Biography & Autobiography from Tarrington Books

London: Blayney and Fryer, 1858. 1st Edition . Good. 4.25 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17 cm). Orange paper wraps, heavily discoloured to rear cover and edges of front cover. Rebacked and with restoration inside both covers (to the margins). Loss to corners of covers. Engraved frontis with foxing, clean text throughout. A very scarce early biography of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1914. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm). First UK edition. Blue cloth binding. Page edges untrimmed. A few small marks to covers. A little foxing to page edges. A few pages creased to upper corner. Light tanning to half title page and last page of ads.… Read more about this item

London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1950. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Some wear and slight loss to edges. Light stain to rear cover. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Red cloth binding. Foxing to page edges. A few… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1985. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 23.5 cm). Dust jacket: Slight creasing to ends of spine. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Blue cloth binding. Slight bumping to corners and ends of spine, otherwise in very clean condition throughout.… Read more about this item

London: Quartet Books, 1978. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 7 x 10 inches (17.5 x 26 cm). Dust jacket: No wear, light browning to flaps. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Brown cloth binding. Slight bumping to edges of boards, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1984. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Dust jacket: Very slight browning, a little light creasing. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Black cloth binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Very clean condition throughout. Overall book condition… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915. Reprint . Very Good Minus. 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Blue cloth binding. Page edges untrimmed and unopened. A little light marking to boards. Slight fading to spine, a little wear to ends of spine. Slight wear and bumping to corners of boards. Light browning and slight foxing to… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1968. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm). Dust jacket: Wear to ends of spine and corners. A few short tears to edges. Light soiling and a few small marks to rear cover. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: First… Read more about this item

London: J. Whiston and B. White, 1758-1760. 1st Edition . Good. 8.5 x 10.25 inches (21.5 x 25 cm). Complete two volume set. Full calf leather bindings. Spines with five raised bands, red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Double gilt fillet border to boards. Rubbing and scarring to boards. Heavy wear to corners of boards.… Read more about this item

Milano (Milan): Prem. Tip. San Giuseppe, 1932. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.75 x 9.75 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Card wraps with sun fading. Light browning to pages, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Includes the errate slip (with wear to edges). Italian language. Rare account of Italian historian Bernardino Corio and his history of Milan,… Read more about this item

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1986. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Light rubbing. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Green buckram binding. Fading to top page edge, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. ISBN:… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Members of the The Limited Editions Club, at the Curwen Press, 1938. 1st Edition Thus . Good Plus. 6.5 x 10 inches (16.5 x 25 cm). Complete three volume set. Limited edition, number 1030 of 1500 copies. Lacking slipcase. Olive buckram binding. Leather title labels to spines, with rubbing, also fading to label on… Read more about this item

London: W.H. Allen , 1978. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light rubbing and shelf wear. Short tear to front flap. Price crossed out. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Blue cloth binding. Browning to pages, otherwise in… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). First UK edition. Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Fading to spine and front board. A few small marks to spine. Top page edge dusty. Clean text throughout. Biography of US lawyer Clarence Darrow. Overall condition is Very Good Minus.… Read more about this item

London: Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., 1955. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Spine slightly faded and has wear to head. Light soiling to rear cover. Slight wear and rubbing to edges. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Red cloth… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. 1st Edition . Good Plus/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Light rubbing. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Quarter black cloth with beige paper covered boards. Heavy foxing to page edges. Clean text throughout. Overall book condition is Good… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd., 1920. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19 cm). Grey cloth binding. Browning and light staining to spine. Light marking to boards. Browning to page edges. Good solid binding, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (12.5 x 19… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Slight rubbing to edges. A little light soiling to rear cover. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Red cloth binding. Browning and foxing to page edges. Very clean text… Read more about this item

Poole: J. Looker Ltd , 1953. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light stain to spine. No wear. Unclipped. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Limp blue cloth binding. A little light marking to covers, otherwise excellent. Inscribed 'With my compliments' and… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1885. 3rd Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 8 inches (14 x 20.5 cm). Half brown morocco leather binding by Bumpus. Marbled boards. Top page edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration. A few light marks to leather. Excellent solid binding with no cracking to… Read more about this item