Books - "biography"
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LARRY
A Biography of Lawrence D. Bell - Avaition pioneer and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation
Black cloth with gilt to spine, 260pp illus, NEAR FINE with v sl foxing to ep's & fore edge, d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing & v sl rubbed/sunned, v sl waer to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Nelson-Hall Chicago 1981
KEYWORDS: aviation biography lawrence bell
Conversations with Capote
first uk edition 244pp ills. octavo hardcover VG+ in d/w VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography lawrence grobel truman capote
Freak
a semi-demi-quasi-pseudo autobiography
first edition 127pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: riverhead/penguin new york 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
reprint 176pp ills. super octavo VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained w.minor wear to extrems.,owner's sign to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed w.soiled edges,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: warne london 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition beatrix potter margaret lane biography
Driving under the Affluence
proof copy 321pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy julia phillips holywood biography
The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy
first edition 819pp ills. VG+ (sl.soiled w.sl.sunned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spine) in G+ d/w (sl.soiled and browned,sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.some losses to spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john galsworthy letters biography
The Crisis of Modern Thought
first edition 208pp VG+ (sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown w.owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (external tape repairs at head/foot of spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dennis dobson london 1948
KEYWORDS: modern first edition andre gide biography philosophy
The Familiar Faces
third part of an autobiography
first edition 221pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to clipped ffep,edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned and scuffed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition david garnett biography
The Life of Edward Fitzgerald
vol.ii only
first edition vol.ii only 301pp ills.[some col.] VG (red cloth,paper title label to spine,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: grant richards london 1904
KEYWORDS: history biography edward fitzgerald
The First Triple Alliance
the letters of christopher lindenov danish envoy to london 1668-1672
ex-lib first edition 528pp VG+ (sl.wear and bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,spine sl.shaky) in VG- d/w (mod.soiled w.spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.minor hole to spine)
PUBLISHER: yale univ.press new haven 1947
KEYWORDS: military history biography westergaard lindenov denmark
Nice to Have You Aboard
ex-lib first edition 217pp+ads.ills. VG (usual stamps and labels,tape stains to boards,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: george allen & unwin london 1964
KEYWORDS: military biography history navy world war ii nautical
I Know a Rotten Place
ex-lib first edition 117pp VG (usual stamps and pockets,sl.shelf wear,d/w tape to boards,title repired at gutter,eps and edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,taped to boards,sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: arlington books london 1975
KEYWORDS: history biography
High Endeavour
ex-lib first edition 79pp ills. VG (usual stamps and pockets,sl.wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled and foxed,mod.sunned,chipping to extrems.w.minor losses)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1944
KEYWORDS: history biography military
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
vol.iii only
vol.iii only 425pp ills. VG (sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,boards sl.shaky,teg,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: century co.new york 1910
KEYWORDS: napoleon biography history
Black Beech and Honeydew
an autobiography
first edition 287pp ills. VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges and end pages, stamp from prev bookseller to lower front pastedown) in VG d/w (light scuffing to spine with surface loss to extrems, light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography ngaio marsh
Buckskin Joe
ex-lib first edition 194pp VG+ (usual stamps and pockets,d/w taped to boards,tape stains to eps) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,spine sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: univ.of nebraska press lincoln 1966
KEYWORDS: biography history wild west edward jonathan hoyt
Elvis Presley:1935-1977
[first edition] 47pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (in pict.wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: rulebourne london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition elvis presley music biography
Elvis Presley
a special tribute
second printing 128pp ills.[b/w] VG (in pict.paper wrappers,mod.rubbed,sl.soiled and sunned,chipping to extrems.w.minor losses at head of cover and to foot corner,wrapper pulling away from staples at spine,contents sl.browned due to cheap paper)
PUBLISHER: page publ.surry hills [australia] [1977]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition elvis presley music arts biography
Saint Joan of Arc
first edition 436pp ills.[incl.fold-out map at rear] VG (orange cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,minor wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,owner's bookplate to front pastedown ,ink marks to clipped ffep,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: cobden-sanderson london 1936
KEYWORDS: modern first edition vita sackville-west joan of arc biography history
Fallodon Papers
reprint 178pp ills.[woodcuts by robert gibbings] VG (black cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.sl.sunning,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some bubbling to cloth on cover and spine,ffep pasted down to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean,teg sl.rubbed,edges sl.soiled,boards sl.bowed)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history biography viscount grey