Biografia

Etude Sur la Vie Et Les Oeuvres de Bernardin de St-Pierre

Fernard Maury · 1892 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1892. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 675p. Ex-library copy of a red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Library sticker on spine. Additional stickers on endpapers. Spine is mildly faded, and the pages are foxed. However, the text is clean and the ...

Apostle of the Karens: Venerable Fr. Paolo Manna

Edward P. Evans · 1996 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Fyshwick, Australia, A.R. McLean, 1996. Paperback. 73p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover is creased, lightly tanned, and faintly soiled. Small, pale yellow stain (about the size of a half-dollar) on p. 71. Otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Fr. Manna, a Ca...

Autobiography

Eric Gill · 1947 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, The Devin-Adair Company, 1947. Ex-Library. Hardcover. 300p. 7th prtg. Ex-library copy of a grey cloth hardcover book in good condition. Library stamp on front endpaper. Small bits of underlining in pen throughout. Pen notes on back endpaper. Former owner's signature ...

The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina

Elisabeth Luther Cary · 1902 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1902. 4th printing. Hardcover. 310p. A burgundy cloth hardcover book in fine condition, having lightly rubbed edges and being otherwise clean and tight. Biographies of Dante Rossetti (the painter) and his sister, Christina (the poet). Contain...

Theodore E. Burton: American Statesman

Forrest Crissey · 1956 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 352p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in near-fine condition. Except for a small, faint stain and a 1" wrinkle in the front cover cloth, the cover is in excellent condition. Text is cle...

George Bernard Shaw

G.K. Chesterton · 1956 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Hill and Wang, Inc, 1956. Paperback. 190p. A small softcover book in very good condition. The edges are rubbed, the spine is faded and has a tiny closed tear in the middle, and there is a tiny stamp on the front cover and on the side of the text block. Otherwise clea...

Charles Dickens and His World

J.B. Priestley · 1969 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Scribner's, 1969. Hardcover. 144p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Contains former owner's sticker and stamps; otherwise clean and tight. Dustjacket has light edgewear and is price-clipped, but is in overall excellent condition. Biogra...

Somerset Maugham and His World

Frederic Raphael · 1970 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Scribner's, 1970. Hardcover. 128p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in fine condition. Former owner's sticker and stamp on endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. Dustjacket is in excellent condition. Biography of the British novelist and playw...

Pasternak: A Pictorial Biography

Gerd Ruge · 1959 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1959. Hardcover. 143p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. The spine is tanned and very slightly crooked; otherwise clean and tight. Biography of the Soviet Russian author. Includes many black and white photographs throughout. .

E.M. Forster

Francis King · 1988 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Thames and Hudson, 1988. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Paperback. 128p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Other than a black marker steak on page edges, the book is in excellent condition. Biography of the author of A PASSAGE TO INDIA and A ROOM WITH A...

Lancelot Andrews (Twayne's English Author Series #325)

Trevor A. Owen · 1981 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Boston, Twayne, 1981. First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth. Plates. 179p. Book like new. Lancelot Andrewes was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes serv...

William Caxton 1424-1491

Henry R. Plomer · 1925 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

London, Leonard Parsons, 1925. Hardcover. 195p. Green cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: number on spine, large label on back cover, pocket on endpaper, stamp on endpaper and title page, otherwise clean and tight. A biography of William Caxton, 15th century...

Recollections of My Youth

Ernest Renan · 1883 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Decorated green cloth with embossed design. xxii, 360p. Some cracking. Foxing on endpapers. Otherwise a clean and tight book in good condition. Joseph Ernest Renan (28 February 1823 - 2 October 1892) was a French expert o...

Biographical and Historical Sketches of the Catholic Clergy in the State of Iowa: Rev. John O'Farrell

0 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Ottumwa, Iowa. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Approx. 150 to 200p. A rebound black cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine lightly bumped, and covers slightly rubbed and dirtied. Text block slightly dirtied and bumped. Binding tight. Contains black and white photographs. .

Francis Thompson: A Critical Biography

Paul van K. Thomson · 1961 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 280p. A hardcover book in fair condition in a fair dustjacket. Ex-library: Stamps on endpapers and dedication page, jacket price clipped and taped to book, marks from pocekts and labels on endpapers. A biography of ...

A Protestant Converted to Catholicity by Her Bible and Prayer-Book

Fanny Maria Pittar · 1895 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London, Catholic Truth Society, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 200p. Dark red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Some light cover wear, sticker on endpaper, otherwise clean and tight. An autobiography of a Protestant woman who converted to Catholicism. .

General Douglas Macarthur: Fighter for Freedom

Francis Trevelyan Miller · 1942 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company, 1942. Hardcover. 280p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Jacket chipped along edges, slightly dirtied, otherwise pages clean and tight. Illustrated. Introduction by Lowell Thomas. The story of an American General f...

The Life of the Venerable Francis Libermann: A Pioneer of the African Missions

G. Lee · 1937 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London, Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. 333p. Brown cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Spine faded, large stained spots on front and back covers, otherwise pages clean and tight. Francis Libermann was born in France in 1804 to a Jewish family, and h...

Ernest Renan

William Barry · 1905 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 288p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Cover worn and dirtied, page edges rough-cut and dirtied, otherwise pages clean and tight. Part of the Literary Lives series, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll. In...

The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows

Mother Dolores Hart & Richard DeNeut · 2013 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st printing. Hardcover. 457p. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Clean and tight. The remarkable story of Dolores Hart, a young actress who left her successful career in Hollywood to become a nun. This book includes he...