Biography Books

Geschichte der Basler Mission, 1815-1899, mit vier Kartenstizzen, by Paul Eppler (History of the Basel Mission with four map sketches). Published b...

Albrecht Ritschls Leben, Dargestellt von Otto Ritschl. 2 Volumes complete. Comprises: Vol 1: Published 1892: Ertser Band. 1822 - 1864. Vol 2: Publi...

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....

Histoire Des Conciles Oecumeniques 10; Latran V et Trente, by O. De La Brosse, J. Lecler, H. Holstein & CH. Lefebvre. Published under the direc...

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 ...

The Life and Times of Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. I. by 'A Member of the Houses of Shirley and Hastings' (attributed to Aaron Crossley Hobb...

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume III, containing the Dunciad, in Four Books. SOLD Published in London 1764. Presumed first edition thus. Pr...

Piracy, The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, by Adrian Johns. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - ...

Winston S. Churchill; The Second World War, 4 Volumes, 1948-1951.  SOLD Published by Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney,...

Et Virtutem... Essays on Mill Hill by George F. Timpson. SOLD Published privately to mark the 150th Anniversary of Mill Hill School and the visit o...

Young Romantics; The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2...

William Blake, by Martin Butlin, Tate Gallery Exhibition Guide, 1978. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), Brit...

The Courtesan's Revenge; Harriette Wilson, the Woman who Blackmailed the King, by Frances Wilson. Provenance; from the library of the late William ...

The Business of Enlightenment; A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800, by Robert Darnton. Provenance; from the library of the late Will...

Arthur Miller; A Critical Study, by Christopher Bigsby. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian,...

A Tour in the Lakes Made in 1797 by William Gell, edited by William Rollinson, 1968. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (193...

Joseph Severn, A Life; The Rewards of Friendship, by Sue Brown. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British hi...

Peacock Displayed; A Satirist in His Context, by Marilyn Butler. Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866), was an English, novelist, poet, satirist, and fri...

The Young Shelley; Genesis of a Radical, by Kenneth Neill Cameron. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), Br...

Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-book, 1840, with Poetical Illustrations by L.E.L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon) and Mary Howitt. SOLD Provenance; from the...

Letitia Elizabeth Landon; A Biography, by F.J. Sypher. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British histor...

Letters by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, edited by F.J. Sypher. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British h...

Guilty Thing; A Life of Thomas de Quincey, by Frances Wilson. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British hist...

The Courtesan's Revenge; Harriette Wilson, the Woman who Blackmailed the King, by Frances Wilson. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late Wil...

Lord Byron in Greece, Athens, 22 January - 22 March 1988, The Kostis Palamas Building. Catalogue compiled and edited by Fani-Maria Tsigakou. Contri...

Byron; Child of Passion, Fool of Fame, by Benita Eisler. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian...

Aubrey Beardsley: Selected Drawings. Venus and Tannhäuser; Monographs and articles about Beardsley / Robert Ross, Arthur Simons; intro. Art. M. Lik...

Arthur Miller: Collected Essays, 1944-2000; Echoes Down the Corridor. Edited by Steven R. Centola. Provenance; from the library of the late William...

Andrew Lang, A Critical Biography with a short-title bibliography of the works of Andrew Lang, by Roger Langelyn Green. Published by Edmund Ward, L...

The Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. By William Anderson. Publis...

Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660-1960 by A. Peterkin (1660-1727) & William Johnston (1727-1898), and Sir ...

The Dictionary of Scottish Painters, 1600 to the Present, by Paul Harris & Julian Halsby. Published by Canongate, Edinburgh. 1998 second editio...

Highways and Byways in the West Highlands, by Seton Gordon. With illustrations by Sir D.Y. Cameron R.A. and a Glossary of Place-Name Elements with ...

The Hills of Home by L. Maclean Watt with the Pentland Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson; An Old Scotch Gardener, The Manse: A Pastoral and the Pent...

Hesiod; Theogony and Works and Days. Translated from the Greek by Kimberly Johnson. A new Bilingual Edition. Part of Northwestern World Classics se...

Kalimera Kiwi; To Olympus with the New Zealand Engineers by C.M. Wheeler. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 20...

Publishing, Editing and Reception; Essays in Honor of Donald H. Reiman. Edited by  Michael Edson. Provenance; from the library of the late William ...