Books - "biography"
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Shirley Temple Song Album No.2
[first edition] [unpaginated] ills. VG+ (in ill.wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.rubbed and sl.chipped spine,sl.wear to extrems.,inside covers sl.foxed o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: sam fox publ.new york [1936]
KEYWORDS: music arts shirley temple cinema biography
Sing with Shirley Temple
[first edition] [unpaginated] ills. VG+ (in ill.wrappers,sl.rubbed and foxed,sl.wear to extrems.w sl.chipping to spine,sl.foxing to inside covers o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: sam fox publ.new york [1935]
KEYWORDS: arts music shirley temple cinema biography
Famous Water-Colour Painters
iv - richard parkes bonington
first edition 6pp+8 col.plates tipped-in VG+ (tan paper boards w.title label to cover,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,plates are clean and bright w.all tissue guards present) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.chipping and closed tears to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: the studio london 1929
KEYWORDS: arts water-colour painting richard parkes bonington biography
The Naval Who's Who 1917
facsimile reprint 344pp NF (blue vinyl,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: j.b.hayward polstead [1981]
KEYWORDS: military history nautical navy biography
Dictionary of Admirals of the U.S.Navy
2 vols.;1862-1900/1901-1918
first edition 2 vols.217/319pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue vinyl,v.minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: naval institute press annapolis 1989
KEYWORDS: military history biography nautical us navy william b.cogar
Stevensoniana
an anecdotal life and appreciation of robert louis stevenson
new and revised edition 350pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's stamps to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,teg,fore and lower edges untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: john grant edinburgh 1910
KEYWORDS: biography history robert louis stevenson j.a.hammerton literature
Some Acoount of the Life and Works of Hans Holbein,Painter of Augsburg
first edition 426pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.gilt borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,frontis.loose but present,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,some pp unopened at head edge,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1867
KEYWORDS: history arts biography hans holbein ralph nicholson wornum
The Other Man
conversations with graham greene
first uk edition 187pp NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled w.dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (sl.browned w.sl.bumps to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography graham greene marie-francoise allain
P.G.Wodehouse
a biography
[first edition] 399pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG d/w (light soiling w.minor bumps and small tears to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london [1982]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography p.g.wodehouse frances donaldson
Art & Lifestyle
first ed, 285 pp, ills (many col) VG+ (beige bloth with authors name imprinted on cover and spine, creasing to ffep, v.sl soiling to half title page,v sl sun fading to extrems throughout, contents clean.) in VG+ d/w (many bright colours with v.sl wear to extrems, sun fading to rear and front flaps.)
PUBLISHER: felicie new york [1974]
KEYWORDS: neimen le roy art biography
Rain Upon Godshill
a further chapter of autobiography
first edition 331pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,cocked,) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.browned,mod.chipping to extrems.,internal foxing,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography j.b.priestley literature
Dear Sarah Bernhardt
first uk edition 232pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,minor shelf wear,pp105-112 bound in upside-down) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography sarah bernhardt francoise sagan
The Works of James Thomson
first edition 220pp ills.[b/w incl.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: john dicks london 1874
KEYWORDS: modern first edition james thomson patrick murdoch biography
Toulouse-Lautrec
a definitive biography
first edition in engl.317pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp throughout,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,cracked and sl.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: perpetua books london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography arts henri perruchot henri toulouse-lautrec
Watching the Tree to Catch a Hare
a chinese daughter reflects on happiness,spiritual beliefs and universal wisdom
first australian edition [special overseas edition] 248pp Nr. F in Nr. F d/w
PUBLISHER: flamingo/harper collins london [printed in australia] 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition adeline yen mah biography history china
My Life and Times
octave two 1891-1900
proof copy 319pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,owner's sign.to half-title o/w contents clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition compton mackenzie biography proof copies
Hirschfeld
first edition, 224pp, ills (b/w) VG +( red cloth, sl wear to extrems, v sl foxing to some foredges,cocked) in VG d/w (wear to extrems, one small closed tear, sl soiled and sunned.)
PUBLISHER: dodd, mead and company , new york 1979
KEYWORDS: hirschfeld john russell arts biography
Abbotsford the Personal Relics and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott
first edition,66pp, ills (col) VG (large format, blue cloth with gold blind stamps, bumps and wear to extrems, browned/foxed front/ rear paste down and ffep, sl foxing throughout, all plates clean.)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black, london, 1893
KEYWORDS: sir walter scott mary scott william gibb collectables antiques biography history
The Red Glutton
impressions of war written at and near near the front
first edition,318pp, G+ (red cloth, bowed and sl cocked, bumps and wear to extrems, sl sunned, soiling to spine and rear boards, sl suface loss to rear board, beginning to separate at ffep, foxing to prelims, minor foxing to contents and foredges, binding shaky.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton, london 1915
KEYWORDS: irvin cobb WWI military biography
The Buried Day
first edition 244pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.uneven sunning,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,browned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine and rear cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition c.day lewis biography literature