Biography, Autobiography from

New Arrivals

No image available

The life of Lord Curzon :; being the authorized biography of George Nathaniel, marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G.

by Earl of Ronaldshay

Condition
Used - Partially torn and amply spine-chipped but intact and clean DJs protected in archival brodarts, gently bumped corners to three v
Published
N.D.
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$41.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: Boni and Liveright, N.D.. Hardcover. Partially torn and amply spine-chipped but intact and clean DJs protected in archival brodarts, gently bumped corners to three volumes, extremely faint scuffing to spine foots to three volumes and spine head fold to one volume, small ownership bookplates to front pastedowns else near fine to fine and bright set in good+… Read more about this item
Item Price
$41.00
No image available

The life and works of Baldassare Peruzzi of Siena

by Kent, William Winthrop

Condition
Used - Partially torn price-clipped DJ protected in archival brodart, extremely gentle wear to spine head & foot, lightly rubbed corner
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1925
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$36.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co, 1925. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Partially torn price-clipped DJ protected in archival brodart, extremely gentle wear to spine head & foot, lightly rubbed corners, else very good+ in very good(-) DJ.. Large octavo in light brown DJ; 85 p, 89 plates, b&w front portrait; 25 cm. Biography; Painters… Read more about this item
Item Price
$36.00
No image available

Memoirs of Alfred Rosenberg

by Rosenberg, Alfred; Lang, Serge; Schenck, Ernst von

Condition
Used - Gently edge-rubbed boards, very small ding to fore-edge; spine labels partially faded and upper one curled at edges; boards mild
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$128.00

Show Details

Description:
Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1949. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Gently edge-rubbed boards, very small ding to fore-edge; spine labels partially faded and upper one curled at edges; boards mildly worn; overall very good. Binding tight; leaves clean & bright (no foxing).. Octavo in red DJ (black spine); xxii, 328 p, b&w illus; 21 cm. Biography.
Item Price
$128.00
No image available

The quest for Corvo

by Symons, A. J. A.

Condition
Used - A tight fine clean copy in fine DJ
Edition
Folio Society second printing
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$22.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Folio, 1992. Folio Society second printing. Hardcover. A tight fine clean copy in fine DJ. Dark navy blue in a navy blue slipcase ; xxx, 289 p : facsims, ports ; 24 cm. Rolfe, Frederick William -- English -- Fiction -- Literature -- Biography.
Item Price
$22.00
No image available

My early times

by Dickens, Charles ; Rowland, Peter (ed)

Condition
Used - A fine clean copy, slight rubbing to top edge slipcase corners else near fine
Edition
First Folio Society printing (presumed)
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$18.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Folio Society, 1988. First Folio Society printing (presumed). Hardcover. A fine clean copy, slight rubbing to top edge slipcase corners else near fine. White octavo (red spine) in a red slipcase ; 252 p. : illus (some color) ; 24 cm. Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- History -- Dickens, Charles.
Item Price
$18.00
No image available

Memoirs of a British agent

by Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce, Sir ; Lockhart, Robin Bruce

Condition
Used - A fine tight clean copy in a fine slipcase
Edition
First Folio Society printing
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$22.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Folio Society, 2003. First Folio Society printing. Hardcover. A fine tight clean copy in a fine slipcase. Large blue octavo in a blue slipcase ; xviii, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Diplomatic and consular service, British -- World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia -- Biography -- History -- International relations.
Item Price
$22.00
No image available

Jose Fuentes Mares :; un historiador con escuela propia

by Herrera Velasco, Jorge

Condition
Used - Tight clean copy, light wear to wrap corners else very good (+) to near fine (-)
Edition
Primera ed
Published
2009
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9786077623076
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$23.00

Show Details

Description:
Ciudad Juarez, Chih., Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, 2009. Primera ed. Paperback. Tight clean copy, light wear to wrap corners else very good (+) to near fine (-). Brown octavo (black spine) ; 157 p : illus ; 22 cm. In Spanish. Only 1,000 copies. // Historians -- Mexico -- Biography -- Philosophy.
Item Price
$23.00
No image available

Renoir

by Drucker, Michel

Condition
Used - Eight small closed tears & one clipped tear to stained DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, faint scuff to spine head fold, mo
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1944
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$23.00

Show Details

Description:
Paris: P. Tisne, 1944. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Eight small closed tears & one clipped tear to stained DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, faint scuff to spine head fold, moderate clipped wear to rear edge, clipped wear-mark to front edge, gently rubbed corners, else good+ in good only well worn DJ.. Oblong quarto… Read more about this item
Item Price
$23.00
No image available

Lesbian letters

by Stockton, Christine Heron

Condition
Used - Extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, small scuff to rear cover, barely rubbed corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).
Edition
First edition (stated)
Published
1986
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780935999013
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$22.00

Show Details

Description:
San Francisco: Heron Press, 1986. First edition (stated). Paperback. Extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, small scuff to rear cover, barely rubbed corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).. Small pink octavo (white spine); 137 p ; 21 cm. Paperback original. || Signed & inscribed by author. || Lesbians; Biography; Letters. || Adults only.
Item Price
$22.00
No image available

William Dampier :; buccaneer explorer

by Norris, Gerald. 

Condition
Used - A fine tight clean copy in a fine slipcase
Edition
First Folio Edition
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$22.00

Show Details

Description:
London: The Folio Society, 1994. First Folio Edition. Hardcover. A fine tight clean copy in a fine slipcase. Light brown quarto in a black slipcase ; xxii, 268, [14] leaves of plates : illus (some color), facsims, maps, ports. ; 26 cm. Explorers -- Biography -- Pirates -- Ships -- Travel.
Item Price
$22.00
No image available

The boy with a thorn in his side :; a memoir

by Fleming, Keith

Condition
Used - Several faint scratches to DJ, extremely little wear to spine foot & foot fold & head & head fold, barely rubbed corners, else n
Edition
First edition, first printing (full number line)
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780688168391
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$18.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: William Morrow, 2000. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Several faint scratches to DJ, extremely little wear to spine foot & foot fold & head & head fold, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in near fine(+) DJ.. Octavo in black DJ; 205 p ; 24 cm. Keith Fleming had been a pretty ordinary… Read more about this item
Item Price
$18.00
No image available

Geraldine Farrar :; the story of an American singer

by Farrar, Geraldine

Condition
Used - Very slightly worn fold to spine foot & head & folds, barely rubbed corners, few faint marks to rear board, else very good+.
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1916
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$23.00

Show Details

Description:
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1916. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very slightly worn fold to spine foot & head & folds, barely rubbed corners, few faint marks to rear board, else very good+.. Dark green-cloth octavo; ix,, 1 l., 114, [2] b&w front plates, few b&w plates & portraits; 22 cm. Biography; Singer; Music; United… Read more about this item
Item Price
$23.00
No image available

Travels in the land of the gods :; 1898-1907 : the Japan diaries of Richard Gordon Smith

by Gordon Smith, Richard; Manthorpe, Victoria (editor)

Condition
Used - Very gentle rubbed fold to spine head & foot & folds, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-).
Edition
First edition, first printing (full number line)
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780139305122
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$18.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: Prentice-Hall Press, 1986. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very gentle rubbed fold to spine head & foot & folds, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-).. Large quarto in black-gold DJ (black spine); 224 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 29 cm. Travelers -- Japan -- Diaries; Autobiography.
Item Price
$18.00
No image available

Dossie dos mortos e desaparecidos políticos a partir de 1964

by Comissao de Familiares de Mortos e Desaparecidos Políticos

Condition
Used - Little wear & few creases to spine foot & head & folds, gently rubbed corners, lightly worn edges, else very good+.
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1995
Binding
Paperback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$20.00

Show Details

Description:
[Recife, Brazil]: Companhia Editora de Pernambuco, 1995. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Little wear & few creases to spine foot & head & folds, gently rubbed corners, lightly worn edges, else very good+.. White octavo; 438 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. In Portuguese. || Political prisoners -- Brazil -- Biography.
Item Price
$20.00
No image available

Shakespeare's life and world

by Duncan-Jones, Katherine

Condition
Used - A fine tight copy, very little shelf wear to near fine slipcase
Edition
First Folio Edition
Published
2004
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$18.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Folio Society, 2004. First Folio Edition. Hardcover. A fine tight copy, very little shelf wear to near fine slipcase. Large maroon quarto in a light tan slipcase. Biography -- Shakespeare -- Great Britian -- Literature -- Theater.
Item Price
$18.00
No image available

The Pastons :; a family in the Wars of the Roses

by Barber, Richard W. 

Condition
Used - A fine tight bright copy in a fine slipcase
Edition
First Folio Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$18.00

Show Details

Description:
London: The Folio Society, 1981. First Folio Edition. Hardcover. A fine tight bright copy in a fine slipcase. Dark illustrated tan octavo in a navy blue slipcase ; 208 p. : 1 geneal. table, 1 map ; 21 cm. Handsome historical English illustrations to front cover and detailed map to front and rear inside covers // Paston family… Read more about this item
Item Price
$18.00
No image available

The Boylan years :; one man, one team, twenty years

by Hayes, Liam (editor)

Condition
Used - Small closed tear to very gently worn price-clipped DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely little wear to spine head &
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
2002
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$22.00

Show Details

Description:
Lucan, Dublin: Carr & Hayes, 2002. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Small closed tear to very gently worn price-clipped DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely little wear to spine head & foot & folds, moderatly bumped front-bottom corner, gently bumped rear-bottom corner, blue ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, else very good+ in very… Read more about this item
Item Price
$22.00
No image available

Frank Sinatra :; an American legend

by Sinatra, Nancy

Condition
Used - Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, faint scuff to spine head fold & foot fold, bottom corners barel
Edition
First edition, first printing (full number line)
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781575441153
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$23.00

Show Details

Description:
Santa Monica, CA: General Pub. Group, 1998. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, faint scuff to spine head fold & foot fold, bottom corners barely rubbed, top corners gently bumped, else very good+ in very good+ to near fine(-) DJ.. Large quarto in black DJ; 383… Read more about this item
Item Price
$23.00
No image available

Walt Whitman's Civil War

by Lowenfels, Walter (editor); Braymer, Nan (editor)

Condition
Used - Lightly sunned spine & faint wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, small fold to spine head & foot, barely rubbed corne
Edition
First edition (stated)
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$22.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: Knopf, 1960. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Lightly sunned spine & faint wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, small fold to spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in near fine(-) DJ.. Octavo in white DJ; xvi, 333 p., [16] p of b&w plates; 22 cm. nice copy. // Biography; Civil War;… Read more about this item
Item Price
$22.00
No image available

James Stephen Hogg :; a biography

by Cotner, Robert C.

Condition
Used - Slightly worn & torn & sunned (spine) DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, small wear-mark to bottom edge, faint fold & wear t
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Published
1959
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Oakland, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$26.00

Show Details

Description:
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Slightly worn & torn & sunned (spine) DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, small wear-mark to bottom edge, faint fold & wear to spine head & fold, moderately bumped front corners, barely rubbed rear corners, else very good in good DJ.. Octavo in red… Read more about this item
Item Price
$26.00