New York: Harper & Bros, 1869. Byron's private life was scandalous and very public! The Contessa Teresa was his mistress for several years during the writing, appropriately, of Don Juan. Late in her life she set the record straight with this memoir, which is quite uncommon, as was her love. She first wrote and published in French; this is the first English translation, and the publisher names her. So much for anonymity. A Very Good copy, originally with a purple cloth binding, now faded to a tan on the spine and margins of the covers. Gilt lettering on the spine is still bright. Clean text; 67... View More...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Lady Burton's biography was published initially in 1893 as two volumes. Penzer was not impressed by her efforts, noting that she plaiarized Hitchman's work and lacked editing skills, insering many odd and irrelevant items - but not the letters and journals she had destroyed. This is a Very Good copy of a "New Edition" from five years later that has been compressed by Wilkins into one volume, no doubt improving the product greatly. This edition much less common than the First; not in Penzer (Casada #347). Decoratively bound in gray cloth with gilt titlin... View More...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Isabel brought out her two-volume pro-vita memoir in 1893; Penzer was not impressed by her efforts, noting that she plagiarized Hitchman's work and lacked editing skills, insering many odd and irrelevant items - but not the letters and journals she had destroyed. This is a Very Good copy of a "New Edition" from five years later that has been compressed by Wilkins into one volume, no doubt improving the product greatly. This edition much less common than the First; not in Penzer (Casada #347). Decoratively bound in gray cloth with gilt titling. Blindstam... View More...
London: Navarre Society Limited, 1935. Cust (1861-1940) wrote extensively on art; this is one of his major works. Originally published in 1910, this is a First Edition Thus issued by the Navarre Society, known for their reprints of classics in fine bindings. Navarre first published their edition in 1927, but this incorporates new material by the author.Two Volumes, 390 pages and 533 pages (indexed). Very Good copies, in blue cloth, blindstamped, with gilt lettering and decorations. This binding appears to mimic the 1910 edition from Bell, but with a different design on the spine. Many illustra... View More...
Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 2000. New edition of biography of the Welsh poet. Fine in DJ (As New condition). Plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. The Scottish philosopher and satirist (1795-1881) entrusted his friend and disciple Froude (1818-1894) with material only to be published after his death. Froude's work kicked over a hornet's nest, only one of several public disputes that the polemical historian had. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition (perhaps! Harper also published it in that year, and one or the other might be a pirate). Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and a facsimile signature on the front cover. Clean text; 536 pages, with four pages of publisher's advert... View More...
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1978. A biography of the ever-fascinating explorer, linguist, and swordsman. The author won an Emmy Award for his BBC television documentary "The Search for the Nile," that dramatised the expedition and rivalry of Burton and John Hanning Speke. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition (stated). Light tan paper-covered boards with a brown cloth spine, titling in gilt. Clean text; 288 pages. Indexed. Sixteen pages of illustrations. Some tiny bumps to the edges of the front cover. The dustjacket is complete, unclipped, with a tiny bit of edgewea... View More...
New York: Knopf, 1980. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Gray cloth paper-covered boards with linen spine, gilt lettering. Mild fade at the margins. Clean text; 389 pages, indexed. The dustjacket has been clipped, and shows some edgewear; several small chips and closed tears. In a protective plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: Henry Holt, 2000. The first biography of the famed author of the Aubry-Maturin naval series. Fine copy in unclipped Fine DJ; plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. Biography of the famed anthropologist by his equally famous wife. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Black paper-covered boards with gilt titling on the spine. The front cover has an blindstamped representation of Kroeber's signature. Clean text; xi, 292 pages. The dustjacket has been clipped and has some faint edgewear. In a plastic protector.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
