MCLYNN, FRANK

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 2004

KEYWORDS: Sir Henry Morton Stanley Victorian exploration biography colonial history Africa Congo Ethiopia

BROWN, DAVIS

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Victor Gollancz 1992

KEYWORDS: Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky classical music composer biography criticism

RIDLEY, JANE

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: Vintage / Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: King Edward 'Bertie' VII biography British royal family monarchy Edwardian period

ROSE, MICHAEL

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: Faber and Faber 2001

KEYWORDS: Hector Berlioz biography French Romantic classical music composer

JOHNSON, STEPHEN

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: Faber and Faber 1998

KEYWORDS: Anton Bruckner biography Austrian classical music composer organist

BANVILLE, JOHN

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: Picador 1981

KEYWORDS: Johannes Kepler historical biography mathematician astronomer

PAINTER, GEORGE D

2x VOL, IN SLIPCASE; octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1977

KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust literary biography

BROWNING, PETER & BLUNSDEN, JOHN

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: Motor Racing Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: Jenssen-Healey sports car manufacturer biography history vintage cars b&w photos

HEALEY, GEOFFREY

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: Dodd, Mead & Company 1978

KEYWORDS: Austin Healey car biography history vintage cars b&w photos

BLAKE, ROBIN

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: Ivan R. Dee 2000

KEYWORDS: Anthony Van Dyk baroque portait painter artist historical biography art

DENNISON, MATTHEW

Super octavo hardcover (near FINE) 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: Quercus 2010

KEYWORDS: Livia historical biography Imperial Rome history politics women public figures

STEWART, DUGALD & SMITH, ADAM & HAMILTON, Sir WILLIAM (Ed)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, clxxvii + 338pp + library to rear, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Augustus M Kelley 1966

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Adam Smith history historical Economic Classics series

MITCHELL, TIM

Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white & coloured lettering to spine, illus prelims, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 2003

KEYWORDS: music biography biographies memoir John Cale

IND, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Equinox 2005

KEYWORDS: music jazz Lennie Tristano history musicians biography

JACOBS, HERBERT & JACOBS, KATHERINE

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, octavo, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 147pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, 2.5cm closed tear to base of rear flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: signed Herbert Katherine Jacobs architecture architects Frank Lloyd Wright memoir biography

WRIGHT, OLGIVANNA LLOYD

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown lettering & gilt base to base of spine & front board, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, moderate to heavy scuffing & creasng/chipping to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Horizon Press 1960

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Frank Lloyd Wright architecture architects

SIMMONS, ERNEST J

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: John Lehmann 1950

KEYWORDS: fyodor dostoevsky biography

THOMPSON, H P

EX-LIBRARY 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: SPCK London 1954

KEYWORDS: christian thomas bray biography church history

TOMALIN, CLAIRE

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: Viking

KEYWORDS: claire tomalin biography memoir

ALBARET, CELESTE & BELMONT, GEORGES (as told to) & BRAY, BARBARA (trans)

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: Collins and Harvill Press 1976

KEYWORDS: marcel proust biography