Biography & Autobiography from Steve Liddle

Amberley, Stroud, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A long ( perhaps too long ) autobiography of an unconventional academic. Foreword by Dockray's friend and publisher, Alan Sutton. Very clean, tight and sound, unused copy. From the author's personal stock of his own published works. Dust jacket not price clipped. 443 pages, illustrated. Approx.… Read more about this item

Hart-Davis, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Edited by Rupert Hart-Davis. Presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Dust jacket is generally good, not price clipped, a little rubbed and age-toned. No inscriptions. 312 pages. Size approx. 8" by 5.5" . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already… Read more about this item

Cambridge Univ. Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Remarkable correspondence ably edited by Mark DeWolfe Howe and with a foreword by Sir /john Pollock. A good set, original publisher's bindings, clean, tight and sound. No inscriptions, former owner's bookplates to each front pastedown. Dust jackets are price clipped, with some light wear to… Read more about this item

Oxford, 1997. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. The Concise version of the DNB. It has all the entries of the main work but in summarised form. The editors suggest in their Preface that, in most cases the summarised entry is about one fourteenth of the full entry. 3 volumes complete in slipcase as issued.… Read more about this item

Macmillan, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. 'La Tiranna' as she was known to her great friend the 'Iron' Duke of Wellington. A good and sound set, publisher's cloth gilt bindings. No inscriptions. Bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Newspaper clipping re Mrs Arbuthnot taped to frontispiece. The inner joint at the rear of… Read more about this item

Folio Society, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Dolf Rieser. A good example. Clean, tight and sound copy. No inscriptions. Dust jacket is price clipped and shows minor wear to some edges. xvii + 208 pages, plates. Approx. size 9" by 6". Illustrator: Dolf Rieser. Quantity Available: 1. Category:… Read more about this item

Times Book Club, 1912. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Presentable, clean and sound set, publisher's cloth gilt bindings. No inscriptions. 266 + 286 + 307 + 302 + 295 + 322 pages, index. Approx. size each vol. 7.5" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item… Read more about this item

Werner Laurie, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by Author. Deluxe limited edition - no. 31 of 100. Signed by author. Original tan leather and gilt binding, top edge gilt. NB With the original glassine dust jacket and card slipcase. An exceptionally presentable copy. No inscriptions. 192 pages, plates, indexed. Approx. size 9"… Read more about this item

Werner Laurie, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by Author. Deluxe limited edition - no. 606 of 750. Signed by author. Original blue leather and gilt binding, top edge gilt. NB With the original glassine dust jacket and card slipcase. An exceptionally presentable copy. No inscriptions. 223 pages, plates, indexed. Approx. size 9"… Read more about this item

Hogarth, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Very presentable set, clean, tight and sound. Vol. 1 is 4th imp., Vol. 2 is 3rd imp. Dust jackets not price clipped, some minor edge wear. No inscriptions. xv + 230 + xi + 300 pages, plates, indexed. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available:… Read more about this item

Oxford, 1992. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Edited by Bruce Redford. 'The most complete scholarly edition'. Very smart set in original publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets very clean, not clipped, unfaded. Over 1800 pages, fully indexed. Frontispiece plates. No inscriptions. Approx. size each vol. 10" by 6.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography… Read more about this item

Phoenix Giant, 1999. New edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/not applicable. Very good copy, spine uncreased. Small mark on front wrapper from removal of price sticker. 590 pages, plates, chronology, index. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0753808404. ISBN/EAN: 9780753808405. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read more about this item

Privately published, Chicago, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Reminiscences of the author's early life in the Scottish border, near Berwick. He later achieved considerable success with cattle ranching in Canada. Original cloth and gilt binding, the gilt now very dulled. Inner joints are cracking but sound, a presentable copy. Printed on high… Read more about this item

John Murray, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. No inscriptions. Very good copy in similar, unclipped dust jacket.. xii + 324 pages, plates, bibliography, index. Approx. size 9.5" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0719558298. ISBN/EAN: 9780719558290. Pictures of… Read more about this item

Michael Russell, Wilby, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Editor. Letters to George Clarke over the years 1830 - 1834. Signed by Gemmett on the title page. No other inscriptions. Very good copy in similar, unclipped dust jacket.. 336 pages, plates, bibliography, index. Approx. size 9.5" by 6". … Read more about this item

Lefevre Bibliopolam, Paris, 1822. New edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/not applicable. A good, tight and sound copy in a contemporary half morocco binding, raised bands, gilt lettered, marbled paper boards. Text block has scattered foxing, rather heavier around the first and last leaves. Binding is attractive, very sound, corners bumped and rubbed, lightly worn at other… Read more about this item

Longmans, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book is presentable, clean, tight and sound. Lengthy gift inscription on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is not price clipped, slightly frayed at edges and generally a little rubbed. ix + 324 pages, frontis., notes, bibliography, index. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography… Read more about this item

Particular Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated by Thomas Teal. First UK edition. Very clean and tidy copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Jacket has a few minor marks but is very presentable. An interview with the author ( clipped from the Guardian ) is loosely inserted. No inscriptions. [8] + 278… Read more about this item

David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Publisher's dark red cloth and gilt binding. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. xvii + 388 pages, index. Approx. size 9" by 6".  Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already… Read more about this item

John Murray, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Letters of Samuel Johnson, nephew of Sir Joshua Reynolds. A smart and presentable copy in the original blue cloth and gilt binding. Text block has scattered foxing throughout, small ownership inscription. Loosely enclosed are two newspaper reviews and a handwritten letter from Radcliffe presenting… Read more about this item