Books - "biography"
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The Life and Music of Bartok
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: Oxford 1953
KEYWORDS: bartok musician composer biography music
Yehudi Menuhin
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: Robert Hale 1973
KEYWORDS: musician yehudi menuhin violinist violin british american biography
Bela Bartok, His Life in Picturs
Wide 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: Boosey & Hawkes 1964
KEYWORDS: bela bartok photographs hungarian composer hungary music classical biography
The Naked Face of Genius: Bela Bartok's Last Years
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: Gollancz 1958
KEYWORDS: bela bartok hungarian composer hungary music classical biography
The Audrey Hepburn Treasures: Pictures and Mementos From a Life of Style and Purpose
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 191pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate water damage & adhesion to rear pages)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2006
KEYWORDS: Audrey Hepburn biography memoir film movie stars actresses Hollywood entertainment
Bela Bartok Letters
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispeice, 466pp, VG (moderate scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971
KEYWORDS: first edition letters correspondence Bela Bartok collection music classical composers autobiography biography
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
SCARCE! PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ANOTHER BOOK LOOSELY ENCLOSED AT REAR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xx + 178pp, VG- (moderate chipping, peeling & curling/creasing to cover edges & spine, moderate creasnig to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light surface loss to front eps, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 77)
PUBLISHER: National Book Trust 1994
KEYWORDS: Bollywood India Indian cinema movies film movies Satyajit Ray biography criticism
About Andrei Tarkovsky
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 382pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & closed tearing to covers with heavy archival tape repairs, moderate creasing & chafing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy folding/creasing to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Progress Publishers 1990
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Andrei Tarkovsky film movies entertainment Russia Russian
The Life of Robert Owen
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: Macmillan & Co 1930
KEYWORDS: Robert Owen biography memoir business labour labor
The Truth About Burns
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Maclehouse, Jackson & Co 1921
KEYWORDS: literary biography criticism Robert Burns literature
The Brownings: A Biography Compiled From Contemporary Sources
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1986
KEYWORDS: Robert Browning biography memoir folio society literature literary
The Man in the Mirror of the Book: A Life of Jorge Luis Borges
Octavo softcover (VG, contents page torn, otherwise tidy); 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: Sceptre 1996
KEYWORDS: literary biography jorge luis borges argentian argentinian latin south america american literature
Young Thomas Hardy
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1978
KEYWORDS: thomas hardy literary biography literature britain british
The Fastest Old Man in the World: The Derek Turnbull Story
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: Pat Turnbull 2006
KEYWORDS: derek turnbull sport sports new zealand running athletic aging ageing biography
General Lord Freyberg VC: An Unofficial Biography
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Michael Joseph 1963
KEYWORDS: general lord freyberg vc victoria cross new zealand biography military history
Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, The Legend
Quarto 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: Thames & Hudson 2005
KEYWORDS: biography illustrated lawrence t e of arabia world war one 1 ww1 arabian middle east arab arabs history
Paddy Finucane: Fighter Ace
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 219pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate adhesive label residue ro front cover)
PUBLISHER: Crecy Books 1992
KEYWORDS: military history aviation Paddy Finucane raf British royal air force biography memoir fighter pilots
German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann: The Life Story of the World's Highest Scoring Ace
Quarto, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black fighter plane illus to front board, marbled eps, illus title page, 296pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to extrems, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: military history aviation German Germany biography memoir Erich Hartmann fighter pilots luftwaffe
The Secret Diary of a Satan Worshipper
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 185pp, VG (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to inside cover edges)
PUBLISHER: New Leaf Press 1991
KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir devil satan worship evil religion worship
The Life and Tragic Death of Bruce Lee
FIRST EDITION, TANNED, paperback, yellow lettering to spine, 188pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy closed tearing to spine extrems with archival tape repairs, moderate creasing & chafing to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Star Books/W. H. Allen 1975
KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Bruce Lee martial arts actors entertainment movies stars movie kung fu