The Celtic who's who: names and addresses of workers who contribute to Celtic literature, music or other cultural activities, along with other activities.

Kirkcaldy: Fifeshire Advertiser, 1921. 8vo. 170pp, adverts at rear. Original black cloth gilt. Cloth very lightly rubbed; endpapers browned and spotted.

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Book number: 44525

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography

BOSWELL, James.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Edited, with notes, etc., by William Wallace.

London: William P Nimmo, 1876 new edition. Large 8vo. xliii[i], 562pp, 4pp publisher's list, portrait frontis with tissue-guard, additional engraved pictorial title-page, text enclosed within a ruled border, printed in double-columns. Original decorated blind-stamped red cloth gilt, bevelled edges, aeg. Extremes lightly rubbed with very slight wear; spine very lightly sun-faded.

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Book number: 30601

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Binding literature

BOULGER, Demetrius C.

The life of Gordon ...

London: T Fisher Unwin, N.D. 6th edition (early 1900's). 8vo. vii[v], 337pp, portrait frontis with tissue-guard, 2 further plates. Original pictorial decorated green cloth. Extremes very lightly rubbed; very slight isolated spotting. Prize book-plate to fpdep.

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Book number: 40567

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Military History

CAMPBELL, John, Lord.

The lives of the lord chancellors and keepers of the great seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of King George IV. (8 vols.)

London: John Murray, 1845-1869. 8vo. Various pagings. Later half calf gilt, red and green calf spine labels, raised bands, decorated compartments, grained cloth sides. A good set withdrawn from Durham Cathedral Library; all in good order with professional repair to split in spine of volume 8. With an index to the complete work.

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Book number: 44746

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Chancellors History

CHILDS, George W.

Recollections.

Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1890. 12mo. 404pp, portrait frontis, plt. Original ¼ style blue cloth gilt, teg. Extremes rubbed, front hinge pulling, random spotting. Author's presentation inscription to front blank.

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Book number: 16237

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography BIOGRAPHY USA England

DAVIES, Alfred T., Sir.

The Lloyd George I Knew: some side-lights on a great career. Supplemented by The Story of the Welsh Department.

London: Henry E Walter, 1948. 8vo. 146pp, plates. Original green cloth lettered in black. Light 'ring' to front board; light spotting to prelims; rear hinge loosening.

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Book number: 30614

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Politics Wales

EWALD, Alexander Charles Ewald.

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G., and his times (5 Vols).

London: William Mackenzie, 1881-2. 4to. Various pagings, printed in double-columns, suites of plates before the text in each volume, title-pages printed in red and black. Original highly decorated blue grained-cloth gilt, bevelled-edges, yellow eps, aeg. Spines slightly darkened. * Fine Victorian decorated binding.

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Book number: 41066

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography binding

FRISCHAUER, Willi.

Goering.

London: Odhams Press, [1951]. 8vo. 303[1]pp, frontis, further plates (some double-sided) Fine contemporary three-quarter maroon crushed morocco gilt, raised bands, spine lettered direct, matching cloth sides, marbled endpapers, aeg. Signed binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.

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Book number: 46069

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography signed binding Go¨ring, Hermann 1893-1946.

GIBBS-SMITH, C. Harvard (Introduction).

Churchill.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, N.D. 13.50 cm. 33pp including rear inner wrap, 18 full-page text illustrations. Original colour-printed card wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly rubbed and soiled. * "This small collection of photographs ... accompanied by quotations from his speeches ..."

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Book number: 39448

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Churchilliana

GILFILLAN, George, Rev. (Editor).

A memoir of Thomas Ebenezer Taylor, (who died, aged 21 years.) by his father. With selections from his literary remains.

London: H J Tresidder; Ulverston: J. Stanyan Bigg, printer. 1864. 8vo. [ii], iii[i], 162pp, real photo frontis. Original blind-stamped purple cloth gilt, peach endpapers, uncut. Spine and edges of boards browned; extremes lightly rubbed; very slight spotting to title and last page. Allibone's entry for Taylor is brief, but does refer to the 1864 2nd edition. This memoir of a minor Furness poet contains several references to the Ulverston and Lancaster railway, later the Furness Railway Company, for which the young Taylor worked. The literary remains include the prose piece 'Legend of Coniston Lake' and, amongst the poems, 'The Furness Rifle Volunteers'. The substantial alphabetical subscribers' list is then sub-listed according to the number of copies taken; multiples were ordered by many of the subscribers, peaking at 25 by Aaron Brown of Liverpool, and 20 by A. Brogden of Grange. * COPAC: BL, NLS (both 2nd editions). OCLC adds five copies in North America, three of which may be firsts. Not in Garbutt and Leeson.

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Book number: 37694

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: BIOGRAPHY

HAMILTON, James.

Memoirs of the Life of James Wilson, Esq. ... of Woodville.

London: James Nisbet and Co; Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1859. 8vo. viii, 399pp, [5]pp publisher's list, additional pictorial engraved title-page, portrait frontis. Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, yellow eps, uncut. Re-cased; occasional light marginal soiling.

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Book number: 35618

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography scotland Paisley Natural History Travel

HANSON, Elizabeth.

An Account of the Remarkable Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, her four children and servant-maid, who were taken by the Indians.

Leeds: ptd by Davies and Co, N.D. (c1810?) 8vo. 16pp, drop head title. Disbound. * BOD only.

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Book number: 23043

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography history law politics social slavery

HUBBARD, Elbert.

Thomas Jefferson: a little journey. By Elbert Hubbard; and an address by John J. Lentz, being two attempts to help perpetuate the memory & pass along the influence of the great American.

East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycrofters, 1906 20cm. [iv], 105[3]pp, portrait frontis with guard, decorated capitals, printed in red and black on HMP. Original limp reversed calf, calf gilt label to front wrap, yapp edges, top edge gilt o/w uncut, watered silk paste down endpapers, integral silk place-marker. Calf very lightly rubbed.

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Book number: 45897

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography USA Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826. Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826. Jefferson, Thomas

IRVINE, Lyn.

Alison Cairns and her family.

Comberton: Monologue Books, 1967. 8vo. vi[ii], 147pp, frontis, 3 plates. Original red cloth, printed paper spine labels, ep pedigree, very slightly rubbed and faded d/w. Publisher's printed promotional leaflet loosely inserted.

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Book number: 36485

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Scottish Borders

JAMESON, M. B.

The Long Day: 1883-1983.

Privately printed for the Governing Body of Charterhouse School and other subscribers at the Lavenham Press, 1983 limited edition of 200 copies. 8vo. viii, 115pp, plate within the pagination, text illustration, errata slip laid down to plate verso. Original blue cloth gilt.

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Book number: 34385

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography School History Charterhouse School