Biografia

Pete Seeger in His Own Words

Pete Seeger, ed. and selected by Rob Rosenthal · 2012 · Denton Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Routledge, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. 9781612052182 Full length crease to p.9, otherwise a very clean bright unmarked copy. "Gathering the most extensive collection of Seeger's writings to date - ranging from unpublished letters, diaries, and notes to himself, ...

Freddie Mercury

Peter Freestone · 1999 · Denton Island Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

Omnibus Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780711978010 First Omnibus Press edition.Clean pages, slightly age-toned at the edges, firm binding; slight creasing to upper edge of jacket. This biography of Freddie Mercury is written by the man who was his personal assi...

World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Story and Diaries of Captain JM McCleery RNAS/RAF

Guy Warner · 2011 · Denton Island Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.18 | ¥2,743)

Pen & Sword Aviation, 2011. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781848842557 Contents are clean and unmarked, small bump to top corner of rear board. 304 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781848842557. Inventory No: dscf10724.

In the Shadow of Ben Nevis SIGNED

Ian Sykes · 2016 · Denton Island Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,588)

Baton Wicks, 2016. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author. Clean unmarked pages, laminate lifting on lower edge of rear cover. Suffice to say, In The Shadow... is a rattling good yarn, and that's before you even get on to Sykes's life-saving wor...

Malice in Wonderland: My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton

Hugo Vickers · 2021 · Denton Island Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hodder & Stoughton, 2021. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781529338027 First Edition, first printing. Clean unmarked pages, secure binding;slight shelfwear to jacket edges. 'I got as caught up in these distant but strangely evocative events as Vickers did ...

Prisoner of Southern Rock: A Memoir

Michael Buffalo Smith · 2012 · Denton Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.36 | ¥5,487)

Mercer University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780881463811 Clean unmarked pages, creasing to rear top edge of jacket. Michael Buffalo Smith is THE go to man for everything that has to do with the music genre known as Southern Rock. This book goes behind ...

Man with a Mission SIGNED/Inscribed

John Taylor · 2009 · Denton Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Book Guild Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781846243608 Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, with an inscription to the previous owners. A very clean, bright and well-kept copy. 528 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Ins...

Honour and Duty: The Memoirs of Countess Ilona Edelsheim Gyula

Ilona Edelsheim Gyula · 2005 · Denton Island Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Purple Pagoda Press , 2005. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9780955002205 Clean unmarked pages, firmly bound. Set against the backdrop of World War II and the invasion of Hungary, the life of Countess Ilona Edelsheim Gyulai outstrips fiction in this story of romantic happiness, tra...

Audrey Hepburn, Elegant Spirit

Sean Ferrer · 2005 · Denton Island Books

£19.00 (€22.78 | $25.11 | ¥4,010)

Pan Books, 2005. Reprint, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780283073854 Clean bright pages, unclipped jacket with only slight handling wear. A very nice looking copy. Intimate and inspiring, this is an illustrated memoir of the woman the world adored, by the son who adored her...

The Performer's Tale: The Nine Lives of Patience Collier

Vanessa Morton · 2021 · Denton Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Apollo, 2021. First Edition, Hardcover. As New/As New. 9781800245150 Clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. This is a really terrific biography of an important, though not very well-known, actor through a large chunk of the 20th century. Patience Collier played roles ...

Journal 1935-1944 The Fascist Years

Mihail Sebastian · 2000 · Denton Island Books

£41.00 (€49.15 | $54.18 | ¥8,652)

Ivan R Dee, Inc, 2000. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. 9781566633260 Clean unmarked pages, rough-cut edges, slight grubbiness to rear of jacket. Hailed as one of the most important portrayals of the dark years of Nazism, this powerful chronicle by the Romanian Jewish writ...

Memoirs of a Revolutionary

Eva Broido · 1967 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

OUP, 1967. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; creasing and rubbing to edges of jacket, browning to flap edges, scuff mark on front, roughened area on rear. 150 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No...

Steal My Art: The Life & Times of T'ai Chi Master T.T. Liang

Stuart Olson · 2002 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

North Atlantic Books, 2002. First Edition, Softcover. As New. 9781556434167 A clean bright copy in as new condition, appears to be unread. Master T. T. Liang came to the U.S. from Taiwan in the 1960s to introduce t'ai chi to America. His life story is full of the stuff that ma...

How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger

David Dunaway · 1982 · Denton Island Books

£10.85 (€13.01 | $14.34 | ¥2,290)

McGraw-Hill, 1982. Softcover. Good Condition. 9780070181519 Curling to front cover and some page corners, a little grubby here and there, clean pages. This is one of the best biographies I have read. Wonderfully well written, it reveals the momentous trials and tribulations, a...

David Astor and the "Observer"

Robert Cockett · 1991 · Denton Island Books

£17.85 (€21.40 | $23.59 | ¥3,767)

Andre Deutsch , 1991. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780233987354 Clean unmarked pages, firm binding; bright glossy jacket. Well-looked after, almost as new. 390 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780233987354. Invent...

Frankie: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori SIGNED/Inscribed

Frankie Dettori · 2004 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.60 | $24.91 | ¥3,978)

Willow, 2004. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780007176861 Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author and inscribed "Love Trev" and "Best Wishes". Clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to bright glossy jacket. A well-kept copy. 448 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biogr...

Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite

Elliott, David B. · 2000 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.60 | $24.91 | ¥3,978)

Book Guild Publishing, 2000. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781857765106 Clean unmarked pages, slight wear to jacket edges. Illustrated biography of this nineteenth century painter, dealer,collector and benefactor. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography &...

I Flew for the Fuhrer: Story of a German Airman

Heinz Knoke · 1997 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

Greenhill Books, 1997. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9781853672637 Slight curling to covers, noticeable creasing to lower front corner, pages clean and unmarked. Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid firsthand record of h...

Out of My Life

Marshal von Hindenburg · 2015 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.60 | $24.91 | ¥3,978)

Naval & Military Press , 2015. Softcover. As New. 9781845742997 Clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. Facsimile printing of Hindenburg's autobiography. 482 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781845742997. Inventory No: dscf1...

The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline Ansbach

Matthew Dennison · 2017 · Denton Island Books

£16.85 (€20.20 | $22.26 | ¥3,556)

William Collins, 2017. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780008121990 Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly age toned; slight creasing to upper edge of jacket. ‘Matthew Dennison’s compelling and deftly narrated study of Caroline of Ansbach … Dennison is a t...