Books on Biography
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Sage. A Life of J D Bernal.
255p hardback in yellow boards with dark green jacket with portrait, good condition, some very ...
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La Vie Véritable du Comte Henri de Saint-Simon 1760-1825.
336p paperback in faded yellow-green cover, fair condition with general wear, pages tanned, light ...
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Trois Portraits Littéraires.
184p hardback in red leather, good condition, light wear to corners, spine sunned, binding firm, ...
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Âmes et Visages du Vingtième Siècle.
246p paperback, good condition, light wear commensurate with age, covers tanned, spine creased, ...
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The Marquis d'Argenson and Richard II.
241p hardback in red cloth, fair condition, some light wear, spine has partly detached along one ...
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Nicholas Berdyaev. An Introduction to his Thought.
122p hardback in green cloth, grey jacket with portrait, good copy, jacket a bit tattered, boards ...
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The Herschel Partnership. As Viewed by Caroline.
182p hardback, green cloth in black illustrated jacket, like new condition, binding strong, pages ...
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The Flight and Exile of Marius. / A Textual Study of Plutach's Marius. / Coins Bearing the Age and Career of Marius.
a collection of three offprints (1959, 1960, 1961), card cover, "All best wishes", very ...
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Hands in Samian Inscriptions of the Hellenistic Period.
36p offprint, fresh clean copy with author's warm regard, many illustrations, very good: The stone ...
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Athenian Financial Officials after 303 BC.
43p offprint, fresh clean copy with author's best wishes, very good
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The Reliability and Origin of the Vita Didii Iuliani.
36p offprint, fresh clean copy with inscription of author's greetings, very good
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Andrew Lossky: The Making of a Historian.
34p pamphlet, grey card cover, some light soiling to pages; also included is an offprint by Lossky ...
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William Laughton Lorimer, 1885 - 1967.
14p offprint, with portrait, grey card cover, author note, inserted autograph letter signed by ...
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Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism and Patience.
this is a poor copy of this important title. Lacking title page and everything before dedication ...
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Karlis Ulmanis.
208p green cloth, gilt bird to front board, faint ink stamp to endpaper, clean and tight copy, ...
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Schliemann's American Citizenship and Divorce.
this is a folder with a photocopy of the essay by Traill and a pile of 23 numbered photocopies of ...
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The Story of Handel's Messiah 1741 - 1784. A Short Popular History.
79p hardback with green dustjacket, gift inscription and postcard enclosed from the author, nice ...
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Stravinsky, transl Frederick and Ann Fuller.
viii 264p paperback, spine a little creased, clean and firm copy, some pencil notes inside back ...
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The Unconscious Beethoven. An Essay in Musical Psychology.
xxviii 154p hardback with green unclipped dustjacket, slight foxing to very top edge, pages clean ...
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Thine Adversaries Roar.
xiv 137p cream paperback, very good condition, cover uncreased, obituary laid in
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Ulrich Wilamowitz-Moellendorff: An Unpublished Autobiography.
20p offprint, grey card cover with "Best, Bill, - Send me any corrections", with plates, ...
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Marc Bloch: Father, Patriot, and Teacher.
16p large format pamphlet, grey card cover, portrait to cover, very good indeed
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Five Tributes to Ralph A Beals 1899 - 1954.
20p large format pamphlet, portrait frontispiece, grey card cover, calling card attached
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G E von Grunebaum, 1909 - 1972. In Memoriam.
12p stapled, oblong booklet, brown card cover, nice design, contributions by Speros Vyronis, ...
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Bernhard Bischoff, 1906 - 1991.
86p slim paperback, white cover with black lettering, frontispiece, contributrions by Horst ...
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Hans Schaefer (1906 - 1961)
24p slim booklet grey paper cover, frontispiece, reproduced from typescript, very good, "with ...
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Catalogue of the Jackson Collection of Manuscript Fragments in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, with a Memoir of Canon J E Jackson and a List of His Work.
xiii 106p plus plates bound in the back, green cloth volume, fresh and clean, with author dedication
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Neil Ripley Ker 1908 - 1982. A Memorial Address in Magdalen College Chapel.
slim pamplet, sewn, with a poem by Jane McDermott, grey card cover, excellent condition
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Energy and Empire. A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin.
xxv 866p thick hardback with fresh dustjacket, unused copy, as new
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Griechische Profanhistoriker des fünften nachchristlichen Jahrhunderts.
large format hardback, laminated boards with white and dark burgundy panels, an excellent copy, ...
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The House on College Avenue: The Comptons at Wooster 1891-1913.
xxiv 265p large paperback, nice clean and tight copy, name to endpaper only, very good indeed
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Werner Jaeger Reconsidered: Proceedings of the Second Oldfather Conference, Held on the Campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
xiv 325p large format paperback, orange lettering to front and spine, excellent condition, note by ...
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Problems in the Life and Writings of A E Housman at University College, London. The Election of 1892.
xiii 261p large paperback, excellent fresh copy, as new, errata inserted
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Senatoren von Vespasian bis Hadrian: Prosopographische Untersuchungen mit Einschluss der Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der Statthalter.
viii 284p original cloth, dustjacket present, bookplate, an excellent clean and tight copy, never ...
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Niels Bohr: A Centenary Volume.
xv 403p large format paperback, dark green cover, many illustrations throughout, well preserved ...
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Those Twentieth Century Blues.
290p hardback with unclipped dustjacket, signed by the author, excellent copy, first edition
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James Joule: A Biography.
ix 333p hardback with fresh dustjacket, never used, without name or stamp, as new
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Chos smra ba'i dge slong Blo-bzang-chos-kyi-rgyal-mtshan gyi spyod tshul gsal bar ston pa nor bu'i phreng ba.
400p paperback, clean and tight, blue illustrated jacket, very well preserved, clean and tight ...
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Za hor gyi ban de ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho'i 'di snang 'khrul ba'i rol rtsed rtogs brjod kyi tshul du bkod pa du ku¯ la'i gos bzang las glegs bam gsum pa bzhugs. / 3.
454p hardback with fresh dustjacket, bright red frontispiece, excellent condition, number ...
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Four Soviet Scholars : T A Bykova + A D Lyublinskaya, M P Alekseev + E Laucevicius: Portraits and a few References.
14p stapled booklet with portraits, bibliography, Butler sonnet (Not on sad Stygian shore…) in ...
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A Structural Study of Autobiography: Proust, Leiris, Sartre, Lévi-Strauss.
246p hardback, orange dustjacket present, a clean and well preserved copy oif the first edition, ...
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Avoid Boring People. Lessons from a Life in Science.
xi 347p white paperback, very good condition, almost as new
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The Devil Drives. A Life of Sir Richard Burton.
390p large format hardback, gilt décor to spine, plates, cloth a little soiled to back and a hint ...
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The Pollock-Holmes Letters. Correspondence of Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr Justice Holmes 1874 - 1932. Two Volumes.
xxiii 275p 359p hardbacks in red cloth, first editions with rough-cut pages, edges and corners ...
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A Federigo Melis.
62p slim booklet, large format with frontispiece portrait, includes bibliography of his writings, ...
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Carrie Chapman Catt: A Life of Leadership.
85p paperback, excellent clean copy, the ISBN given on the book (1883058791) appears ambiguous
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Le Duc de Beauvillier 1648 - 1714.
625p original paperback with flaws, binding weak, old tape to hold spine together, pages clean, ...
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Mémoires de Robert Challes, Écrivain du Roi. Un Colonial au Temps de Colbert.
xxii 301p original paperback with faint blue paper cover, a well preserved copy, paper bright, ...
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