Search Results: Biography from Chapter 1 Books

Frederick Muller Ltd. London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Red top page edges. Publication of 228 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small closed tears along the edges. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. R*2023/12/01 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cassell & Co, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes (complete). Elderly if still sound and sturdy. Volume I: the boards are marks, worn, stained from storage, shelving and handling. The spine has wear to head and foot and along the body. The spine is also a little sunned. The boards and spine are still steady and sure. The front pastedown and titlepage have previous owner annotations, label and signatures. The papertrims have flecks of foxing. The contents are most pleasing. They are thick, healthy, clean, clear, benevolent. Volume II: the boards are much worn, marked, scuffed all about from storage. The spine too has storage wear from head to foot. However, the boards and spine are fit and steady. The papertrims are streaked with foxing. The contents have smears of foxing fore and aft. Overwhelmingly, the pages are clean, clear, benign, thick, healthy. (relisted). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Bernard Grasset, 61 Rue des Saintes-Peres, Paris, 1926. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 354 pages (complete). In French throughout. Published in this smarter format three years after initial publication. Marbled boards, leather spine, moiré end papers. The book has at some stage been subjected to damp storage. There is some consequent warping to the contents - however this does not affect the facility and health of the pages. The pages are tanned by age. Otherwise, the book is baleful, assured, clear, resolutely benign, competent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Adam and Charles Black, London, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 216 pages (complete). A passive, charming book. The book has a clear adhesive protective cover. This and the pretty boards have wear and scuffing. They are comfortable and secure. Within, the early pages have wear. Beyond these, the pages are clean, clear, patient. The coloured plates are sweet, pastoral, enough to invoke the exclamation: "too darling!". fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Angus & Robertson, Ltd., Australia, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 300 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. The boards have wear, scuffing and marks all about. They are yet benign and sure. The contents are comfortable, clean, clear, generous. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The University Press, Aberdeen, 1941. Softcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8 pages (complete). A passive copy of this tribute to poet and administrator, Charles Murray. The booklet's covers have wear, tanning, scuffing, marks, creasing. They are secure and sure. The contents have evidence of much contented use throughout. They have wear, creasing, annotations, occasional marks. They are in general, and by far, clean, clear, companionable, kindly. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Constable, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 162 pages (complete). A benign copy. The dustjacket is much worn, scuffed and marked. It is placid and sure. The boards are healthy with mild shelving wear. Within, the pages have been slightly tanned by age and paper quality. Nonetheless, the pages are clean, clear, certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Verbo, Lisbon, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 529 pages (complete). In Portuguese throughout. A placid copy. Softcover with flaps. Previous owner signature on the frontispage. The covers have light user and shelving wear about the edges, some scuffing and rubbing marks. The spine has some user creases along the body. The covers are secure and sure. The contents are clean, clear, comfortable, smart. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Societe des Missions Evangeliques, Paris, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes (of three) only (complete). In French throughout. A genial, pleasing set of this extensive biography of the legendary French missionary. Both are from the Missionsbibliothek Zurich and have a label and stamped number (2190). Volume I: "Enfance et Jeunesse 1834-1861 : D'aprés son autobiographie son journal intime et sa correspondence" (352 pages). Volume II: "Missionaire au Lessoutho 1861-1882" (pub: 1910; 540 pages). The boards of both have some light shelving wear, scuffing, handling and storage marks. Stamped gilt titling (genial). Both have an identification label at the foot of the spine. The spines are a little faded. The end papers are decorated in a bourgeois fashion. The contents are mild-mannered. The pages are tanned about the edges from shelving and paper quality (?). Nonetheless, the pages are very clean and clear, healthy, confident,… Read More

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Siméon, Michel. Complete. Folio sized a most unusual graphic biography of Freud. The covers are much worn about all edges and seams. They have some creasing, marks from handling and storage. The contents too, have handling wear to edges and corners. The pages are placid, benign, amenable, clean and clear. fn. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., London, 1930. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 302 pages (complete). Unnumbered copy of a limited de-luxe edition of 110 copies. Full leather. A benign copy. The padded leather boards are comfortable. Gilt titling on the spine. The spine has wear to head and foot. The boards have scuffing and some very shallow storage wear. They are steady and sure. Gilt trims (agleam). The contents are mild-mannered. The early pages in particular have flushes of foxing here and there. Other areas of foxing are far and few between. In general and by far, the pages are smart, clean and clear, earnest, confident, healthy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Nutrend Productions, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. The wraps are rubbed and marked.Creased.Stained.Excellent binding.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Human & Rousseau, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 192 Pages. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed, but remains intact and protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and knocked, but remain strong. Internally, there is a previous owners inscription on the front pasted down, the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound. r* 05/10/2021. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 247 pages (complete). A most healthy copy. The green boards are sound and steady. They have gilt-stamped titling and borders. There is wear about the edges from shelving and storage. The boards do have scuffing and general handling marks. They are benign. The contents are most agreeable. The pages are untrimmed. The pages are also exceptionally healthy, clean, clear, confident, very certain, sturdy. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Verlag der T. G Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 528 pages (complete). In German throughout. Teutonic font. A decent copy. Habsburg red board with gilt stamping and titling. The spine is faded from sunning. The boards have wear about the edges and there is some light scuffing. The contents are mild-mannered, assured, clean, clear, diligent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Three volumes (complete). Three most pleasing books. Volume 3 published in 1925. The biography won Hendrick a Pulitzer Prize (one of three he was awarded, even though his early journalistic career was generously manured with scandal-exposes). Gilt titling and facsimile signature. The boards are handsome, sound, steady, sure. The papertrims have slight shelving marks. Otherwise, the contents are exceptionally neat, smart, clean and clear, wonderfully maintained, hale, fresh, bright, tight - as if almost new!! Please note that should the books need be posted to the outside of South Africa, extra postal charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

A W Bennett, London / Thomas Brady, York, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 556 pages (complete). A placid copy. The boards are much worn, scuffed and marked all about from age, shelving, handling. They are, nonetheless, sound and steady. The contents are pleasing. They are contented, certain, clean, clear, diligent, mildly worn from use and age, earnest, assured. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

A W Bennett, London / Thomas Brady, York, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed. 556 pages (complete). A confident copy. Inscribed, on the opp-first-free page, by Backhouse: "Philip Darbyshire Harrogate from his frd. Jas. Backhouse of York, 1864". The boards have wear about all edges, corners, seams. The spine has wear to the head and foot. The gilt titling and heading-borders are a little worn and benign. The boards have scuffing, handling and storage marks. They are steady, sure. The contents are most pleasing, especially taking the book's age into account. The pages do have some mild handling marks, storage marks. They are occasional. The pages are clean, clear, conscientious, careful, certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

A W Bennett, London / Thomas Brady, York, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 556 pages plus appendix (complete). A benign copy of this biography of the prominent Quaker by his Quaker friend, Backhouse and Quaker publisher and author, Tylor. Backhouse was considerably energetic as a preacher. Tylor's son-in-law was George Cadbury, the chocolatier. The boards are sound. They are scuffed, worn, rubbed all about. They are sound and steady. The frontispage has the remains of a bookplate. The reverse-frontispage has a scratchy signature by a previous owner. The contents are placid and serious. They have evidence of contented use throughout with some occasional marks from handling and use. The pages are otherwise certain, clear, clean, conscientious, confident, convivial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, London, No Date. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 606 pages (complete). A passive copy. Green boards. These have some mild wear and rubbing. They are secure. Within, the pages are gently aging. Sticker and Ink signature from a previous owner on the front end page. There are freckles of foxing here and there. Otherwise, the rather serious pages are clear and competent. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. fk. r*26/09/2023. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.