Books - "biography"
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In the Company of Marguerite Bourgeoys
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: Novalis 1982
KEYWORDS: French religion religious history biography biogarphies Marguerite Bourgeoys
The Life of the Empress Eugenie (Third Edition)
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 1906
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Empress Eugenie history historical aristocracy nobility
The Passion of Ayn Rand
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: Doubleday 1986
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Ayn Rand
A Walk With Alan
Tidy 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: Quartet Books 1973
KEYWORDS: true crime correctional institutions Alan inmates biographies biography imprisonment children care homes
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: His Life and Work
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: University Press of the Pacific 2000
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky biography biographies science scientists
Kenneth Grahame: An Innocent in the Wild Wood
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: Allison & Busby 1996
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Kenneth Grahame
Tambimuttu: Bridge Between Two Worlds
Tidy ex-library, 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: Peter Owen 1989
KEYWORDS: Tambimuttu literature literary biography biographies memoir letters letter writing
Kafka's Milena
Tidy 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: Condor / Souvenir Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Milena Jesenska Czech literature literary inspiration Franz Kafka biography biographies memoir
Dorsey
INSCRIBED & SIGNED 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: Mountain Wusa 2006
KEYWORDS: Dorsey McDaniel Canada Canadian immigrants history biography biographies memoir signed Wendy Marie Bush
Geoffrey Keyes: Royal Scots Greys
FIRST 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: George Newnes 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions Geoffrey Keyes biography biographies memoir military history
Lucian Freud: Paintings
Imp. 8vo, pp. 135; illus. llight card covers; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges with some light chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1989
KEYWORDS: Lucian Freud 20th century art artists painting painter paintings life lives biography criticism history
An Eye for Nature: The Life and Art of William T. Cooper
4to, pp. x + 278; illus. heavy card boards; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; gift inscription in black ink to ht; adhesive residue exposed to ht from ffep at gutter); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: NLA Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: Penny Olsen William T Cooper wildlife art artists Australia Australian painting painter birds ornithology ornithological illustration life lives biography
The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Viking 2022
KEYWORDS: C J Hauser life lives biography memoir autobiography
The Island
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Hale & Iremonger 1984
KEYWORDS: Antigone Fefala New Zealand Europe life lives biography memoir autobiography
Peter Pears: A Biography
Super 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1992
KEYWORDS: Christopher Headington Peter Pears life lives biography
Percy Grainger
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1982
KEYWORDS: John Bird Percy Grainger 19th 20th century life lives biography
The Magic of a Line
Super 8vo, pp. 348; white cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; top pg edge stained orange, frontis., photos, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout; musty smell); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, some archival repairs to extrems; closed & open tears to spine extrems; price clipped).
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1965
KEYWORDS: Laura Knight life lives autobiography biography memoir 20th century
Alan Pearson: His Life and Art
Signed, inscribed & dated by Alan Pearson. Imp. 8vo, pp. viii + 159; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to base of ffep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Alan Pearson 20th century New Zealand art artist life lives biography criticism Denys Trussell
The Life of Charles Ledger (1818 - 1905) Alpacas and Quinine
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 222pp, illus, folding Ledger family tree to rear, related ephemera loosely enclosed, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl chafign & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1988
KEYWORDS: Charles Ledger family history biography biographies memoir plants botany industry animals alpacas quinine cinchona trees
Philip Roth: The Biography
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 898; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in white; plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; some sl water damage; sl tanning).
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2021
KEYWORDS: Blake Bailey Philip Roth life lives American literary biography 20th century