Biography - General from Goldring Books

London: Fourth Estate, 1996. A Very good unmarked copy which has a very small indentation to back cover and a touch of light foxing to closed top edge. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. xvi +352 pages. The book presents the true 'coming out' stories of an impressive line-up of gay writers spanning two generations. Written specifically… Read more

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2008. An As New copy. 271 pages. 33 coloured photographs. Dr. Catherine Hamlin has been hailed as a living national treasure and one of the greatest Australians. Since 1959 she has lived and worked in Ethiopia, helping the victims of fistulas - devastating injuries caused by obstructed labour in childbirth, which condemn women to a lifetime… Read more

Nairobi, Kenya: Camerapix, 1998. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped.299 pages. 135 photographs. Foreword by Michael Buerk. Mohamed 'Mo' Amin MBE (1943-1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist. Amin's photos along with Michael Buerk's reporting of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that… Read more

Cairo: The American University Press in Cairo, 2017. An As New copy. 313 pages. 107 photographs. Twice a princess, twice exiled, Neslishah Sultan had an eventful life. When she was born in Istanbul in 1921, cannons were fired in the four corners of the Ottoman Empire, commemorative coins were issued in her name, and her birth was recorded in… Read more

London: Chatto and Windus, 1991. A Very good+ unmarked copy which has a very small indentation to front top edge and age toning to page edges. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. 255 pages. In this absorbing autobiographical memoir, Blady is not so much the principal (although she has a crucial part to play) as the core symbol… Read more

London: Little Brown, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 630 pages. 46 illustrations. Map endpapers. Since his release in February 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most significant moral leader since Mahatma Gandhi. As President of the African National Congress and spiritual figurehead of the anti-apartheid movement, he was… Read more

London: Chatto and Windus, 1986. A Near Fine unmarked copy apart from usual age toning o page edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 388 pages. 42 illustrations. Few families have had more colourful or more pervasive an influence on the arts than the Lamberts - or led more blighted, self-destructive lives. George Lambert,… Read more

London: Bloomsbury, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xv + 416 pages. No figure towers over the intellectual landscape of the 20th century more compellingly than Albert Einstein. This is the first biography of the great physicist to focus on his life during the first two… Read more

London: Cassell, 1970. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from 4 photo mounts to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 500 pages. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was Prime Minister of Australia from 1939-41 and 1949-66. The book is the second volume of reminiscences of the most distinguished and best-loved Commonwealth statesman. He… Read more

London: Bloomsbury, 1992. A Very Good copy which has a light indentation to front, a small stain to fore edge and a loose illustration else unmarked with dustjacket which is not price clipped and has light creasing to lower edges. xvi + 381 pages. 41 illustrations. To the expatriates who landed there in the post-war years, the International… Read more

London: Chatto and Windus, 1986. A Near Fine unmarked copy apart from a small mark to front board and usual age toning o page edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 388 pages. 42 illustrations. Few families have had more colourful or more pervasive an influence on the arts than the Lamberts - or… Read more

London: Macmillan, 1970. Gold title on brown cloth boards which has just a touch of wear to spine head. Internally there are some minor marks to lower closed edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a repaired closed tear and wear to edges and is not price clipped. xiv + 583 pages. 45… Read more

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 190 pages. Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) will be remembered for as long as cricket is played anywhere in the world. He was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist theorist and essayist. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and… Read more

Lisboa: Seguros & Pensoes, 2005. Um retrato biográfico do primeiro Presidente de Angola, António Agostinho Neto (1922-1979), completado por testemunhos inéditos de familiares e amigos, dão forma à obra 'Uma Vida Sem Tréguas', organizada pelo jornalista Acácio Barradas. GRANDE LIVRO PESADO 1.2 KILO - CUSTO DE TRANSPORTE EXIGIDO NECESSÁRIO 1. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near… Read more

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2000. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of 151 pages. Revolution collects 25 portraits of charismatic leaders who insisted on change in the face of oppression, persevering through ridicule, conflict, and often violent opposition, and whose human spirit has kept their legends alive. Here are the photographs and stories of heroes and… Read more

New York: The Free Press, 1997. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from top corner creases to two pages) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvii + 302 pages. 58 illustrations. Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Panasonic, and known as 'the god of management' in Japan. His accomplishments as… Read more

London: Leo Cooper, 1983. A near Fine unmarked copy which has minor indentations to front. 235 pages. 43 illustrations. 7 maps. A well researcked and beautifully presented book with fine photographs of Oates's life (1880-1912) and his time in Antarctica. The authors have produced a fascinating character study of a quintessential British hero. The 'soldier' as Oates was known,… Read more

New York: Miramax, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xi + 468 pages. 40 illustrations. This is the dramatic and inspiring story of an American woman's remarkable journey into the heart of a man and his nation. Born into a distinguished Arab-American family and raised amid privilege,… Read more

New York: Atria , 2008. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket (Fine apart from the UK price on the barcode at rear has been crossed out). First edition, First printing. xxiv + 232 pages. 29 illustrations. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an extraordinary example of a life dedicated to peace, non-violence, and unity. The book… Read more

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. A clean and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped and has marks to back. First edition, first printing. 255 pages. Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels, lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated… Read more