Biography Books

A smart gift copy from the author to William St Clair as denoted in St Clair's own hand on the first pastedown and with accompanying Publisher's pa...

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...

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

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

A memoir of the life of Henry Dundas (1897-1918), who was killed in action on the Western front in France on the 27th September, during the attack ...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

From the 'Americans in the Greek Revolution' series. The account of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an American surgeon who went to Greece when just 24 ye...

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

A biography of Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Princess Mary; Viscountess Lascelles; An Intimate and Autho...

Ian Hay was the pen name of John Hay Beith (1876-1922), British schoolmaster, soldier, novelist, playwright and historian. His humorous account of ...

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...

A fascinating album of original photographs chronicling the life of Seaman William John Reginald Brown, of Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. He was born...

Some English Philhellenes, by Z.D. Ferriman, Author of "Home Life in Hellas,", Turkey and the Turks," etc. 8 Volume Set, comprising: I: Frank Abney...

Thucydides Mythistoricus, by Francis Macdonald Cornford, Fellow and Lecturer of Trinity College, Cambridge. SOLD Provenance; from the library of th...

The Highlanders of Scotland, by the Late William F. Skene, D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A. (Scot). Edited, with Excursus and Notes, by Alexander Macbain, M.A...

Argyll's Highlands: or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne; With Traditional Tales and Legends of the County of Argyll and the Campbells and Macd...

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

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 ...

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

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

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...

Winston Churchill; The Second World War, 6 Vol set, 1948-1954.  SOLD Published by Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, We...