Books - "biography"
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TEST PILOT
Octavo blue cloth boards with gilt to spine, 215pp illus, VG (light tanning to board edges, sl foxing and tanning to ep's) d/w VG-(several small tears (max 6cm) to spine creases and flap folds, some reinforced with tape externally,sl internal foxing, light foxing to covers, sl. sunned)
PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate London 1953
KEYWORDS: aviation 615 squadron biography duke
No Previous Experience
first edition 240pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: viking/penguin london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography elspeth cameron
The Eye of God
a life of oscar kokoschka
proof copy 302pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.stained w.v.minor chip to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1999
KEYWORDS: oscar kokoschka art painting biography
Backcloth
first edition 313pp ills. octavo blue cloth boards VG+ (v.sl.cocked, sl soiling to board edges and page edges) in d/w VG+ (old sale sticker to front cover, light sunning to spine and front cover)
PUBLISHER: viking/penguin harmondsworth 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition dirk bogarde biography
The Kaiser and His Times
proof copy 513pp ills. VG- (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained w.mod.uneven sunning,spine creased and rubbed w.sl.chipping to head/foot,pp1-38 missing,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: cresset press london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy kaiser biography history
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
proof copy 373pp VG+ (in red paper wrappers,spine and hinges sl.sunned,sl.creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography pam hirsch barbara leigh smith bodichon feminism proof copy
My Forty Years in Africa
first edition 195pp ills. VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.bumps to head/foot of spine,ffep missing,prelims.and edges v.sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to rear pastedown) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine and 2x2cm loss to head of cover,internal amateur tape repairs to spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1960
KEYWORDS: africa history travel biography geography anthropology burger
AT THE WAR
Red cloth with gilt to spine, 288pp illus, VG-(minor bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl edge wear, sl rubbing & staining to boards, sl browning to ep's, v sl foxing throughout, v sl internal seperation at front)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton London 1916
KEYWORDS: military WWI france england northcliffe biography
BOMBER HARRIS
The Story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris
Blue cloth with gilt to spine, 347pp illus, VG+ with v sl foxing to ep's, d/w VG
PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1984
KEYWORDS: aviation biography bomber harris WWII
Places
first edition in engl. 157pp ills. VG+ (pale blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,top board sl.bowed,owner's sign.to half-title,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition colette biography
The New Rythum
and other pieces
first edition 135pp ills. NF (v.sl.foxing to eps and edges) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sunned and sl.uneven sunning to cover,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.int.foxing)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ronald firbank biography
Dr Freud
proof copy 407pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.incl.minor crease to rear cover,sl.mark to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: sinclair-stevenson london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy biography sigmund freud
Nabokov:His Life in Part
first edition 285pp ills. NF (edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.scratch to rear)
PUBLISHER: viking press new york 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition andrew field vladimir nabokov biography
I Lost My Heart To The Belles
first edition 326pp ills. F (shop security label to rear pastedown) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition pete davies biography soccer football sport
Rupert Brooke:A Memoir
first edition thus 159pp VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,paper title-label to spine chipped,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed and soiled w.edges soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1918
KEYWORDS: modern first edition rupert brooke biography
Outside the Right
a sequel to inside the left
first edition 231pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,te red,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor losses w.some silverfish holes,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: george allen and unwin london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fenner brockway biography history politics
Caracciola Mercedes Grand Prix Ace
an autobiography
[first edition] 175pp lacks fep, remenants of d/w loosely enclosed, VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: g.t.foulis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: rudolf caracciola motor racing biography sport
Massine
first edition 34pp+31 b/w tipped-in plates VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled and stained w.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,eps sl.foxed,contents printed on grey/brown paper,plates clean and crisp,untrimmed edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1939
KEYWORDS: biography ballet dance massine history
The Football Who's Who
320pp ills. VG- (green cloth,soiled/stained and sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.hole to upper hinge,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.browned,sl.cocked and bowed)
PUBLISHER: assoc.sporting press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: football soccer english fa biography
LARRY
A Biography of Lawrence D. Bell - Avaition pioneer and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation
Black cloth with gilt to spine, 260pp illus, NEAR FINE with v sl foxing to ep's & fore edge, d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing & v sl rubbed/sunned, v sl waer to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Nelson-Hall Chicago 1981
KEYWORDS: aviation biography lawrence bell