Biography Books

An early nineteenth-century religious biography of Susan Huntington (1791–1823), an American Christian writer and diarist associated wit...

An interesting association copy of Peter Shaffer’s celebrated play, dramatising the rivalry between Mozart and the court composer Antoni...

An attractive annual volume of The Youth's Instructor and Guardian for 1847, a Wesleyan Methodist periodical combining religious and moral instruct...

A biographical account of Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope (1846–1899), the distinguished Scottish soldier who served in numerous British mili...

An uncommon first edition of this study of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton (c.1538-1608), the distinguished Scottish lawyer and jurist, best remember...

Pitcairn: The Island, the People, and the Pastor; to Which is Added an Account of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island, ...

Two scarce Victorian travel accounts by David Kennedy, Junior, describing the Kennedy family's professional tours performing Scottish songs in Indi...

First edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Fortunes of Nigel, published anonymously in 1822 as the work of "The Author of Waverley". ...

A landmark study of William Caxton (c.1422-c.1491), the merchant, translator and printer who introduced the printing press to England and produced ...

Stanley Jackson's The Sassoons traces the remarkable history of the wealthy and influential Sassoon family, from their origins in Baghdad and the e...

P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton's Bring on the Girls! is a lively and frequently irreverent memoir of their years in American musical com...

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...

Acts of Light brings together selected poems by Emily Dickinson with luminous colour paintings by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, accompanied by an appreciat...

Minority Report; H. L. Mencken's Notebooks by H. L. Mencken is a posthumous collection of the author's private notebooks, first published in 1956. ...