Biografia

Portrait of a Marriage: Illustrated Edition

Nicolson, Nigel · 1990 · The Glass Key

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990. First printing of this edition. Hardback. First printing of this edition. 4to (270 x 192mm). Pp 223 with 40 colour, 40 sepia and 60 b&w illustrations. Burgundy cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free...

Lytton Strachey: The New Biography

Holroyd, Michael · 1995 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1995. First US edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xxxv + 779 + 16pp b&w plates and 4pp colour plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly b...

Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas

Hollis, Matthew · 2011 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Faber & Faber, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 389 + 8pp b&w plates. Grey cloth boards stamped in black on the spine. Name of ownership on the half-title else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/ve...

Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes

Davenport-Hines, Richard · 2015 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, William Collins, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp x + 418 including 6pp b&w photographs. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership in pencil on the title page else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclippe...

James Joyce: New and Revised Edition

Ellmann, Richard · 1983 · The Glass Key

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

London, Oxford University Press, 1983. First printing of this edition. Paperback. 12th printing of this 8vo paperback edition. Pp xviii + 887 + 54pp b&w photographs. Names of ownership on the half-title else a clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Diagonal crease to the to...

Oscar Wilde

Ellmann, Richard · 1987 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1987. Later printing. Hardcover. 3rd impression. 8vo. Pp xiv + 632 + 32 pp b&w photographs. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Very Good/very good.

George Orwell: The Authorised Biography

Shelden, Michael · 1991 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Heinemann, 1991. Later printing. Hardcover. 2nd impression. 8vo. Pp 564 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Text paper shows light tanning. Very Good/very good.

Madame Proust - a Biography

Bloch-Dano, Evelyne · 2007 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xiii + 310 + 16pp b&w plates. Translated from the French by Alice Kaplan. Red cloth boards stamped in cream on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else ...

Bishop Walsh of Maryknoll: A Biography

Raymond Kerrison · 1962 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 314p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. A few light smudges on the cloth and sticker scuff on front endpaper; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly worn, but ...

Ruby: An Ordinary Woman

Bonnie Thompson Glaser and Ann Martin Worster, eds · 1995 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston, Faber & Faber, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 274p. A new hardcover book in dustjacket. Appears unread. The diary of Ruby Thompson, an English Catholic feminist. .

Cardinal Mezzofanti: A Memoir of the Italian Cardinal Reputed to Be the Greatest Linguist in the World

Anon · 1855 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Review, 1855. Wraps. Complete 48-page text of an article extracted from The Edinburgh Review. This is a disbound pamphlet and the pages are loose. .

Simone Weil: A Modern Pilgrimage

Robert Coles · 1987 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 179p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Except for a faint stamp on both endpapers, the book is clean and tight, and cover is pristine. The dustjacket has a few spots of light wear, but is...

Bamboo Swaying in the Wind: A Survivor's Story of Faith and Imprisonment in Communist China

Claudia Devaux and George Bernard Wong · 2000 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Chicago, Loyola Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 206p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Wong, a Chinese Jesuit, was put in prison for 25 years by the Communist Chinese because of his religious faith. Contains black and white photographs. .

Pugin: A Mediaeval Victorian

Michael Trasppes-Lomax · 1932 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London, Sheed & Ward, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 357p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Some light cover wear, previous owner's name, otherwise pages clean and tight. A biography of Augustus Pugin, English architect and designer, who brought about a reviv...

Reluctant Dissenter

James Patrick Shannon · 1998 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1998. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 228p. A new hardcover book with a likewise dustjacket. From the back cover, "the moving, first-person account of the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to resign from his office over a mat...

The Diaries of Beatrice Webb.

WEBB, BEATRICE / MACKENZIE, NORMAN AND JEANNE.(EDITORS). · 2001 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2001. 155553483X. Abridged by Lynn Knight. "Fabian socialist, social researcher and reformer, and cofounder of the London School of Economics, Beatrice Webb was at the center of British intellectual and political life for nearly seventy y...

Barbara Hepworth: A Life of Forms.

FESTING, SALLY. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Viking, 1995. 0670843032. 1st edition. Biography of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth. "The development of her sculpture is interwoven with its chief influences, people and places, setting her life against the great creative forces of her surroundings, first in Yorkshire a...

James Gillis, Paulist

James F. Finley · 1958 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Garden City, Hanover House, 1958. Hardcover. Tan cloth, without the dustjacket. 270p. A hardcover book in very good condition. A couple name stamps from a convent library on half-title and title pages else complete, unmarked, clean and tight. Biography of the popular Catholic ...

The Fruit in the Seed: Chapters of Autobiography

Margaret Leigh · 1952 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York, Sheed & Ward, Inc, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 128p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Stamp inside front cover and paste residue inside back cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly chipped, most visib...

The Life of Christina of Marykate

Monica Furlong, trans · 1997 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Berkhamsted, Arthur James, 1997. Paperback. 123p. A new blue softcover book. Appears unread. From the VISIONARY WOMEN series. Christina of Marykate (ca. 1097-1155) was an English hermit devoted to celibacy. This 14th-century biography is translated by Monica Furlong. .