Books - "biography"
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A Daughter of the Medicis; The Romantic Story of Marguerite de Valois
FIRST EDITION; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, front gutter moderately cracked and wobbly, boards still attached); 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: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions marguerite de valois jean h mariejol biography biographies queen of navarre france medicis french royal history monarchs monarchy monarchies royalty
A Life of Science; A Tribute to Charles Alexander Fleming
Super octavo stapled illus. light card covers (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: Royal Society of New Zealand 1988
KEYWORDS: royal society of new zealand tribute to charles alexander fleming science scientists natural history biographies biography
The Moneymaker
FIRST EDITION; 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: Bantam Press 1999
KEYWORDS: janet gleeson john law finance history credit scottish biography scotland economics politics money
Damn Right I've Got The Blues; Buddy Guy and the Blues Roots of Rock-and-Roll
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: Woodford Press 1993
KEYWORDS: buddy guy blues rock and roll popular music biography biographies chicago louisiana country united states american u.s.a. guitar
Washington; The Indispensable Man
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, price-clipped); 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 Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: george washington james thomas flexner biographies biography united states of american u.s.a history founding fathers
The Life and Works of Robert Burns: Volume 1
THIS VOL. ONLY; octavo hardcover (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: W & R Chambers Ltd. 1896
KEYWORDS: robert burns chambers william wallace biography literature scotland scottish robbie literary history culture
Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life
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: Yale University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: thomas hardy england english britain british literature writer biography victorian literary ralph pite history culture
In the Shadow of The Magic Mountain; The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, red lettering to silver cloth spine, frontispiece, xi + 302pp, b&w photo illus, Nr FINE in d/w, VG+ (v. light rubbing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press, Ltd. 2008
KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography erika klaus thomas mann germany gay lesbian queer homosexual authors writers performance artists
James Merrill; Life and Art
Super octavo, red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 913pp, b&w photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & brusing to board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to extrems, light sun-fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies american united states u.s.a. poets poetry gay queer homosexual writers authors
Travis, V.C.
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus. photo plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, prev. owner's stamp to prelims, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, light chipping to extrems, approx. 5mm closed tear to top of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966
KEYWORDS: biography biographies new zealand military history world war one wwi first great dick travis savage gallipoli france french opotiki
Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2016
KEYWORDS: Keggie Tom Carew biography first editions autobiography memoir history
Malthus
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: Heinemann 1979
KEYWORDS: thomas malthus economist economics economy briatin british classical england english william petersen biography
James Watt: Craftsman & Engineer
FIRST EDITION; LACKS D/W; super octavo hardcover (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: Babckock & Wilcox Ltd. 1935
KEYWORDS: first edition james watt steam engine scotland scottish technology history biography industrial revolution
The History of Napoleon Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, half leather bound maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with raised bands & blind stamp decoration on spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 232pp + illus/plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy rubbing & cracking to spine & extrems with some surface loss, heavy chafing & moderate fading to boards with some minor soiling also, light discolouration to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light chipping to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Robert Tyas 1840
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history biography memoir French war
King Edward the Seventh
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: E P Dutton & Co 1964
KEYWORDS: monarchy kings British Great Britain King Edward 7th vii seventh history biography memoir royal family
Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys
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: Quercus 2017
KEYWORDS: music pop stars musicians The Cure Robert Smith biography memoir
An Unhusbanded Life: Charlotte Despard: Suffragette, Socialist and Sinn Feiner
Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning/discolouration, light chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1980
KEYWORDS: Charlotte Despard feminism feminists suffragette movement biography memoir politics political activists activism history
Michael Douglas: Out of the Shadows, the Unauthorised Biography
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Robson Books 2001
KEYWORDS: Hollywood actors entertainment movie stars Michael Douglas biography memoir
Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent
Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000
KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson
Memoirs of the Prince Imperial
FIRST EDITION; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, decorative rule & coat of arms motifs to spine & front board, top edge stained black, frontispiece, xi + 247pp, illus photo plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate sun-fading to spine, light cracking to front hinge & heavy cracking to front gutter - boards slightly shaky, light creasing & moderate foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions france french monarchy royalty royals history louis napoleon iv biography biographies memoirs prince imperial augustin filon translations