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History of Cyrus the Great
University of Michigan. Soft cover. Facsimile reprint, first published in 1850. In the series Michigan Historical Reprint. A rather romantic historical biography. Small crease to front cover, no inscriptions, VG. 0. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 10188
GBP 10,96 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 14.41 | JP¥ 2222]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, CYRUS, XENOPHON History
Over the Minch from Kyleakin to Stornoway
Arbroath, Arbroath Herald. 1997. (ISBN: 0900454172). Soft cover. Reprint. Following his adventure by kayak up the West coast of Scotland in the 1930s with Alasdair Dunnett, told in The Canoe Boys, Adam made the first kayak crossing to Lewis. Signed by the author to the title page and with \'To Tom from Seumas\' to the front cover verso. VG. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 10378
GBP 43,75 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 57.52 | JP¥ 8870]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: 0900454172 SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, NAUTICAL, MARITIME, SIGNED, INSCRIBED Scottish Travel
Lady Gregory
Lewisburg, Bucknell University Press. 1973. (ISBN: 083871207x). Soft cover. In the Irish Writers series - a critical reassessment of the playwright and mythologist. Covers lightly worn and marked, no inscriptions, good. Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 9183
GBP 7,87 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 10.35 | JP¥ 1596]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: 083871207x IRISH, IRELAND, LITERARY CRITICISM, AUGUSTA GREGORY Literary criticism
Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, Knight; Part I and Part II
Edinburgh, Ayr and Galloway Archaeological Association. 1887. Hardcover. Two vols, part I from 1540 - 1584, part II from 1584 - 1597. Part I (No. 183 of an edition of 300), has cream cloth boards a little worn, marked and sunned, internally clean and sound, good in much tattered poor DJ; Part II is in brighter and better condition with many pages unopened, generally VG in marked, chipped and edge-worn, good DJ. The two vols are heavy and may require extra postage. Good/Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 12277
GBP 75,06 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 85.75 US$ 98.69 | JP¥ 15219]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY History Scottish
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
Falling Wall Press. 1984. (ISBN: 0905046234). Soft cover. The second edition of the autobiography of the famed nurse. Very slight wear to illustrative covers, smudge to edge of page-block, no inscriptions, generally VG. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 13712
GBP 5,70 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 6.5 US$ 7.49 | JP¥ 1156]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: 0905046234 biography, medicine Medicine
Words of the Grey Wind: Family and Epiphany in Ulster
Belfast, Blackstaff Press. 2009. (ISBN: 9780856408434). Soft cover. Lyrical meditations. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 12127
GBP 42,66 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 48.75 US$ 56.09 | JP¥ 8649]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: 9780856408434 PHILOSOPHY, BIOGRAPHY Philosophy
Philip Freneau, the Poet of the Revolution
Gale Research Co. Detroit 1968 HB. Hardcover. Reprint. Cover a little worn, partially erased pencil marks to ffep, o/w VG, no DJ. 285pp 0. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 7773
GBP 13,71 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 18.03 | JP¥ 2780]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, USA, AMERICAN REVOLUTION General
H P Blavatsky the Light-Bringer - the Blavatsky Lecture 1970
London, The Theosophical Publishing House. 1970. Soft cover. Biographical and philosophical. Includes a glossary. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 10235
GBP 8,77 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 11.53 | JP¥ 1778]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY, THEOSOPHY Philosophy
Recollections of a Happy Life
Edinburgh, R & R Clark. 1891. Hardcover. Author was a Deaconess of the Church of Scotland, writing about her brother Major Robert Baillie. Blue cloth a little worn, with white marks to the back cover, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 12352
GBP 14,22 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 18.7 | JP¥ 2883]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, RELIGION, PRAYER Religion Scottish
All the Way to Yesterday
Kirkconnel, Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society. 2006. Soft cover. Memories of childhood in Galston, South Ayrshire, nursing in Glasgow and life in Orkney. Illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 12187
GBP 10,94 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 14.38 | JP¥ 2218]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, BIOGRAPHY Scottish
The Heart of the Matter
BBC Books London 1st edition 1996 HB. Hardcover. The Land, sex in the classroom, forgiveness of child murder, prejudice, are some of the topics examined in this "searching and thought-provoking" book. VG in Good DJ 253pp 0. Very Good/Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 1291
GBP 5,92 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 7.78 | JP¥ 1200]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: TV, POLITICS, BROADCASTERS, CURRENT AFFAIRS, BIOGRAPHY
West over the Waves: The Final Flight of Elsie Mackay
Wigtown, GC Books. 2010. Soft cover. Reprint. An early aviator, lost in an attempt to fly the Atlantic. Signed by the author to the title page. Light wear to illustrative covers, no other inscriptions, generally VG. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 12229
GBP 16,41 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 18.75 US$ 21.58 | JP¥ 3327]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, INSCRIBED Scottish Signed
Welcome, Good Friends
Peter Davies. 1958. Hardcover. Covers worn, marked and sunned, foxing to prelims and to edge of page-block, name to front paste-down. Pasted to the end-papers and in a pocket pasted to the back are many newspaper cutting relevant to the theatre of the time. Sound but good only. Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 14406
GBP 9,43 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 12.4 | JP¥ 1912]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: biography, theatre Theatre
The Promised Land
Times Commercial Printers Hamilton, NZ 1st 1977 HB. Hardcover. A biography of journalist Colin Wilson, signed by Colin Wilson to the ffep verso. Blue cloth covers a little worn and marked, some slight age-mottling to pages but generally tight, clean and sound, good in good DJ, edge-worn, a little chipped and lightly marked. 208pp 0. Good/Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 9048
GBP 19,69 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 25.89 | JP¥ 3992]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY, NEW ZEALAND, WAIKATO TIMES
Isaac Brock - Larger Than Life
XYZ Publishing Quebec 2000 PB. (ISBN: 0968360173). Soft cover. The author sets Brock\'s adventurous life story in the context of the larger struggle between Britain and France, as well as Canadian history in 1812. VG - inscribed by previous owner on FFEP. 179pp 0. Very Good.
Byre Books Professional sellerBook no.: 6315
GBP 14,90 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 19.59 | JP¥ 3021]
Catalogue: Biography
Keywords: 0968360173 GENERAL, BIOGRAPHY, WAR OF 1812, BATTLE QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, DETROIT General
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