Books - "biography"
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The Coen Brothers
8vo 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: Orion 2004
KEYWORDS: biography life lives Coen Brothers film makers
The Making of a Raging Bull
Super 8vo 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: Unanimous 2006
KEYWORDS: modern cinema history biography Martin Scorsese
Douglas Mawson: The Life of an Explorer
4to 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: New Holland 2000
KEYWORDS: Australia explorer Antarctic expedition Ernest Shackleton pictorial history biography
The Life of John Middleton Murry
8vo 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: Methuen & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: biography life lives John Middleton Murry 19th 20th century
Lives and Letters: A. R. Orage, Beatrice Hastings, Katherine Mansfield, John Middleton Murry, S.S. Koteliansky
8vo 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: Faber and Faber 1978
KEYWORDS: English literature letters lives biography 20th century
Sextet: T. S. Eliot & Truman Capote & Others
Super 8vo 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: Andre Deutsch 1982
KEYWORDS: portrait biography life lives T S Eliot Truman Capote 20th century
Beloved Quixote: The Unknown Life of John Middleton Murry
Super 8vo 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: Souvenir Press 1986
KEYWORDS: John Middleton Murry biography life lives literary literature
My Steve
Super 8vo 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: Simon & Schuster 2007
KEYWORDS: Steve Urwin biography Australia wildlife conservation
The Man who was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave
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PUBLISHER: Willaim Collins 2019
KEYWORDS: Airey Neave soldier politician politics biography life lives
Crossing the Line: The Autobiography of a Thief
Super 8vo 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: Virgin Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Bruce Reynolds autobiography biography life lives
Katherine Mansfield
Sm 8vo stapled 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed
KEYWORDS: Katherine Mansfield New Zealand biography life lives
Who's Who in Pacific Navigation
Super 8vo 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: University of Hawaii Press 1991
KEYWORDS: voyages exploration navigation pacific ocean Oceania discovery biography explorer
The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork
Super 8vo, grey/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontis. & plates with tissue guards, xvi + 531 pp., plates, VG- (light to moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, moderate 2cm tear to front joint, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, moderate tanning to plate tissue guards, sporadic light soiling & foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, bgd sl sloppy).
PUBLISHER: Duckworth and Company 1904
KEYWORDS: 16th century Earl of Cork England renaissance social history biography life lives esquire gentlemen
Ruling Passions
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edges stained red, yellow eps, x + 271 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, sl tanning to fore & bottom pg edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w VG (light scuffing & light to moderate fading & tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems, 2cm cloed tear to top spine extrem at fold).
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions England English 20th century literature journalism essays autobiography biography
Rita Angus
Sq 8vo, purple heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, frontis., 214 pp., illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, minor soiling to pg edges) in d/w VG- (light scuffing & soiling, light to moderate creasing to edges, light bruising to extrems, 3cm closed tear to front bottom extrem at fold, light tanning).
PUBLISHER: National At Gallery 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artist exhibition biography criticism 20th century portrait landscape sketchbook
The Writings of Erik Satie
Ex-library. 4to, heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 178 pp., VG (light adhesive residue to head & tail to front & back boards, light minor fading, light wear & brusing to spine & board eges/extrems, library stamps in black ink & light tanning/foxing to pg edges, usual library markings to eps with minor adhesive residue, pgs light creased throughout esp to prelims/terminals) in d/w VG (light soiling/tanning, light creasing to edges, light bruising/chipping to extrems).
PUBLISHER: Eulenburg Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Erik Satie biography criticism essays music musician literature 19th century authors composer
Roger Fry: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION. 8vo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 307 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards & spine, light scuffing & rubbing, light soiling/bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm tear to hinge at rear gutter, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & tanning, some fading, light to moderate bruising & chipping to edges & extrems, moderate tear to head of spine with loss, encased in a plastic wrapper).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1940
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf Roger Fry biography life lives author 20th century art criticism literature
Orlando: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION. octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 299 pp., VG (light to moderate fading & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising to edges/extrems & joints, light tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps, light foxing & soiling throughout) lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1928
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf Orlando biography life lives 20th century literature Bloomsbury Group
Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy green card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, [10] + 181 pp., illus/photos, NF (v sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, sl curling to edges, light bruising to extrems).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1984
KEYWORDS: first edition Bloomsbury Group memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
Flush: A Biography
FIRST EDITION. brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 163 pp., plates, VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tear & fraying to rear joint, moderate bruising & chipping to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owner's inscription ink black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1933
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf biography 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group