HUXLEY, ALDOUS & BRADSHAW, DAVID (Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Flamingo 1994

KEYWORDS: Aldous Huxley David Bradshaw biography Francois Leclerc du Tremblay religion politics theology Father Joseph Richelieu

FRANK, KATHERINE

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1995

KEYWORDS: Katherine Frank Egypt biography tuberculosis travel Lucie Duff Cairo 1800s

CHUKOVSKY, KORNEI & ROSE, PAULINE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION Previous owner's details in ink. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Hutchinson & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Chekhov Russian authors literary biography essay Kornei Chukovsky first edition

MANN, THOMAS & KESTEN, HERMANN (Selection & Foreword) & WINSTON, RICHARD and CLARA (Trans)

Very tidy ex library, imperial octavo, dark navy blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1983

KEYWORDS: Thomas Mann biography diaries literature literary

GEKOSKI, RICK

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black illus heavy boards, white lettering to front cover and spine, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (Photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Peribo 2009

KEYWORDS: first edition signed by bibliomemoir Rick Gekoski history biography

KINCAID, J

Octavo, green heavy boards quarter bound in dark teal buckram, black lettering to spine, 343pp, ex-libris plate of John Halstead Robson to front pastedown, VG (moderate scuffing to board edges & extrems, minor chipping to spine & title plate, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: T and W Boone 1847

KEYWORDS: military memoir biography Sir John Kincaid Napoleonic Wars war 95th Rifles rifleman british UK history

MILLER, LEE & CALVOCORESSI, RICHARD

Imperial octavo, light grey heavy boards, blind stamped decoration to front cover, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2002

KEYWORDS: art photography biography Lee Miller

HORSBURGH, MARGARET & SPINETTO, HEATHER & MURPHY, JUDY & CRAWFORD, JILL & RONALDSON, RACHEL & HILTON SYLVIA

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to front cover and spine, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 1943

KEYWORDS: medical hospitals cardio-thoracic nurses cardio New Zealand history biography

TANG, DAVID

Super octavo, light brown buckram boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 205pp, illus/photos, NF in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Next Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: Apple Daily memoirs biography essays David Tang China newspaper

HEMMINGWAY, ERNEST & CALABI, SILVIO & HELSLEY, STEVE & SANGER, ROGER

Super octavo, chocolate dark brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 181pp, illus/photos, Near FINE in d/w, VG+(photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Shooting Sportsman 2010

KEYWORDS: Ernest Hemingway firearms guns sports hunting biography memoirs

GROB, MARCO

Elephant folio, dark grey cloth boards with holographic plate, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to head of gutter at title page)

PUBLISHER: TeNeues 2016

KEYWORDS: economics politics money celebrities society social science biography Marco Grob

MOYLE, FRANNY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, XII +508pp,illus/photos, Near FINE in Near FINE d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Viking 2016

KEYWORDS: memoirs biography J M W Turner art

RICHARDS, JIM & NAISMITH, BARRY

Ex library, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, minor tape soiling to front and rear boards, minor foxing and tanning to eps, heavy cracking to rear gutter with binding exposed, potentially rear pages missing) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover, minor chipping to head of spine, front and rear wrappers)

PUBLISHER: GP publications 1986

KEYWORDS: Jim Richards biography racing cars mechanics engineering

DAVIS, DAVID

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, afton light blue boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 315pp, VG+ (minor damp staining to lower corner of front board & base of rear board, minor scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (moderate creasing & light water staining to edges, minor chipping to front fold)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 2015

KEYWORDS: biography Duke Kahanamoku olympics sports swimming signed

UNKNOWN

READING COPY OR REBIND, LACKS SPINE, FRONTIS & PRELIMS, octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in leather with blind decoration, marbled page edges, vignette, 716pp + 44pp supplement, folding table near rear, illus, G- (missing spine, front board & eps detached but present, moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards & extrems, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling throughout- text unaffected, occasional minor pencil underlining & markings, rear board & terminals/supplement pgs detached but present, occasional creasing to pages at rear, binding otherwise reasonably sound)

PUBLISHER: London: Published for The Proprietors by John Saunders, 25, Newgate Street, 1835 (?)

KEYWORDS: maritime exploration biography Captain John Ross history antiquarian books rebinding reading copy

ZELL-RAVENHEART, OBERON; MANOY, LAUREN (ed.)

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PUBLISHER: New Page Books 2004

KEYWORDS: new age life lives biography magic magick wizard spiritual mythical

FITZSIMONS, PETER

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PUBLISHER: Hachette 2021

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian explorer exploring exploration life lives biography

LORKIN, LINN

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PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand 20th century music life lives biography autobiography memoir

COLLIS, JOHN STEWART

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1988

KEYWORDS: John Stewart Collis life lives biography nature

BAKEWELL, SARAH

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PUBLISHER: Vintage 2017

KEYWORDS: Sarah Bakewell life lives literary biography philosophy 20th century existentialism