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Leonard Woolf: A Political Biography


WILSON, DUNCAN

Ocatvo 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: The Hogarth Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography politics

$16.50
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Beginning Again: An autobiography of the years 1911 to 1918


WOOLF, LEONARD

Ocatvo 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: The Hogarth Press 1972

KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography autobiography 20th century

$16.50
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Sowing: An autobiography of the years 1880 to 1904


WOOLF, LEONARD

Ocatvo 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: The Hogarth Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography autobiography 20th century

$16.50
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Growing: An autobiography of the years 1904 to 1911


WOOLF, LEONARD

Ocatvo 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: The Hogarth Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography autobiography 20th century

$9.00
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Rum, Bum and Concertina


MELLY, GEORGE

Paperback (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: Futura Publications Limited 1978

KEYWORDS: George Melly autobiography biography 20th century

$40.00
1y79a/2

The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers


CARR, VIRGINIA SPENCER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xix + 598pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing & bruising to board edges/extrems, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light to moderate chafing/tanning & wrinkling/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1977

KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies memoir Carson McCullers literature literary

$40.00
1y79a/4

One Hand Clapping: A Memoir of Childhood


MURRY, COLIN MIDDLETON

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1975

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Richard Cowper John Middeton Murry

$95.00
1y79a/17

Georges Perec: A Life in Words


BELLOS, DAVID

Super octavo, green/teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 802pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, black marker line to base of page block) in d/w, VG+ (in tidy removable protective cover, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvill 1993

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Georges Perec

$25.00
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Lives of the Engineers; Harbours - Lighthouses - Bridges, Smeaton and Rennie


SMILES, SAMUEL

SPINE PARTIALLY DETACHED BUT BINDING SOUND, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration & black rule to front board, frontispiece, ix + 389pp, illus, G+ (spine brittle/cracking & partially detached & flapping, moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to front board, heavy scuffing & minor surface loss to rear board, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep missing, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to full title page, some minor ink annotation & underlining to contents page & prelims, occasional moderate crackinglight to moderate soiling & foxing to terminals with ex-libris ink stamp also).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers biography bridges smeaton rennie lighthouses harbours design construction history

$40.00
1y91a/18

The Unknown Leonardo


RETI, LADISLAO (Ed) & BUHRER, EMIL M (Designed by)

Lg heavy quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies Leonardo da Vinci

$20.00
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My Early Times


DICKENS, CHARLES; ROWLAND, PETER (ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG+), in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1988

KEYWORDS: Chalres Dickens 19th century literautre Victorian biography Folio Society

$15.00
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Lawrence: The Uncrowned King of Arabia


ASHER, MICHAEL & PERU, MARIANTONIETTA (photo)

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: Penguin 1999

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence military history biography Arabian revolt

$22.50
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The Worlds of John Aubrey


AUBREY, JOHN; BARBER. RICHARD (ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1988

KEYWORDS: John Aubrey biography history education philosophy

$22.50
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His Excellency the Spectre: The Life of Fritz von Holstein


KURENBERG, JOACHIM VON; LORIMER, E O (trans) & STEED, WICKHAM (intro)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; 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: Constable & Co 1933

KEYWORDS: biography Fritz von Holstein German 18th century 19th century

$20.00
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Wilson: The Authorised Life of Lord Wilson of Rievaulx


ZIEGLER, PHILIP

Heavy 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1993

KEYWORDS: biography life Lord Wilson 20th century lives

$27.50
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After the Fireworks: A Life of David Ballantyne


REID, BRYAN

Signed & inscribed by author. 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: Auckland University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: David Ballantyne New Zealand biography

$32.50
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Bruce Chatwin


SHAKESPEARE, NICHOLAS

Signed by author. 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: The Harvill Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Bruce Chartwin biography 20th century

$15.00
xxfgb200768

Haig: The General's Prgogress


MORRIS, ROGER

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: Robson Books 1982

KEYWORDS: Alexander Haig United States politics biography

$10.00
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Soldier, Sailor, Priest: Biography of the Rev G. T. Robson 1887-1979


HARKER, JACK S

Ex-library. 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: Challange Communications Foundation 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand G T Robson biography military religion

$16.50
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Madame Tussaud


COTTRELL, LEONARD

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: Evans Brothers 1951

KEYWORDS: Madame Tussaud Marie Grossholtz London England 18th century biography

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