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$8.50
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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN BOY


the life and letters of richard le gallienne

WHITTINGTON-EGAN, RICHARD & SMERDON, GEOFFREY:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 580pp illus very good+ (sl discolouration to ep's, v sl bruising to spine and corners)

PUBLISHER: unicorn london 1960

KEYWORDS: literature france biography

$8.50
1c22/14

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE WILLIAMSBURG AWARD TO SIR WINSTON S CHURCHILL


at drapers' hall, london december 7, 1955

TRUSTEES OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 49pp illus very good (sl bruising to corners and spine, fading to front board and spine)

PUBLISHER: colonial williamsburg virginia 1957

KEYWORDS: winston churchill awards williamsburg history biography

$8.50
1c8/46

ROMAIN ROLLAND


the man and his work

ZWEIG, STEFAN:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) illus 377pp very good- (rear board splitting from ep, corners and spine sl bruised, minor fading to boards, ep's discoloured,v faint staining to corners of text)

PUBLISHER: george allen &unwin london 1921

KEYWORDS: literature france biography

$9.50
1c23/12

LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT


BROWNING, OSCAR:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) very good+ (sl bruising to corners and spine, sl discolouration to ep's)

PUBLISHER: walter scott london 1890

KEYWORDS: literature george eliot biography

$16.73
1f45/3

Man of the Rail


With a foreword by Sir John Elliot

PEARSON, A.J;

First edition ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 203pp w.Frontis.,in VG+ cond. (sl.gum marking to ep's and boards at edges) in VG+ d/w (with plastic, rear flap partly trimmed)

PUBLISHER: George Allen Unwin Ltd London 1967

KEYWORDS: Pearson biography railway Britian locomotive engineering transport

$16.73
1f45/1

Traveler in a Vanished Landscape


The Life and Times of David Douglas, Botanical Explorer.

MORWOOD, WILLIAM;

First edition ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 244pp in VG+ cond. (sl.gum marking to ep's and boards at edges) in VG+ d/w (with plastic)

PUBLISHER: Clarkson N. Potter New York 1973

KEYWORDS: Douglas biography botany explorations Horticulture

$16.73
1f44/19

American Women


The Standard biographical dictionary of notable women Volume III 1939-40

HOWES, DURWARD (editor):

First Edition ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 1083pp in FAIR cond. (spine separating at hinges but binding still sound) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: American Publications Inc. California 1939

KEYWORDS: america history women dictionary biography

$13.94
1f44/18

The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron


from unpublished papers in the possession of the late Ralph, Earl of Lovelace

MAYNE, ETHEL COLBURN;

Second Edition ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets, etc. 502pp.,frontis., in FAIR cond. (cocked with sl.shaky spine, corners bruised, spine sunned and scuffed, internal hinges reinforced with tape) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co. Ltd.London 1929

KEYWORDS: Byron literature, biography letters

$11.15
1f35/10

Always Morning


The Life of Richard Henry Orion Horne

PEARL, CYRIL;

First Edition 276pp ex-library w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.in VG+ cond. (sl.bruised corners and a few small bumps to edges of boards) in VG d/w (sl.sunned spine with minor wear to head & foot, corners rounded, faint stain to rear cover, sl.wear to edges)

PUBLISHER: F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne 1960

KEYWORDS: Australia history biography orion

$16.73
1f35/7

Canadian Singers & Their Songs


a collection of portraits, autograph poems & brief biographies

CASWELL, EDWARD S;

first ed. 268pp ex-library w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. in VG cond.(tape residue to paste-downs and ep's and edges of boards, upper corners sl.bruised, faint foxing & browning to ep's) in GOOD+ d/w (spine sunned, flaps trimmed, w.plastic)

PUBLISHER: Maclelland & Stewart,Toronto 1925

KEYWORDS: Biography history, songs poetry music Cananda

$13.94
1f39/57

King of Comedy


As told to Cameron Shipp

SENNETT, MACK:

First Edition 284pp ex-library w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. illus. in VG cond. (v.sl bruising to corners, very faint marking to boards) in FAIR d/w (sunned spine, numerous tears and small chips)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies London 1955

KEYWORDS: biography comedy hollywood

$13.94
1f48/21

MAJESTY & MISCHIEF


a mixed tribute to f. d. r.

WHITE, WILLIAM S;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 221pp, cond. excellent, d/w very good+ (v sl creases and tears to extremities)

PUBLISHER: mcgraw-hill book company, new york 1961

KEYWORDS: biography, franklin delano roosevelt

$13.94
1f48/4

JAMES PARTON


the farther of modern biography

FLOWER, MILTON E;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 253pp, illus, cond. excellent (v sl bruising to top of spine), d/w very good (sunned spine, small tears to extremities)

PUBLISHER: duke university press, durham 1951

KEYWORDS: biography, james parton, american

$13.94
1f48/2

ROBERT FROST


the aim was song

GOULD, JEAN;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 302pp, cond. very good+ (gum stains on front and badck boards and ep's) d/w very good+ (back flap trimmed, in plastic)

PUBLISHER: dodd, mead & company, new york 1964

KEYWORDS: biography, robert frost, poet

$13.94
1f48/7

THOMAS SERGEANT PERRY


a biography and letters to perry from william, henry and garth wilkinson james

HARLOW, VIRGINIA;

ex libris (cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 394pp, illus, cond excellent (tight square copy), d/w excellent- (sunned spine, v sl shelf wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: duke university press, durham 1950

KEYWORDS: biography, thomas sergeant perry

$13.94
1f48/5

ELLEN GLASGOW AND THE WOMAN WITHIN


GODBOLD, E. STANLY JR;

ex libris (usual cancellatin stamps, pockets etc), 322pp, illus, cond. excellent (v sl gum stains to ep's), d/w excellent (in plastic)

PUBLISHER: louisiana state university press, baton rouge 1937

KEYWORDS: biography, ellen glasgow

$13.94
1f47/23

ONE MAN IN HIS TIME


BORODIN, N. M;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 344pp, cond. excellent (top and bottom of spine v sl bumped), d/w very good+ (creasing and sl tears to extremities).

PUBLISHER: constable, london

KEYWORDS: biography, dr borodin, historical

$13.94
1f48/8

ROBERT H. LOWIE


MURPHY, ROBERT F;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 179pp, cond excellent- (gum stains to front and back boards and ep's), d/w excellent (in plastic).

PUBLISHER: columbia university press, new york 1972

KEYWORDS: biography, robert h. lowie, anthropologist

$13.94
1f48/18

THE BOSS


the story of gamal abdel nasser

ST JOHN, ROBERT;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 288pp, cond. excellent (tight square copy), d/w excellent (v sl tears to bottom front board, gum stains at extremities)

PUBLISHER: arther barker ltd, london 1960

KEYWORDS: biography, gamal abdel nasser, middle east

$13.94
1f48/17

THE LIFE OF GEORGE MOORE


HONE, JOSEPH;

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 515pp, illus, cond. very good (sunned spine, spine head & foot sl chipped, corners sl bruised), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: victor gollancz, london 1936

KEYWORDS: biography, george moore

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