Books on Biography

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Fifty Sounds.

£10.00

345p white paperback, high quality folding card cover, excellent copy, as new, second edition

£10.00

La strada di San Giovanni.

£14.00

134p hardback with white unclipped, illustrated dustjacket designed by Valentina Cantone, spine a ...

£14.00

Consul in Japan, 1903 - 1941. Oswald White's Memoir 'All Ambition Spent'.

xviii 214p hardback with unclipped pale turquoise illustrated dustjacket, excellent copy, as new, ...

£38.00

Sir William Gell in Italy. Letters to the Society of Dilettanti, 1831 - 1835.

182p hardback with unclipped illustrated dustjacket, very well preserved copy, clean and fresh

£18.00

The Life of J M W Turner, R A, founded on Letters and Papers furnished by his Friends and Fellow-Academicians.

xix 636p, original but faded burgundy cloth with embossed medallion to front board, top edge rather ...

£48.00

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xvii 638p paperback, minor wear to cover, signed to title page

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The Birthday Oracle or Whom shall I Marry. Guesses at the Character or Appearance of your Future Husband or Wife.
(No Author)

£18.00

Olive green small format hardback (11x9cm) with gilt titles and attractive Art Nouveau design to ...

£18.00

Joris-Karl Huysmans. A Rebours.

125p purple and white paperback, some foxing to endpapers, otherwise a clean and firm copy, French ...

£10.00

Mixed Moss. The Journal of The Arthur Ransome Society. Volume 2, Number 1.

£12.00

64p journal, blue and white cover, stapled binding, very good condition

£12.00

Dante.

£16.00

326p hardback with unclipped black dustjacket, name to front endpaper, clean and fresh, first ...

£16.00

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578p heavy blue cloth with gilt lettering, very nice well-repaired copy, original boards have been ...

£28.00

My Reminiscences.

xi 272p dark blue cloth, frontispiece and addtl plates, a tight clean copy, no names or stamps, ...

£18.00

Pursuit: The Uncensored Memoirs of John Calder.

£22.00

621p large format hardback, bright yellow dustjacket, author inscription, excellent copy

£22.00

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92p blue paperback, front cover a little soiled, with illustrations, author dedication, also ...

£20.00

The Story of a Child.

£12.00

163p hardback, very fresh dustjacket, as new, translated by Rosemary and Peter Ganz

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xv 106p slim paperback, purple cover, like new condition, very little wear, pages clean and neat, ...

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xxi 224p hardback in brown cloth with a brown jacket, a little light wear, firm binding, a few ...

£10.00

Collected Letters of Thérèse of Lisieux.

348p paperback in moss-green cover, very good condition, tight binding, clear and bright pages with ...

£24.00

£14.00

270p blue cloth, white title label to spine, frontispiece, additional plates, a fresh copy of the ...

£14.00

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vii 187p blue cloth, white title label to spine, frontispiece, additional plates, a fresh copy of ...

£14.00

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini. A Study of a XV Century Italian Despot.

£32.00

x 296p large format hardback, terracotta cloth with bright gilt decor to front and spine, ...

£32.00

Napoleon's Memoirs.

xxvii 605p purple cloth fresh, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece portrait, folding tables, a ...

£20.00

Sir Isaac Newton: A Biographical Sketch.

£14.00

80p slim paperback booklet with orange card cover well preserved, no names or stamps, second ...

£14.00

We Go a Journey.

£36.00

119p slim format, black cloth, clean copy, no names or stamps, well preserved, uncommon title

£36.00

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, ...

£42.00

Yesterday's Man. An Archaeological Life, 1955 - 1980.

£36.00

115p large format paperback, fresh clean copy, with author greetings, excellent

£36.00

(No Author)

£24.00

48p paperback booklet, good condition staple binding, cover a bit tanned, not much wear, text clear ...

£24.00

Käthe Hollwitz.

£20.00

32p stapled booklet, in good condition apart from missing its covers, staple binding intact, pages ...

£20.00

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xii 493p olive cloth still quite fresh and tight, frontispiece with tissue guard detaching, clean ...

£18.00

Simone Weil: Utopian Pessimist.

£18.00

xvii 316p white paperback, with plates and maps, nice clean copy, no names or stamps, very good

£18.00

John James Wymer, 1928 - 2006.

£10.00

15p offprint, with portrait and author note, very good

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328p large format hardback, bright blue card cover with photograph, like new condition, little to ...

£16.00

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84p small format hardback, green covers, very good condition, minimal wear, binding tight, small ...

£12.00

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74p paperback, tan covers, good condition, wear to back cover and spine, binding a little loose but ...

£20.00

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292p paperback, beige cover with b&w portrait, good condition, light wear to cover edges and ...

£16.00

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348p large paperback, white covers with photographs, like new condition, no significant wear, ...

£24.00

90p paperback, blue and white covers, very good condition, a little light wear to cover surfaces, ...

£16.00

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127p paperback, navy cloth with illustration, very good condition, minimal wear to covers, binding ...

£16.00

The Little Sister - The Story of Mary Ann Evans who became George Eliot. Told for the older Child.

£14.00

44p tall booklet, white cover with portrait, light dust traces, a clean copy, uncommon title

£14.00

Lorenzo the Magnificent.

288p large format hardback, fresh dustjacket, many plates throughout, lavishly illustrated, a nice ...

£14.00

Severo Ochoa.

This is a single issue of the Buletin Informativo issued by the Fundacion Juan March with a 15p ...

£14.00

Twelve Years in a Monastery.

£10.00

viii 259p small hardback with grey dustjacket, jacket a little worn and chipped to corners, pages ...

£10.00

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viii 220p hardback with dustjacket, a well preserved copy, clean and without traces of use, first ...

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55p large format blue card typescript booklet with black cloth tape spine, privately published by ...

£18.00

Sir Joseph Whitworth. 'The World's Best Mechanician'.

xiii 338p paperback, dark red cover with photo portrait, very good condition, a little light wear ...

£32.00

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 ...

£120.00

Mazzarino e Anna d'Austria.

£18.00

139p small format paperback with portait to front and red rule, a fresh and clean copy, binding ...

£18.00

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