Biografi

CHARLOTTE BRONTE A Passionate Life

GORDON Lyndall · 1994 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Chatto & Windus, 1994. 070116137X 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered burgundy cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not clipped). Pp. x + 418, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

G.H. LEWES A Life

ASHTON Rosemary · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1991. 9780198128274 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 369, illus with b&w frontispiece and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

A VANISHED PRESENT The Memoirs of Alexander Pasternak

PASTERNAK Alexander, SLATER Ann Pasternak [Editor] · 1984 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Oxford University Press, 1984. 9780192122254 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover). Pp. xxiv + 214, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).

WALTER HAMILTON 1908-1988 A Portrait

WRIGHT Donald · 1992 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

James and James, 1992. 9780907383291 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xvi + 221, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ONCE

STUART Sir Campbell · 1952 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Collins, 1952 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (top edge lightly spotted - otherwise VG). Pp. 248, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE MAGNIFICENT MRS TENNANT The Adventurous Life of Gertrude Tennant Victorian Grande Dame

WALLER David · 2009 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Yale University Press, 2009. 0300139357 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. ix + 304, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

MEMOIRS OF GOETHE Written by Himself In Two Volumes

GOETHE Johann Wolfgang von · 1824 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Henry Colburn, 1824 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo (8¾ x 5¼ ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, matching marbled edges and endpapers (poor - upper board of vol I detached and joints of vol II weakened - in protective covers). Pp. [iv] + viii + 457 + [3] blank [&] ...

NELSON'S WOMEN

POCOCK Tom · 1999 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Andre Deutsch, 1999. 9780233994796 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (top edge faintly dust stained - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. x + 278, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

A SENSE OF PLACE

COBB Richard · 1981 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gerald Duckworth and Co., 1981 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (light wear at edges - otherwise VG). Pp. 135 (publisher's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper).

MARGINAL COMMENT A Memoir

DOVER Kenneth · 1995 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Gerald Duckworth, 1995 1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. vi + 271, illus with coloured frontispiece and with b&w plates (publisher's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper).

THE WORKS OF MR FRANCIS RABELAIS Doctor in Physick Containing Five Books of the Lives Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Sonne Pantagruell In Two Volumes

RABELAIS Francis, HEATH ROBINSON W. [Illustrator] · 1920 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Privately printed for the Navarre Society, c. 1920 2 vols. Tall 8vo (9 x 6 ins). Original gilt decorated white buckram cloth, top edges gilt (VG). Pp. xvi + 474 [&] xvi + 461, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text by William Heath Robinson (some pages uncut and light tann...

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS HANNAH MORE In Four Volumes

ROBERTS William · 1834 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1834 2nd edn. 4 vols. 8vo (7¾ x 5 ins). Contemporary half morocco on marbled paper-laid boards, gilt lettered raised-ribbed spines, marbled edges and endpapers (boards lightly rubbed - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with b&w frontispiece w...

THE BOX WITH THE SUNFLOWER CLASP Uncovering a Jewish Family's Flight to Wartime Shanghai

MELLER Rachel · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Icon Books, 2023. 9781785789816 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xv + 320, illus with b&w maps and photos (no inscriptions).

JOURNEYMAN A Printer's Impressions Through Eighty Years in a Rapidly Changing World

PARTRIDGE Walter · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Perdix Press, 1991. 0907596193 1st edn signed by author above frontispiece and with his handwritten note loosely inserted. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 176, illus with b&w frontispiece (no other ...

THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield in Six Volumes

MONYPENNY William Flavelle, BUCKLE George Earle · 1910 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

John Murray, 1910-1920 1st edn. 6 vols. Tall 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Original uniform gilt lettered blind-ruled blue cloth, top edges of vols I-IV gilt (boards lightly marked, spines faded with nicks at head and tails - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, illus with b&w frontispieces...

A PICTURE OF LIFE 1872-1940

MERSEY Charles Clive Bigham 2nd Viscount · 1941 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

John Murray, 1941 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (chalk numerals on upper board and page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xii + 466, illus with b&w plates and maps (small tear at fore-edge of p. 439; no inscriptions).

NO ART WITHOUT CRAFT The Life of Theodore Low De Vinne Printer

TICHENOR Irene · 2005 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Boston: David R. Godine, 2005 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 329, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

MRS JACK An Autobiography of Isabella Stewart Gardner

THARP Louise Hall · 1965 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Boston: Little Brown, 1965 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth, top edge purple (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 365, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE PROMISED PARTY Kahlo Basquiat and Me

CLEMENT Jennifer · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Canongate Books, 2024. 9781838859275 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 283 (no inscriptions).

BORN UNDER SATURN A Biography of William Hazlitt

MACLEAN Catherine Macdonald · 1943 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Collins, 1943 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (a little rubbed at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rubbed and nicked - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 631, illus with b&w plates (light pencil annotations in margins).