Books - "biography"
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A Greater then Napoleon Scipio Africanus
fourth impression 281pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1930
KEYWORDS: military history biography b.h.liddell hart
T.H.White
a biography
proof copy 349pp ills.[b/w] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography t.h.white sylvia townsend warner
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
3 vols.
first edition 3 vols.440/454/524pp.illus.(b&w) VG-(full leather,gilt border to both boards,gilt title and decor.to spines,leather scuffed and chipped,spines very worn w.pieces missing,front boards partially detached,marbled edges and eps.,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: lefevre paris 1820
KEYWORDS: gil blas french history biography literature
DOWN STREAM
ex lib, minimal markings, 300pp, G+ (cocked, internal separation at both joints repaired with tape, mod edge wear, sunned spine, boards sunned & rubbed, v sl foxed prelims and spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1939
KEYWORDS: history leonard moseley biography outbreak ww2 germany journalism
Basil Street Blues
first edition, proof copy 306pp NF (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: little,brown london 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature michael holroyd biography
The Royal College of Physicians of London Portrait
468pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (red weave cloth with gold decorative stamps, spine sl faded, v minor soiling to ffep gutter, minor thumb marking to foredges.) in VG- d/w (minor creasing and closed tears to some extrems, price clipped, foxing and soils.)
PUBLISHER: j & a churchill, london, 1964
KEYWORDS: gordon wolstenholme david piper medicine history biography
Reminiscences of a Sporting Artist
212pp, ills (col) VG- (red cloth with minor soils and fading, sl bumps,v minor spot soils to some contents.) in Gd/w (chipped with losses and moderate soils.)
PUBLISHER: putnam, london, 1947
KEYWORDS: lionel edwards biography sport arts
Kahil Gibran A Self-Portrait
first edition [proof copy] 94pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.owner's sign.to front cover,browned spine w.covers unevenly browned,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.foxing to content edges)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography kahil gibran proof copies
LOST LAYSEN
first aust edition, brown cloth, 127pp illus, NF with v sl edgewear, in Nf d/w with v sl sunned & soiled
PUBLISHER: Scribner New York 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition margaret mitchell biography
It Could Have Been You
proof copy first edition 177pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.sunned spine and edges,owner's label to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: virago london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography true crime merlyn nuttall sharon morrison
The Heart of Africa
three years' travels and adventures in the unexplo
second edition 2 vols.559/521pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps;2 plates missing - dinka village/poncet's seriba in mvolo] VG (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp and black border to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,upper hinges starting w.almost full-length splits to lower hinges showing signs of attempted glue repairs,chipped corners,dealer's label to front pastedowns,tape repairs to rep gutters and frontis.gutters,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1874
KEYWORDS: travel geography biography literature africa georg schweinfurth
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES:
FIFTY YEARS OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS
4vol set, ex lib, minimal markings, illus, brown cloth w. black & gilt dec stamps & titling, red edges, green eps, vol1 336pp + 4pp ads, vol2 336pp + 2pp ads, vol3 336pp + 4pp ads, vol4 352pp incl 18pp index, 4pp ads, VG- (all plates present, cocked, sl edge wear & surface loss, internal separation at joints and several locations in contents but binding holding and no sections loose, sl foxing to prelims and spasmodically throughout, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son, London, n.d.
KEYWORDS: gladstone biography thomas archer british parliament social political disraeli earl grey wellington lansdowne brougham melbourne peel oconnell russell aberdeen derby ashley cobden bright palmerston fowell buxton sidney herbert denman lyndhurst the napiers
Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey Letters
proof copy first edition 118pp VG+ (paper wrappers w.title label to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled w.owner's sign.to title label,sl.chipping to extrems.,initials of new zealand poet helen shaw to ffep along with bookplate of another former owner,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: hogarth press/chatto & windus london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography virginia woolf leonard woolf lytton strachey james strachey helen shaw
THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Earl of Beaconsfield - Vol II 1837-1846
vol 2 only, ex lib, minimal markings, 420pp illus, G+(sl scuffed corners, sl edgewear, spine partially seperated at rear joint, v sl tears to spine head & foot, sl rubbed & soiled boards with sl creasing to rear, sl sunned, v ls internal seperation at rear hinge, front hinge reinforced with library tape, sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1912
KEYWORDS: history benjamin disraeli biography
G. A. Selwyn, D.D. Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield
FIRST EDITION green cloth board 180pp, VG (sl. rubbed and stained, sunned, paper title label, owner's inscription to ffep., eps. and content edges sl. foxed)
PUBLISHER: Longmans Green London 1923
KEYWORDS: bishop Selwyn New Zealand history colonial colonialism biography
VIE D'ANDRE GIDE 1869-1951
Essai de biographie critique - Vol I - Andre Gide
Vol 1 only, ex lib, minimal markings, 569pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w in plastic, VG+(v sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Hachette1970
KEYWORDS: history biography andre gide
PRICK UP YOUR EARS
THE BIOGRAPHY OF JOE ORTON
first edition, 360pp, octavo hardcover VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, v sl foxed edges & prelims) d/w VG+ (v sl rubbed sunned & soiled, v sl creases wear & tear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane, London, 1978
KEYWORDS: biography joe orton john lahr
Henry James
a life
octavo illus light card covers, VG+
PUBLISHER: harper & row new york 1985
KEYWORDS: leon edel henry james literature biography
May Week Was in June
(unreliable memoirs continued)
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 cost
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1990
KEYWORDS: clive james memoirs literature biography
Good Wives?
mary,fanny,jennie & me 1845-2001
first edition proof copy 343pp F in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies biography margaret forster