Books - "biography"
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Prisoner of War and Fugitive
Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, front board lettered in silver gilt, top edge stained red, [6] + 70 pp., plate to front, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & minor tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1947
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II prison prisoners prisoner of war Egypt Italy war warfare military history memoir biography life lives
Shakespeare's Lives (New Edition)
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: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Shakespeare history historical
George William von Zedlitz: A Brief Memoir / Sir Charles Cotton: A Brief Memoir
Octavo 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: Wai-te-ata Press 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biographies memoirs biography George William von Zedlitz Sir Charles Cotton
Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile
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: Amadeus Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Mario Lanza classical music opera singers biography biographies memoir tenors
Great Ocean: An Authorized Biography of the Buddhist Monk Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
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: Penguin 1990
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso spiritual leaders Buddhist monks spirituality
I am My Brother: Autobiography II
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Longmans 1960
KEYWORDS: John Lehmann life lives autobiography biography
The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I
8vo hardcover (VG), lacking in 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Longmans 1956
KEYWORDS: John Lehmann life lives autobiography biography
William Caxton: A Quincentenary Biography of England's First Printer
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1976
KEYWORDS: William Caxton England printer printing incunabula 15th century book history publishing life lives biography
'Grenville': The story of a great New Zealand jockey
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand racing horse Grenville Hughes 20th century biography life lives
Memories and Hallucinations
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Abacus 1989
KEYWORDS: D M Thomas life lives autobiography biography
A Memoir of Thomas Bewick
Ex-library. Sm 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1961
KEYWORDS: Thomas Bewick memoir life lives biography autobiography wood engraving engraver
Cleopatra
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2000
KEYWORDS: Cleopatra Rome Egypt 1st century AD Ptolemy Pompey Rome ancient history biography life lives
Oi Jimmy Knacker: A Memoir of an East Ender's Childhood
Oblong Imp. 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Silver Link Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: East Ender memoir biography autobiography life lives 20th century
W B Yeats: A Life II: The Arch-Poet 1915-1939
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: Oxford University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: W B Yeats literature literary biography biographies memoir poets
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote 'Lord fo the Flies': A Life
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Faber and Faber 2009
KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography memoir William Golding literature authors
The World of George Orwell
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism appreciation George Orwell biography biographies memoir
And It's Goodnight From Him... The Autobiography of the Two Ronnies
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 2006
KEYWORDS: life lives autobiography biography The Two Ronnies BBC 20th century Television
The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes Volume 1
Ex-library. 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973
KEYWORDS: Chester Himes autobiography biography life lives
George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black spine, xx + 639pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2021
KEYWORDS: art photos photography George Platt Lynes history photographers biography biographies memoir
Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Quarto, faux leather cushioned boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, illus eps & title page, 237pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, occasional sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2007
KEYWORDS: rock music musicians Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers biography biogarphies memoir