JOURDAN, PHILIP

FIRST EDITION, ex-school library, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to borders of front & rear board, gilt school emblem to front board, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 293pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, mior tanning to page edges, school presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1911

KEYWORDS: first editions leather bindings Cecil Rhodes biography biographies memoir politics political history historical

SISTREN & FORD SMITH, HONOR (ed)

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1986

KEYWORDS: jamaica jamaican history memoir biography women's collective feminist feminism

YUTANG, LIN

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 370pp, illus, vG (light rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, occasional light foxing & staining to pages throughout) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- some patches of moderate loss, heavy creasing to flaps, minor tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: history historical biography biographies memoir Su Tungpo literary

HALL, NORMAN S

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & aviation illus to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 191pp, illus, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, distributor's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Arno Press 1972

KEYWORDS: aviation history biography Frank Luke

DALI, SALVADOR & PARINAUD, ANDRE & SALEMSON, HAROLD J (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, super octavo, cream heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine & front board, 300pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate soiling & tape staining to spine & boards/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with moderate adhesive staining also, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: W H Allen 1976

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GIBRAN, KAHLIL & GIBRAN, JEAN

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Avenel Books 1981

KEYWORDS: Kahlil Gibran literary biography memoir autobiography

BAILEY, KATHRYN

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Anton Webern composer biography music history

OSBORNE, ROGER

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1999

KEYWORDS: Jacques Deprat geologist biography fraud

CARTER, WILLIAM C

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PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2006

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ESCOTT, JOHN & MERRITT, GEORGE & MACEWEN, WILLIAM

Ex-library octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2004

KEYWORDS: Hank Williams country music singer biography

HALPERN, IAN

Ex-library super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: James Taylor music biography singer songwriter musician Carly Simon

WATTS, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: John Donald / Birlinn 2002

KEYWORDS: Hugh Macdonald Scottish historical biography Jacobite rebeliion Scotland history

HAFFENDEN, JON

This volume only (Volume 1); super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: William Empson poet literary biography criticism

HUGHES, ROBERT & GOPNIK, ADAM (INTRO.)

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PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2015

KEYWORDS: Robert Hughes literary biography cultural critic unpublished memoir

MELLERS, WILFRID

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980

KEYWORDS: Johann Sebastian Bach classical composer religious biography music religion spirituality

NEWMAN, ERNEST

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1963

KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner classical music composer biography

TIGUNAIT, PANDIT RAJMANI

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Himalayan Institute Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Yoga Hindu saints sages biography history ancient Sanskrit texts oral histories Hinduism

BROWN, TONY

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PUBLISHER: Rogan House 1997

KEYWORDS: Jimi Hendrix final days music biography

MORGAN, TED

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PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1991

KEYWORDS: William Burroughs literary biography

GILLMAN, PETER & GILLMAN, LENI

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PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1986

KEYWORDS: David Bowie music biography