Biography -- Literary from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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Rebecca West; A Life
by Glendinning, Victoria
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297790846
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. bound in original dark blue papered boards, with a dust jacket, illustrated. Previous owner's name on the first page, that a faint spotting of the top edge of the text block, and the dustjacket has been price clipped. Illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ernest
by Buckley, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780803723924
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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The Dial Press, New York, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 162 pages, then a further 86 pages which are non paginated, photo credits. Photographic endpapers, being black-and-white photograph of seabirds over water. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Ernest Hemingway. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs from the life… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Albert Schweitzer; The Man and His Mind
by Seaver, George
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Edition
- fifth Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$8.46
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Adam and Charles Black, London, 1959. fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 374 pages including appendices & index, the last two pages blank, with 24 illustrations . dustjacket is price clipped, previous owner's name on the 1st page, slight rubbing at the top of the spine section of the dustjacket internally clean. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Stevie: A Biography of Stevie Smith
by Barbera, Jack and McBrien, William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780333426715
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$8.46
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Papermac, London, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. VI, 378 pages, note by the executor of Stevie Smith, note by the authors, acknowledgements, notes and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography, as an insert, and the occasional black and white line drawings by Stevie… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.46
Rebecca West; A Life
by Glendinning, Victoria
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297790846
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. bound in original dark blue papered boards, with a dust jacket, illustrated, which has faded slightly on the spine section. The book is free of any annotation, and the dustjacket has been price clipped. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Belles Saisons; A Collette Scrapbook Assembled, and with Commentary, by Robert Phelps
by Phelps, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. 650 g.; XII, 13-304 pages, last page blank, notes and sources and bibliography. Blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs from throughout Colette's life, reproductions of posters, cartoons and reproductions of manuscript pages. … Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Heine, A Biography
by Fejto, François
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$8.46
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Allan Wingate, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. 545 g.; VIII, 9-304 pages, last two pages bank, intentionally, foreword by author, list of illustrations, bibliography and index. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece of Heinrich Heine. The text is illustrated with 10 black-and-white contemporary illustrations throughout the text. Black… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.46
Rex Stout A Biography
by McAleer, John
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN
- 9780316553407
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$23.28
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Little, Brown and Company, Boston -- Toronto, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.2 to 5 kg.; XVI, 624 pages, last three pages blank intentionally, foreword by P. G. Wodehouse, list of illustrations, introduction by author, notes, A Rex Stout Checklist, acknowledgements and index. Black-and-white photograph of Rex Stout as a… Read more about this item Item Price
$23.28
Somerset Maugham and the Maugham Dynasty
by Connon, Bryan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781856192743
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$16.63
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Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, a note on sources, introduction by author, select bibliography and index. Illustrated endpapers, being a fleur de lis design, in maroon and white, reproduced multiple times. The text is illustrated with two inserts of eight pages each… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.63
Rebecca West; A Life
by Glendinning, Victoria
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Buckram
- ISBN
- 9780394539355
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1987. First Edition. Buckram. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, introduction by author, notes, and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographs / illustrations between page 172 and 173. Buckram covered boards with blue titles to the backstrip. … Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
As Once in May; The Early Autobiography of Antonia White and Other Writings
by White, Antonia -- Susan Chitty -- Editor
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780860683520
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Virago Press, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 525 g.; X, 340 pages, introduction by Susan Chitty and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers, being reproductions of Antonia White's writing. The text is illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Scott and Ernest; The Authority of Failure and the Authority of Success
by Bruccolli, Matthew J
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780370301402
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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The Bodley Head, London . Sydney . Toronto, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 480 g.; XVI, 168 pages, acknowledgements, chronology, appendix and a note on sources. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs scattered throughout the book. Tan coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and bumping… Read more about this item Item Price
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Monuments are Not Loved
by Karsov, Nina and Szechter, Szymon
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780340105986
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 660 g.; XII, 288 pages, last two pages blank (intentionally), authors' note, introduction by Peter Reddaway. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the lower backstrip edge and minor rubbing to the book corners.… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Miles Franklin in America; Her Unknown Brilliant Career
by Coleman, Verna
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780207145360
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Sirius Book [ Angus and Robertson Publishers ), Sydney, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 700 grammes; X, 222 pages, last 3 Blank, acknowledgements, forward by author, notes, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs and reproductions of the novelist's books dust wrappers. Black coloured boards with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Memories of My Father; Translations of Thomas Mann's Works - A Bibliography
by Mann, Golo
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First German Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Inter Nationes, Bonn, Germany, 1965. First German Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 64 pages, last 3 blank, bibliography. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, of Thomas Mann by Paul Citroen. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and facsimile's of Thomas Mann's writing/work. Maroon coloured covers, with French flaps, and black writing… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Ernest
by Buckley, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780803723924
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
- Item Price
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$13.30
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The Dial Press, New York, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 162 pages, then a further 86 pages which are non paginated, photo credits. Photographic endpapers, being black-and-white photograph of seabirds over water. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Ernest Hemingway. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs from the life… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
Miles Franklin; Her Brilliant Career
by Roderick, Colin
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780727016966
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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$13.30
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Rigby, Adelaide, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. acknowledgements, chronology, index. Pale brown coloured endpapers. Photographic title page and throughout the book there are copious black and white photographs, illustrations and maps from throughout Miles Franklins' life. Cream coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Minor rubbing to… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.30
