Books on Biography
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Joris-Karl Huysmans. A Rebours.
125p purple and white paperback, some foxing to endpapers, otherwise a clean and firm copy, French ...
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Mixed Moss. The Journal of The Arthur Ransome Society. Volume 2, Number 1.
64p journal, blue and white cover, stapled binding, very good condition
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Dukes and Poets in Ferrara: A Study in the Poetry, Religion and Politics of the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries.
578p heavy blue cloth with gilt lettering, very nice well-repaired copy, original boards have been ...
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My Reminiscences.
xi 272p dark blue cloth, frontispiece and addtl plates, a tight clean copy, no names or stamps, ...
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Pursuit: The Uncensored Memoirs of John Calder.
621p large format hardback, bright yellow dustjacket, author inscription, excellent copy
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Reflections at Random. The Story of a Life.
92p blue paperback, front cover a little soiled, with illustrations, author dedication, also ...
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys, M A, F R S, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty, transcribed from the Shorthand... by the Rev Mynors Bright M A. Edited with Additions by Henry Wheatley. Eight Volumes bound in Three.
three blue cloth volumes with gilt lettering to spines, approx 900p 900p 600p, printed n fine ...
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The Story of a Child.
163p hardback, very fresh dustjacket, as new, translated by Rosemary and Peter Ganz
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Al-Hallaj.
xv 106p slim paperback, purple cover, like new condition, very little wear, pages clean and neat, ...
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Collected Letters of Thérèse of Lisieux.
348p paperback in moss-green cover, very good condition, tight binding, clear and bright pages with ...
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Scott of the Antarctic: A Study in Character.
vii 187p blue cloth, white title label to spine, frontispiece, additional plates, a fresh copy of ...
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini. A Study of a XV Century Italian Despot.
x 296p large format hardback, terracotta cloth with bright gilt decor to front and spine, ...
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We Go a Journey.
119p slim format, black cloth, clean copy, no names or stamps, well preserved, uncommon title
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Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans (1778 - 1815). Publié par son arrière-petit-fils le Colonel Comte Aymar de Liedekerke-Beaufort.
two volumes privately bound (1920ies?) in plain blue cloth, black title label to spine, top edge ...
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Im Mass der Moderne. Felix Weingartner - Dirigent, Komponist, Autor, Reisender.
471p hardcover with illustrated cover, in original shrink wrap, shrink wrap slightly torn at top, ...
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Yesterday's Man. An Archaeological Life, 1955 - 1980.
115p large format paperback, fresh clean copy, with author greetings, excellent
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Herzl en Bialik. Wegbereiders van een Joodse Toekomst.
48p paperback booklet, good condition staple binding, cover a bit tanned, not much wear, text clear ...
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Käthe Hollwitz.
32p stapled booklet, in good condition apart from missing its covers, staple binding intact, pages ...
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Memoirs of William Smith, LL.D., Author of the "Map of the Strata of England and Wales", with an Introduction to the Life and Times of William Smith and the William Smith Lecture 2000.
xxxvii ix 230p hardback, grey boards with black title panel, a fresh copy, as new with gift ...
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Simone Weil: Utopian Pessimist.
xvii 316p white paperback, with plates and maps, nice clean copy, no names or stamps, very good
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Etta und Otto Stangl. Galeristen, Sammler, Museumsgründer
328p large format hardback, bright blue card cover with photograph, like new condition, little to ...
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Moses Mendelssohn in Potsdam.
84p small format hardback, green covers, very good condition, minimal wear, binding tight, small ...
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Ahmed il-Bedawi. Ein Lied auf den Ägyptischeen Nationalheiligen.
74p paperback, tan covers, good condition, wear to back cover and spine, binding a little loose but ...
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G K Chesterton. Création Romanesque et Imagination (1874 - 1936).
292p paperback, beige cover with b&w portrait, good condition, light wear to cover edges and ...
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Kai-Uwe von Hassel und seine Familie. Zwischen Ostsee und Ostafrika. Militär-Biographisches Mosaik.
348p large paperback, white covers with photographs, like new condition, no significant wear, ...
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Joris Ivens. Cinquant'Anni di Cinema.
90p paperback, blue and white covers, very good condition, a little light wear to cover surfaces, ...
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The Little Sister - The Story of Mary Ann Evans who became George Eliot. Told for the older Child.
44p tall booklet, white cover with portrait, light dust traces, a clean copy, uncommon title
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Lorenzo the Magnificent.
288p large format hardback, fresh dustjacket, many plates throughout, lavishly illustrated, a nice ...
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Severo Ochoa.
This is a single issue of the Buletin Informativo issued by the Fundacion Juan March with a 15p ...
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Twelve Years in a Monastery.
viii 259p small hardback with grey dustjacket, jacket a little worn and chipped to corners, pages ...
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Christopher Marlowe: A Biography.
viii 220p hardback with dustjacket, a well preserved copy, clean and without traces of use, first ...
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The Dodillon Copies of Letters by Turgenev to Pauline and Louis Viardot.
55p large format blue card typescript booklet with black cloth tape spine, privately published by ...
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Sir Joseph Whitworth. 'The World's Best Mechanician'.
xiii 338p paperback, dark red cover with photo portrait, very good condition, a little light wear ...
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Prospero's Wireless. A Biography of Peter Pendleton Eckersley. Revised Edition.
xvii 510p paperback, blue cover with b&w illustration, very good condition, binding firm, a little ...
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Mazzarino e Anna d'Austria.
139p small format paperback with portait to front and red rule, a fresh and clean copy, binding ...
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I Mille di Garibaldi. Volti di Protagonisti e Comparse.
200p small format paperback, brown cover with colour portrait, many portraits throughout, includes ...
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The Inventor of Stereo. The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein.
xxi 421p paperback, white cover with photograph, very good condition, no significant wear, binding ...
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The Pye TVT Story.
ix 342p paperback, blue cover with b&w photographs, very good condition, no noticeable wear, ...
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Padre e Figlio.
246p yellow paperback with illustrated front cover, back cover slightly warped, spine square, ...
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Radio Man. The Remarkable Rise and Fall of C. O. Stanley.
xvii 356p large hardback, navy cloth with green and orange photographic jacket, like new condition, ...
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Vita di Nietzsche. Volume 1: Il Profeta della Tragedia (1844 - 1879)
xiv 802p hardback with white dustjacket, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, never used, ...
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Il Bello del Brutto. Introduzione Attilio Brilli.
97p large format dark blue paperback with colour illustration to front, exterior fresh, no names or ...
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Vita di Richard Savage. A Cura di Erminia Artese.
106p large format dark blue paperback with colour illustration to front, exterior fresh, no names ...
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Il Re delle Bambole.
41p dark blue paperback with colour illustration to front, excellent fresh copy, no names or ...
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C'era una Volta... Con una Nota di Stefano Rolando.
211p dark blue paperback with colour illustration to front, excellent fresh copy, with illustrations
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Un Homme et les Microbes - Une Vie de Pasteur pour la Jeunesse.
94p very fresh and well preserved paperback, illustrated cover, woodcuts by Robert Gibbings, ...
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Uomini del Novecento.
182p small format paperback, faint green cover, a few reviews inserted, cover a little dusty, text ...
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Portafoglio d'un Operaio. A Cura di Carlo Ossola.
358p large paperback colour cover, editor inscription, long introduction, very well preserved
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