Books - "biography"
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The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, frontispiece, xix + 209pp, illus, VG+ (ghost lettering to front board from jacket, light bruising & fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Westholme Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: ancient history popular science biography Anaximander Greek philosophy philosophers
The Unspeakable Confessions of Salvador Dali, as Told to Andre Parinaud
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, super octavo, cream heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine & front board, 300pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate soiling & tape staining to spine & boards/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with moderate adhesive staining also, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: W H Allen 1976
KEYWORDS: art biography biographies autobiographies memoir artists Salvador Dali first editions
Schopenhauer: A Biography
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 575pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Arthur Schopenhaur philosophy philosophers history biography biographies memoir
Kahlil Gibran: His Life and World
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: Avenel Books 1981
KEYWORDS: Kahlil Gibran literary biography memoir autobiography
The Life of Webern
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Anton Webern composer biography music history
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
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: Jonathan Cape 1999
KEYWORDS: Jacques Deprat geologist biography fraud
More Nineteeth Century Studies: A Group of Honest Doubters
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: Chatto & Windus 1963
KEYWORDS: literary essays criticism biography Francis W Newman Tennyson J A Froude Mark Rutherford John Morley
Proust in Love
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: Yale University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust literary biography queer LGBTQIA
Hank Williams: The Biography
Ex-library 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2004
KEYWORDS: Hank Williams country music singer biography
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of WWII's Most Dangerous Spy, Virgina Hall
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Virago Press 2019
KEYWORDS: Virginia Hall world war two spy biography history female spies espionage women
Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story
Ex-library 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: James Taylor music biography singer songwriter musician Carly Simon
Hugh MacDonald: Highlander, Jacobite and Bishop
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Donald / Birlinn 2002
KEYWORDS: Hugh Macdonald Scottish historical biography Jacobite rebeliion Scotland history
William Empson: Among the Mandarins
This volume only (Volume 1); 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 University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: William Empson poet literary biography criticism
The Spectacle of Skill: Selected Writings of Robert Hughes
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (near FINE); 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: Alfred A Knopf 2015
KEYWORDS: Robert Hughes literary biography cultural critic unpublished memoir
Bach and the Dance of God
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: Faber and Faber 1980
KEYWORDS: Johann Sebastian Bach classical composer religious biography music religion spirituality
Wagner as Man and Artist
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn); 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: Victor Gollancz 1963
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner classical music composer biography
The Himalayan Masters: A Living Tradition
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Himalayan Institute Press 2002
KEYWORDS: Yoga Hindu saints sages biography history ancient Sanskrit texts oral histories Hinduism
The Final Days of Jimi Hendrix
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Rogan House 1997
KEYWORDS: Jimi Hendrix final days music biography
Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1991
KEYWORDS: William Burroughs literary biography
Alias David Bowie: A Biography
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1986
KEYWORDS: David Bowie music biography
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