Books - "biography"
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Left Hand Right Hand!/Great Morning/Laughter in the Next Room/The Scarlet Tree
4 vols.
reprints 4 vols.in slipcase VG (fawn cloth,eps and content edges lightly foxed, top edges mauve) in VG d/ws (light creasing and bumps to extrems.) in scruffy slipcase (plain grey card,mod.rubbed and foxed, tape repairs to all edges)
PUBLISHER: reprint society london 1949/1950/1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography osbert sitwell
T S ELIOT THE MAN AND HIS WORK
first edition, blue cloth, 397pp illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, sl rubbed with v sl surface loss, v sl bumped board edges, v sl sunned spine, v sl soiled, prev owners sign to ffep, ex libris bookplate to ffep, prev owners sign to title page, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography t s eliot
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
The Shaping of the Historian
First edition, brown boards, 499pp + xxxvi index, G+ (internal separation at hinges and several locations in contents, binding holding except ffep which is loose, otherwise contents tight and unmarked( d/w VG- (sl creases & wear to extrems, sl sunned, v sl soiled & rubbed,
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg, London, 1973
KEYWORDS: thomas macaulay historian biography
Living Dangerously
the autobiography of ranulph fiennes
reprint, signed and dated by author, 263pp ills.[b/w and col.] imperial octavo hardcover, VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems, light soiling to lower page edges) in VG d/w (light wear to covers, light bruising and chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1990
KEYWORDS: biography travel autobiography ranulph fiennes signed
Little Jennings and Fighting Talbot
a life of the duke and duchess of tyrconnel
first edition 2 vols.674pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.4cm of nibbles to upper hinge of vol.2,owner's stamp to ffep/title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spines cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1913
KEYWORDS: history biography politics philip w.sergeant
PROFESSOR OSCAR J. GOLDRICK AND HIS DENVER
together with his address delivered on the early history of Denver, July 4, 1876
Ex lib, minimal markings, paper wraps, 36pp, frontis illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: Sage Books, Denver, 1959
KEYWORDS: nolie mumey oscar j goldrick biography history denver
The History of the Life and Adventures and Heroic Actions of the Renowned William Wallace
to which is annexed the life and martial achievements of that valiant hero robert bruce
220/104pp [single vol.] VG- (full leather probable rebind,rubbed and soiled,lacks title labels to spine,leather on spine split vertically and starting to separate,wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky,owner's sign.to title,sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and separation at many sections)
PUBLISHER: fairbairn edinburgh 1807
KEYWORDS: biography history military william wallace robert bruce william hamilton
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
A Critical Study
ex lib, minimal markings, 246pp illus, VG-(spine re-covered, corners sl bruised & reinforced with tape, sl edgewear, boards rubbed & soiled, front d/w flap attached to front pastedown, ep's & text edges v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press New Haven 1951
KEYWORDS: history biography katherine mansfield
The Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace,the Liberator of Scotland
299pp+ads. VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained,sl.sunned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,yellow eps sl.soiled,owner's sign.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: james m'glashan dublin 1849
KEYWORDS: history biography william wallace george grant scotland
BEYOND ALL PITY
first uk ediiton, ex lib, minimal markings, 190pp illus, G+(sl bruised & scuffed corners, edgewear, sl tears to spine head & foot, spine joints scuffed, boards sunned rubbed & soiled, sl cocked, internal seperation at front & rear)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press London 1962
KEYWORDS: history biography carolina maria de jesus
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST CONAN DOYLE
ex lib, minimal markings, 138pp illus, VG(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl edgewear, sl cocked) d/w V-+(in plastic, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Whizzard Press London 1979
KEYWORDS: history biography conan doyle
SHEILA SCOTT
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 264pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to boards) d/w NF in plastic
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1990
KEYWORDS: history aviation biography sheila scott
Te Puea
a biography
first edition 331pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth, light wear to extrems, prev owners details in ink to front paste down, light foxing to page edges and prelims) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled, chipping and small tears to extrems, sl sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton auckland 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography te puea michael king maori
A TIME TO LOVE A TIME TO DIE
ex lib, minimal markings, 282pp, VG-( v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl cocked, sl edgewear, v sl soiled fore edge, sl internal seperation at rear) d/w VG(in plastic, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: W H Allen London 1970
KEYWORDS: prince leopold loewenstein biography
Fourteen Years
extracts from a private journal 1925-1939
first edition limited numbered and signed by author [144/500] NF (beige cloth w.brown quarter leather spine,gilt titling to spine,v.sl.soiled,eps and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,ghost of owner's sign.to ffep,author's numbered sign.to colophon opp.title,publisher's order form for this title loosely inserted)
PUBLISHER: meanjin press melbourne 1948
KEYWORDS: literature biography signed nettie palmer history
Living Dangerously
the autobiography of ranulph fiennes
first us edition proof copy 266pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.sunned w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: atheneum new york 1988
KEYWORDS: literature proof copies biography travel ranulph fiennes
THE JEWELLERS WINDOW
Some Notes and Reflections on the Ways of Words and Man
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 150pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd Christchurch 1964
KEYWORDS: arnold wall philosophy biography sociology
BROTHER TO A DRAGONFLY
ex lib, minimal markings, 268pp, VG+(v sl edgewear, v sl sunned, v sl foxing to edges0 d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: The Seabury press New York 1977
KEYWORDS: history biography will campbell
Tallulah
my autobiography
first edition 288pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.sunning to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine w.lower 4cm missing,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1952
KEYWORDS: biography history literature tallulah bankhead
Letters From New Zealand 1857-1911
first edition 357pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,creasing to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems, light tanning to spine, owner's inscr.to ffep, prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: hugh rees london 1914
KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature henry w.harper biography