Biografia

Art Lover, a Biography of Peggy Guggenheim

GILL, ANTON · 2003 · Ultramarine Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New York, Perennial. 2003. (ISBN: 006095681x). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), thick 8vo. 480 pages; b&w illustrations. Clean within; tight binding; remainder mark on bottom edge. Very Good.

Pablo Ruiz Picasso

O'BRIAN, PATRICK · 1976 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-399-11639-7). Cloth, 8vo. 512 pages. O'Brian knew Picasso and lived near him; he also spoke several languages, including Catalan (he was a translator of books), which helped with the deep research he did for the book....

Before Their Time - a Memoir

KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT · 1997 · Ultramarine Books

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1997. (ISBN: 0-679-44789-x). Hard Cover - Paper Boards, 8vo. 195 pages. Kotlowitz recounts his experience as an infantryman in World War II. He recalls his comrades, the drudge of army life and the massacre of his platoon in northeastern France. Fine...

Freer: A Legacy of Art

LAWTON, THOMAS; LINDA MERRILL · 1993 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washington and New York, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian with Harry N. Abrams. 1993. (ISBN: 0-8109-2538-9). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 272 pages; 184 illustrations in color and b&w; chronology; endnotes; bibliography; index. A Handsome publication that marked the re...

The Life and Work of David G. Blythe

MILLER, DOROTHY · 1950 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

University of Pittsburgh Press. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. 142 pages; b&w illustrations. A well researched biography of this 19th-century American artist with a good historical picture of Pittsburgh. List of paintings with owners; bibliography. Fine/No Jacket.

The First Romantics

ELWIN, MALCOLM · 1948 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Longmans, Green and Co. 1948, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo. 280 pages. A collective biography of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey. Contents clean and tight, nearly unblemished; boards are clean with gilt titles, one corner is lightly worn. Dustjacket is chipped along t...

Colette - a Taste for Life

MITCHELL, YVONNE · 1975 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1975, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0-15-118513-1). Cloth, 4to. 240 pages. Well illustrated; clean and tight. Very Good/Very Good.

Flora Whitney Miller: Her Life, Her World

(WHITNEY MUSEUM) · 1987 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art. 1987. (ISBN: 0-87427-054-5). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 128 pages, profusely illustrated; an "Album of Reminiscences and Photographs". Essay contributions by dozens of notables such as, John Baur, Lloyd Goodrich, Michael Grave...

The Biography of Alice B. Toklas

SIMON, LINDA · 1977 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Garden City, Doubleday & Company. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-385-08140-5). Cloth, 8vo. x; 325 pages. The first biography of Gertrude Stein's quiet, enigmatic, but all-observing partner and the life they led in Paris in the early 20th century. Fine/Very Good.

Men Who Fought for Freedom

Larsen, Egon · 1958 · Rainy Day Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Book Good Good Phoenix House Great Britain Light wear, though ex-library it appears to have never been checked out. Book is overall clean and tight with slight edgewear, dust jacket has heavier wear.

Ken Hallberg, An Autobiography

Hallberg, Ken · 2010 · Rainy Day Books

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.47 | ¥4,950)

Book Very Good. Self Published Canada Clean tight copy.

In the Hands of My Friends

Harrower, Tina · 0 · Rainy Day Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Book Very Good. No publication information stated. Gift inscription by the author. Very slight wear, overall clean and tight.

Memoires of Nat H. Jones an Insurance Man

Jones, Nat H.; Lamey, H. T. (Editor) · 1900 · Rainy Day Books

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Book Townley, W. R. Good No Jacket Spectator Co. U.S.A. Cover show some wear, corners are bent and worn. Interior is clean and tight.

The Missionary, the Violinist and the Aunt Whose Head Was Squeezed

Harrison, Keith · 2010 · Rainy Day Books

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Book Very Good. Oolichan Canada A very clean tight copy signed to Judi by the author.

Roses in December

Howse, Ernest Marshall · 1982 · Rainy Day Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Book Good. Reprint Wood Lake Books Very light wear.

Glorious - The Life-Story of Stanley Devon

Devon, Stanley · 1957 · Rainy Day Books

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

Book Fair Fair George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. Great Britain Ex-library with the usual markings, pocket removal damage inside cover. Outer page edges are lightly soiled. Boards are soiled, faded. Not at all pretty, still a solid reading copy, interior of text pages is overall clea...

Father Lacombe

MacGregor, J. G · 1975 · Rainy Day Books

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Book Good Good Hurtig Publishers Canada Two gift inscriptions else interior is clean. Outer page edges have a tiny spot. Dust jacket has edge wear.

Notes on Sport and Travel

Kingsley, George H. · 1900 · Rainy Day Books

$24.50 (€22.23 | £18.55 | ¥3,912)

Book Good No Jacket Macmillan and Co. Great Britain Overall wear. A newspaper clipping of the author's daughter has been taped in.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. 4 Volumes in 2

BOSWELL, JAMES · 1863 · Horsham Rare Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863. A New Edition. Hardcover. "Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondance and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of h...

Letters of Donald Hankey " a Student in Arms " with Introduction and Notes

MILLER, EDWARD · 1919 · The Old Bookshelf, UK

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.14 | ¥2,099)

United Kingdom: Andrew Melrose, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good 1st Edition hardcover with no dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards bumped and rubbed to spine ends and corners. Titles rubbed and faded to spine. Some very light foxing to fore-edge. Internally, prior owner's ...