort - Daubenton - Talleyrand I et II - Commandant Gicquel des Touches - Vice-Amiral Gicquel des Touches - Armand Louis de Gontaut - Marat - Charlotte Corday - Latreille - Hérault de Séchelles - Chevreul - Madame Adélaïde et Madame Victoire - Henry Stuart - Clément-Thomas - Salgues de LEscure - R. M. de la Fare Supérieure des Sacramentines de Bollène - Henri de la Rochejaquelein - Maret duc de Bassano - Lady Fullerton - Jean-François Ducis - Marquise de Lage de Volude - Aimé Bonpland - Abbé Bernier - Lepelletier de Saint-Fargeau - Maria I - Jean VI - Junot - R. P. Captier - Leconte de Lisle - L'archiduc Charles - Beaumarchais - Maréchal Mouton - Abbé Rambaud - Stofflet Français
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BLOCH-MORHANGE, Jacques
La grenouille et le scorpion. Mémoires d'un Gaulliste non conformiste et obstiné. [ Livre dédicacé par l'auteur ]
1 vol. in-8 br., Editions France-Empire, Paris, 1982, 334 pp. Belle dédicace de l'auteur à Gabriel Ventejol. Gabriel Ventejol (1919-1987), résistant pendant le guerre, participa à la création du syndicat Force Ouvrière, il présida notamment l'Onisep, ainsi que le Conseil Economique et Social de 1974 à 1987. Bon exemplaire Français
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CHASSAIGNE, Marc
Le comte de Lally [ Thomas Arthur de Lally-Tollendal ]
1 vol. grand in-8 relié demi-vélin à coins blanc, couv. cons., Société de l'Histoire des Colonies Françaises, Paris, 1938, 334 pp. Etat satisfaisant (petit travail d'insecte en marge n'affectant pas le texte). Français
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S. D***** ; [ DUFOUR de la THUILERIE ; Sosthène DUFOUR DE LA TUILERIE ]
Histoire de la Vie et de la Mort de M. de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Bénévent. Avec un grand nombre de documents et de notes historiques.
1 vol. in-8 reliure d'époque demi-basane marron, A la Librairie de la Société de St-Nicolas, Paris, s.d. [ 1838 ], 2 ff. (faux-titre et titre), 332 pp. Rare exemplaire de cette biographie de Talleyrand. Etat très satisfaisant (dos frotté avec petit mq. en queue, coupes frottées, anc. mouill. marginales aux premiers ff.) Français
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Anonyme
Le Marquis de Coriolis d'Espinouse.
1 vol. in-8 br., Imprimerie Marseillaise, Marseille, 1885, 38 pp. Rare brochure d'hommage au marquis de Coriolis d'Espinouse (1813-1884), figure du légitimisme marseillais, et décédé dans son château de La Salle, en banlieue de Marseille, le 22 septembre 1884. Bon état. Français
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SERRET, Ernest
Clémence Ogé. Histoire d'une maîtresse de chant.
1 vol. in-12 relié demi-percaline bordeaux, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, Paris, 1861, 294 pp. Bon état (rel. lég. frottée, intérieur frais). Peu courant Français
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CHARBONNEL, Abbé [ Charbonnel, Jérôme (1818-1884) ]
Vie du B. Urbain V, Pape.
1 vol. in-12 br., Mabilly, Marseille, Ambroise Bray, Paris, 1871, 84 pp. Bon exemplaire. L'auteur était un prêtre du diocèse de Mende. Peu courant. Français
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Collectif
Elisabeth Vernes 1913 - 1955
1 vol. in-8 br., Editions A Noyer, Paris, s.d. (1956), 109 pp. Bon état. Peu courant. Français
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GAVOTY, Bernard ; HAUERT, Roger
Victoria de Los Angeles [ exemplaire signé par l'artiste ]
Portrait de Roger Hauert, texte de Bernard Gavoty, 1 vol. grand in-8 cartonnage souple éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Editions René Kister, Genève, 1956 Belle signature autographe de Victoria de Los Angeles. Bel exemplaire signé. Français
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SEGALINI, Sergio
Teresa Berganza [ exemplaire dédicacé par la cantatrice ]
1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur sous jquette illustrée, Fayard, Images du Chant, 1982 Belle dédicace de Teresa Berganza en page de faux-titre. Bon état (accroc en coupes à la jaquette, bel exemplaire par ailleurs). Français
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THIONVILLE, A.
Abrégé historique de la Musique comprenant une biographie des musiciens célèbres, une nomenclature détaillée des instruments, des notions explicatives sur les termes employés dans les Oeuvres musicales.
Rédigé conformément au programme du 2 août 1880 pour le brevet supérieur de capacité, 1 vol. in-8 relié demi-basane rouge, Ve Ducourtieux, Lagueny et Duc, Limoges, Français et Cie, Lille, 1882, 104 pp. Etat très satisfaisant (dos frotté, bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Peu courant. Français
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