Books - "biography"
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No Guts, No Glory: Conversations with Bette Davis
super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, slightly warped, transparent plastic protector) ; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Virgin 1990
KEYWORDS: biography interview bette davis hollywood acting actor actress celebrity
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure
Super octavo hardover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2012
KEYWORDS: biography britain british ww2 world war II military history walking travel europe polyglot
George Cukor, Master of Elegance: Hollywood's Legendary Director and His Stars
imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Co. 1994
KEYWORDS: biography hollywood director cinema film movies media george cukor america american gone with the wind
Priestly
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: Bloomsbury 1997
KEYWORDS: biography jack priestly writer playwright screenwriter critic essayist britain british
The Life & Art of William Strutt 1825-1915
NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#655/1500), oblong folio, quarter leather bound with grey cloth boards, silver gilt & red lettering to spine, silver gilt rule & blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, title plate to front board, frontispiece, 259pp, illus/plates, Near FINE, in clam shell slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1980
KEYWORDS: art history William Strutt biography memoir illustrated limited numbered edition
The Jensen Healey Stories
Super octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to both pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy peeling to spine, moderate soiling to covers, light fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: Jensen Healey cars motor classic automotive sport motorsport illustrated engineering history biography
The Life of Richard Wagner 1813-1883 ( 4 Volume Set)
4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, illus light card covers in mylar covering (removable), yellow lettering to spines, xiv-xviii + 512-729pp + xxviii-lvi index to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to cover edges/extrems, light fading to spines, light tanning to page edges & rear covers)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner biography memoir music history
The Life of Graham Greene: Volume One 1904-1939
This vol. only. 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: Jonathan Cape 1989
KEYWORDS: graham greene biography writer writing literary travel
'My Heart is My Own' The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
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: Fourth Estate 2004
KEYWORDS: mary queen of scots stuart english monarchy history great british scottish biography
Experience
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: Jonathan Cape 2000
KEYWORDS: biography autobiography memoir martin amis writer literary kingsley
A Life in the 20th Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950
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: Houghton Mifflin Company 2000
KEYWORDS: arthur schlesinger biography memoir autobiography historian the great depression second world war two wwii
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
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: John Murray 2019
KEYWORDS: kim jong un biography north korean korea contemporary history
The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria
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: Pheonix Press 2000
KEYWORDS: biography austria austrian history empire elizabeth of empress
Alfa Romeo: A History
REVISED EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 524pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to board & spine edges, light crease to length of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light chipping and small closed tears to corners)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1969
KEYWORDS: Alfa Romeo history biography cars automotive car racing motorsport sport grand prix
Velazquez (2 Volume Set)
2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- 261pp, vol 2- 328pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spines, sl creasing to edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing to corners)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 1996
KEYWORDS: art Velazquez biography collection history criticism illustrated
Camille Pissarro: Letters to His Son Lucien
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 367pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership stamps in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1943
KEYWORDS: autobiography biography Camille Pissarro Lucien letters correspondance art history
Ned Kelly: A Short 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Lothian Books 2003
KEYWORDS: ned kelly biography australia australian outlaw
Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2010
KEYWORDS: syd barrett biography british musical music history rock pink floyd english
No One Here Gets Out Alive
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson / Harper Collins
KEYWORDS: the doors jim morrison biography music musical rock and roll
Elwyn Richardson and the Early World of Creative Education in New Zealand
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, xiii + 267pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl creasing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: NZCER Press 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history creative education Elwyn Richardson teaching biography