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Robert Adam


YARWOOD, DOREEN

Super octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1970

KEYWORDS: architecture design building history architects Robert Adam biography biographies memoir

$35.00
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Mishima: A Vision of the Void


YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE & MANGUEL, ALBERTO (Trans)

FIRST US EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1986

KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography Mishima literature first US editions

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The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship


LISICKY, PAUL

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press 2016

KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography memoir autobiography Paul Lisicky

$35.00
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The Strange Case of Edward Gorey


THEROUX, ALEXANDER

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics Books 2011

KEYWORDS: literary art biographies biography memoir Edward Gorey literature

$30.00
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Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns


MARGOLICK, DAVID

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Other Press 2013

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir John Horne Burns gay lgbtq

$17.50
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A E Housman: The Scholar-Poet


GRAVES, RICHARD PERCEVAL

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1980

KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography memoir A E Housman poets poetry literature

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Picturing Wright: An Album From Frank Lloyd Wright's Photographer


GUERRERO, PEDRO E & FILLER, MARTIN (Fore)

Ex-library, square super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pomegranate Artbooks 1993

KEYWORDS: American architects architecture Frank Lloyd Wright biographies biography memoir photos photography

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On and Off the Record: A Memoir of Walter Legge


SCHWARZKOPF, ELISABETH & VON KARAJAN, HERBERT (Intro)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1982

KEYWORDS: music biographies biography memoir Walter Legge EMI record producers

$40.00
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King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B B King


DE VISE, DANIEL

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 482pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate staining to page edges- some minor adhesion) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, slight chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Grove Press 2021

KEYWORDS: blues music musicians guitarists B B King biography biographies memoir

$80.00
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The Hidden Russia: My Ten Years as a Slave Laborer


KRASNOV Jr, N N

Octavo, black heavy boards, red cloth spine with black lettering, x + 341pp, VG (light scuffing to board extrems, minor fading to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm patch of label residue to front pastedown, moderate underlining to text to preface, prologue & first page of chapter one) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some discreet archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1960

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir biography autobiography autobiographies N N Krasnov pows prisoners of war Russia Russian

$40.00
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Winston S Churchill: Companion Volume I, Part I 1874-1896


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, US EDITION, super octavo, maroon & beige spine & boards, gilt & blue lettering to spine, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl water staining to rear page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/scuffing & chipping to edges, minor fading to spine & front cover, moderate chafing & surface loss, light wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1967

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill biographies biography memoir British prime ministers history government parliament politics political US editions

$40.00
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Action This Day: Working With Churchill


NORMANBROOK, LORD et al & WHEELER-BENNETT, Sir JOHN (Ed & Intro)

Tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing to edges, minor wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill British government parliament history biography biographies memoir anecdotes

$14.00
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Philip: The Final Portrait


BRANDRETH, GYLES

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Coronet / Hodder & Stoughton 2021

KEYWORDS: British royal family biographies biography memoir Prince Philip monarchy

$19.50
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Diana Mosley: Mitford Beauty, British Fascist, Hitler's Angel


DE COURCY, ANNE

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus / Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: Diana Mosley history biographies biography memoir

$38.50
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An Ordinary Joker: The Life and Songs of Peter Cape


CAPE, PETER & STEELE, ROGER (Compiled & Ed)

DISC AT REAR, oblong imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts N/D (c.2001?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musicians biography biographies memoir Peter Cape

$20.00
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The Double Life of Jane Austen


HODGE, JANE AIKEN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Jane Austen

$10.00
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Jane Austen


SHIELDS, CAROL

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phoenix 2001

KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Jane Austen literature

$15.00
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Burns: Life, Genius Achievement


HENLEY, W E

Octavo softcover- paper wrappers (G+) some loss to spine; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: T C and E C Jack 1898

KEYWORDS: Robert Burns literature literary biographies biography memoir Scottish poets

$10.00
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The Great Engineer: The Story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel


SALTER, R J

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Lutterworth Press 1963

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers biography biographies memoir history Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years


PAGE, NORMAN

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 1998

KEYWORDS: W H Auden Christopher Isherwood literature literary biographies biography memoir

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