Biography from David Ford Books

London, Chatto and Windus, 1929 Hardcover book, first edition , 303 pages no dustjacket. Lewis's theories on colour and race. ever controversial subjects. Includes publishers promotional flyer. A very Good copy with white velum? spine and black boards. Previous owners name and date and light foxing. Pictures available.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis,1953-1972 Hardcover books, the complete five volume set in dustjackets . Every book is a first edition in dustjacket. Book 1 ,1953. The Untried Years 1843-1870, 356 pages with illustrations. Book 2. 1962The Conquest of London, 528 pages, illustrations. Book 3 . 1963,The Middle Years, 1884-1894, 340 pages, illustrations. Book 4 1969. The Treacherous years, 1895-1901, 352… Read more about this item

London, Chatto & Windus, 1931 Hardcover book, First Limited edition No 128/260 Signed by the author on limitation page. 63 pages . Tomlinsons study of the author Norman Douglas. A Very Good copy with blue cloth spine and marbled covers. Pictures available.

London: HarperCollins, 1993 First edition, first impression. Hardcover book . Cloth and dustjacket. 585pp. With b&w photos in plates. The first full biography of Gavin Maxwell, by a friend who reveals the complexity of the man and who acknowledges how difficult he could be in personal relationships, at the same time showing the range of his achievements. Very Good… Read more about this item

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket. 378 pages with illustrations. The husband of Katherine Mansfield, and intimate of D.H. Lawrence Murry was a editor, critic and author of around 40 books. A Very good, near Fine copy in a near Fine unclipped dustjacket with very small loss to bottom of jacket… Read more about this item

Surrey, The Merle Press, 1951 Hardcover book, first and limited edition in clear plastic wrapper. No. 110/200 Signed by the author A close friend of D.H.Lawrence who she met in 1909 in Croydon then an assistant master at the Davidson Road School. Larence introduced Corke to Jessie Chambers herself a writer and one… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus 1967 Hardcover book , first edition in dustjacket Bound in blue cloth, with illustrations. A Fine copy in a near Fine dustjacket Very slight sunning and feint mark to jacket spine, no inscriptions. Pictures available.

London, John C. Nimmo, 1888 Hardcover Books, Limited edition of 500 copies . The Autobiography of Cellini italian goldsmith and sculptor . Two volume set with engraved portrait and eight etchins by F. Laguillermie and eighteen reproductions of works by Cellini. Book 1, 321 pages. Book 2, 455 pages Red covers with Black … Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1966-1988 Eight volume mixed set of the definitive biography of Churchill, the first two volumes written by his son Randolph, and continued after the latter's death by the historian Martin Gilbert from Vol.III to VIII. A Very Good set. Details of each volume: Book Volume I. (1966). First edition. Youth 1874-1900. 608pp. B/w… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head 2012 The second volume of biography concludes the most comprehensive life of Nelson ever written. Hardcover book , 1st edition, 1st impression. 1020pp, 33 illustrations, 7 maps. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1972 Hardcover Books, Two volume set , later impressions . Signed by Quentin Bell to Half- Title Page of Volume One. The classic biography by Virginia Woolf's nephew. Book volume one is a fourth impression Volume two is a second impression. Near Fine set in near Fine unclipped dustjackets Photos available.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf The Viking Press, 1966 Hardcover book, in dustjacket, First edition possibly later impression. not so much an autobiography but a book of memories by the two sisters. Signed and dedicated by Rumer Godden to title page. Also enclosed is a typed and signed letter from Rumer Godden in Scotland, with additional hand-written notes.… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1977 Hardcover book, fourth edition, with a prologue and epilogue. Signed by Robert Graves - Deya 1978 to title page . Cloth and dustjacket. 306 pages Pages slightly tanned , Book has the book plate of Jose Agorriz-Melgar, poet and author . corner of half- title page has been snipped ( possibly… Read more about this item

London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 514 pages with illustrations, many in colour. A definitive bibliography of the works of J.K. Rowling including the Harry Potter series and the adult crime books published under her own name and that of Robert Galbraith. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket . Pictures available.

London: Chatto & Windus 1934 1st thus His autobiography. Single volume edition, previously published in 2 volumes in 1933. Hardcover book in dustjacket. vii, 527pp, 8 illustrations. Some light sunning to spine , Nice clean dustjacket , lightly rubbed to edges. A VG+ copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Pictures available.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986 Hardcover book, First edition in dustjacket. 241 pages with illustrations. The autobiography of Harry Daley , London policeman and close friend of E.M. Forster. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Slight tanning of pages. Pictures available.

Boston, London, Little, Brown and Company, 1995 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 662 pages with illustrations. The life of one of the greatest photographers ever and a leading figure of the visual arts in America. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Pictures available.

London, William Kimber, 1984 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 219 pages with illustrations. The Life of Ethel Smyth, composer, suffragette, friend of Emmeline Pankhurst and Virginia Woolf. A Fine copy in a near Fine dustjacket with some very light rubbing to top of jacket spine. Pictures available

London: Granta, 2009 First edition, first impression. HB. Cloth and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 668pp. Introduction by Ian Jack. Consists of Yesterday Morning (about her childhood); Instead of a Letter; Stet; and Somewhere Towards the End, her brilliant reflections on ageing and death. A Fine copy. Photos available.

London, Spottiswoode & Co Ltd, 1907 Hardcover book, First possibly limited edition, privately published. 249 pages with 8 illustrations. A Memorial volume for Dorothy Grey who was the wife of Sir Edward Gray of Fallodon Of fishing and Fallodon paper fame and was secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1905-1916. She died following a riding… Read more about this item