Books - "biography"
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Churchill: A Life (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spines, frontispieces, xxiv + 1198pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl spotting & creasing to page edges) in slipcase, Near FINE (v sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004
KEYWORDS: folio society English former prime ministers Winston Churchill history British politics political leaders biography biographies memoir
Soul Catcher: Java's Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I 1726-95
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, map to prelims, xix + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: NUS Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Java history historical figures leaders Prince Mangkunagara i 1st first kings rulers Indonesia Surakarta biography
Bernhard Karlgren: Portrait of a Scholar
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, brown/beige lettering to spine, 333pp, illus, VG (light to moderate chafing to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Lehigh University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Bernhard Karlgren scholars academics sinology Chinese language China
Chanel: An Intimate Life
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: Fig Tree / Penguin 2011
KEYWORDS: fashion icons designers houses design biography biographies memoir Gabrielle Coco Chanel history
Nobody Said No To Go
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: Faber and Faber 1999
KEYWORDS: Emily Hahn social history biography biographies memoir famous women
Michel Foucault
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: Faber and Faber 1993
KEYWORDS: Michel Foucaulgt biography biographies memoir philosophy philosophers
Lytton Strachey and the Search for Modern Sexual Identity: The Last Eminent Victorian
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: Harrington Park Press 2002
KEYWORDS: Lytton Strachey gay lgbtq homosexual men biography biographies memoir modernism literature literary
To the Heart of Asia: The Life of Sven Hedin
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) tidy copy- sticker residue to boards; 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: Ann Arbor / University of Michigan Press 1984
KEYWORDS: exploration explorers Sven Hedin biography biographies memoir
Howard Hughes: The Untold Story
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: Dutton / Penguin 1996
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Howard Hughes tycoons history
A Mind at Ease: Barbara Pym and Her Novels
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: literature literary biography biographies Barbara Pym
The Bhagavad Gita
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: Princeton University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: religion literature bhagavad gita literary biography criticism
Mao: The Unknown Story
SIGNED, 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: Vintage 2006
KEYWORDS: signed Jung Chang Chairman Mao biography biographies memoir China Chinese leaders
The Story of Louisa Alcott
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 G Harrap & Co 1935
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Louisa May Alcott
The Three Brontes
REPRINT, 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: Hutchinson & Co N/D (Reprint)
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies Bronte sisters