Books - "biography"
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Leonard Woolf: A Political Biography
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
Beginning Again: An autobiography of the years 1911 to 1918
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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1972
KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography autobiography 20th century
Sowing: An autobiography of the years 1880 to 1904
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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography autobiography 20th century
Growing: An autobiography of the years 1904 to 1911
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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Leonard Woolf biography autobiography 20th century
Rum, Bum and Concertina
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PUBLISHER: Futura Publications Limited 1978
KEYWORDS: George Melly autobiography biography 20th century
The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers
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
One Hand Clapping: A Memoir of Childhood
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
Georges Perec: A Life in Words
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
Lives of the Engineers; Harbours - Lighthouses - Bridges, Smeaton and Rennie
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
The Unknown Leonardo
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
My Early Times
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
Lawrence: The Uncrowned King of Arabia
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1999
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence military history biography Arabian revolt
The Worlds of John Aubrey
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
His Excellency the Spectre: The Life of Fritz von Holstein
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
Wilson: The Authorised Life of Lord Wilson of Rievaulx
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
After the Fireworks: A Life of David Ballantyne
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
Bruce Chatwin
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
Haig: The General's Prgogress
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
Soldier, Sailor, Priest: Biography of the Rev G. T. Robson 1887-1979
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
Madame Tussaud
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