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Biography Books

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The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., Edwin Hodder, 3 Volume set, 1886

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Biography of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, 1801-1885. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852-1855. He was a Br...

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The Life of Joseph Locke, Civil Engineer, Joseph Devey, 1862

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A very smart full leather volume which has been professionally rebacked, and contains fine condition text. Locke was one of the great pioneers of r...

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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for Oct 1803 - Jan 1804 (Vol III; Issue V and VI)

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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

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Memoirs of The Pretenders and Their Adherents, John Heneage Jesse, 2 Vols, 1845

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Memoirs of The Pretenders and Their Adherents, by John Heneage Jesse. In Two Volumes, complete. Published by Richard Bentley, London. 1845 first ed...

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John Murray Forbes; A Sketch, Edward Waldo Emerson - bound reprint from The Atlantic Monthly, September 1899

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A biographical essay on the life of American railroad magnate, John Murray Forbes (1813-1898), written by Edward, the son of Ralph Waldo Emerson - ...

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The Scots Magazine; New Series, December 1887 - November 1990, 5 Volumes

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The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

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Here, There and Everywhere, Lord Frederic Hamilton, 1921

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A volume of reminiscenses of.Lord Frederic Hamilton (1856-1928), Conservative Party Politician and Member of Parliament. He also served in the Dipl...

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The Days Before Yesterday, Lord Frederic Hamilton, 1920

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A volume of reminiscenses of.Lord Frederic Hamilton (1856-1928), Conservative Party Politician and Member of Parliament. He also served in the Dipl...

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The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham, 3 Vols 1871, With Autograph Letter Signed

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A complete 3 volume first edition biography of Henry Lord Brougham (1778-1868). Born in Edinburgh, he qualified as a barrister in 1808, before bein...

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The Life of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904, A.G. Gardiner, In Two Volumes, 1923

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A 2 volume biography of Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Liberal statesman, lawyer and journalist. The Life of Si...

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The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice, Stephen Gwynn, 1929, 2 Vols complete

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The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice; A Record. Edited by Stephen Gwynn.  Sir Cecil Spring Rice (1859-1918), was a British Diplomat...

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The Life of Lord John Russell, Spencer Walpole, 1889. From the Library of Winston Churchill & Randolph S. Churchill

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A complete 2 volume set from the Library of former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) & his son, Randolph S. Churchill (...

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Edinburgh Sketches & Memories, David Masson, 1892. Library copy from former British Prime Minister, Arthur James Balfour

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Previously owned by Arthur James Balfour; First Earl of Balfour, former Conservative, British Prime Minister from 1902-1905. He also held various s...

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Journals and Letters of Reginald Viscount Esher, Maurice V. Brett, 4 Volumes complete, 1934-1938

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Biography of the British historian and Liberal politician, Reginald Baliol Brett (1852-1930). Journals and Letters of Reginald Viscount Esher. Firs...

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Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart, First Lord Carnock; A Study in the Old Diplomacy, by Harold Nicolson, 1930

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Biography of Arthur Nicolson (1849-1928), First Baron Carnock, British Diplomat (Ambassador to Spain and Russia), and Politician. Sir Arthur Nicols...

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The Greville Memoirs; A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria, 3 Parts in 8 Volumes, Charles C.F. Greville, 1875-1887

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Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865), held the office of Clerk of the Council in Ordinary and served under the three monarchs of King Georg...

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Recollections, John Viscount Morley, Macmillan 1917

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Biography of John Morley, First Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British Liberal Statesman, Writer and Newspaper Editor (Pall Mall Gazette...

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The Amberley Papers; the Letters and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley, Bertrand and Patricia Russell, 1937

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Biography of John Russell and his wife, Kate Stanley - Lord and Lady Amberley. Both were born in 1842. John Russell was a British writer and politi...

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency, Bayle St. John, 1888

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency. Translated from the French by Bayle St. John. In Three Volumes, ...

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The Secretaries of State for Scotland 1926-76; Fifty Years of the Scottish Office, George Pottinger, 1979

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The Secretaries of State for Scotland 1926-76; Fifty Years of the Scottish Office. By George Pottinger. Published by Scottish Academic Press, Edinb...

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-1983); The First Two Hundred Years, Neil Campbell and R. Martin Smellie, 1983

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-1983); The First Two Hundred Years, by Neil Campbell and R. Martin Smellie. With a Foreword by the Hon. Lord C...

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Twenty-Five Years 1892-1916, Viscount Grey of Fallodon, In Two Volumes, 1925

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Autobiography of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862-1933), Liberal politician and statesman, and key figure behind Britain's foreign ...

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The Life of Richard Lord Westbury, formerly Lord High Chancellor, Thomas Arthur Nash, 1888

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2 Volume biography of Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who became Lord Chancellor of G...

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1823-1831, 14 Volume Set

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Founded in 1817, and initially called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, it was more successfully relaunched as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Also known...

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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay, 1883, Riviere binding.

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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay. Authorised Edition. Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., L...

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Popular Library of Literary Treasures; Decision of Character, Representative Men and English Traits, Essays on Love, Friendship, Heroism, Character, and Essays Civil and Moral

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Ward, Lock and Co.'s Popular Library of Literary Treasures. Edited by G.T. Bettany, M.A.; 4 volumes bound as one; On Decision of Character and On A...

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Hudibras in Three Parts, Samuel Butler, with notes by Zachary Grey. In 2 Volumes complete, 1810.

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Hudibras in Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. By Samuel Butler, with Select Notes by Zachary Grey, L.L. D. The Author's Remains; a...

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Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield. 8 volumes, 1881. Hughenden Edition

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Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield (The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli), with Portrait and Sketch of His Life. 8 volumes (missing 3 from th...

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William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his published work on the subject.

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William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his publish...

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Cassell's Illustrated Readings, First and Second Series bound as one, c. 1870

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Cassell's Illustrated Readings, First and Second Series bound as one. An illustrated compendium of 'Penny Readings' to be read and shared with the ...

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Palmerston, Philip Guedalla, 1926

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Palmerston, by Philip Guedalla. An illustrated Biography of Henry John temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), who was British Prime Minster t...

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Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, Photographed by Lock and Whitfield, Thompson Cooper, 1876-1881. Chiswick Press.

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Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, La...

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Studies in Romanticism, Volume 16, Number 4, Fall 1977, Boston University

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Studies in Romanticism, Volume 16, Number 4, Fall 1977. This issue with articles on Marxism and Romanticism. With various contributors. Provenance;...

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Siecle de Louis XIV, Edition Stereotype, Augmentee d'une Tables des Matieres, Paris, 1810, 2 Volume set

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Siecle de Louis XIV, Edition Stereotype, Augmentee d'une Tables des Matieres, Paris, 1810, 2 Volume set. Published by Stereotype de Mame, Freres, P...

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Demosthenis; Opera ad Optimorum Librorum Fidem, Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1812, 5 volumes

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Demosthenis; Opera ad Optimorum Librorum Fidem, Accurate Edita. Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1812, 5 volumes. The best works of Demosthenes, Greek statesman...

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell, 1835, 10 Volume Set complete

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell, Esq. To Which are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins...

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