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The Son of Leicester The Story of Sir Robert Dudley Titular Earl of Warwick Earl of Leicester and Duke of Northumberland Only Surviving Issue of Queen ELizabeth's Favourite the Earl of Leicester.

Lee, Arthur Gould · 1964 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Gollancz, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 256pp. Blue boards, a little faded to the spine. Frontispiece portrait. Creases to the corners of a couple of pages, otherwise internally clean. A biography of the adventurous life of Robert Dudley, the son of Queen Eli...

Rosa Luxemburg A Reappraisal.

Basso, Lelio · 1975 · Hessay Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Andre Deutsch, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover, First English editon, translated by Douglas Parmee. 183pp, with a complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. The life and thought of the socialist who played a leading role in the German and Polish movements before the 1917 - 19 rev...

George Crabbe And His Times 1754 - 1832 A Critical and Biographical Study.

Huchon, Rene · 1968 · Hessay Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Frank Cass, 1968. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 561pp. Complete dustjacket has a very light scrape mark to the back. Frontispiece portrait. A couple of tiny spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise internally As New. A detailed study of Crabbe's life and poetry, which first app...

John Aubrey A Life.

Tylden Wright, David · 1991 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, 270pp, complete illustrated dustjacket.Endpaper maps and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of the author of 'Brief Lives' 1626 - 1697... Fine /Fine.

John Dryden.

Dobree, Bonamy · 1956 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Longmans Green and Co, 1956. First Edition. Soft Cover, 48pp, soft covers. File holes neatly punched near the spine, not affecting the text, otherwise clean. Published for the British Council and The National Book League in the series Writers and Their Work. The life, plays an...

Soren Kierkegaard A Biographical Introduction.

Grimsley, Ronald · 1973 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Studio Vista, 1973. First Edition. Soft Cover, 127pp, illustrated softback covers, a little darkened with age. Internally clean and tight. A biography and analysis of the thought of the father of Existentialism. Part of the Leaders of Modern Thought Series... Very Good.

Napoleon 1769 - 1827.

Wheeler, Harold F B · 1921 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Harrap, 1921. Hard Cover, New and enlarged edition. 319pp, red cloth covered boards with gilt title with a couple of small marks. Colour and b + w illustrations. Map. Internally clean. The life and career of Napoleon... Very Good /No Jacket.

Byron A Self Portrait Letters and Diaries 1798 to 1824 Volume I.

Quennell, Peter · 1950 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

John Murray, 1950. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 358pp, red cloth covered boards with gilt logo. B + w frontispiece portrait. Ex reference library - ownership label to inner board, a couple of stamps to title page, otherwise internally clean. Volume I of 2, this volume covers 1798 t...

Queen Elizabeth.

Wilson, Mona · 1930 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Daily Express Publications, 1111. Hard Cover, Early 1930s. 152pp, brown paper covered leather look boards, a little rubbed to edges of spine. A couple of spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. A biography of Elizabeth I... Very Good /No Jacket.

Nelson.

Oman, Carola · 1950 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Reprint Society, 1950. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 596pp, black cloth covered boards with red leather label. B + w maps and illustrations. Original owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy. A classic biography of Admiral Nelson.. Very Good /No Jacket.

Lytton Strachey A Biography.

Holroyd, Michael · 1971 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Penguin, 1971. Mass Market Paperback, Revised edition. 1144pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers with a couple of light creases. B + w photographs. Internally clean and tight. The life of the writer and his family and friends, taken from the aut...

The Little Goddess.

Snow, Lyndon · 1973 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover, 160pp, the paper browning a little with age. Dustjacket illustrated by Biro is a little rubbed to edge of spine and priceclipped but otherwise complete. Internally very clean. A fictionalised account of the life of Skittles, the lover ...

Children of The Empire The Victorian Haggards.

Manthorpe, Victoria · 1996 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Gollancz, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 250pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The story of the author Rider Haggard and his 9 siblings - the Indian civil servant, the amorous Cairo Colonel, the Black Sheep, the vicar...

A Portrait of Sheridan.

Ayling, Stanley · 1985 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Constable, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover, 218pp, complete dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the 18th century dramatist and politician... As New /As New.

Nathan Trotter Philadelphia Merchant 1787 1853.

Tooker, Elva · 1955 · Hessay Books

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Harvard University Press, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 276pp. Illustrated dustjacket with closed tears to the edges. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A study of the business of a Philadelphia mercha...

The Making of Charles Dickens.

Hibbert, Christopher · 1967 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 321pp. Complete dustjacket with one short closed tear to the edge. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. An extensive study of Charles Dickens' childhood and youth, and how it affected his later work... Fine /Very...

The Life of Oliver Goldsmith.

Forster, John · 1903 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Hutchinson, 1903. First Edition. Hard Cover, 'Abridged, and newly edited with Notes etc.' 460pp, green cloth covered boards with a little wear to top of spine. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A classic biography of the 18th century writer... Very ...

Richardson.

Downs, Brian W · 1928 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Routledge, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover, 248pp, red cloth covered boardswith gilt series logo. Frontispiece portrait. Internally clean. A biography of Samuel Richardson, his circle, a study of the novels, sentiment etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

DE QUINCEY, THOMAS · 1950 · Round Table Books, LLC

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York: The Heritage Press, 1950. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Zhenya Gay. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over green patterned boards, gilt lettering on spine, a.e.g. (red.) Illustrated with 12 Gravures by Zhenya Gay. Includes an Introduction by W...

Why Lincoln Laughed

CONWELL, RUSSELL H. · 1922 · Round Table Books, LLC

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1922. 1608324265. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 1608324265. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. "A-W" code on copyright page. Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, gilt on spine faded, else fine: unmarked, tight, square, ...