Books - "biography"
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'Dearest Emmie'
thomas hardy's letters to his first wife
proof copy 105pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled and foxed w.ink scribbles to rear cover,sl.sunned spine,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies carl j.weber thomas hardy biography
Modern Masters of Etching
number seventeen
first edition 10pp+12 tipped-in plates by lumsden VG (blue paper boards w.title-label to cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned w,rear board unevenly sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.top board starting at foot,contents of text are mod.foxed,plates are clean w.all tissue guards present,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: the studio london 1928
KEYWORDS: arts biography e.s.lumsden etching graphic arts modern masters of etching series
Kingsley Amis
a biography
first edition 382pp ills. VG+ in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography kingsley amis eric jacobs
Honore de Balzac
proof copy 188pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled w.hand-written title to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy e.j.oliver honore de balzac biography
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
ex lib, minimal markings, 298pp maps, VG+(vs l gum stains to ep's, v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press Nashville1972
KEYWORDS: history WWII biography shinn germany
G.B.S. 90
aspects of bernard shaw's life and work
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition george bernard shaw biography history
The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901
102pp ills.[some sepia plates tipped-in] VG (col.ill.paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.sunning,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges w.2cm loss to foot of spine,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled o/w contents generally clean w.tissue guards present,some col.dec.borders to text)
PUBLISHER: ill.london news london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history royalty queen victoria biography britain illustrated london news
King George VI and his Empire
3 vols.
first edition 3 vols. 1395pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.blind stamps,sl.rubbed and soiled,spines sunned w.uneven sunning to boards,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some sl.chipping,dealer's stamp to front pastedowns,eps and edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: rankin london 1937
KEYWORDS: history biography royalty king george vi charles w.domville-fife
Good Wives?
proof copy 343pp NF (in glossy wrappers,review stamp to title)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy margaret forster biography
Man and Wife
first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: harper collins london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography ann oakley richard kay titmuss
Milestones in a Motoring Life
ex-lib first edition 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,tape stains to boards w.d/w taped to pastedowns,usual stamps and pockets,minor gum stains to prelims.) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,flaps sl.trimmed but no loss of text)
PUBLISHER: queen anne press london 1969
KEYWORDS: history motoring biography dudley noble transport
PAUL VERLAINE
ex lib, minimal markings, 287pp illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine foot & head, boards v sl soiled & rubbed, internal seperation at rear repaired with tape)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds London 1937
KEYWORDS: history biography paul verlaine
THE STREET
ex lib, minimal markings, 128pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: McClelland and Stewart Ltd Toronto 1969
KEYWORDS: history biography richler
LIFE OF DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX
ex lib, minimal markings, 392pp, VG-(corners bruised & scuffed, spine head & foot worn with v sl tears, boards rubbed, cracked front & rear hinges)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin & Co Boston 1891
KEYWORDS: history biography dorothea lynde dix
A Precocious Autobiography
first edition in engl. 124pp ills.[b/w] F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dutton new york 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography yevgeny yevtushenko
The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk:
being,a narrative of her sufferings etc
176pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,bumps and wear to extrems.w.some sl.surface losses,several splits to both hinges,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,eps soiled w.2x minor holes to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,spine cracked,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: houlston & stoneman london 1851
KEYWORDS: history biography theology maria monk
Charles Timothy Brooks
translator from the german and the genteel tradition
first edition inscr.by author 114pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.surface chip to foot edge of lower board,author's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: modern language assoc.boston 1937
KEYWORDS: history biography charles timothy brooks camillo von klenze
Close to Colette
first edition 218pp few ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunned spine,paste action to eps,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.,front flap detached but present,several closed tears)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1957
KEYWORDS: biography colette maurice goudeket
Writers at Work
the paris review interviews
first edition 276pp super octavo brown cloth boards VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owner's inscr.and dealer's stamp to fep, sl tanniing and foxing to page edges, spine sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (chipping and closed tears to extrems, light sunning to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1958
KEYWORDS: literature biography interviews paris review malcolm cowley
The Incredible Mizners
first edition 271pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine v.sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography history alva johnston mizner