Biography Books

Kitagawa Utamaro (c.1753-1806) was one of the great masters of Japanese ukiyo-e, celebrated particularly for his elegant and psychologically subtle...

A particularly substantial and extensively illustrated Victorian edition of John Howie's celebrated Scots Worthies, the classic collecti...

First published in 1775, John Howie's The Scots Worthies became one of the best-known collections of biographies from Scotland's Presbyt...

An interesting text containing an intriguing collection of scientific papers, this handsome Glasgow University prize volume was awarded in 1893 und...

“This edition of Boswell’s Life of Johnson is reprinted from that prepared by Mr. Mowbray Morris for the Messrs. Macmillan’s ‘Globe’ series in 1893...

There and Back Again; J.R.R. Tolkien and the Origins of The Hobbit, by Mark Atherton. Published by I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd, London and New York. ...

WELLS, H. G. (Herbert George Wells, 1866-1946). Autograph card signed to Margaret Haig Thomas, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, concerning a "Woman's Commu...

A contemporary biography of one of the founding figures of the British Labour movement, J. Keir Hardie chronicles the life and career of the pionee...

Volume I of the Sixth Series of Chambers's Journal, covering December 1897 to November 1898, marking the beginning of a new era for one of Britain'...

The Scots Magazine was Scotland's leading eighteenth-century periodical and remains one of the richest contemporary records of the political, socia...

The Plays of William Shakespeare. Edited and Annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. Illustrated by H.C. Selous. In 3 Volumes, complete; The C...

William Wallace's Kant provides an accessible introduction to the life, ideas and lasting influence of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Writte...

James Hutchison Stirling's The Text-Book to Kant is a substantial guide to some of the most challenging sections of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pur...

Tolkien; Maker of Middle-Earth, by Catherine McIlwaine. Published by the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2018. Reprint - first printed in the same year. ...

The Making of Middle-Earth; The Worlds of Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, by Christopher Snyder. SOLD Published by Union Square & Co., New Y...

Saltire Self Portraits; Alasdair Gray.  A concise autobiographical work by Alasdair Gray, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in m...

The Life of Sir Isaac Newton by Sir David Brewster is one of the classic nineteenth century biographies of Newton and the first substantial life of...

J.R.R. Tolkien; A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter is the first full authorised biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors...

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien presents a carefully selected collection of the author's correspondence, edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the assist...

Scottish Book Collector, Vol. 2, Issue 3, February/March 1990, including Alasdair Gray's Storyboard for the film of Lanark An interesting issue of ...

A substantial and visually impressive celebration of the imagination and legacy of Douglas Adams, bringing together a wide-ranging exploration of t...

A substantial scholarly reference set devoted to the life, writings, and critical reception of George Eliot, bringing together a wide-ranging selec...

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was one of the most influential poets and literary voices of the twentieth century, known for her intensely personal and p...

Cultural Amnesia by Clive James is an expansive and highly personal work of literary and cultural criticism, first published in 2007. Structured th...