Biografia

Dickens. A Biography

Kaplan, Fred · 1991 · Mare Booksellers

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1991. Leather. Full blue leather with gilt decorations. 667 pp. Easton Press edition of this study of the life of Charles Dickens. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading. Unused Easton Press bookplate on the inside front cover. Very Good .

Luce and His Empire

Swanberg, W.A. · 1989 · Mare Booksellers

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1989. Leather. Green leather with ornamentation in gilt. 529 pp. A biography of Henry Luce, focusing on his publishing of Time and its impact on journalism and the way in which news was presented for mass consumption. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fadin...

Saint Joan of Arc

Sackville-West, V. Redgrave, Lynn (foreword) · 1991 · Mare Booksellers

$92.00 (€83.47 | £69.64 | ¥14,691)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1991. Leather. Blue leather with gilt decorations. 395 pp. Illustrations throughout. Easton Press edition of this biography of Joan of Arc, with a foreword by Lynn Redgrave written for this edition. VERY GOOD+ condition. Light fading. Unused Easton P...

An Introduction to Rembrandt

Clark, Kenneth · 1992 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€49.00 | £40.88 | ¥8,623)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1992. Leather. Brown leather with gilt ornamentation. 153 pp. Many black and white illustrations and reproductions of paintings throughout. A biography of Rembrandt, with a study of his art and how it reflected events in his life. VERY GOOD condition...

Queen Victoria

Strachey, Lytton · 1991 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.02 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1991. Leather. Green leather with gilt ornamentation. 434 pp. With a few illustrations. Easton Press edition of this biography of Queen Victoria. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading to the covers. Unused Easton Press bookplate on the inside front cover...

The Inventions of Mark Twain

Lauber, John · 1995 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.02 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

Norwalk, CT, The Easton Press, 1995. Leather. Full brown leather with gilt ornamentation. 340 pp. Easton Press edition of this biography of Mark Twain, examining his literature and life and the influence of each on the other. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear. Unu...

Louis XIV

Erlanger, Philippe · 1995 · Mare Booksellers

$92.00 (€83.47 | £69.64 | ¥14,691)

Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, 1995. Leather. Full dark green leather with ornamentation in gilt. 412 pp. Easton Press edition of this biography originally published in French, chronicling the birth and rise of Louis XIV and the evolution of the French state during his time. VERY ...

The Memoirs of Jubal A. Early. Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War between the States

Early, Jubal A. · 1994 · Mare Booksellers

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Smithmark, 1994. Hard Cover. Brown paper covered boards in dust jacket. 496 pp. A reprint of this first hand account of the Civil War as experienced by the Confederate general Jubal Anderson Early, recalling raids and battles he led, including Gettysburg. VERY GOOD+ ...

Ingres. Sa Vie and Son Oeuvre (1780-1867) D'Apres Des Documents Inedits

Lapauze, Henry · 1911 · Mare Booksellers

$97.00 (€88.01 | £73.43 | ¥15,490)

Paris, Imprimerie Georges Petit, 1911. Half Leather. Bound in red morocco half-leather with marbled boards, with original wraps bound in. Gilt banding and compartments on the spine and covers. 584 pp. Black and white illustrations and plates throughout. All text in French. A b...

The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden

Voltaire · 1755 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€49.00 | £40.88 | ¥8,623)

Edinburgh, John Wood, Printer, 1755. Leather. Vii, 215, (14). Several pages mis-numbered around page 140, although the signature marks are continuous throughout. With a frontis portrait. A biography following the rise to power, attack of his kingdom and subsequent war against ...

A War Diary in Paris 1914-1917

Coolidge, John Gardner · 1931 · Mare Booksellers

$86.00 (€78.03 | £65.10 | ¥13,733)

Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1931. Cloth. Maroon cloth in unclipped jacket. 283 pp. A firsthand account of life in Paris during World War I, reflecting and reporting on news of battles, politics between countries, daily life and other aspects of wartime living, written by a hig...

Edwin Booth. Recollections by His Daughter Edwina Booth Grossmann and Letters to Her and Her Friends

Grossmann, Edwina Booth · 1902 · Mare Booksellers

$108.00 (€97.99 | £81.75 | ¥17,246)

New York, The Century Co, 1902. Cloth. Printed by the De Vinne Press. Reddish cloth with squares of gilt decorations at the corners of the front cover. 292 pp. With a few illustrations. SIGNED, with a short dedication by Edwin Booth Grossman on the first endpaper, with the sig...

Edvard August Vainio 1853-1929. Acta Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica, 57, N: O 3

Linkola, K. · 1934 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Helsingforsiae, F. Tilgmann, Publisher, 1934. Original Wraps. Printed wraps. 26 pp, including a bibliography of the works of Vainio. With a frontispiece photo of Vainio. A short biography of Edvard August Vainio, a Finnish lichenologist. This focuses primarily on his writings ...

Auf Das Grab Peter Hille's

No Author Given · 1904 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€49.00 | £40.88 | ¥8,623)

Leipzig-Berlin, Modernes Verlagsbureau Curt Wigand, 1904. First Edition. Original Wraps. Small format wraps, with a small photo of Peter Hille on the front cover. 54 pages. ALL TEXT IN GERMAN. A short work reflecting on the life and writing of Peter Hille. Hille was a German N...

An Incident in the Life of Daniel Webster. From the Reminiscences of Daniel Webster by His Friend Peter Harvey

(Harvey, Peter) · 1877 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Little, Brown and Co. Original Wraps. OCLC records suggest a date of 1877 but this appears a bit later. Stiff wraps. Small booklet. 22 pp. With an illustration of the birth house of Daniel Webster. A recollection of the meeting between Webster and his brother-in-law Jo...

Memoir of John Lang Bickersteth, Late of Rugby School

No author given. (Charlotte Bickersteth Wheeler) · 1850 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union, 1850. Hard Cover. Marbled paper covered boards. 71 pages. With a frontispiece illustration. A memoir of John Lang Bickersteth, drawn mostly from his journal entries, recalling his life and hardships the Rugby School. The preface to t...

Memoir of Mrs. Susan Howard, Late of the South American Mission. With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters

Chapin, William · 1845 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, Published for the author at the Methodist Book Concern, 1845. First Edition. Cloth. Finely ribbed dark brown cloth with gilt titling and minor ruling and decoration in blind. 138 pages. With a frontis portrait. Drawn mostly from journal entries and letters, this work...

Charles Dickens. The Story of His Life

[Taverner, Henry Thomas] · 1870 · Mare Booksellers

$135.00 (€122.49 | £102.19 | ¥21,558)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1870. Original Wraps. Original wraps. Early printing, with ads in the rear dated September 1870. With illustrations and facsimiles. 110 pages plus 4 pages of ads in the rear. A biography of Dickens published almost immediately after his death. In...

Homenaje a Don Jose C. Zeledon

No Author Given · 1924 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

San Jose, Costa Rica, Libreria Trejos Hermanos, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Original cloth hard cover. 95 pages including index. With a few black and white illustrations. A brief biography of Jose C. Zeledon who studied ornithology in Costa Rica, collecting many new speci...

A Sketch of the Life of Hon. Henry Matson Waite. Late Chief Justice of Connecticut

Wait, John Turner · 1870 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, David Clapp and Son, 1870. Original Wraps. Believed first edition. Original wraps. With a frontis portrait. 8 pages. A brief biography of Waite, with a brief genealogy of his family and ancestors. GOOD condition. Mostly minor darkening to the covers, minor soiling and ...