Search Results: Biographies & Autobiographies - General from Loe Books

London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1883. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xx, 309 plus publisher's adverts. B/w portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous other b/w illustrations. Original brown cloth binding with spine label, gilt lettering, blind stamped decoration, very good and bright with a little general wear only, cloth very slightly frayed to head of spine, spine label slightly chipped to edges. Contents clean and tight, minimal spotting. A very good tight copy..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. A publisher's PROOF COPY bound in plain green wrappers with title printed in black to to front cover. Covers good with a little general wear, spine somewhat faded, rear cover top corner a little worn. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London, Madras and Colombo: The Christian Literature Society, 1907. Book. Good. Hardback. Second Edition. 8vo. The printed front cover is dated 1901, but the biographies within are dated 1905 or 1907. Each biography includes a separate dated title page and engraved portrait frontispiece plate + pp. 40, 25, 31,16, 40, & 39. 'Printed at the S. P. C. K. Press, Vepery. Madras 1907.' Card covers and linen spine somewhat worn and marked, holding together well. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy. Very Scarce..

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo [18 x 13 cm]. Pp. viii, 336; Head and tail pieces. Original maroon cloth with blind stamped decoration, bevelled edges to boards, gilt lettering. good with a little general wear and some rubbbing or chipping to head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight, original brown coated end papers, a few pages and end papers slightly marked, old paper repair to the rear hinge. A good to very good copy of the scarce first edition..

London: Hunt and Carke, 1827. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 347 pages ix index; complete with engraved frontispiece. Original hardback cloth binding, fair with general wear and some loss tot he spine. Contents clean, joints weak, no inscriptions, a few random marks. A fair copy that makes for an interesting read..

Hampshire: Canterton Books, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Folio. 204 pages, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket a little worn/scuffed to the head of the spine, otherwise very good, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering, fine, light bump to head of the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: Longmans., Green and Co, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Impression. 8vo. pp. xii, 213; b/w portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo (14 X 23cm). 15 b/w plates. Original black cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good and bright with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, slight wear to the edge of the frontispiece plate. A very good tight clean copy..

London: John Harris, 1830. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo [18 x 11 cm]. No date, but copper engraved plates are dated May 1828. pp. xxiii, 260; 24 engraved scenes on 12 plates, complete. Quarter bound in contemporary red morocco with pebbled green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, good and strong. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, slight marking to a few pages. A very good copy..

London: John Harris, 1828. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo [18 x 11 cm]. No date, but copper engraved plates are dated May 1828. pp. xxiii, 260; 24 engraved scenes on 12 plates, complete. Quarter bound in contemporary red morocco with pebbled green cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine, a little rubbing to the head/tail of the spine otherwise good and strong. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, slight spotting to a few pages. A very good copy..

Broadmead, Bristol: Partridge & Love, 1930. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Large 8vo. No date but circa 1930. Sewn booklet; 22 pages; fine b/w photographic plates; folding map at rear. Printed card covers very good with light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Scarce, well illustrated, early guide..

Broadmead, Bristol: Partridge & Love, 1930. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Large 8vo. First Item: sewn booklet, no date but circa 1930. 22 pages; fine b/w photographic plates; folding map at rear. An orignal 19th c. lithographic print of the castle has been pasted onto the inside front cover; additionally a newspaper clipping regarding Blaize Castle, dated Oct 1919, has been tipped onto the front page. Printed card covers very good with light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, green stamp of the Terence Bryant Bristol Collection, no inscription, slight misfold to the map. A very good copy. Scarce, well illustrated, early guide. Second Item: Blaise Castle, 4-page folded leaflet dated May, 1927 and initialed C. P. W. A little worn to edges, a couple of nicks otherwise very good..

London: Constable & Company, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (12 X 20cm). pp. viii, 283. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, neat gilt-stamped no. to the base of the spine, cloth slightly nicked to head of the spine, not faded. Contents good and tight, single stamp to the verso of the title page and the last page, front end paper a little marked from the removal of book-plates, otherwise contents very clean, appears unread, no foxing . A very good copy..

Bristol: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1935. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Second Edition. 12mo. 24 pages, geological sections. Printed card covers with a little toning, otherwise very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this scarce geological guide.(Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Publication. no. 19.).

London: Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Sm 4to. With a coloured frontispiece by Benton Fletcher and 32 illustrations from photographs by Garrigues of Tunis. pp 327, original brown cloth binding with black lettering, a little light wear, no fading, contents clean and tight, no foxing. A very good bright copy..

London: George Routledge Book. Illus. by Foster, Birket. Very Good. Full Leather. New Edition. 12mo. pp. x, 374, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, 7 other b/w plates all by Birket Foster. Contemporary blue full polished calf prize binding with gilt decoration and red spine label, slight rubbing only, a handsome binding. All edges and end papers in matching red marbling. Contents clean and tight, prize plate to front paste-down. Includes biographies of Scott, Wordsworth, Gibbon, Sir James Mackintosh, Dr. Johnson, Lord Jeffrey, Canning, Daniel Webster, Lord Mansfield, Lord Eldon, Wilberforce, Sir Thomas Powell Buxton, Galileo, Ferguson, Sir Isaac Newton, Franklin, Simson, D'Alembert, Cavendish, Sir Humphry Davy, Sir Joseph Banks, Audubon, Lord St. Vincent, Nelson, Buonaparte, Duke of Wellington, Handel, Mozart, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir David Wilkie, Canova, Thorwaldsen, Sir William Jones, Dr Arnold, Archdeacon Paley, Dr Chalmers, John Hunter and Sir Astley Cooper. A very good copy in a… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp.viii, 123. Original red-brown cloth hardback binding, gilt lettering and bevelled edges to the boards; a little rubbing/scuffing of cloth to head/tail of the spine, slightlly marked. Contents clean and tight, original brown coated end papers toned to edges, small private bookplate to the front paste-down and previous owner's signature otherwise, no inscriptions, hinges a little rubbed/worn but remain strong and tight. A GOOD/very good copy of the scarce original edition..

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1927. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. b/w illustrations and plates including folding map. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good, bright and fresh with minimal wear. Top edge blue, other edges uncut. Contents clean and tight. A fine copy. Part of "The Golden Hind Series" edited by Milton Waldman..

London: W. Swan Sonnenschien & Co., 1885. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. b/w illustrations. Original decorative red cloth binding with gilt lettering, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, cloth a little marked, slightly chipped to head of spine and rear joint. All edges gilt. Contents clean and tight, neat gift inscription dated 1888, original patterned end papers. A good tight copy..

Gairloch: Gairloch (Wester Ross) author Bee Jay, 1973. Book. As New. Paperback. 1st Edition. 8vo. 45 pages; b/w illustrations. Covers as new. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. An as new copy that has been stored in paper wraps from new..