next page  
   Bygone Books   
dot dot
dot     dot
dot
29 Albany Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 3PR, Great Britain

gordongriffith@btinternet.com

Biography

provided by AntiQbook's database
dot
dot
to select author names starting with
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
back to page 1 of full catalog (starting with NO authornames)
This selection contains 72 title(s) on 3 pages.
This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25
X  THOMAS SOPWITH, SURVEYOR An Exercise in Self-Help
The Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 1994. U.K. First Hardback Edition (Trade), Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, xiv, 266 pgs, line drawn maps and ills. Book and dw in as new condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 09597.
GBP 6.72 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 US$ 11.11 | JP¥ 956] Book number: 09597
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

AUGUSTINE  THE CONFESSIONS OF S. AUGUSTINE Books I - X A Revised Translation
Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co, London, 1886. First Thus, Hard Cover. Fair Condition/No Dustjacket. Small 8vo, 227 pgs. Original publishers binding with gilt title on spine. Boards unmarked but bumped at top and bottom edge of spine. Portion missing from ffep. Owner signature on second free end paper. Contents lightly tanned else clean crisp copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography HISTORY: Pre 1700. Inventory No: 06943.
GBP 5.23 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.65 | JP¥ 744] Book number: 06943
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

VARIOUS AUTHORS  A Treasury of the World's Great Letters. Containing the Characteristic and Crucial Communications of Many of the Outsanding Figures of World History.
William Heinemann, London, 1941. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. xlvi, 496 pgs. Original cloth boards marked and faded but sound. Preliminary pages browned , some pages lightly marked. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 11825.
GBP 8.02 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.27 | JP¥ 1141] Book number: 11825
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BANCROFT, AARON  LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN ARMY THROUGH THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
John Stockdale, London, 1808. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fair Condition/No Dustjacket. 8vo, xii, 560 pgs. Contemporary 3/4 calf over marble boards, badly worn, hinges cracked but boards still attached. Paper browning and spotted throughout. Scarce Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 09214.
GBP 145.14 [Appr.: EURO 159.25 US$ 240.06 | JP¥ 20651] Book number: 09214
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BARNARD, JOHN (ED)  POPE The Critical Heritage
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1973. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo, xvi, 544 pgs. Ex library with usual stamps etc. Dw worn and wrinkled but complete. Occasional finger marks else contents clean and sound. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 10171.
GBP 10.45 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 17.28 | JP¥ 1487] Book number: 10171
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BEARCROFT, PETER. D.D  AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THOMAS SUTTON Esq. AND OF HIS FOUNDATION IN CHARTER-HOUSE.
Printed By E.Owen and Sold By F.Gyles in Holborn Etc. London, 1737. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. xvi (including title), 276 pgs (including erratta), engraved frontis port of Sutton, fold out copper plates of Charter- House and of Suttons tomb (by Vertue). Contemporay full calf rebacked and old spine laid on. Contents clean and crisp. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Oxford and Cambridge Inventory No: 02972.
GBP 106.16 [Appr.: EURO 116.5 US$ 175.59 | JP¥ 15105] Book number: 02972
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BELLACHIOMA, FERNANDA (TRANSLATOR)  Letters and Drawings of Enzo Valentini Conte Di Laviano Italian Volunteer and Soldier
Constable and Co. London, 1917. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. vii, 168 pgs. 9 plates . original publishers illustrated boards a little marked but sound. End papers lightly foxed , rough cut edges to pages (rather carelessly done). but no other defects of note. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography WWI Inventory No: 11113.
GBP 33.18 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.88 | JP¥ 4721] Book number: 11113
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BRIGGS, RAYMOND  Ethel and Ernest. A True Story.
Jonathan Cape, London, 1998. First Edition, Hard Cover, Illustrated by: Raymond Briggs. Near New/Near new. Slightest of rubbing/shelfwear to dustjacket else clean crisp copy with no defects of note. A tribute to his parents , story written in strip cartoon format Illustrator: Raymond Briggs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography SOCIOLOGY ISBN: 0224046624 Inventory No: 11836.
GBP 7.22 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.94 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 11836
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BROME, VINCENT  H. G. Wells A Biography.
Longmans, Green and Co. London, 1951. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. 255 pgs, photo. Owner signature on end paper which has browned else Clean sound copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 11570.
GBP 7.06 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 11.68 | JP¥ 1005] Book number: 11570
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

BUCHAN, JOHN  Oliver Cromwell
Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. Reprint, Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. large 8vo. 554 pgs. Original green cloth with gilt title to front board and spine. Neat owner signature and bookplate, slight bumping of ends of spine else excellent clean crisp copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography HISTORY: Pre 1700. Inventory No: 10949.
GBP 16.42 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 US$ 27.16 | JP¥ 2336] Book number: 10949
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

CASTELOT, ANDRE  NAPOLEON
Easton Press, Norwalk, 1991. Collector's Edition, Hard Cover. Near New/No Dustjacket. Translated form the French byGuy Daniels. 8vo. xi, 627pgs,frontis portrait and photo illustrations. Fine Easton Press binding in red leather with gilt design, moire end papers, all edges gilt etc. The Collectors note loosely inserted. Scratch to gilt foredge but no other defects of note. (Other Easton Press and Franklin Press available) Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 11305.
GBP 36.29 [Appr.: EURO 40 US$ 60.02 | JP¥ 5164] Book number: 11305
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

CURLING, JONATHAN  JANUS WEATHERCOCK The Life of Thomas Griffiths Waineright 1794 - 1847
Thomas Nelson, London, 1938. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo, 415 pgs, frontis portrait and other ills. Owner signature on front paste down. Light foxing of prelims, lacks dw else clean crisp copy in near new condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 09192.
GBP 10.45 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 17.28 | JP¥ 1487] Book number: 09192
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

FITZGERALD, PERCY  THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK From Original Family Papers, and Numerous Published and Unpublished Sources 2 Volumes
Tinsley Bros, London, 1868. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Dustjacket. Tall 8vo, Vol 1 - xvii, 450 pgs, frontis portrait and fold out family tree. Vol 2 - vii, 492 pgs frontis portrait of Eva Garrick. Mixed bindings - Vol 1, green 3/4 calf with gilt decorated title on spine, rubbed at extremities. Vol 2 - Library binding, black label with gilt title on spine, marbled end papers and book edges, boards showing signs of shelf wear. Book plates on front paste downs of both volumes. Paper lightly tanned else contents clean and crisp. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 09228.
GBP 33.18 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.88 | JP¥ 4721] Book number: 09228
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

FORSTER, MARGARET  Daphne Du Maurier
Chattto and Windus, London, 1993. Paperback First, Paperback. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. xvi, 455 pgs. card covers. Clean sound copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Literary Crit/biog. ISBN: 0701136995 Inventory No: 11854.
GBP 3.21 [Appr.: EURO 3.75 US$ 5.31 | JP¥ 457] Book number: 11854
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

FRASER, DAVID  Knight's Cross. A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good. 8vo. xiii, 601 pgs. photo illustrations and 20 line drawn maps. Slightest of shelf wear to dustjacket. book clean and crip with no defects of note. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography WWII WWI ISBN: 0002159368 Inventory No: 11362.
GBP 17.91 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.62 | JP¥ 2548] Book number: 11362
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

FRENCH, A.P (ED)  EINSTEIN A Centenary Volume
Heinemann, London, 1979. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo, xx, 332 pgs, photo and line drawn ills. Dw clean and undamaged in protective plastic jacket. Some light pencil annotation else clean sound copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Science and Technology Inventory No: 09738.
GBP 8.21 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 13.58 | JP¥ 1168] Book number: 09738
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GARDINER, A. G.  Prophets Priests and Kings
Alston Rivers, 1908. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. ix, 332 pgs. Original green cloth with gilt title and decoration a little rubbed at edges(shelf wear. End papers browned and owner signature on ffep but no other defects of note. Consists of brief sketches of important contemporaries (with portraits) Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 11318.
GBP 10.26 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 16.97 | JP¥ 1460] Book number: 11318
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GARDINER, MARGARET  A Scatter of Memories
Free Association Books, London, 1988. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good. 8vo. 280 pgs. One ery short closed tear in dustjacket else clean crisp copy with no other defects of note. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Literary Crit/biog. ISBN: 1853430439 Inventory No: 11742.
GBP 16.84 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.85 | JP¥ 2396] Book number: 11742
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GARRETT, RICHARD  General Gordon
Book Club Associates. Book Club, Hard Cover. Good/Worn. 8vo. 240 pgs. photo illustrations and 2 line drawn maps. Dustjacket worn and torn but still protecting book which is a little dusty along top edge but otherwise clean and sound. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Military Pre 1914 Inventory No: 11568.
GBP 3.53 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.84 | JP¥ 502] Book number: 11568
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GIDE, ANDRE  IF IT DIE...
Secker & Warburg, London, 1950. Limited Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. 8vo, 302 pgs. Number 1211 of 1500 copies. Translated by Dorothy Bussy. Original publishers cloth with gilt title on spine. Spine lightly faded else boards virtually unmarked. Paper slightly browned else contents as new. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 09190.
GBP 11.94 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.75 | JP¥ 1699] Book number: 09190
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GILBERT, MARTIN,  Winston S. Churchill. (A Set of the 13 Companion Volumes)
William Heinemann, London & Glasgow, 1970. First U. K. Editions, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. The 13 companion volumes to the first five titles of the Official Biography. All volumes 8vo. Companion Volume I, Part 1: 1874-1896 and 2: 1896-1900 (published 1967); Companion Volume II, Part 1: 1901-1907, Part 2: 1907-1911 and Part 3: 1911-1914 (1969); Companion Volume III, Part 1, August 1914-April 1915, Part 2, May 1915-December 1916 (1972); Companion Volume IV, Part 1, January 1917-June 1919, Part 2, July 1919-March 1921, Part 3 April 1921-November 1922 (1977); Companion Volume 5, Part 1, The Exchequer Years, 1922-1929 (1979), Part 2, The Wilderness Years 1929-1935 (1981), Part 3, The Coming of War 1936-1939 (1982). Some dustwrappers show ligt wear with light scuffing and feint yellowing to edges. Vol V Part 2 has a small repaired tear at base of spine (about 1cm.). Original red sailcloth binding and contents in near fine condition with no defects of note. All volumes scarce, some more so than others and it is unusual to find this set complete. The eight volumes of the main Biography are relatively easy to obtain. Companion volumes to vol 6 were published later and those to later volumes have yet to be published. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography HISTORY 20th Century ISBN: 0434291994 Inventory No: 11990.
GBP 2138.40 [Appr.: EURO 2346 US$ 3536.91 | JP¥ 304265] Book number: 11990
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GILBERT, MARTIN,  Winston S. Churchill. (A Set of the 13 Companion Volumes)
William Heinemann, London, 1970. First U. K. Editions, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. The 13 companion volumes to the first five titles of the Official Biography. All volumes 8vo. Companion Volume I, Part 1: 1874-1896 and 2: 1896-1900 (published 1967); Companion Volume II, Part 1: 1901-1907, Part 2: 1907-1911 and Part 3: 1911-1914 (1969); Companion Volume III, Part 1, August 1914-April 1915, Part 2, May 1915-December 1916 (1972); Companion Volume IV, Part 1, January 1917-June 1919, Part 2, July 1919-March 1921, Part 3 April 1921-November 1922 (1977); Companion Volume 5, Part 1, The Exchequer Years, 1922-1929 (1979), Part 2, The Wilderness Years 1929-1935 (1981), Part 3, The Coming of War 1936-1939 (1982). Some dustwrappers show light wear with light scuffing and feint yellowing to edges. Dustjacket of Vol V Part 2 has a small repaired tear at base of spine (about 1cm.). Original red sailcloth binding and contents in near fine condition with no defects of note. All volumes scarce, some more so than others and it is unusual to find this set complete. The eight volumes of the main Biography are relatively easy to obtain. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography HISTORY 20th Century ISBN: 0434291994 Inventory No: 11586.
GBP 2400.00 [Appr.: EURO 2633 US$ 3969.6 | JP¥ 341487] Book number: 11586
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GLENDINNING  Trollope
Hutchinson, 1992. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Acceptable. 8vo. 551 pgs. Dustjacket a little worn with some short repaired tears. Book clean and crisp Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography ISBN: 0091738962 Inventory No: 11311.
GBP 8.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 13.89 | JP¥ 1195] Book number: 11311
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

GREY, IAN  BORIS GODUNOV The Tragic Tsar
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1973. First Edition, Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex library with usual stamps etc. Clean sound copy in lightly worn dw. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography Inventory No: 10149.
GBP 5.23 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.65 | JP¥ 744] Book number: 10149
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

HAMILTON, EDWARD  THE LIFE OF PAUL JONES
George Clark, Aberdeen, 1848. FIRST EDITION, Hard Cover. Poor. Original publishers blind stamped cloth, boards worn and detatched and spine missing. Contents lightly worn , block solid. We can arrange rebind to customers spec. Also contains relevant newspaper cuttings circa 1900. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography HISTORY 19th Century. Inventory No: 06598.
GBP 37.32 [Appr.: EURO 41 US$ 61.73 | JP¥ 5310] Book number: 06598
    Click here to order or inquire at Bygone Books.

72 titles found on 3 pages. This is page 1.

1  2   3   >>   >|  

  next page  
 
   Bygone Books Search Page ANTIQBOOK's database  

© Antiqbook and Bygone Books 2005-2010