Books on Biography
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A Voyage to Arabia Felix (1708-1710) A Journey from Mocha to Muab (1711-1713) A Narrative Concerning Coffee, An Account of the Captivity of Sir Henry Middleton at Mocha by the Turks in 1612, together with New Travels in Arabia Felix (1788)
396p hardcover with white dustjacket, excellent condition, clean fresh and unused throughout, as ...
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A Voyage to Arabia Felix (1708-1710) A Journey from Mocha to Muab (1711-1713) A Narrative Concerning Coffee, An Account of the Captivity of Sir Henry Middleton at Mocha by the Turks in 1612, together with New Travels in Arabia Felix (1788)
396p hardcover with white dustjacket, excellent condition, clean fresh and unused throughout, as ...
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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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A Wiltshire Village in the 1870's.
48p white stapled booklet, minor indent to rear board, from a Cambridge college library with stamps ...
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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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A-Sitting on a Gate. Autobiography.
ix 195p hardback with fresh dustjacket, clean copy, very good
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Abelardo L Rodriguez: El Mejor Amigo del Proletario.
864p very thick paperback, portrait to cover, many illustrations throughout, paper yellowing, cover ...
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Abitare la Battaglia. La Storia di Giuseppe Verdi.
xi 336p large paperback, blue cover, one corner with minor red wine (?) marking, still a very good ...
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About Bateson: Essays on Gregory Bateson by Mary Catherine Bateson.
250p paperback with brown card cover, clean copy, binding tight, no faults, well preserved
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About the Granite Problem and some Masters of the Study of Granite.
12p offprint, grey paper cover, "best wishes for Christmas", plates, very good, one old pencil note
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Abraham Lincoln, 12 February 1809 - 15 April 1865: Interpretations on the 150th Anniversary of His Birth.
56p stapled booklet with slightly dusty card cover, pages clean with double columned text, contains ...
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Abraham Lincoln.
65p slim hardback, portrait to cover, bibliography, photographic plates, very good
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Abul Kalam Azad: Islam and Humanity.
204p green cloth firm and tight, a clean copy, without name or stamps, never used, uncommon title
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Activist Leaders of San José. En Sus Propias Voces.
xxvi 312p paperback, b&w cover with colour portraits, like new condition, no significant wear, ...
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Adam Smith and the Circle of Sympathy. Cosmopolitanism and Moral Theory.
xv 286p hardback, navy blue illustrated dustjacket, white lettering to spine, an excellent copy, ...
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Adam Smith.
231p paperback, a fresh copy, clean pages, firm, in excellent condition, overall
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Adam's Brood: Hopes and Fears of a Biologist.
223p cloth with white jacket, very good condition, first edition
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Admiral of the Fleet. The Life of Sir Charles Lambe.
224p hardback with pictorial dustjacket, price clipped, from a Cambridge college library, good ...
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Adolf Spiess, der Begründer des deutschen Schulturnens: Ein Lebensbild.
157p small format, rebound in grey library cloth, well preserved copy, title with some signs of ...
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Adolph Ritter von Tschabuschnigg (1809 - 1877). Literatur und Politik zwischen Vormärz und Neoabsolutismus.
354p fresh paperback, excellent clean copy, as new, no names or stamps, editor note inserted
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Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats.
62p small format hardback, dark green leather with gilt lettering, very good condition, worn at ...
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Adorno in Frankfurt: Ein Kaleidoskop aus Texten und Bildern.
423p large format hardback, dustjacket excellent, fresh clean copy
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Aelfric's Lives of the Saints being a Set of Sermons on Saints' Days formerly Observed by the English Church. Ed. Walter Skeat.
vii 553p, lxii 474p plus Early English Text Society adverts in back, 2 vols rebound in plain brown ...
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After Many Years. A Tale of Experiences and Impressions Gathered in the Course of an Obscure Life.
244p blue cloth, a little dusty, title label to spine, first edition, very well preserved, scarce ...
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After Many Years. A Tale of Experiences and Impressions Gathered in the Course of an Obscure Life.
ix 244p blue cloth, publisher's label to spine, binding firm, pages fresh, a very good clean copy
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Agnes Arber, 1879 - 1960. Orbituary Notice.
12 page orbituary notice with frontispiece and bibliography, very good, library stamp, additional ...
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Agrippa d'Aubigné: L'homme et l'oeuvre.
62p booklet, photographic plate, bibliography, very good
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Ahmad ibn Tulun. Governor of Abbasid Egypt, 868 - 884.
x 159p hardback, navy cover with beige spine, strong binding, pages very clean and bright, maps ...
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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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Air Crash Kills Yanks' Munson. New York Daily News. Sports Final. 3 Aug 1979.
complete newspaper, original, together with Daily News from 4 August ("Banded in Grief") and also ...
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Akademik Paul Ariste. (RUSSIAN)
63p paperback with silver and black cover, very well preserved
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Aktuell aufgenommen: 12 Interviews mit Deutschen von heute.
128p paperback, many photos, each section with questions and vocabulary, very good
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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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Al. February 22, 1915 - March 23, 1974. [Al Weisman. The Way He Was].
120p blue cloth, with silver decration to front board, many photograph illustrations in the text, ...
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Alastair Gordon R.N. A Story of the Present Day.
425p blue paperback, paper title labels to front and spine, spine creased, previous owner has ...
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Albert Michel-Lévy. (1877 - 1955)
22p offprint, large format, grey card cover, stapled, portrait frontispiece, uncut, very good, nice ...
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Albert Michel-Lévy. (1877 - 1955)
10p offprint, orange card cover, stapled, portrait frontispiece, very good, nice fresh copy
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Album Borges.
234p full burgundy calf binding with gilt rules to spine, preserved in its sepia printed slipcase, ...
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Album Chateaubriand.
359p full brown calf binding with gilt rules to spine, fresh clean copy, transparent jacket and ...
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Album Oscar Wilde.
266p full burgundy calf binding with gilt rules to spine, printed slipcase present, transparent ...
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Alec Pearson: A Line through a Life. An Essay by N Pearson.
36p slim stapled booklet, fresh copy from a Cambridge college library
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin. Izdanie Tret'e, Dopolnennoe.
144p white paperback, spine a little worn, frontispiece, extensive bibliography
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Alena Wels Hirschorn.
201p beige hardback with gilt lettering, in original slipcase, gilded edges, limited edition book ...
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Alessandro il Grande. Il «Romanzo di Alessandro» e la «Vita di Alessandro» di Plutarco.
lviii 193p small format paperback, many plates, as new excellent copy, no names or stamps
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Alex Prentice 1888-1981. Compiled by his son A.O.S Prentice for family and historical interest.
18p biography bound in black cloth with gilt title to front, photographic images and illustrations, ...
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Alexander der Grosse im Chronicon Universale von Frutolf von Michelsberg. (= Alexander de Grote in de Middeleeuwen: Symposium Interfacultaire Werkgroep Mediaevistiek, Groningen 12 - 15 october 1977)
35p yellow large format card covers, typescript, text in German, clean pages, hardly used, very good
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Alexander's last days in the Middle English Kyng Alisaunder. (= Alexander de Grote in de Middeleeuwen: Symposium Interfacultaire Werkgroep Mediaevistiek, Groningen 12 - 15 october 1977)
36p yellow large format card covers, typescript, clean pages, hardly used, very good
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Alexanders letzte Tage in Hartliebs Histori von dem grossen Alexander. (= Alexander de Grote in de Middeleeuwen: Symposium Interfacultaire Werkgroep Mediaevistiek, Groningen 12 - 15 october 1977)
21p yellow large format card covers, typescript, clean pages, text in German, very good
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