BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY from Richard Thornton Books

James Brindley Engineer 1716-1772
by Boucher,Cyril T.G.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$12.62
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Norwich: Goose and Son Publishers. This is a Fine Copy of this book in publisher's brown coloured boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Price clipped.There are NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely clean… Read more Item Price
$12.62

Richard F Burton His Early,Private and Public Life An Account of His Travels and Explorations
by Hitchman,Francis
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1887
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- Hardcover
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$1,129.67
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London: Sampson,Low,Marston,Searle & Rivington. Two Volume set in Black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spines and upper covers.With red lined borders to top and bottom and there is printer's inprint stamped in blind to the centre of the rear covers.Graded Very Good Copies,light wear to corners,with black matt endpapers in very good order.There are NO previous owner's names… Read more Item Price
$1,129.67

Burton Traveller,Poet,Soldier,Diplomat
by Farwell,Byron
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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$15.15
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London: Longmans. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in publisher's light tan cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Contents remain clean internally.The Dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable… Read more Item Price
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The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Civil Engineer
by Brunel,Isambard
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1870
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- Hardcover
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$567.99
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London: Longmans,Green and Co. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in publisher's brown.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.Great copy for the collector with 5 wonderful plates of among them Clifton Suspension Bridge and The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.There are also some 22 smaller woodcut drawings wrapped in and around the text.The… Read more Item Price
$567.99

Sir Aurel Strein Archaeological Explorer
by Mirsky,Jeannette
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0226531767
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$37.87
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Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in publisher's light tan coloured cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The Dust-wrapper comes well protected… Read more Item Price
$37.87

My Kenya Days
by Thesiger,Wilfred
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 000255268x
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$10.10
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London: Harper Collins. This is a Fine Copy of this book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.The book has one previous owner's name to the front endpaper.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,contents remain… Read more Item Price
$10.10

The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1890
by Smith,Iain R.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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$21.46
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London: Oxford at The Clarendon Press. This is a Near Fine Copy of this book in black cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.The book has NO previous owner's names present.Price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,contents remain… Read more Item Price
$21.46

Dangerous Waters The Life and Death of Erskine Childers
by Piper,Leonard
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1852853921
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$21.46
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London: Hambledon and London. This is a Fine Copy of this book in blue cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.The book has one previous inscription present to the verso of the half title page.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding… Read more Item Price
$21.46

John Nash Architect to King George IV
by Summerson,John
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1935
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- Hardcover
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$22.72
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London: George Allen & Unwin. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.This copy has one previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The contents remain clean internally apart from a little light spotting to the page edges.Illustrated with 16… Read more Item Price
$22.72

Patrick Stirling's Locomotives
by Rolt,L.T.C.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$10.10
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London: Hamish Hamilton Monograph. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in pictorial cloth with matching dust-jacket design.Price clipped.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Illustrated throughout in black and white.8vo 63pp First Edition [1964] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1964. Item Price
$10.10

Brunel A Story Biography
by Rolt,L.T.C.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$6.31
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London: Methuen & Co Ltd. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in a good only dust-wrapper with one large repaired closed tear to the top edge of the upper cover.Not Price clipped.The book has one previous name to the front endpaper.Small 8vo 123pp First Edition [1965] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing.… Read more Item Price
$6.31

A History of the Burmah Oil Company 1886-1924
by Corley,T.A.B.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0434145203
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$10.10
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London: Heinemann. This is a Fine Copy of this book in red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.The book has NO previous owner's names present.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,contents remain clean and the dust-jacket… Read more Item Price
$10.10

James Nasmyth Engineer An Autobiography
by Smiles,Samuel
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- First Edition
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- 1883
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- Hardcover
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$42.41
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London: John Murray. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original green cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine.Complete with a portrait of Nasmyth by George Reid and etched by Paul Rajon and there are Numerous other illustrations within the book.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no… Read more Item Price
$42.41

A Camera in the Hills The Life and Work of W.A. Poucher
by Smith,Roly
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0711228981
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$10.10
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London: Frances Lincoln. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped,and the book has NO previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely clean tight copy with crisp white page edges.The book has a firm… Read more Item Price
$10.10

John Frank Stevens Civil Engineer
by Foust,Clifford
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0253010616
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USA: Indiana University Press. This is a Fine Copy of this book in red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.Not Price clipped.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,contents remain lovely and clean… Read more Item Price
$10.10

The Life of My Choice
by Thesiger,Wilfred
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 000216194x
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$13.88
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London: Collins . This is a Fine Copy of this book in black cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the Dust-Wrapper.The book has one previous owner's name to the front endpaper.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,contents remain… Read more Item Price
$13.88

Palmerston and Africa The Rio Nunez Affair Competition,Diplomacy and Justice
by Braithwaite,Roderick
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1860641091
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$10.10
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London: British Academic Press. This is a Fine Copy of this book in grey coloured cloth with black title lettering to the spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped.Lovely clean bright copy with crisp white page edges.There are no previous names or inscriptions present.Great copy for the collector,8vo 350pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1996] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st… Read more Item Price
$10.10

Barnes Wallis A Biography
by Morpurgo,J.E.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0582103606
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$11.36
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London: Longman. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's original grey flecked cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket which has no chips or tears to the edges of the wrapper.Price clipped and this copy has NO previous ownership inscriptions present.Firm binding with no hinge weakness.Complete with 37 wonderful b&w plates.8vo 400pp First Edition… Read more Item Price
$11.36

Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive
by Young,Robert
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1923
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- Hardcover
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$36.35
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London: The Locomotive Publishing Company . This is a Very Good Copy of this book in black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.The book has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.It would appear that the book has been rebound at some stage with new plain grey endpapers.The book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness… Read more Item Price
$36.35

Livingstone The Doctor His Life and Travels A Study in Medical History
by Gelfand,Michael
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
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- Hardcover
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, GBR
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$18.93
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Oxford : Basil Blackwell. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in Publisher's blue coloured cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Illustrated with some 23 plates including a large folding map at… Read more Item Price
$18.93