Books - "biography"
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Duncan Grant: A Biography
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 570pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl rubbing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1997
KEYWORDS: Duncan Grant artists art history biography biographies memoir
There's the Lighthouse: A Biography of Adrian Stephen
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 187pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl soiling to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: James & James 1997
KEYWORDS: bloomsbury group history biography biographies memoir Adrian Stephen
The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 510pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to board extrems/edges, light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine, heavy cracking to rear hinge/spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, sm ink stamp to top of front pastedown, minor cracking to gutters at prelims)
PUBLISHER: Duckworth & Co 1906
KEYWORDS: Leslie Stephen letters correspondence biography biographies memoir literary
Literary Gent
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1978
KEYWORDS: biography david higham book trade
The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Quirk Books 2015
KEYWORDS: biography bill murray acting film
Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist
Super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 452pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 1998
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Primo Levi
The Exile: A Life of Ivy Litvinov
Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983
KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical
Good Night, Beloved Comrade: The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver
Octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xiv + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2017
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Denton Welch Eric Oliver biography autobiographies memoir literary literature art
Nobody Grew But the Business: On the Life and Work of William Gaddis
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history
My Way: The Way of the White Clouds
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Element 1995
KEYWORDS: Osho philosophy biography transformation spiritual spirituality happiness love
Baird T. Spalding: As I knew Him
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: DeVorss & Co. Publishers 1980
KEYWORDS: Baird T. Spalding life lives biography 20th century religion religious
Swedenborg: Life and Teachings
Sm 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The Swedenborg Society 1974
KEYWORDS: Swedenborg life lives biography education early science philosophy philosopher 18th century
Rules of the Game: Beyond the Pale: Memoirs of Sir Oswald Mosley and Family
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1994
KEYWORDS: life lives biography memoirs Sir Oswald Mosley 20th century English England politics
Breif Lives
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Book Clubs Associates 1983
KEYWORDS: John Aubrey 17th century biography literature
The Biography and Typgraphy of William Caxton, England's First Printer
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: FrederickMuller 1971
KEYWORDS: William Caxton William Blades biography typography printing history printer
George Borrow: The man and His Work
Octavo hardcover (VG) frontis loose; 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: Cassell & Co 1908
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir George Borrow
Ahead of His Age: Bishop Barnes of Birmingham
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: William Collins Sons & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: Bishop Barnes history England English religion religious biography biographies memoir Christianity
On a Spaceship With Beelzebub, by a Grandson of Gurdjieff
Octavo softcover (VG) some underlining in ink; 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: Globe Press Books 1991
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir spirituality spiritual formation Georges Gurdjieff
Long Pilgrimage
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: The Dawn Horse Press 1983
KEYWORDS: teachings wisdom philosophy spirituality Shivapuri Baba memoir biography biographies teachers
Richard Dimbleby: A Biography
LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (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 1975
KEYWORDS: Richard Dimbleby biography biographies memoir journalists journalism broadcasters history