Literary Biography
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Auden
by Richard Davenport-Hines
Richard Davenport-Hines was born in 1953. The author of several books, including Sex, Death, and Punishment and The MacMillansFrom the Hardcover edition.
Coleridge's Library, a Bibliography Of Books Owned or Read By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Ralph J Coffman
The Profession Of Authorship In America, 1800-1870
by William; Foreword By Howard Mumford Jones Charvat
Literary Biography Books & Ephemera
The Black Book Of Vice President Adlai E Stevenson, 1836-1914, Governor Adlai E Stevenson, 1900-1965, Senator Adlai E Stevenson, 1930-
by Stevenson, Adlai E
Idella Parker: From Reddick to Cross Creek
by Idella; Crussell, Bud; Crussell, Liz Parker
Gainesville: University Press of Florida 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813017068 "The illustrated story that tells what happened before and after [Idella Parker] worked for Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and adds frank new details to her earlier memoir about her years as cook, house-keeper, and confidante to Florida's Pulitzer Prize winner". 213 pages, illustrated, notes, bibliography. Near Fine copy, spine cocked and some bowing to book, in Finejacket. bx233
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£10.12
Frieda Lawrence: Including Not I, but the Wind and Other Autobiographical Wri..
by Rosemary Jackson; Frieda Von Richthofen Lawrence
Harpercollins, 1994-11. Hardcover. Very Good. 1994. Pandora. Hardcover w/dust jacket. 1st Edition, 1st Print. No prior owner marks. Minor wear and scuffing on book and jacket. Ship same or next day. More Biographical books in my store. Matching ISBN.
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£5.18
Shadow Maker The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
by Sullivan, Rosemary
Harpercollins Canada / Non-Fiction. Very Good+. 1995. Hardcover. 0002554062 . Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, the pages are clean & unmarked, light age tanning. An uncreased spine with some corner wear. Black & white photo sections. "Who is the mystery that is Gwendolyn MacEwen? Acclaimed biographer Rosemary Sullivan poignantly uncovers the life of a searingly gifted but wounded poet, novelist and mystic, a writer who, after a spellbinding reading to a packed...
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£15.97
Saint-Exupéry De La Rive Gauche À La Guerre
by Gerber, François
DENOEL. Fine. 2000. Paperback. 2207251101 . A Fine pictorial Paperback. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. A black & white photo section. "Intellectuel engage´, Antoine de Saint-Exupe´ry fut un acteur et un te´moin privile´gie´ du de´bat ide´ologique d'avant-guerre. Son parcours politique original l'amena a` s'engager de`s la de´claration de guerre, en 1939. Cette biographie explore cette face me´connue de...
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£17.34
A Writer's Life
by O'Flynn, Criostoir
US: Obelisk Books, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/None. Signed. **SIGNED/INSCRIBED** with date by author to poet Moira Bailis on half title page ; Clean, unmarked interior. Tight binding and spine uncreased. A little edgewear to top front corner and unnoticeable flat crease on back wrapper, else near fine. O'Flynn released this third volume of his autobiography after he believes a former publisher attempted to censor his writing. Ó Floinn, Críostóir, 1927-, Authors, Irish...
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£22.26
The Fields of Noon
by Burnford, Sheila
Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Brown / tan Hardcover, gilt titles to the spine, gilt bird to the cover. Near Fine with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. Protected by a clear plastic cover. "The Fields of Noon is a memorable collection of autobiographical essays by Scottish-born Canadian writer Sheila Burnford, better known for her...
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£18.52
Louise Bogan a Woman's Words
by Smith, William Jay
Washington, DC: Library Of Congress. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1971. Trade Paperback. Dampstaining from the inside front cover to the title page and contents page. Light wear and rubbing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. .naut4
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£6.48
Your Mirror to My Times
by Ford Madox Ford
light wear, light dust soiling to page edges in dust jacket with edge wear, small closed tears, creasing
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£11.33
Patrimony A True Story
by Roth, Philip
Touchstone Books. Very Good. 1992. Paperback. 0671758624 . Trade Paperback, Very Good, tightly bound & unmarked with moderate cover wear. A crease to the front cover bottom corner. "Roth's brilliant memoir between father and son. He accompanies his irascible, 86-year-old father through each stage of his heroically stubborn engagement with life." ; 8.40 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches; 238 pages .
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£9.04
John Buchan
by (Buchan, John ie Lord Tweedsmuir) By His Wife and Friends [Preface by George M. Trevelyan, O.M.]
Photo-illustrated. Gift inscription, edhe wear, dust soiling to page edges, in edge worn Dust Wrapper with chipping heaviest at the spine ends, especially at the heel] and short tears. See photos bx79
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£16.19
The Omni Interviews
by Weintraub Pamela editor
ni NY: Omni Press, 1984. 364 pages of interviews from Omni magazines 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very light wear.
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£8.10
Forgotten Kings: The Days of Irwin Shaw
by Salter, James
Sag Harbor, NY: The Bookman Press. Near Fine; Light arcing indentation line at fore-edge of half-title page, . as if a fingernail were run along it.. 1998. Softcover. One of 200 numbered copies. Photo reproduction frontispiece by Eugene Atget. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Marbled wrappers with glassine jacket. An excerpt about Salters friendship with fellow writer Irwin Shaw taken from his 1997 autobiography Burning the Days. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pages .
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£32.38
THE WORLD OF RAYMOND CHANDLER
by Gross, Miriam (edited by) [Eric Homberger, Julian Symons, Russell Davies, Billy Wilder, John Houseman, Philip French, Dilys Powell, Michael Mason, Michael Gilbert, Clive James, Natasha Spender, Jacques Barzun, et al]
New York: A & W Publishers Inc 1978. First US edition. 190 pages last numbered page is 189,, photo-illustrated, bibliography, introduction by Patricia Highsmith, Near Fine copy very scattered top edge foxing in price clipped [with small printed price sticker added] else Near Fine Dust Wrapper [lower corner crease and a bottom edge nick to the front flap]. 190
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£12.95
Lionel Trilling and the Fate of Cultural Criticism
by Krupnick
Near Fine with a trace of wear.bx77
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£9.71
The Story of the Alcotts
by Cheney, Ednah D
Vertical crease to the rear cover [which has a museum shops price sticker affixed], else VG+ copy with one minute spot stain to the rear cover. .
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£8.10
Dreaming: Hard Luck and Good Times in America
by See, Carolyn
New York, NY: Random House, Incorporated. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ; Photographs mil 11
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£8.10
Fragments of Stained Glass
by White Claire Nicolas
light wear, small stain to spine, in dust jacket with a trace of wear.The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover.
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£12.13
Herman Melville A to Z
by Carl E. Rollyson; Lisa Olson Paddock
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 261 p. Contains: Illustrations. Critical Companion (Paperback). Audience: General/trade.
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£20.24
The Voyage Home
by Church Richard
A charting in the odyssey in search of spiritual fulfillment, by an office worker, artist turned poet. 223 pages. Previous owner address label to front free endpaper, ight wear and dust soiling in like dust jacket
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£8.10
Lewis Carroll: An Illustrated Biography
by Hudson, Derek
NY: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0517530783 . Lavishly illlustrated biography of Lewis Carroll, the Alice in Wonderland author. Notes, references, select bibliography, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .
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£20.24
Myself
by Ashton-Warner, Sylvia
NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1967. First Printing. Hardcover. 0671513346 . Author photograph with a cup of tea on front jacket panel. Library of Congress number 67-17890. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 239 pages .
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£8.10
James Grassie: Poet and Aboriginal Story Teller of Victoria
by Peake, Andrew
Adelaide: Published by Author. 2013. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Mint Condition. A New copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 258 pages. James Grassie [1813-1904] was a Scottish poet and storyteller who moved to Australia in 1852 and claimed to have been at the Eureka Stockade in 1854. His first few poems published in Australia seem to have appeared in the Geelong...
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£20.11
A Silverlock Companion
by Fred Lerner
Center Harbor: Niekas Publications Book. 1988. First Edition.Edited by Fred Lerner; James M. Crane, Edmund R. Meskys, Charlotte Moslander, Anne J. Braude 0910619026 Oversize [about 8.5" x 10.75"] pictorial wrappers, saddle-stapled, 52 pages. Near Fine copy with very light creasing. mag4E
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£20.24
It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
by Norman Schwarzkopf and Peter Petre
Bantam, New York. 13th paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, spine creases.He set his star by a simple motto: duty, honor, country. Only rarely does history grant a single individual the ability, personal charisma, moral force, and intelligence to command the respect, admiration, and affection of an entire nation. But such a man is General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the Allied Forces in the Gulf War. In this refreshingly candid and typically outspoken...
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£1.75
Kingsley Amis, Dom Moraes, Peter Porter. Penguin Modern Poets 2
by Amis Kingsley
Penguin Books. Very Good+. 1968. Paperback. A Very Good+ Paperback. The binding is tight, no internal markings. A small sticker scar to the front cover.. Age tanning. (1962) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 127 pages .
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£9.63
