Books - "biography"
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters & Cowper's Private Correspondence edited by Rev. Grimshawe
SEVEN VOLUMES ONLY (missing volume 4 of 8) , first edition in original binding, duodecimo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped decorative rule to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard & illus title page to vols 1 to 7, xxii + 335pp, xvi + 340pp, xx + 354pp, xvii + 413pp, lviii + 281pp, viii + 359pp + 8pp book adverts, 431pp (Vols 1 to 8 respectively), some pages still unopened (uncut), VG (bruising & fraying to spine extrems, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals, moderately heavy browning to illus & tissue guards, frontispiece & tissue guard missing to vol.1, some staining to boards, binding sloppy in vol.8)
PUBLISHER: Saunders and Otley 1835
KEYWORDS: William Ley Rev TS Grimshawe William Cowper biography literature essays letters correspondence
Burton Brothers: Photographers
Large quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 139pp, illus, VG+ (inscription & owner's name to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate tanning to edges, some creasing & nicks to edges & spine extrems, light soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: John McINdoe Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: Hardwicke Knight New Zealand photography photographers Walter Alfred Burton Brothers biography
The Wilde Album
First edition; octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) d/w (Nr Fine) illus; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Merlin Holland photographic biography Oscar Wilde photography
The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Virago 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Diana Souhami satirical biography Radclyffe Hall literature
Life of Lord Byron, with His Letters and Journals in Six Volumes
Six-volume set, original bindings, many pages unopened (uncut), octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, frontispiece & illus title pages, xiii + 359pp + 32pp book ads (vol.1), 340pp, 376pp, 359pp, 376pp, 448pp (vols 2 to 6 respectively), sparsely illustrated, VG (heavy browning to spines, some staining & rubbing to boards, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, heavy browning to page edges & eps, annotation 1897 to fep verso, wear to front& rear hinge paper of vol 1, dampstaining to front hinge of vol 4, some tanning & foxing, crease to rear ep vol.1)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1851
KEYWORDS: Thomas Moore Lord Byron biography correspondence letters journals diaries
The Life of James McCosh: A Record Chiefly Autobiographical
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, dark blue eps, fontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 287pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, internal hinges cracked, light soiling to eps, tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: T. and T. Clark 1896
KEYWORDS: James McCosh William Milligan Sloane autobiography memoir biography first edition
Autobiography
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1989
KEYWORDS: specials John Stuart Mill biography autobiography philosophy history poltics economics
Clinton: The President They Deserve
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Walker president Bill Clinton politics biography
The Tao of Muhammad Ali
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Davis Miller Muhammad Ali boxing sport biography
John Buchan
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Janet Adam Smith John Buchan biography politics history
Mao Tse-Tung: Political Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Paperback (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: Pelican 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Stuart Schram Mao Tse-Tung politics history biography
Merchant of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer M.G.M. and the Secret Holywood
Paperback (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: Pan 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Chales Higham Hollywood biography literature Louis B. Mayer
The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert, Romances, Travels, Comedies, Sketches and Correspondence in 10 Volumes with a critical introduction by Ferdinand Brunetiere and a biographical preface by Robert Arnot
10-volume set, limited deluxe edition of 500 sets only, imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule to front board & spine, t.e.g, all vols have frontispiece with captioned & illus tissueguard, xxxiii + 288 (vol.1), all other vols have individually paginated works, VG (moderate fading to spines, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderately heavy browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Privately printed 1926
KEYWORDS: Gustave Flaubert literature novels correspondence biography Ferdinand Brunetiere Robert Arnot
Constance Astley's Trip to New Zealand, 1897 - 1898
Square imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Jill de Fresnes New Zealand Constance Astley travel biography history
Bairnsfather: A Few Fragments from His Life, Collected By a Friend
Page loose, Imperial octavo hardcover (good) illus; 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: Hodder and Stoughton, (circa) 1919
KEYWORDS: specials Bruce Bairnsfather Vivian Carter biography
Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Brogan Alexis de Tocqueville biography history
Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Linda Bridges John R Coyne Jr William F Buckley Jr American conservative movement politics history biography
The American Byron: Homosexuality and the Fall of Fitz-Greene Halleck
Super octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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: The University of Wisconsin Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials John W. M. Hallock homosexuality Fitz-Greene Halleck American poetry biography
W. H. Hudson: A Biography
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) illus; 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: specials Ruth Tomalin William Henry Hudson biography travel exploration environment
Moore: G. E. Moore and the Cambridge Apostles
Octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Levy G. E. Moore philosophy history biography