Biografia

The Great Friend: Frederick Ozanam

Albert Paul Schimberg · 1946 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 344p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine slightly bent down the middle. Edges and endpapers foxed, and early owner's signature on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight...

A Delayed Life: the True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

Kraus, Dita: · 2022 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York: Square Fish (Macmillan), 2022 1st. thus PBK 337pp. + a few b/w portraits. VG.

Orwell: The War Broadcasts

West, W. J. (Ed) · 1985 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London, Duckworth/British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp 304 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust jacket. Near Fine/near fine.

Betjeman: A Life

Wilson, A.N. · 2006 · The Glass Key

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First US edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 375 with b&w illustrations throughout. Green 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...

Orwell: The Life

Taylor, D.J. · 2003 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2003. Later printing. Hardcover. 2nd impression. 8vo. Pp xiv +466 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/very good +.

Proust: A Biography

Hayman, Ronald · 1990 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Heinemann, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xxiv + 564 + 12pp b&w plates. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Th...

George Orwell: A Life - Revised Edition

Crick, Bernard · 1981 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1981. Revised edition. Hardcover. First printing of the revised edition. 8vo. Pp xxx + 473 + 16pp b&w photographs. Brown cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound co...

Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Bair, Deirdre · 1990 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York, Summit Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 718 + 16 pp b&w plates. Quarter bound in brown cloth stamped in silver on the spine with sides of violet paper boards. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. The pr...

Orwell: The War Broadcasts

West W.J. (Ed) · 1985 · The Glass Key

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London, Duckworth/British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp 304 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and b...

The Last Great Frenchman: A Life of General de Gaulle

Williams, Charles · 1993 · The Glass Key

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Little, Brown, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xvi + 544 + 16pp b&w photographs. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the half-title else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Ve...

Memoirs 1885-1967

Maurois, André · 1970 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Bodley Head, 1970. First UK edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 439. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an...

George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large

Jack, Belinda · 1999 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xiv + 412 + 16pp b&w plates. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. An ex-library copy with minimal markings and name of ownership on the title page. Very Good/very good.

Alfred Jarry - a Pataphysical Life

Brotchie, Alastair · 2011 · The Glass Key

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Cambridge Mass & London, MIT Press, 2011. Later printing. Hardcover. 2nd impression. Square 8vo. Pp xi + 405 with b&w illustrations throughout. Brown paper boards stamped in copper on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/...

Jung: A Biography

Bair, Deirdre · 2003 · The Glass Key

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Boston/New York, Little Brown, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xii + 881 + 32pp b&w photographs. Quarter bound in grey cloth stamped in silver on the spine with sides of blue paper boards. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unm...

His Own Executioner: The Life of Nigel Balchin

Collett, Derek · 2020 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

UK, Penhaligon Press, 2020. Later printing. Paperback. First printing of the second, revised, edition of this 8vo paperback. Pp 406 with a number of b&w illustrations throughout. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good + .

The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner. His Service in King's Ships in War & Peace, His Travels & Explorations by Sea to Remote & Unknown Countries in Merchant Vessels, Whalers, and Other Sundry Craft; Together with Copious Notes & Comments on Ships, the Officers and Shipmates with Whom He Served, the Customs & Traditions of the Sea and of the Inhabitants of Distant Lands Both Savage and Civilized, Their Religions, Culture, & Industries, Etc. , Etc. , Etc. As Related by Himself

NICOL, JOHN; GORDON GRANT (ILLUS); ALEXANDER LAING (FOREWORD & AFTERWORD) · 1936 · Round Table Books, LLC

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

NY & Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Gordon Grant; W.H. Lizars. Publisher's full oatmeal cloth, gilt lettering on red panels on spine and cover, gilt compass medallion on cover, top edge red, red and black title page....

Jessie's Journey Autobiography of a Traveller Girl

SMITH, JESS · 2008 · The Old Bookshelf, UK

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

Scotland: Birlinn Ltd, 2008. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 1841587028. SIGNED - Good reprint paperback with lightly creased spine, very lightly bumped to ends. Spine cocked. Edges lightly foxed. Internally, signed by the author on title-page. Some foxing to prelims. Clean, bright ...

A Diversified Ministry

Thomas B. McDormand · 1987 · Rainy Day Books

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Book Good. Lancelot Press Canada Covers lightly soiled, interior is clean. Signed by the author.

Colour Me Black and White

Holgate, M. K. · 0 · Rainy Day Books

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Book Good. Very light wear, signed by the author. No publication information stated. Story of the author's life long struggle with bipolar illness.

A Series of Dogs

Armstrong, John · 2016 · Rainy Day Books

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Book Good. New Star Books Canada Light wear, front cover starting to curl. Interior is very clean.