Biografia

Samuel Johnson

Wain, John · 1974 · The Glass Key

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Macmillan, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp 388 + 16pp b&w plates. Grey 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 price-clipped dust jacket. The dust...

This Won't Hurt a Bit : My Education in Medicine and Motherhood

AU, MICHELLE · 2011 · The Old Bookshelf, UK

£11.95 (€14.32 | $15.79 | ¥2,521)

United States: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0446538248. A Very Good 1st edition hardcover (full numberline ends in '1'), in Near Fine dustjacket. Book is in clean gray quarter bound boards, bumped to spine ends, with a little ...

Living History

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM · 2003 · Round Table Books, LLC

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 0743222245. -. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0743222245. Quarter bound in black cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine, rendering of author's signature blind-stamped on front cover. Illustrated with B&W pgotographs. Both the volume and the un...

Dostoevsky: The Man and His Work

MEIER-GRAEFE, JULIUS · 1928 · Round Table Books, LLC

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with B&W plates.. Ex-library with usual markings, corners bumped and worn, some wear and rubbing on spine, spine lightly s...

Lafayette in America: 1777-1783

GOTTSCHALK, LOUIS REICHENTHAL · 1975 · Round Table Books, LLC

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Arveyres, France: L'Esprit de Lafayette Society, 1975. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 458 pp. As New with no dust jacket .

Share My Joys

ALACK, FRANK (BY); QUARTERMAIN, LES B. (EDITED BY) · 1974 · Clausen Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Palmerston North, New Zealand, The Dunmore Press Ltd. 1974, First Edition (Thus). Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Author's signature and inscription on ffep, minor age soiling to the top edges on ffep and rear fep, else textblock is cle...

The Great Rascal

MONAGHAN, JAY · 1953 · John Thompson Books

CA$8.00 (€5.09 | $5.61 | £4.24 | ¥895)

United States, Bantam A1145. 1953, 1st Printing. Paperback. Solid with a corner crease on the front cover and the covers show light wear. Very Good.

Gandhi : The Peaceful Revolutionary

CLAYBOURNE, ANNA · 2002 · Godley Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

London, Wayland Publishers. 2002. (ISBN: 0750239549) Hard Cover, 10.75 x 8.75 inches. Ex-library with minimal marks and stamps. In fact the book looks unread. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to co...

221 : Peter Scudamore's Record Season

DOUST, DUDLEY · 1989 · Godley Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340508884) Hardback, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Describes the amazing record set by champion jockey Peter Scudamore in the 1988/89 National Hunt season. After becoming the fastest man to 50 winners in a season, he was soon achie...

Amy Johnson

SMITH, CONSTANCE BABINGTON · 1988 · Horsham Rare Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1988. Third Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 1852600977. Fine grey cloth hardcover with a fine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Joys and Sorrows

Pablo Casals/ Albert Kahn · 1981 · Denton Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Eel Pie Publishing, 1981. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Light surface wear/creasing to covers,light age spotting to upper text block, pages lightly age toned at the edges. Scarce life-story of the famed cellist. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight...

Elli; Coming of Age in the Holocaust

Bitton-Jackson, Livia E. · 1994 · Syber's Books

A$10.00 (€6.15 | $6.78 | £5.13 | ¥1,082)

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, 1994. Reprint, Softcover. Good Condition. 9780586062586 Illustrated paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel black coloured titles to the back strip. " ... From her small, sunny hometown between the beautif...

"Hello My Boy Arthur".

BARBER, KATHLEEN L. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Privately published, 1995. Written to fulfil a promise made to the author's father when he was no longer able to continue writing "his story". Presented in fictional letter form, which the author thought more informal. Pp.68, occasional black & white photo illustrations, signe...

From Hemel Hempstead to Stowmarket the Long Way Round. (Via India and Africa).

SMITH, PAT. · 2014 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Needham Market: Gipping Press, 2014. My Life so far From 1924 to 1983. Pp.176, occasional black & white photo illustrations, inscribed by the author ("Best wishes. Pat") to title page. Paperback. VG.

The Letters of Thomas Mann 1889-1955: Volume I 1889-1942

Mann, Thomas · 1970 · The Glass Key

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1970. First UK edition. Hardcover. First impression. 8vo. Pp xlv + 410. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on a black panel on the spine. Selected and translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Introduction by Richard Winston. Gift inscr...

Thomas Mann Diaries 1918-39

Mann, Thomas · 1983 · The Glass Key

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1983. First UK edition. Hardcover. First impression. 4to (282 x 190mm). Pp vii + 471 + 32pp b&w plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver on the spine and blind stamped on the upper panel. Name of ownership on the front free endpaper else a clean, unma...

Jose Marti - Epic Chronicler of the United States in the Eighties

Gonzalez, Manuel Pedro · 1961 · Rainy Day Books

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Book Good. Second Edition Center of Studies on Marti Cuba Second edition. Light wear, mainly to covers. Overall clean.

Jack Haney

Nicol, John · 1989 · Rainy Day Books

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Ex-Library Good. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited Usual library marks, else light wear. Lower corners a bit finger smudged.

Ed Otto : NASCAR's silent partner SIGNED/Inscribed

Edgar Otto · 2008 · Denton Island Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Coastal 181, 2008. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 9780978926144 SIGNED by the author, with a message to the previous owner. Age spotting to upper closed text block, otherwise clean bright and unmarked.With his ever-present cigar and "hello sucker" greeting, Ed ...

Traveller's Prelude

Stark, Freya · 1962 · Syber's Books

A$12.00 (€7.38 | $8.13 | £6.15 | ¥1,298)

Penguin Books , Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1962. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: Photographic. Good Condition. Map, and index. Between pages 176 and 177 there are 22 pages of black and white photographs, illustrations and reproductions of artwork. Photographic paperba...