Books - "biography"
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The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life and Thought
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: Grove Press 2004
KEYWORDS: literary criticism appreciation Samuel Beckett literature companions biography
Howard Finster: The Early Years
Square 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: Crane Hill Publishers 2001
KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies Howard Finster
William Caxton: The First English Printer: A Biography
Duodecimo 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: Charles Knight & Co 1844
KEYWORDS: printers printing history William Caxton biography biographies memoir antiquarian books
The Awakened One: The Life and Work of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
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: Harper & Row 1982
KEYWORDS: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spirituality religion biography
Großes Sängerlexikon: Dritte erweiterte Auflage Band 1-7 (7 vols) [Grosses Sangerlexikon]
TEXT IN GERMAN. 7 VOL SET. Super 8vo, xiii + 795 pp., [6] + 797-1599 pp., [6] + 1601-2400 pp., [6] + 2401-3198 pp., [6] + 3199-3980 pp., viii + 679 pp., x + 634 pp. + [2 (blank, advt)]; red cl bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt, NF (light rubbing & v sl soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing, soiling & tanning; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate creasing to vol. 1 at black flap).
PUBLISHER: K. G. Saur 1997
KEYWORDS: Germany German language life lives biography biographies dictionary encyclopaedia singers music musicians
A Russian Jew of Bloomsbury: The Life and Times of Samuel Koteliansky
Super 8vo, xii + 438 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Samuel Koteliansky Bloomsbury Russia Russian Jewish 20th century life lives biography
Young Pushkin
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, xxi + 515 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; tan eps; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; minor tanning).
PUBLISHER: Angel Books 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Yury Tynyanov historical fiction biography life lives Pushkin Russia Russian author literature 19th century
William Wordsworth: A Life
Super 8vo hardcover (VG), minor annotations throughout, 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 University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: William Wordsworth life lives biography 19th century poets authors
Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years
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: Harvard University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: Nicholas Frankel Oscar Wilde life lives biography 19th century
Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood
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: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Angelica Garnett Bloomsbury Group 20th century biography life lives
A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece, xx + 460pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Easton Press 1986
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series collections former US presidents Calvin Coolidge biography biogarphies memoir history US America American politics political leaders governemnt white house
The World of San Bernadino
Imperial octavo, green patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, ix + 303pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label residue to front flap, minor tanning to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1964
KEYWORDS: religion religious figures history Bernadino degli Albizzeschi biography biographies memoir
Grant: A Biography
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xiii + 592pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1987
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings the library of the presidents series collection former US presidents biography biographies memoir Ulysses S Grant civil war politics political leaders
Andre Malraux: A Biography
EX LIBRARY super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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 1995
KEYWORDS: andre malraux french writer biography
The Lure of the Falcon
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: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: gerald summers memoir biography
Wings of Destiny
Octavo 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: MacMillan & Co 1943
KEYWORDS: military history memoir biography air forces
The Brave White Flag: A Novel About the Fall of Hong Kong
Octavo 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1961
KEYWORDS: war history memoir biography hong kong seige
An Amazing Journey: Isadora Duncan in South America
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 288pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate fading & chipping to spine & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light scuffing to board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1933
KEYWORDS: history travel literature writing Isadora Duncan biography biographies memoir South America Maurice Dumesnil
Howard Finster: Man of Visions: The Life and Work of a Self-Taught Artist
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor scuffing to front eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1989
KEYWORDS: first editions art history appreciation interpretation biography biographies memoir Howard Finster artists criticism
Paul Nash: The Portrait of an Artist
Ex-library, 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 1955
KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography memoir Paul Nash