ARTHUR, SIR GEORGE.

QUEEN MARY.

London. Thornton Butterworth,1935., Hardback. First edition. Biography of Princess Mary of Teck, wife of George Vth, mother of George VI & the Duke of Windsor, & grandmother of Elizabeth II. 205 pages, with a family tree. 26 b./w. family photographs. Contents near fine, no inscription. Silver cloth cover is faintly marked on front otherwise very good. Page edges slightly foxed. 8¼" x 5½". No d./w. 1935

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Book number: 1213

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Princess Mary of Teck George V Windsor Sandringham Buckingham Palace Duke of Windsor Queen Victoria Edward VII

ARTHUR, SIR GEORGE.

Seven Heirs Apparent.

London. Thornton Butterworth, 1937., The lives of seven Princes of Wales. From George II, his son Frederick Prince of Wales, who was never crowned, his son George III, his son George IV, his great nephew Edward VII, his son George V, & his son Prince Edward, who became the Duke of Windsor. Foreword by E. F. Benson. 292 pages. 8 b/w. illustrations. 8.75" x 5.5". Contents near fine apart from some faint spots of foxing. Dark blue cover is near fine slight signs of wear on corners. No d./w. 1937

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Book number: 1435

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Prince of Wales Hanovarians British Royalty Windsor Jan19 bx11 June1052

ASQUITH, LADY CYNTHIA.

The Family Life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.

London. Hutchinson, 1936, Hardback. First edition, although not dated, but on the last page is printed, "..now in a few months... will...see their parents crowned King & Queen." That coronation was 1937 so I'm guessing the publication date is late 1936. 25cm. x 18.5cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but 2 corners bumped. D./w. would be near fine but corners & ends of spine are worn, the back bottom corner is torn & its tip is missing. 1936.

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Book number: 10153

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Queen Elizabeth George V George VI Royal family

ASTOR, MICHAEL

Tribal Feeling.

London. Readers Union, 1964, Reprint, first published 1963 by John Murray. Autobiography of the youngest son of Viscount Astor & his wife Nancy, the first elected woman M.P. 224 pages including index. 10 b./ w. photographs. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine but top of spine has small tear. 20.5cm. x 12.5cm. 1964

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Book number: 1530

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Astor Langhorn Cliveden Parliament Suffragettes

ATKINS, E. WULSTAN.

THE ELGAR-ATKINS FRIENDSHIP.

Newton Abbot. David & Charles, 1985., Hardback. 2nd impression, first published 1984. Foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. The author was a godson of Elgar. Sir Ivor Atkins, his father, was a conductor, the organist for over 50 years at Worcester cathedral, librarian of Hereford Cathedral, & a good friend of Sir Edward Elgar. They worked together at the Three Choirs Festivals at Worcester. 510 pages. 68 b./w. photographs on 31 pages. 9½" x 6¼". Near fine, in near fine d./w. ISBN 0715385836 1985

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Book number: 3309

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Elgar Worcester Three Choirs Festival Sir Ivor Atkins Hereford

AUBREY, JOHN, AND BARBER, RICHARD, EDITOR.

BRIEF LIVES BY JOHN AUBREY.

London. The Folio Society, 1997., 10th printing, first published by Folio Society in 1975. " A selection based upon existing contemporary portraits edited by Richard Barber." 324 pages. Approximately 90 b./w. portraits of the people described from old engravings. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in cream cover with dark green spine. 9¾" x 6¼". Dark green slipcase which is also near fine. No d./w. 1997

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Book number: 4791

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: John Aubrey biographies Robert Boyle Samuel Butler Richard Lovelace Andrew Marvel John Milton Walter Raleigh Edmund Spencer Christopher Wren

AUCHMUTY, JAMES JOHNSON.

SIR THOMAS WYSE. 1791-1862. The Life & Career of an Educator and Diplomat.

London. P.S. King, 1939., Ex Library. Biography of Sir Thomas Wyse of Waterford in Ireland. 320 pages. 4 b.& w. photographs. Contents near fine apart from library bookplate on f.e.p. There are some short pencil notes in 2 or 3 margins which I've left, incase they're of interest. Cover is very good but ends of spine are bumped & corners slightly worn. No d./w. 22cm. x 13.75cm. 1939

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Book number: 6319

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Bonaparte Wyse Waterford Thomas Wyse

AUSTEN-LEIGH, JAMES EDWARD.

MEMOIR OF JANE AUSTEN, By Her Nephew.

Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1926., With Introduction, Notes, & Index." by R.W. Chapman. This small book (7¼" x 5") is a reprint of the second edition, published 1871 by Richard Bentley. Introduction p.p. vii-xvi, 235 pages including editor's notes. 5 b. & w. illustrations. (4 are from 1st edition.) Blue-grey boards with linen style cloth spine, title on paper label which is slightly foxed. Near fine, no inscription. No d./w. 1926

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Book number: 3254

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Jane Austen Austen-Leigh Chawton Steventon

AYDON, CYRIL.

CHARLES DARWIN.

London. Constable, 2002., Biography of Charles Darwin, "The story of the amateur naturalist who created a scientific revolution and changed the world." 326 pages, & over 30 b./w. photographs. 4 maps. 21.75cm. x 14.75cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine, priced £14.99. 2002

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Book number: 8935

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Charles Darwin The Beagle Origin of Species Wedgwood Fitzroy

BADENI, JUNE.

THE SLENDER TREE. A Life of Alice Meynell.

Padstow, Cornwall. Tabb House, 1981., Ex Library. Biography of the writer, she was happily married with 7 children, beautiful, charming & a talented poet. Coventry Patmore, George Meredith & Francis Thompson were in love with her. 269 pages including bibliography, chapter notes and index. 10 b./w. plates. Cover & contents near fine but library marks on endpages. D./w. near fine, but price clipped & faint mark bottom of spine. 25p written in ink on f.e.p. ISBN 0907018017. 1981

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Book number: 6199

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Alice Meynell Francis Thompson Alice Thompson Coventry Patmore Greatham

BALFOUR, GRAHAM.

THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

London. Methuen, 1915., Fifteenth edition. First published 1901 in 2 volumes. This biography by Stevenson's cousin, has a preface dated May 1915, it mentions latest news, such as the death of Mrs. Stevenson in 1914. 451 pages including index, plus some pages of advertisments for other Methuen books.. Frontispiece of Stevenson, and a map. 8" x 5½". Contents slightly foxed in places. Cover faintly marked. Previous owner's name on f.f.e.p., back endpaper slightly yellowed, slight foxing , corners slightly bumped, o./w. very good. 1915

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Book number: 4345

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Stevenson Balfour Samoa Vailima Upolu Savaii

BALL, EDWARD.

Slaves In The Family.

London. Viking/Penguin, 1998., 1st UK edition, first published in U.S.A. by Farrer,Straus & Giroux 1998. The history of 7 generations of the Ball family which began in 1698 in Charleston, S.C. Their lives with their slaves, also the lives of the children of mulatto descendants of the Balls & their slaves. 445 pages, 2 maps, over 100 photographs, 3 family trees, & 51 pages of notes, acknowledgments, credits & index. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£20) 9½" x 6¼". ISBN 0670881066 1998

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Book number: 142

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: slavery Charleston S.C. genealogy Ball family history family history

BARTLEY III, WILLIAM WARREN

WITTGENSTEIN.

London. Quartet,1974, Softback, 'Midway' edition. Biography of the Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein. First published 1973 in U.S.A. by Lippincott. 145 pages including bibliography & index. 7 b./w. photographs & documents. 8½" x 5". Near fine purple card cover. Stiff card illustrated d./w., priced on flap £1.50. ISBN 0704330423 1974

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Book number: 4742

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophy Austrian Vienna

BEAMES, JOHN.

MEMOIRS OF A BENGAL CIVILIAN.

London. Chatto & Windus,1961., Ex Library. Autobiography of John Beames, who went to India in 1858, one year after the Mutiny. 311 pages including index. B./w. frontispeice is a portrait of Beames 8.75" x 5.75". Library marks & bits of old labels on front end pages, & "Sale 1991" is stamped in red, o./w. contents near fine. D./w. is near fine but bottom edge was folded under to fit inside library sleeve. 1961

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Book number: 5536

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: autobiography Bengal Daisy95 Beames Haileybury Chittagong Guttack Balasore Shahabad Purnea Panjab Gujarat East India Company

BEATTY, CHARLES

FERDINAND DE LESSEPS. A Biographical Study.

London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956., Ex Library. 2nd impression. Biography of the engineer De Lesseps who built the Suez Canal & Panama Canal. "Withdrawn from Sale" stamped on half-title, bottom of front corner slightly creased, corners & edges slightly worn, front free e.p. removed, o./w. very good. D./w. slightly rubbed, front edges and top & bottom of spine slightly bumped, o./w. very good. 334 pages including bibliograhy, chronology, genealogy of the De Lesseps family, & index. 4 b./w. illustrations. 8½" x 5½". 1956

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Book number: 2607

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Suez Canal Panama Canal Napoleon III Lesseps The Nile Port Said Red Sea biography