Luttrell, Barbara:

The Prim Romantic: A Biography of Ellis Cornelia Knight 1758 - 1837.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1965 1st Ed., Hard cover red cloth bds, bk leans and is a little skewed at spine otherwise Good, clipped dust jacket, Good, small closed tear to top of spine, a little scuffing/rubbing, contents clean, tight and bright, neat inscription to half title verso, hinge just pulling away at frontis. verso, pp240.

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Book number: 13182

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Ellis Cornelia Knight Roger Fulford biography social history literature Rasselas Nelson Queen Charlotte

Makower, Stanley:

The Biography of Richard Savage: The Mystery Man of the Eighteenth Century.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1935 Rep., Hard cover blue cloth bds, almost VG, a little age-darkening to edges, in Fair+ d/w, some edgewear/chipping/closed tears, contents clean and tight, b/w frontis. + further b/w plates through text, pp343 + adverts, hinge cracked at adverts. 'A Mystery In Biography' - the life of Richard Savage, poet and pamphleteer and the "... eternal struggle between noble aims and commercial necessity."

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Book number: 12422

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Richard Savage biography eighteenth centure personality poet pamphleteer

Marsh, Jan:

Jane And May Morris: A Biographical Story 1839 - 1938.

London, Pandora, 1986 1st Ed., hard cover black cloth bds, VG+, btm corners slightly bumped, silver lettering to spine, unclipped dust jacket, VG+, contents fine and tight, no names, inscriptions etc.., pp328 + adverts to rear. A biography of Jane, the wife of William Morris and May their daughter, carefully researched and giving us "...new insights into the artistic movement and society in which they lived."

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Book number: 14506

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Jane Morris William Morris May Morris mother wife daughter artists society life memoir artistic movement Dante Gabriel Rossetti George Bernard Shaw relationships 0863581137

Mayne, Ethel Colburn:

The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron.

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1929 Hard cover pale blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, a little bumped at extrems. otherwise VG, contents clean and tight, b/w frontis. + further plates through text, pp502, intro. and epilogue by Mary, Countess of Lovelace.

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Book number: 12274

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Byron poet life letters Anne Isabella Lady Noel Byron memoir biography London season correspondence proposal engagement Seaham marriage honeymoon Ada Mrs Villiers Lowestoft Augusta Medora Leigh

Michael, Charles D:

James Hannington: The Merchant's Son Who Was Martyred For Africa.

London, Pickering & Inglis, no date Hard cover brown cloth bds, black lettering and small decoration to spine and upper bd, VG, minor marking/rubbing, Sunday School label to front pastedown dated 1933, nice b/w frontis., contents clean, tight and bright, b/w illustrations, pp183 + adverts to rear.

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Book number: 13522

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Bishop martyr Africa illustrated African missionary life memoir biography religious Christian ministry bravery devotion

Moore, Bernard Illust. by John Berry:

Overland To The East: The Adventure Book Library.

London, Aldus Books, 1968 Small hard cover, pictorial paper covered bds, Good, a little scuffing along edges, spine hinges, minor surface age-soiling to rear, no dust jacket, with b/w and colour illustrations by John Berry, contents fine and tight, unpaginated.

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Book number: 13763

Catalogue: Historical Biography

Keywords: Adventure Book Library great explorers history Marco Polo Sven Hedin Richard Burton Francis Younghusband China Kublai Khan Mecca Forbidden City Takla Madan Govi Desert Himalayas exploration adventure

Moses, Belle:

Louisa May Alcott: Dreamer and Worker.

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, no date stated Hard cover navy blue cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, small tipped in b/w vignette of Alcott to upper bd, Good+, bk leans a little, with b/w frontis. and further plates + double pge letters to Edward Marston and Sampson Low, some foxing to title otherwise contents clean and sound, pp302 + adverts to rear.

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Book number: 14345

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Louisa May Alcott Little Women writer letters life memoir vocation author Little Men literature

Nourmand, Tony:

Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years.

Boxtree, 2006 Oversized, hard cover black cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Nr Fine, unclipped dust jacket, a little furling to top edge, small closed nick to to top corner tip, Very Good, contents fine and tight with many colour and b/w pictures, pp168. Postage may be increased on this book.

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Book number: 14996

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Audrey Hepburn photographs paramount style fashion poster artwork Roman Holiday Sabrina Funny Face Breakfast at Tiffany's magazine covers lobby cards costume stills 139780752226033

Parsonage, Principal W. R.:

A Short Biography of George Stephenson.

London, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1937 Paperback, string bound VG, brown wraps, a little shadowed fading, contnts clean and tight pp373-391, includes 2 pge loose copy of "Proposed George Stephenson Chancel in Holy Trinity Church Chesterfield." also by W R Parsonage.

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Book number: 13920

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: George Stephenson Institution of Mechanical Engineers life memoir biography George Stephenson Chancel Holy Trinity Church Chesterfield engineer locomotives Pease Killingworth train history

Paterson, Rev. J (Ed. by):

Richard Weaver's Life Story.

London, Morgan & Scott Ld, no date Hard cover brown cloth bds, black border line and decoration, corners and spine rubbed, small piece at top of spine missing, a little age-speckling to leading pge edge block, contents nice and tight, some age-spotting to first pges up to Contents pge and rear endpapers, b/w frontis. of Richard Weaver, pp252 + adverts

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Book number: 13545

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Richard Weaver life biography memoir evangelist Christian reminiscences early years conversion restoration working man London Campaigns Scotland Ireland Wales Hollin wood death

Peet, Henry:

Mrs Charles Tinsley: Novelist And Poet. A Little-Known Lancashire Authoress.

Frome & London, Butler & Tanner Ltd, 1930 Pbk, blue wraps, Reprinted with Appendix from the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 1929. Good, contents clean and tight, a little age-speckling to pge edge block, b/w frontis. of Henry Peet, 2 further plates in text, pp41. "A paper read on the 10th October, 1929 at the Royal Institution Liverpool"

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Book number: 11795

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Mrs Charles Tinsley novelist poet poetry biography Lancashire authoress memoir life writing Lays For The Thoughtful and The Solitary verse 000000000

Petre, Diana:

The Secret Orchard of Roger Ackerley.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, VG, unclipped dust jacket, VG, a little fading to rear, contents clean and tight, pp183.

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Book number: 15112

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Muriel Perry Diana Petre biography life woman world wars secretive restless adventurous flirt loyal Roger Ackerley writer author parentage family memoir 0241892341

Pollard, Eliza F:

Florence Nightingale: The Wounded Soldier's Friend.

London, S W Partridge & Co., 1899 Hard cover decorated red cloth bds, gilt lettering to upper bd and spine, gilt vignette of Florence's head, black and white picture to front and spine, Very Good, sl. rubbing at spine ends/corner tips, bk is very slightly bent, Sunday School label to front pastedown, b/w frontis. with further b/w illustrations through text, contents sound and tight with a little age-spotting here and there, pge edges lightly tanned, pp160 + adverts. A nice copy.

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Book number: 13524

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Florence Nightingale nurse The Lady With the Lamp soldiers life memoir Christian religious training war

Powicke, F. M.:

Stephen Langton Being The Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1927.

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1928 Hard cover black cloth bds, dusty, age-marks, corners bumped, upper bd has indent and cloth a bit creased at top, gilt titles to spine, spine hinges and btm edge rubbing in places, 'Lincoln College Library Oxford' stamps to front pastedown, half title, rep and rear pastedown, contents nice and tight, some pges uncut, pp227, some pencil annotation.

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Book number: 13008

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Stephen Langton Lincolnshire Ford Lectures University of Oxford boyhood Paris Biblical studies theologian theology custom opinion England Rome Magna Charta Archbishop Horncastle Wragby sermons charter

Reid, Sir Wemyss:

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone.

London, Cassell And Company Limited, 1899 Half leather thick book, Fair, half of spine loose, rest splitting at hinges, corners rubbed, dark brown paper, black leather to corners and spine, contents sound and tight, numerous b/w illust.s, some light age-marking in places through text, pp752. Postage will be increased on this item at cost.

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Book number: 10980

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: William Ewart Gladstone life memoir history historical character career ancestry early years childhood Oxford Union scholar tory theologian reform of the tariff society Peelite Exchequer critic orator 000000000