Biografia

Epicurean Delight: The Life and Times of James Beard

Evan Jones · 1990 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 366p. A very good hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, otherwise fine. Includes b/w photographs. A biography of James Beard, famous chef and personality. .

Simone Weil: A Modern Pilgrimage

Robert Coles · 1987 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Reading, Massachussets, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 179p. A very good hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, otherwise fine. A biography of Simone Weil, writer and philosopher. .

Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters

Richard Mangan, ed · 2004 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Arcade Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 564p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, otherwise in fine condition. Includes some b/w photographs. A biography of one of the great actors of the 20th century. .

Talleyrand: A Biographical Study

Joseph McCabe · 1906 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

London, Hutchison & Co, 1906. Hardcover. 373p. Brown cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Spine repaired with tape, edges of cover worn, otherwise clean and tight. Includes 25 b/w plates. A biography of Talleyrand. .

Excellent Dr Stanley: The Life of Dean Stanley of Westminster

John Witheridge · 2013 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Norwich, Michael Russell, 2013. Hardcover. 400p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, jacket has large closed tear which was repaired, otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Arthur Stanley, a Dean of Westminster in the 19th-century. ...

Gladstone: Volume One 1809-1865

Richard Shannon · 1982 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. Paperback. 580p. A softcover book in very good condition. Some light cover wear, previous owner's plate, otherwise clean and tight. Volume One of a biography of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of England from 1868 to 1894. .

Cardinal Newman 1801-90: A Centenary Exhibition

Susan Foister · 1990 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, National Portrait Gallery, 1990. Paperback. 88p. A softcover book in very good condition. One corner of cover creased, previous owner's plate, otherwise clean and tight. Includes many color and b/w illustrations. A biography of Cardinal Newman. .

Gerald Brenan: The Interior Castle

Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy · 1993 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 660p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, otherwise fine. A biography of British writer Gerald Brenan. .

I'd Rather Teach Peace

Colman McCarthy · 2002 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Maryknoll, New York, Orbis Books, 2002. Hardcover. 140p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. The has a stain and a small chip on the front cover. The text is clean and the binding is tight. The Washington Post columnist's memoirs of tea...

The Registers of Henry Burghersh 1320-1342: I.

Nicholas Bennett, ed · 1999 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Lincoln Record Society, 1999. 1st Edition. 223p. A new hardcover book in a new dustjacket. Mint in shrinkwrap. Lincoln Record Society Volume 87. A record of Henry Burghersh, an Englishman and bishop of Lincoln in the 14th century. .

A Short Memoir of Esterina Antinori

Lady Herbert · 1883 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son, Ltd, 1883. Second Edition. Hardcover. 119p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine and corners bumped. Spine dirtied. Front and back endpapers slightly tanned. Text clean and tight. The memoirs of a young girl, raised in the Convent...

Scenes from Clerical Life

Thomas Connellan · 1908 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

Dublin, Catholic Office, 1908. 1st Edition. Paperback. 92p. A rare softcover book in good condition. Back cover missing, front cover stained and faded, title page dirtied, otherwise pages clean and tight. Rare. A collection of twelve short biographical sketches of clergy drawn...

Edmund Lester 1866-1934: A Memoir

Clement Tigar · 1937 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 115p. Blue cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Edges of cover worn, fabric on spine fraying, inside hinge cracked, otherwise clean and tight. Includes b/w photographs. A biography of Father Edmund Lester, ...

Florimond J. Bonduel: Missionary to Wisconsin Territory

Malcolm Rosholt & John Britten Gehl · 1980 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Seabury Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 406p. Ex-library hardcover in dustjacket. Shelf label on spine, remains of card pocket on endpapers, stamp on title page. Text is clean and tight, unmarked and complete. Good reading condition. Inscribed by author Msgr. Jo...

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Michael O'Carroll · 1953 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Westminster, Newman Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 278p. Ex-library hardcover in dustjacket. Shelf label on spine, remains of card pocket on endpapers, stamp on title page. Text is clean and tight, unmarked and complete. Good reading condition. Scarce biography of the po...

Treasure in a Field: The Life of Venerable Mother St. Joseph, Cofoundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Sistaer Mary Fidelis McManama · 1960 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Milwaukee, Bruce Publishing, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 215p. Ex-library hardcover in dustjacket. Shelf label on spine, stamps and markings on endpapers and title page. Text is clean and tight, unmarked and complete. Good reading condition. .

Peter Maurin: Gay Believer

Arthur Sheehan · 1959 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Garden City, Hanover House, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 217p. Ex-library hardcover in dustjacket. Shelf label on spine, stamps and markings on endpapers and title page. Text is clean and tight, unmarked and complete. Good reading condition. Scarce biography of Maurin, a clos...

With Love and Laughter: Reflections of a Dominican Nun

Sister Maryanna · 1960 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1960. Hardcover. 213p. Ex-library hardcover book in dustjacket. Label on spine and endpaper, name stamped on title page. Text complete, unmarked, clean and tight. "A rainbow of memories in the life of an American girl who became a Dominican sister. .

Autobiography of a Campaigner for Christ

David Goldstein · 1936 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Boston, Catholic Campaigners for Christ, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 416p. A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Scarce in this condition. David Goldstein (1870-1958) was a Jewish convert to Catholicism. He was an activist against Marxism in labor unions. .

We Have Been Friends Together: Memoirs

Raissa Maritain · 1942 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, Longmans, Green and Co, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with stamps on page edges. Call numbers on spine in gold pen. Dustjacket flap glued to front pastedown. Otherwise a tight, clean hardcover book in very good condition. Blue cloth boards. 208p. A memoir ...