Biographies

The Life of John William Colenso, D.D. Bishop of Natal (2 Vols.)

Small amount of wear to the boards. Bindings on both volumes firm, a number of pages are uncut. Scarce first edition of this important work. Bookplate of C Carleton Jones on fep of both volumes. Carleton Jones was the chairman of the New Consolidated Goldfields.

The Life of John Xavier Merriman

Foxing to the fep and title page

The Lonely Sky


The Man Who Presumed: a Biography of Henry M Stanley

Bookplate pasted on front endpaper. Slight foxing on top fore edges of pages. DW has minor creasing at top and fading to spine.

The Natal Diaries of Dr W H I Bleek, 1855-1856 / Translated from the German with Some Additional Material and Notes By O H Spohr

Past owner’s bookplate pasted on front fep. Lower corners of boards and spine slightly stressed.

The Pictorial Biography: Lester Piggott


The Piper of Pax: The Life Story of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell

Mild foxing of most pages of text; binding firm. Spine faded, cloth worn at edges and corners bumped. Small stains on front and back boards.

The Quiet Man

” a biography of the Hon. Ian Douglas Smith I.D Prime minister cof Rhodesia”". Dust jacket is worn with minor creasing on edges. Good firm copy.”"”

The Register, and Magazine of Biography, a Record of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Genealogical and Personal Occurrences 1869

Two vols in one. Slight wear to front board.and to corners. Five raised bands on spine with gilt decoration.

The Rt. Hon. Godfrey Martin Huggins, First Viscount Malvern of Rhodesia and Bexley. His Life and Work

No. 378 of 1000 copies. 51pp, Very slight wear to the top edge of the dw.