Biography Books

The History of Tom Jones, A Changeling, by Lord Rothschild (Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild). The book is a fascinating account of the legal case...

The Worthing Cavalcade; Shelley, Trelawny and Henley; A Study of Three Titans, by Samuel J. Looker, 1950. Provenance; from the library of the late ...

Trelawny; The Incurable Romancer. Author's signed proof copy. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British hist...

Trelawny's Strange Relations; An Account of the Domestic Life of Edward John Trelawny's Mother & Sisters in Paris and London 1818-1829, by Anne...

The Elgins, 1766-1917; A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and their Wives, by Sydney Checkland. Provenance; from the library of the late William St ...

Lord Elgin e i marmi del Partenone, di William St Clair. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian...

Lord Elgin and the Marbles, by William St. Clair. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, ...

Lord Elgin and the Marbles, by William St. Clair. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, acade...

A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos, 1974. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (193...

A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos, 1974, William St Clair signed copy. Provenance; from the library of ...

A Shadow of Magnitude; The Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, Theodore Vrettos; William St Clair inscribed copy. Provenance; from the library of the...

The Elgin Affair; The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused, by Theodore Vrettos. (Υπόθεση Έλγιν : το χρονικό της...

The Elgin Affair; The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused, by Theodore Vrettos. Provenance; from the library of...

Benjamin Robert Haydon and the Critical Reception of the Elgin Marbles; A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities i...

Byron and Greece, by Harold Spender. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and autho...

Byron; A Biography, 3 Volume set complete, by Leslie A. Marchand, signed. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), ...

The Byron Mystery, by Sir John C. Fox, Late Senior Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Division. Provenance; from the library of the late William...

Byron; Augustan and Romantic. Edited by Andrew Rutherford, Warden of Goldsmith's College, University of London. Various contributors including Will...

The Wicked Lord Byron, Richard Deakin, 2018, Signed. The book is a novel - a fictional version of Byron's life. Provenance; from the library of the...

John Bull's Letter to Lord Byron, edited by Alan Lang Strout. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British hist...

Byron; A Poet Before His Public, by Philip W. Martin. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, a...

Byron; The Flawed Angel, by Phyllis Grosskurth. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academi...

At John Murray's; Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892, by George Paston. Preface by The Rt. Hon. Lord Ernle. SOLD Provenance; from the library o...

The Byron Journal; Large Collection from Sir William St. Clair, 1973-2017. A group of 36 issues of the journal (to which William St Clair has contr...

Byron; A Symposium. Edited by John Jump; Most of the essays in this collection derive from lectures given in London, Cambridge and Manchester in co...

Salzburg Studies in English Literature Under the Direction of Professor Erwin A. Sturzl: Romantic Reassessment editor: Dr. James Hogg; 82; Teresa G...

Byron The Maker; Truth or Masquerade - An Exploration, Volume One: Byron in England, Anne Fleming, 2006.  Provenance; from the library of the late ...

Bright Darkness; The Poetry of Lord Byron Presented in the Context of his Life and Times, by Anne Fleming. Provenance; from the library of the late...

Les Alsaciens Dans La Garde Imperiale et Dans Les Corps D'Elite; Publication Illustree. Texte par Henry Ganier. Planche par Tanconville et Maurice ...

Harold Nicolson; Diaries and Letters 1930-1962, 3 Volume Set. Edited by Nigel Nicolson. The writings of Sir Harold George Nicolson (1886-1968), pol...

Richard Crossman; The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, 2 Volumes: Volume One: Minister of Housing 1964-66, 688pp + Plates, 1976; Volume Two: Lord Pre...

W.G. Gillies; A Very Still Life, by W. Gordon Smith. SOLD Published by Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 1991, first edition. With 8pp Exhibition Catalogue...

The Association for Scottish Literary Studies, General Editor – Douglas Mack: James Hogg; Selected Stories and Sketches. Edited by Douglas S. Mack....

Raffles; The Story of Singapore, by Raymond Flower. Published by Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2007. First Singapore edition, following The Times fi...

Bound Collection of Biblical Pamphlets, 1914. With authors' names to spine; Thackeray, Simpson, Findlay, Mayor, Stawell, Bladon, Peake, Burkitt, La...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order ; a series of his epistolary co...

Paradise Lost; A Poem in Twelve Books by The Author John Milton. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D., Late Lord Bishop of Bristol...

The "Lansdowne" Poets; The Poetical Works of John Milton. With Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c. Portrait and Original Illustrations. Published by...

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Now First Uniformly Collected. Collecta Revirescunt. Vol. I. Containing the author's life and his essa...

The Life of James, Late Duke of Ormonde. Containing: I) An Historical and Genealogical Account of His Grace's Family. II) An Impartial View of His ...

John Downman, A.R.A; His Life and Works, by Dr. Williamson. With a Catalogue of his Drawings. Published by Otto Limited, London, 1907. First editio...

An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life, of Adam Clarke, L.L.D., F.A.S., & C. Written by One who was Intimately Acquainted with ...

Stanley Gibbons Royal Wedding Stamp Collection 1981, 3 Volume Set; The Royal Wedding, H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 29th July 1981....

Trelawny by R. Glynn Gryll. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. H...

Milton & Wordsworth, Poets and Prophets; A Study of Their Reactions to Political Events by Sir Herbert J. C. Grierson. This copy carries the 's...

Rhetoric and English Composition, by Sir Herbert J. C. Grierson. This copy carries the 'signature' of 'Flora Grierson' (his daughter, 1899-1966, au...

William Blake, 1757-1827; A Man Without a Mask, by J. Bronowski. This copy has a presentation inscription on the first free endpaper dated to July ...

Sir Richard Church, C.B., G.C.H., Commander in Chief of the Greeks in the War of Independence, by Stanley Lane-Poole. Provenance; from the library ...