Biografi

Eccentric Travellers

John Keay · 1982 · West Wessex Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Book Good + Good 1st Edition John Murray London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 216pp. this book reveals the eccentric singlemindedness of some travellers thomas manning, gifford palgrave, gottlieb leitner and many other, a very interesting reading indeed!

The First Term Letters to a Schoolboy

Various · 1939 · West Wessex Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Book Very Good Very Good Reprint G.bell & Sons Ltd. London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 107pp. A collection of letters written by different parents to their children who went to boarding school, parents who were too shy to say these things for themselves. A lovely clean copy, n...

Crossing the Line

Claud Cockburn · 1959 · West Wessex Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Book Good + Good 1st Edition Readers Union London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover with dj, 198pp. A second volume of autobiography. Very clean all round.

And His Charming Lady

Lucille Iremonger · 1961 · West Wessex Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good Fair 1st Edition Secker & Warburg London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 238pp.How great a part does the wife of a M.P.play in her husband`s career? Black hard cover, illustrated d.j. a little shelf worn, otherwise sound and clean throughout.

Partner in Three Worlds

Dorothy Duncan · 1944 · West Wessex Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Harper & Brothers Publishers New York 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 340pp. Each Czech has been given a fictitious name in order to protect the members of his family who may be still living. A very interesting read. Black cloth cover, very slighlty d...

Goethe Sein Leben Und Seine Werfe

Albert Bielschowsky · 1980 · West Wessex Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Fair No Jacket Berslag Buchhandlung Munchen 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall First vol. 522pp, german text, top edge gilt, spine in leather missing, but paper remaining, therefore the book feels still firm, card covers with leather corners, cover used, but good inside , clean ,...

The Lives of Robert Haldane of Airthrey and of His Brother James Alexander Haldane

Alexander Haldane · 1852 · West Wessex Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Book Fair No Jacket Second Edition Hamilton Adams and Co. London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 676pp.Brown cloth cover, a little faded in places, spine slighlty damaged, cornes a bit bumped, some faint spotting on the first few pages,name of previous owner on the frontiespiece, ot...

Flora MacDonald the Highland Heroine

A. Carruth · 1973 · West Wessex Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Book Good + No Jacket 1st Edition Jarrold & Sons Ltd Norwich 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Soft cover, full of photographs in colour, 34pp, in good conditions, explaing briefly, but properly the history of the highland heroine.

Churchill at Chartwell

Robin Fedden · 1969 · West Wessex Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Good Fair 1st Edition Pergamon Press Oxford 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 50pp.Beautifully illustrated book, it portrays the stateman at home, full of lovely picture , photographs in colour and b/w, a really nice copy, name of previous owner on the first page, price clipped,d...

The Life and Times of Michelangelo

Maria Luisa Rizzati · 1968 · West Wessex Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Good + Good Revised Edition Paul Hamlyn Feltham Middlesex 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 75pp. A lovely book which helps to understand the creative genius that was michelangelo, especially as he is seen in his own world, among the unscrupulous medici family. A really nice copy...

Shakespeare

Walter Raleigh · 1950 · West Wessex Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Book Good + Good 1st Edition Macmillan & Co. London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 232pp, from the macmillan pocket library,a nice clean copy, not inscribed, blue cloth cover, d.j. in good order, tight and sound throughout.

She Died She Lives

George Francis · 1977 · West Wessex Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Book Good Poor 1st Paperback Darton Longman & Todd London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 176pp. In search of maria orsola, the story of a young italian girl in ordinary circumstances, up to her death.Written from the diaries and letters of maria orsola, it is a careful research in...

The Salon Its Rise and Fall

Valerian Tornius · 1929 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book Fair No Jacket 1st Edition Thornton Butterworth Limited London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 320pp.Pictures of society through five centuries.21 black and white illustrations, one plate loose. Red cloth cover, spine faded, corners and edges a little bumped, some faint spottin...

Life and Letters of Erasmus

J. A. Froude · 1894 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book Fair No Jacket 1st Edition Longmans, Greens, and Co. London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 406pp. Lectures delivered at oxford 1893-94. Blue cloth cover with a paper sticker on the top" teacher`s library", spine at the top damaged, corners bumped, some short annotations on the...

H. W. Fowler

G. G. Coulton · 1935 · West Wessex Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Book Poor No Jacket Second Impression Clarendon Press Oxford 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 160pp. S.P. E. Tract no. XLIII. With 10 plates,soft cover rather tatty, a little detatched, but clean inside .

The Box and the Puppets

Nathaniel Micklem · 1957 · West Wessex Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Geoffrey Bles London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 148pp. (1888-1953) With 6 illustrations, name of previous owner on the first page, blue hard cover, lovely and clean, tight throughout.

Rhodes a Heritage

J. G. McDonald · 1943 · West Wessex Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Book Illustrated Good No Jacket 1st Edition Chatto & Windus London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 166pp. With illustrations, Blue cloth cover, spine a little sunned,corners slightly bumped, but clean and firm inside and out, not inscribed.

Paul Kruger

Manfred Nathan · 1942 · West Wessex Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Book Good No Jacket Third Edition The Knox Publishing Company Durban 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 510pp.His life and times. blue cloth cover, a short inscription with date on the first page, otherwise clean and tight throughout.

Surgeon at Arms

Daniel Paul · 1958 · West Wessex Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Heinemann London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 227pp.with many black and white photographs,red hard cover, lovely and clean , not inscribed, tight throughout.

Riders of the Sky

Harry Harper · 1936 · West Wessex Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Hodder & Stoughton Ltd London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 370pp. The saga of the flying men. With many portraits, a good book, with some foxing on the first couple of pages,edges and corners slightly bumped, but lovely and clean inside.