HURD, MICHAEL

Ex-library, 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: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Ivor Gurney biographies biography memoir

NEAGU, PHILIPPE et al & NECTOUX, JEAN-MICHEL (Ed)

Sm folio, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, red publisher's motif to front board, 141pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning & water staining to boards- with minor bruising also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/chipping & water staining to edges, light tanning & moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1990

KEYWORDS: music performers ballet dancers dance profiles biographies biography Nijinsky

BRIGGS, RAYMOND

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 103pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light cahfing & soiling, moderate foxing, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1998

KEYWORDS: biography literature literary Raymond Briggs Ethel Ernest parents illustrated cartoons autobiography first editions

COSIO, DON TELESFORO DE TRUEBA Y

Duodecimo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to maroon leather title plates on spine with gilt decoration/tooling also, title vignette to prelims, 344pp, VG (light rubbing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, minor cracking to gutters at front, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co, and Hurst, Chance, and Co London 1829

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books biography biographies memoir Hernan Cortes Mexico Mexican history 16th sixteenth century Spanish conquistadors

SPALDING, FRANCES

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

MacGIBBON, JEAN

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

MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM

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

HIGHAM, DAVID

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

SCHNAKENBERG, ROBERT

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

CLARK, STUART (Curated by)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, brown & white lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hot Press Books 2021

KEYWORDS: music entertainment bands The Cranverries Dolores O'Riordan biographies biography memoir Ireland Irish

LOCKYER, DAVID & MACKENZIE, DAPHNE (Ed)

SIGNED & DATED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 456pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges/corners, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David R Lockyer 2014

KEYWORDS: signed David Lockyer New Zealand history biography biographies memoir Margaret Barnett Cruickshank settlers pioneers medical

ANISSIMOV, MYRIAM & COX, STEVE (Trans)

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

CARSWELL, JOHN

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

WELCH, DENTON & MURTAUGH, DANIEL J (Ed & Intro)

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

TABBI, JOSEPH

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

OSHO

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

BRUTON, DAVID

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

TROBRIDGE, G

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

MOSLEY, NICHOLAS

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

AUBREY, JOHN; BARBER, RICHARD (ed)

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