Biography

The Swedish Institute, 1992. 3rd printing; "Famous Swedes" series (there are 16 others including Saint Birgitta and August Strindberg). Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. With a cover illustration of an engraving based on the painting by Alexander Roslin (1775), this is a good introduction to the life and work of Sweden's Prince of Biologists. A few plates. 32 pp.; bibliography. more information

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Bloomsbury, 2004. 1st edition, fifth impression. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. A fascinating autobiography by an actress of considerable versatility. (12), 301, (4) pp. more information

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Thomas Evans, Redditch, 1903. Hard covers, no wrapper. Good /No Jacket. End papers with numerous signatures and owners' stamps, along with those of a school in the Isle of Man (also in text). An unusual work by a provincial publisher. 230, (2) pp., engraved portraits. more information

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Macmillan & Co, 1997. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. The author was a high-flying fund manager until her suspension in 1997, whose case became a cause celebre for equal opportunities in the banking sector. Interesting, and more personal than the subtitle suggests. (8), 276 pp. more information

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Gwasg Dwyfor, 2003. 1st edition. Paper covers. As new/No Jacket. Nearly new. Life and work of a distinguished North Wales naturalist, by a well-known writer on Snowdon's natural history. Well illustrated and referenced. 160 pp., 8 pages of colour plates, numerous text figures, index. more information

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Aurum, 2005. Paperback edition with new appendix, first published in 1999 as "David Douglas, explorer and botanist". Paper covers. Fine /No Jacket. A rather pedestrian biography of a great botanical pedestrian and canoeist, whose travels in North America brought a major haul of new plant introductions to British gardens and whose discoveries of new trees were legendary. Douglas perished under dubious circumstances in Hawaii, gaining him semi-mythical status as the archetypal backwoodsman. Though this is a good paperback read, William Morwood's "Traveler in a vanished landscape" (1973) is a more insightful treatment. x, 246 pp., 8 pp. of monochrome photographs. more information

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Putnam, 1934. 2nd edition. Hard covers, no wrapper. V.g/No Jacket. Cloth cover sl. soiled. Ripping yarn combining the author's early autobiography with an account of his work in the newly established Soviet Union, providing a fascinating glimpse of the turmoil at the end of the First World War and the emergence of a new world order. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 2004. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /V.g. Life story of a colourful character. x, 386 pp. more information

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Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, Trondheim, 1960. Paper covers. Good /No Jacket. Minor damage to spine, discreet stamp of Royal Society of Edinburgh, otherwise a very good copy. Contains a membership list of the Patrons and Members of Scandinavia's oldest natural history society, founded in Trondheim in 1760 and still going strong. This is essentially a biographical dictionary of Norwegians and other nationalities, with brief descriptions of their areas of activity and interest, occupations and bibliographic citations of obituaries etc. Curiously Carl von Linne, the distinguished Swedish naturalist, gets only the briefest mention: "Professor i medisin og botanikk m.v. i Uppsala". The book concludes with a list of Gunnerus Medal winners and an alphabetical index to personal names. 184 pp. more information

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Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1956. Erste Auflage, 7-11 Tausend. Hard covers, plastic protective cover. V.g/ No Jacket . Popular account of the life of Napoleon with eclectically named chapters such as 'To the Towers of Notre Dame. 'The Eagle Flies' , 'Waterloo' and 'Malmaison'. 436. (6) pp. , sm. inscription with date stamp on ffep. more information

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Macmillan, 2002. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /Fine. Jacket price clipped, otherwise nearly new. The third episode of BBC reporter's autobiography deals with the post-9/11 world and the dangers of reporting it. Simpson is the archetypal rough diamond reporter but still manages to sound posh with it. xx, 471 pp. more information

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