Books - "biography"
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The Works of James Thomson
first edition 220pp ills.[b/w incl.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: john dicks london 1874
KEYWORDS: modern first edition james thomson patrick murdoch biography
Toulouse-Lautrec
a definitive biography
first edition in engl.317pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp throughout,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,cracked and sl.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: perpetua books london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography arts henri perruchot henri toulouse-lautrec
Watching the Tree to Catch a Hare
a chinese daughter reflects on happiness,spiritual beliefs and universal wisdom
first australian edition [special overseas edition] 248pp Nr. F in Nr. F d/w
PUBLISHER: flamingo/harper collins london [printed in australia] 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition adeline yen mah biography history china
My Life and Times
octave two 1891-1900
proof copy 319pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,owner's sign.to half-title o/w contents clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition compton mackenzie biography proof copies
Hirschfeld
first edition, 224pp, ills (b/w) VG +( red cloth, sl wear to extrems, v sl foxing to some foredges,cocked) in VG d/w (wear to extrems, one small closed tear, sl soiled and sunned.)
PUBLISHER: dodd, mead and company , new york 1979
KEYWORDS: hirschfeld john russell arts biography
Abbotsford the Personal Relics and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott
first edition,66pp, ills (col) VG (large format, blue cloth with gold blind stamps, bumps and wear to extrems, browned/foxed front/ rear paste down and ffep, sl foxing throughout, all plates clean.)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black, london, 1893
KEYWORDS: sir walter scott mary scott william gibb collectables antiques biography history
The Red Glutton
impressions of war written at and near near the front
first edition,318pp, G+ (red cloth, bowed and sl cocked, bumps and wear to extrems, sl sunned, soiling to spine and rear boards, sl suface loss to rear board, beginning to separate at ffep, foxing to prelims, minor foxing to contents and foredges, binding shaky.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton, london 1915
KEYWORDS: irvin cobb WWI military biography
The Buried Day
first edition 244pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,sl.uneven sunning,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,browned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine and rear cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition c.day lewis biography literature
A Precocious Autobiography
first edition 127pp NF (tan cloth,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins/harvill london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition yevgeny yevtushenko biography literature
Bearing the Burden
speech delivered in the house of commons on thursday,january 18th,1945
first edition 20pp NF (paper wrappers,covers sl.unevenly browned o/w contents clean and tidy)
PUBLISHER: berne press department [1945]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition winston s.churchill politics military history biography
The Post Office
a memoir of his father
first edition 55pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,minor wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: grey fox press bolinas [1975]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition charles olson biography
From Froca to Anne
being a 1000 years in the life of rowington
first edition, ills,187pp NF (red cloth with minor bumps to extrems, minor thumb marks to foredges, sl cocked.) in VG+ d/w (minor bumps and wear to extrems, minor soiling to some surface areas, minor foxing to insides, spine sl sunned.)
PUBLISHER: eclipse, west midlands, 1974
KEYWORDS: joy woodall england history biography ancestory rowington
Meissonier His Life and His Art
with extracts from his note-books, and hios opinions and impressions on art and artists, collected by his wife
first edition,395pp, ills (b/w) VG (folio size half black leather with some surface losses and blue boards, minor surface looses to upper and lower spine, presentation plate and minor tear to gutter at front paste down, library stamp to title page, foxing to prelims, some contents and endpapers, soiling to endpapers, binding sl cocked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: william heinemann, london, 1897
KEYWORDS: meissonier vallery greard art history biography
Mawson's Antarctic Diaries
first edition,414pp,ills (b/w) NF (black cloth,v minor bumps to extrems, v minor spot soil to front paste down.) in VG+ d/w (v minor crease to lower edge, sunned.)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin, australia,1988
KEYWORDS: fred and eleanor jacka mawson's antarctic exploration biography travel
In The Footsteps of Livingstone
being the diaries and travel notes made by alfred dolman
first edition 269pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.and fold-out maps] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bubbling to cloth on spine and rear board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,te green) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,dealer's label to spine,chipping to extrems.incl.hinges w.sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1924
KEYWORDS: history travel biography livingstone alfred dolman africa
Ten Saints
124pp. Ills (col) in VG+ (blue cloth boards, minor bumps to extrems, spine sl faded, foxing to ffep and rear free endpaper, v minor foxing to some contents.) in G+ d/w (minor closed tears to head and foot of spine and other extrems, v sl soiling nad foxing.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university, uk, 1953
KEYWORDS: eleanor farjeon saints childens arts biography
Love Tales from Tallemant
rendered from the french
no 116 of 1000 limited editions, 247pp, G (has water damage to front and rear boards, prelims and some contents, rough cut edges foxed, watewr damage has bowed book.)
PUBLISHER: coptic house, 1925, london
KEYWORDS: france monarchy history biography
Potraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions in eight volumes
first edition, eight volume set, ills (b/w) VG ( green cloth minor bumps and wear to extrems with scuffing to some surfaces, vol 1 has ink soil to first section extrems not affecting text & dealers stamp and inscription to front paste down, all other volumes have sl foxing to foredges and some contents, all plates clean, bindings sl cocked though tight.)
PUBLISHER: bohn, london, 1849
KEYWORDS: edmund lodge history great britain biography
Diaries 1898-1902
selected and translated by antony beaumont
proof copy 470pp NF (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies biography alma mahler-werfel antony beaumont
Harris of Japan
the story of townsend harris and his amazing adventures in establishing relations with the far east
311pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.sunned boards w.spine sunned,chipping to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,remains of labels to pastedowns,half-title/frontis.loose but present,lacks ffep,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky w.one plate loose,cocked)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel geography politics far east japan biography townsend harris carl crow