Books - "biography"
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Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, with Selections from his Correspondence
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, gilt tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 600pp, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine/boards, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, remembrance plate tipped in & gift inscription in ink to recto of half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1848
KEYWORDS: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton biography biographies memoir autobiographies literature letters correspondence history
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold (Fifth Edition) (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, black rule & decoration to spines & boards, gilt initials in gothic script to front boards of both vols, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxiii + 440pp, vol 2- xvi + 448pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards, light soiling to page edges, numerous gift & ownership inscriptions in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: B Fellowes, Ludgate Street 1845
KEYWORDS: Thomas Arnold biography biographies memoir autobiographies history letters correspondence historical
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 547pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2019
KEYWORDS: art design history Walter Gropius biography biographies memoir
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-Bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Robert Graves literature history
Andrew A. Bonar: Diary and Life
8vo 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: Banner of Trust Trust 1960
KEYWORDS: Andrew A Bonar diary journal life lives biography
Orthodox Saints: Spiritual Profiles for Modern Man
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Holy Cross Orthodox Press 1976
KEYWORDS: orthodox religion religious Saints life lives biography profile
Rowan's Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2009
KEYWORDS: Rowan Williams life lives biography religion religious
Europe of the Heart: The Autobiography of Father Dominique Pire
8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); 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: Hutchinson & Co. 1960
KEYWORDS: Father Dominique Pire life lives biography autobiography
An Extraordinary Australian: Mary MacKillop
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: E. J. Dwyer 1993
KEYWORDS: Mary MacKillop life lives biography
Twice Called: The Autobiography of Seventeen Convert Sisters
8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); 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: The Bruce Publishing Company 1959
KEYWORDS: religion religous spiritual spirituality convert Catholic Christian Christianity life lives biography
Orthodox Saints Volume Three: Spiritual Profiles for Modern Man
This vol only. 8vo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Holy Cross Orthodox Press 1980
KEYWORDS: religion religious orthodox saints life lives biography
A Memoir: People and Places
Super 8vo hardcover (VG), pencil underlining, 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: Duckworth 2000
KEYWORDS: Mary Warnock life lives biography memoir
Memories
Super 8vo hardcover (VG), segment cut from ffep, 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: George Allen and Unwin 1970
KEYWORDS: Julian Huxley life lives biography
Art Spiegelman: Conversations
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: University Press of Mississippi 2007
KEYWORDS: graphic novels literary biography autobiography Art Spiegelman cartoonists Maus
John G: The Authorised Biography of John Gielgud
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: Hodder & Stoughton 2001
KEYWORDS: entertainment actors John Gielgud biography biographies memoir
John Elwyn
Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Scolar Press / Ashgate Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies memoir John Elwyn British landscape paintings appreciation criticism
The Great Days
8vo, pp. 189; blue heavy card bds. spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to bds & eps; sl soiling throughout); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1978
KEYWORDS: Walter Bonatti life lives biography autobiography climbing mountain rock expedition adventure mountaineer
Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923-1958
Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super 8vo, pp. [10] + 278; illus. light card covers; photos; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: McPhee Gribble 1990
KEYWORDS: Dorothy Hewitt 20th century life lives biography autobiography
D N Dunlop: A Man of Our Time
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 463pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to photographic pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Temple Lodge 1992
KEYWORDS: English translations biography biographies memoir D N Dunlop world power conference esoteric occultism occultists anthroposophy history
Whina : A Biography of Whina Cooper
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori biography biographies memoir Whina Cooper women wahine leaders activists political treaty waitangi land conflict