Books on Biography
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A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs, 1917 - 1922.
lvii 304p red paperback, fresh clean copy, without names or signs of use, a clean copy, with maps
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One Crowded Hour: An Autobiography.
285p hardback, fresh dustjacket (protected), frontispiece and many plates, this is an excellent ...
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Red Prelude: The Life of the Russian Terrorist Zhelyabov.
x 267p hardback, burgundy cloth fresh and square, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, excellent ...
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Inside the Russian Revolution.
243p plus 4 pages of publisher's adverts in the back, portrait frontispiece of the little ...
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Peter the Great. Translated from the French by Lady Mary Loyd.
x 562p hardback, blue cloth strong and clean, frontispiece, excellent copy, reprint of the 1897 ...
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A Wandering Student. The Story of a Purpose.
xv 448p original red cloth still fresh, parts of the jacket inserted, spine of dustjacket not ...
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Bolshevik Feminist: The Life of Aleksandra Kollontai.
xxiv 352p hardback, fresh dustjacket, many illustration, very good copy, with decorative bookplate ...
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Cold Spring in Russia.
x 283p hardback, fresh green dustjacket (protected), excellent copy of the first edition, no names ...
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Fateful Years, 1909 - 1916. The Reminiscences of Serge Sazonov GCB, GCVO, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs: 1914.
327p red cloth fresh, with frontispiece, reprint of the 1928 edition, excellent condition
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Hope against Hope: A Memoir.
xvi 431p black and pink paperback, well preserved, with frontispiece, translated by Max Heyward, a ...
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Mercantile Biography: Erastus Brigham Bigelow.
16p essay removed from Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, February 1854, small type, ...
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The Spice Islands Voyage.
267p paperback, blue photographic cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages ...
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Cold Spring in Russia.
283p green morocco leather style hardback, gilt lettering, light library markings, a fresh and ...
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A Wrestling Soul: Story of the Life of Sir Narayan Chandavarkar.
xviii 229p hardback, fresh dustjacket, author inscription, excellent copy, slight binding flaw, a ...
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Jathedar Bhai Kartar Singh Jhabbar: The Life and Times. Illustrious Hero of the Akali Movement.
xv v 121p hardback, laminated boards, portrait to front, with plate, with gift inscription by the ...
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Trotsky in New York City.
15p essay in New York History, Journal of the New York State Historical Association, for sale is ...
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The Bolshevik Myth. Diary 1920 - 1922.
319p first edition, library rebound in plain black cloth, white lettering and shelfmark to spine, a ...
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Caleb Heathcote, Gentleman Colonist.
viii 301p hardback, blue boards, cloth spine with title label to spine, frontispiece with ...
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Stolypin: Russia's Last Great Reformer.
x 146p hardback with laminated boards, ex library copy, "Withdrawn" stamp to top edge, a useful ...
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Russian Memories. With an Introduction by Stephen Graham and Fifteen Illustrations.
310p rebound in strong red library cloth with white lettering to spine, frontispiece and addtl ...
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Some Aspects of the Life and Teachings of the East Bengal Saint Anandamayi Ma.
20p offprint, grey card cover, a fresh clean copy
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The Little Emperor: Governor Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Company.
x 232p hardback, dustjacket, author inscription to a friend, excellent copy, jacket a little worn ...
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A Star of India: Flora Annie Steel, her Works and Times.
iv 219p hardback, fresh blue dustjacket, frontispiece, author inscription, excellent copy of the ...
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Sayyid Jamal ad-Din "al-Afghani". A Political Biography.
xvii 479p large hardback blue cloth, this copy a little worn and aged, inner hinges weakened, a few ...
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Eminent Indians.
112p hardback, dark blue jacket with gilt lettering, clean and tight copy
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Some Personal Experiences.
vii 304p original cloth worn and aged and soft, front inner hinge yielding, portrait frontispiece ...
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From the Life of Sri Anandamayi Ma. Volume 1 ONLY.
xii 208p green paperback with stiff covers, name in ink, with plates, very well preserved, volume 1 ...
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Mission for Hammarskjold: The Congo Crisis.
xi 335p hardback, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, red dustjacket present, author ...
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Le General Semino en Iran Qâjâr et la Guerre de Herat 1820 - 1850.
349p, 59p Arab text with French introduction, with illustrations, a very well preserved copy, no ...
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My Live and Loves.
xviii 983p large hardback, black cloth with gilt lettering and line portrait, very good condition, ...
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Founder of Pakistan: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876 - 1948).
30p stapled booklet, large square format, with many illustrations, transparent film to cover has ...
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Helen of Tus: Her Odyssey from Idaho to Iran.
xii 204p large format volume, square format, many plates throughout, also in colour, a tight and ...
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Hiram Morgan Hill.
x 70p square format paperback, many plates throughout, author inscription, excellent copy: Money ...
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Mascaras y Caras.
502p thick paperback, light library markings, adhesive tape repair to cover, binding broken, paper ...
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Chinese Profiles.
376p tight and un-used paperback, as new, inside cover a little browned, else as new, portraits ...
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The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, with Elucidations. Third Edition. Volume 1.
lxii 523p hardback, moss cloth with gilt lettering, very good condition, light wear commensurate ...
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Pathfinders of the American West. The Journals of Lewis and Clark.
xliii 506p large hardback, moss cloth without slipcase, gilt lettering and design to cover, very ...
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Newton Tercentenary Celebrations. 15 - 19th July 1946.
92p hardback, scarlet cloth with crest and gilt lettering, very good condition, minimal wear, some ...
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The Silver Drum. A Japanese Imperial Memoir.
xxvii 210p hardback, grey cloth with violet jacket, very good condition, jacket partly sunned, ...
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Prince and Princess Chichibu. Two Lives Lived above and below the Clouds.
xxxvi 224p hardback, onyx cloth with grey jacket, very good condition, some very light marks to ...
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Witness to History. A Refugee from the Third Reich Remembers.
ix 386p hardback, grey cloth with ivory jacket, very good condition, some very light wear to jacket ...
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Cambridge and Other Memories 1920 - 1953.
179p hardback, scarlet cloth with black and white jacket, good condition, wear to jacket, endpaper ...
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When the Cat Had my Tongue. A very English Memoir.
185p paperback, amber cover with colourful illustration, very good condition, little to no wear, ...
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What's My Motivation?
311p paperback, white cover, very good condition, some very light wear and a few light marks to ...
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Borrowed Finery. A Memoir.
210p paperback, b&w photograph cover, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages very ...
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Black Sea Bride.
175p paperback, white cover with photograph, very good condition, minimal wear to covers, sticker ...
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Kissinger's Year: 1973. Watergate, Vietnam, Yom Kippur, Détente.
xvi 457p paperback, photographic cover, very good condition, minimal wear to covers and spine, ...
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Josel of Rosheim. Commander of Jewry in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
xx 327p hardback, beige cloth with terracotta jacket, good condition, light wear to jacket edges, ...
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The Praise of Folly. With a Short Life of the Author.
254p hardback, grey cloth with gilt and crimson designs to cover and spine, good condition, light ...
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