Books - "biography"
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Some New Letters of Edward Fitzgerald
first edition 178pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,some sections unopened) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,yellowed w.spine browned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses,internal chip to spine)
PUBLISHER: williams and norgate london 1923
KEYWORDS: literature biography edward fitzgerald f.r.barton
Ginsberg A Biography
first edition 588pp ills.VG in VG d/w (sl.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: simon and schuster new york 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition allen ginsberg barry miles biography
FAREWELL TO CRICKET
Green cloth with green title to spine, 320pp illus, G+(sl bruised & scuffed corners, boards water stained with some surface damage, wear at extremities with v sl tears at spine head, sl foxing to ep's, sl cracked front hinge, owners insc. to fep)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1950
KEYWORDS: cricket bradman biography
Private Lives of Kaiser William II and his Consort
vol.3 only
limited edition [645/1000] vol.3 only pp505-558/1-191 ills. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained and sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,chipping to title-label on spine,minor closed tear to middle of spine,boards sl.shaky,minor foxing to eps and untrimmed edges,sl.cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: fred de fau new york 1909
KEYWORDS: history royalty biography kaiser william henry w.fischer
Welcome to All This
first edition 185pp some ills. VG- (original card wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.uneven sunning to covers,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.minor losses to head/foot of spine,sl.creasing to front cover due to paper lifting from card at fore-edge,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1931
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography d.b.wyndham lewis
'Dearest Emmie'
thomas hardy's letters to his first wife
proof copy 105pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled and foxed w.ink scribbles to rear cover,sl.sunned spine,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies carl j.weber thomas hardy biography
Modern Masters of Etching
number seventeen
first edition 10pp+12 tipped-in plates by lumsden VG (blue paper boards w.title-label to cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned w,rear board unevenly sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.top board starting at foot,contents of text are mod.foxed,plates are clean w.all tissue guards present,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: the studio london 1928
KEYWORDS: arts biography e.s.lumsden etching graphic arts modern masters of etching series
Kingsley Amis
a biography
first edition 382pp ills. VG+ in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography kingsley amis eric jacobs
Honore de Balzac
proof copy 188pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled w.hand-written title to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy e.j.oliver honore de balzac biography
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
ex lib, minimal markings, 298pp maps, VG+(vs l gum stains to ep's, v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press Nashville1972
KEYWORDS: history WWII biography shinn germany
G.B.S. 90
aspects of bernard shaw's life and work
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition george bernard shaw biography history
The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901
102pp ills.[some sepia plates tipped-in] VG (col.ill.paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.sunning,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges w.2cm loss to foot of spine,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled o/w contents generally clean w.tissue guards present,some col.dec.borders to text)
PUBLISHER: ill.london news london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history royalty queen victoria biography britain illustrated london news
King George VI and his Empire
3 vols.
first edition 3 vols. 1395pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.blind stamps,sl.rubbed and soiled,spines sunned w.uneven sunning to boards,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some sl.chipping,dealer's stamp to front pastedowns,eps and edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: rankin london 1937
KEYWORDS: history biography royalty king george vi charles w.domville-fife
Good Wives?
proof copy 343pp NF (in glossy wrappers,review stamp to title)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy margaret forster biography
Man and Wife
first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: harper collins london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography ann oakley richard kay titmuss
Milestones in a Motoring Life
ex-lib first edition 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,tape stains to boards w.d/w taped to pastedowns,usual stamps and pockets,minor gum stains to prelims.) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,flaps sl.trimmed but no loss of text)
PUBLISHER: queen anne press london 1969
KEYWORDS: history motoring biography dudley noble transport
PAUL VERLAINE
ex lib, minimal markings, 287pp illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine foot & head, boards v sl soiled & rubbed, internal seperation at rear repaired with tape)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds London 1937
KEYWORDS: history biography paul verlaine
THE STREET
ex lib, minimal markings, 128pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: McClelland and Stewart Ltd Toronto 1969
KEYWORDS: history biography richler
LIFE OF DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX
ex lib, minimal markings, 392pp, VG-(corners bruised & scuffed, spine head & foot worn with v sl tears, boards rubbed, cracked front & rear hinges)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin & Co Boston 1891
KEYWORDS: history biography dorothea lynde dix
A Precocious Autobiography
first edition in engl. 124pp ills.[b/w] F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dutton new york 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography yevgeny yevtushenko