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In the Company of Marguerite Bourgeoys


QUIGLEY, FLORENCE

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

$25.00
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The Life of the Empress Eugenie (Third Edition)


STODDART, JANE T

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

$24.50
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The Passion of Ayn Rand


BRANDEN, BARBARA

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

$15.00
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A Walk With Alan


HART, TOM

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

$25.00
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: His Life and Work


KOSMODEMYANSKY, Prof & DANKO, X (Trans)

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

$16.50
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Kenneth Grahame: An Innocent in the Wild Wood


PRINCE, ALISON

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

$25.00
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Tambimuttu: Bridge Between Two Worlds


WILLIAMS, JANE (Ed & Preface) & WATERFIELD, ROBIN (Intro) & RAINE, KATHLEEN (Consultant Ed)

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

$19.50
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Kafka's Milena


CERNA, JANA & BRAIN, A G (Trans)

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

$32.50
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Dorsey


BUSH, WENDY MARIE

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

$25.00
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Geoffrey Keyes: Royal Scots Greys


KEYES, ELIZABETH

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

$40.00
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Lucian Freud: Paintings


HUGHES, ROBERT; FREUD, LUCIAN

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

$100.00
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An Eye for Nature: The Life and Art of William T. Cooper


OLSEN, PENNY; ATTENBOROUGH (forew)

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

$20.00
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The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays


HAUSER, C J

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

$35.00
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The Island


KEFALA, ANTIGONE

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

$28.50
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Peter Pears: A Biography


HEADINGTON, CHRISTOPHER

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

$16.50
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Percy Grainger


BIRD, JOHN

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

$100.00
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The Magic of a Line


KNIGHT, LAURA

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

$95.00
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Alan Pearson: His Life and Art


TRUSSELL, DENYS; GARRITY, T P (introd)

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

$100.00
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The Life of Charles Ledger (1818 - 1905) Alpacas and Quinine


GRAMICCIA, GABRIELE

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

$40.00
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Philip Roth: The Biography


BAILEY, BLAKE

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

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