Biographie

JEFFERSON AND BOLIVAR New World Fighters for Freedom

VgVg (clipped dj lighty worn head and tail of spine and lightly marked round edges,clean green cloth with white lettering on spine, pages unmarked and binding firm, trace of erased pencil numerals front free endpaper) 12mo 238pp. Dual biography dealing with Thomas Jefferson and Simon Bolivar. Illustrated with the author's drawings.

CATHERINE THE GREAT

Vg/Vg (some water marks to intact dj, book no fault) octavo 385pp. Biography. 16pp b/w plates.

The Spanish Inquisition: An Historical Revision

Vg/Vg (clean unclipped dj without cuts or loss. no inscriptions, contents clean and bright) ex libris plate of private owner to reverse of front cover. no stamps or other similar indicators of ex libris

Eliza Lynch REGENT OF PARAGUAY

Vg/Vg (minor edgewear to clean unclipped dj, faint browning top edges of flaps, clean brown cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, top page edges tinted red, very crisp bright square copy with no marks or inscriptions, touch of very faint speckling outside fore-edges) octavo 196pp. First edition.

YO LA MUERTE

Felipe II Soberano de medio mundo. Yo la muerte la forma en que Felipe II firmó sus últimas órdenes dirigidas a las colonias españolas en África y América es una obra centrada en los problemas de la tiranía y el fanatismo religioso a través de un recorrido por la vida del soberano de medio mundo desde su segundo matrimonio con María I de Inglaterra hasta los últimos días de vejez y agotamiento en las gélidas salas de El Escorial.

JOHNSON AND BOSWELL the story of their lives

VG (no dj, original red cloth with gilt titles on spine, contents clean tight and bright throughout) octavo 390pp. Biography. With 16 b/w plates.

Who Was Kit Marlowe: The Story of the Poet and Playwright

VG/VG octavo. large bookplate to ffep. no inscriptions or internal markings. not price-clipped

My Grandfather, His Wives and Loves

Vg/Good+ dj is generally tatty with some closed splits to edges, chippings, and rubbing to top edge particularly. the dj has protected the boards beneath well however, since they are clean bright and sharp cornered. price clipped. contents are clean and bright , tightly bound in and all pages present. 1st. The story of the first 50 years of Holman Hunt's private life until his second marriage to Edith Waugh. 307 pages. Illustrations.

CHE GUEVARA. AVENTURA O REVOLUCION

En esta monografía se tratará de explicar yo justificar por qué Ernesto Guevara llegó a ser lo que fue y dejar de lado muchas cosas para luchar por ideologías que justamente él creía que eran lo mejor para la sociedad . Para ello la monografía se ha organizado en 4 capítulos donde se desarrollarán las diferentes etapas del Che orientadas a buscar dicho porqué.Si bien Guevara sale de una familia de clase media hay muchas preguntas que uno se puede realizar como por ejemplo la que es planteada desde un principio el por que dejar todo eso para luchar por su ideología política que la irá desarrollando con el correr de los años ayudado por el contexto que lo rodea en Latinoamérica que él decide ir a buscar.Es por ello que la lectura analítica y reflexiva de los diferentes capítulos ayudarán a comprender mejor la vida de este personaje mítico argentino que es reconocido por la comunidad mundial y tomado como ejemplo a seguir para miles de personas.

PAPA HEMINGWAY: A Personal Memoir.

VG/VG dj has small wear/rounding to ends of spine, but nothing serious. full loose-fitting plastic covering round entire book and dj -protected well. not price-clipped. no inscription. inside text is clean and tightly bound . affectionate biography of the great adventurer

IL DOTTOR KOCH SCOPRITORE DI MICROBI

IN BUONO STATO

Renaissance Architecture

Vg/Good+ dj is generally tatty with some closed splits to edges, chippings, and rubbing to edges. the dj has protected the boards beneath well however, since they are clean bright and sharp cornered. not price clipped. ffep has prior owner's stamp. contents are clean and bright , tightly bound in and all pages present. Volume four of Simpson's History of Architectural Development, illustrated throughout with black and white plates and line drawings in the text 428 pps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

ON CHESIL BEACH

Vg/Vg (unclipped dj with faint edge-rounding to top edge of dj. a very good clean bright copy with no marks or inscriptions)

Maddalena di Canossa

IN DISCRETO STATO, COPERTINA VISSUTA

MADDALENA DI CANOSSA. LA MARCHESA SERVA DEI POVERI

IN BUONO STATO

Mattei

ROGER VAILLAND The Man and his Masks

Vg/Vg (clean bright red dj lightly rubbed top edge and abrasion down length of back cover, clean black cloth with bright silver titles on spine, internally no marks or inscriptions, top corner of last page creased else contents fine condition) octavo 176pp. Full length study of the man and his work. With b/w photographs.

J T CHRISTIE a great teacher

Fine/near fine (one tiny tear to dj else book and dj both no fault) octavo 210pp. A selection of the writings of a schoolmaster who made a deep and lasting impression upon all whom he taught. With introductory memoirs by Donald Lindsay, Roger Young, and Hugh Lloyd-Jones.

Gino Watkins

VG First Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. Spine and edges are a little grubby and worn. Top edge of the text-block is gilt, while the other two edges show significant spotting. Plate inserted by prior owner. Octavo 317pp with a few photographic plates. Life of Gino Watkins, the famous arctic explorer.

DALL'ATEISMO ALLA MISTICA MADELEINE DELBREL

NUOVO

CAESAR a sketch

G (no dj, maroon cloth with silver titles on spine, worn top and base of spine and 4" split to cloth down spine joint, all corners bumped, front hinge beginning to crack, spine leaning and contents heavily cocked, pencil annotations reverse of back free endpaper, a little light foxing prelims, pages clean with few light isolated spots, text block binding tight) 12mo 568pp plus 24pp publisher's catalogue. New edition. B/w portrait frontis, foxing to tissue guard. Biography.

KNOWING HEPBURN and other Curious Experiences

Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj) Octavo 317pp. Author wrote a number of screenplays for Katharine Hepburn and knew the star for many years. Tender portrait of her

WITHIN THE FRINGE an autobiography

Fine/fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Octavo 188pp illustrated. Viscount Stuart of Findhorn was an MP for an unbroken 36 years

Cheerful Charlie

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illus Boards, Colour Very Good. No Jacket. A biography of C. P. McGahey, Essex cricketer of the late 1800s. Illustrated and includes statistics for the period.