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$22.50
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Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure


COOPER, ARTEMIS

imperial octavo (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

$24.50
xxfua171711

George Cukor, Master of Elegance: Hollywood's Legendary Director and His Stars


LEVY, EMANUEL

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

$25.00
xxfuc171712

My Life with Chaplin: An Intimate Memoir


CHAPLIN, LITA GREY & COOPER, MORTON

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: Bernard Geis Associates 1966

KEYWORDS: film biography memoir cinema chaplin hollywood celebrity

$20.00
xxfuc171716

Priestly


COOK, JUDITH [PRIESTLY, JACK]

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

$200.00
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The Life & Art of William Strutt 1825-1915


CURNOW, HEATHER

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

$68.50
1w9e/19

The Jensen Healey Stories


BROWNING, PETER & BLUNSDEN, JOHN

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

$150.00
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The Life of Richard Wagner 1813-1883 ( 4 Volume Set)


NEWMAN, ERNEST

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

$25.00
xxrda171755

Simone Weil: A Life


PETREMENT, SIMONE; ROSENTHAL, RAYMOND (trans.)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) lacks jacket; 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: Mowbrays 1976

KEYWORDS: simone weil biography pacifism french philosophy philosopher power faith religion justice truth text in english

$14.00
xxrda171755

Dylan: A Biography


SPITZ, BOB

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: Michael Joseph 1989

KEYWORDS: bob dylan biography american music songwriter folk blues

$16.50
xxrda171757

The Life of Graham Greene: Volume One 1904-1939


SHERRY, NORMAN

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

$10.00
xxrda171758

Colours of My Life: The Judith Durham Story


DURHAM, JUDITH & SIMPSON, GRAHAM

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: Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: judith durham the seekers australian musician music pop biography

$16.50
xxrda171760

'My Heart is My Own' The Life of Mary Queen of Scots


GUY, JOHN

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

$14.00
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The Owens Story: The Life and Business of Sir Robert Owens 1999


MCCRYSTAL, JOHN; OWENS, SIR ROBERT (forew.)

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: Four Star Books 1999

KEYWORDS: sir robert owens new zealand biography nz aotearoa the group and services bay of plenty economics

$19.50
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Bruce


CARLIN, PETER AMES

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: Touchstone 2012

KEYWORDS: bruce springsteen american music americana rock biography

$19.50
xxrdd171774

Experience


AMIS, MARTIN

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

$15.00
xxrdd171775

A Life in the 20th Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950


SCHLESINGER, ARTHUR M. JR.

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

$14.00
xxrde171780

The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un


FIFIELD, ANNA

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

$14.50
xxrde171782

The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria


HASLIP, JOAN

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

$125.00
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Velazquez (2 Volume Set)


LOPEZ-RAY, JOSE

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

$95.00
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Camille Pissarro: Letters to His Son Lucien


PISSARO, CAMILLE & LUCIEN; REWALD, JOHN (ed.)

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

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