Search Results: Autobiography from Sindbad Books

New York: Grosset & Dunlap This famous autobiography by the Renaissance Florintine sculptor is cited in Gombrich's 'The Story of Art'. The book is described by Gombrich as an 'immensly colourful and vivid picture of his age; '...He was boastful, ruthless and vain...he tells the story of his adventures with such gusto that you think that you are reading a novel by Dumas...For him to be an artist was no longer to be a respectable and sedate owner of a workshop: it was to be a 'virtuoso' for whose favour princes and cardinals should compete.' Copy has rough-cut end pages with a small amount of foxing. cover showing a little wear.. Decorative Cloth. Good/fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Cover showing some wear; small tears and creases.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney: Alpha Books, 1978. light foxing and marking to d/w. fading to d/w spine. History of a generation, living in Hawthorn, Australia during the WWI & WWII. "The author is concerned with the reasons for the retreat from churches during his lifetime; not only the factor of disillusionment about the ability of God to prevent the slaughter of millions of innocent victims of war and the bigotry that poisened relations between Christians but also that if the the first casuality of war is truth, the second is charity.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harrap, 1988. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.(faded dust jacket on spine)

NSW, Australia: Kerr Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Michael Joseph, 1956. New Zealand caricature artist from 30s-40s. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. Light bumping and shelfware to book. Previous owner's signature. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Granada, London, Hard cover. DJ showing wear; creasing. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.