Biografia

Sultan of Swing: The Life of David Butler

Michael Crick · 2018 · Denton Island Books

£15.85 (€19.00 | $20.94 | ¥3,345)

Biteback Publishing, 2018. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781785904387 Clean unmarked pages, slightly age-toned, slight creasing to spine ends of jacket. The story of David Butler is the story of all the elections anyone can remember. And what a brilliant stor...

The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination

Fiona MacCarthy · 2011 · Denton Island Books

£14.85 (€17.80 | $19.62 | ¥3,134)

Faber, 2011. Softcover. As New. 9780571228621 Very clean bright and unmarked, in as new condition. A well-kept copy. This magnificent and deeply felt biography brings with it a sense of completion, not least in its account of one of the greatest and most fruitful Victorian fri...

Thanks a lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story

Roger Daltrey · 2018 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

Blink Publishing, 2018. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Small nick to edge of pp. 331-334, pages otherwise clean and unmarked; bright, clean jacket. The incredible story of The Who, from the band's frontman and rock'n'roll legend Roger Daltrey 352 pages. Quantity Available: 1....

Rescuing Horace Walpole

Wilmarth Lewis · 1979 · Denton Island Books

£20.85 (€25.00 | $27.55 | ¥4,400)

Yale University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780300022780 Top corner clipped from flyleaf, contents otherwise unmarked, jacket in clear removeable cover. From the front flap: "Lewis has written much about his collection [of Walpole's writings etc]. H...

Letters of Ted Hughes

Christopher Reid, ed. · 2007 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

Faber & Faber, 2007. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Slight discolouration to top edge, contents otherwise clean and unmarked, slight creasing to jacket edges. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for c...

A Ransomed Dissident: A Life in Art Under the Soviets

Igor Golomstock · 2018 · Denton Island Books

£16.85 (€20.20 | $22.26 | ¥3,556)

I.B.Tauris, 2018. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781788312950 A clean bright copy, slight curling to top front edge of jacket. Golomstock recounts in lively style his life in three separate communities: the Moscow art world of the 1960s, the human rights movement and the pos...

John James Audubon: A Biography

Alice Ford · 1988 · Denton Island Books

£14.85 (€17.80 | $19.62 | ¥3,134)

Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780896597440 Remains of erased pencil inscription to top corner of half-title page, contents otherwise unmarked; jacket protected by a clear removeable wrapper. A fine biography of one of the world's greatest nature artis...

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks · 2015 · Denton Island Books

£16.85 (€20.20 | $22.26 | ¥3,556)

Picador, 2015. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9781447264040 Clean unmarked pages; bright, unclipped jacket. A well-looked after copy. Perhaps the most winning quality about Sacks' brutally honest book was his consistent willingness to consider the points of view of others.he ...

Heard The Cuckoo...Adjusted Brakes

Tony Aitken · 2015 · Denton Island Books

£22.85 (€27.39 | $30.19 | ¥4,822)

CreateSpace , 2015. Softcover. As New. 9781499292107 A very nice clean bright copy in as new condition. 178 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781499292107. Inventory No: dscf10077.

He Shot, He Scored: The Official Biography of Peter Ward SIGNED/Inscribed

Matthew Horner · 2009 · Denton Island Books

£42.85 (€51.37 | $56.62 | ¥9,043)

Sea View Media, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780956276902 Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. SIGNED to the front endpaper by Peter Ward, and inscribed "Best Wishes". Slight age browning to upper closed page block, pages clean and bright, slight cre...

Duncannon: Reformer and Reconciler, 1781-1847

Dorothy Howell-Thomas · 1993 · Denton Island Books

£18.85 (€22.60 | $24.91 | ¥3,978)

Michael Russell Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780859551922 Slight age spotting to top edge, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, slight creasing to spine ends of jacket. A nicely kept copy. 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiograp...

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon: Getting to the Core of Apple's Inventor

Steve Wozniak · 2006 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

Headline Review, 2006. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780755314065 First Edition. Clean unmarked pages; short 1/4 inch tear to lower front corner of jacket. 313 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780755314065. In...

Selected Letters Of Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell · 1997 · Denton Island Books

£12.85 (€15.40 | $16.98 | ¥2,712)

Virago, 1997. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781860492556 Clean unmarked pages, binding remains firm; price-clipped jacket, slight colour fading to spine. This volume includes unpublished letters to many significant figures, including W.B. Yeats, Bertrand Russell and Be...

Shimon Peres: A Biography

Golan, Matti · 1982 · Syber's Books

A$16.50 (€10.14 | $11.18 | £8.46 | ¥1,785)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Photographic. Good Condition/Good. 9780297780199 This list of illustrations, acknowledgements and index. Between pages 150 and 151 there are eight pages of black and white photography. Black coloure...

Completed Jew

Sholl, Andrew · 2002 · Syber's Books

A$22.00 (€13.52 | $14.91 | £11.28 | ¥2,380)

Comsoda Communications, East Keilor, 2002. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: map & photographs. Very Good Condition. 9780958091206 Inscribed by Author. inscribed by the author on the blank page opposite the dedication page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 152 pa...

Lauren Bacall; By Myself and Then Some

Bacall, Lauren · 2006 · Syber's Books

A$12.50 (€7.68 | $8.47 | £6.41 | ¥1,353)

Headline, London, 2006. First Edition, Softcover, Illustrated by: Photographic. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780755313518 The text is illustrated with 4 inserts, of 8 pages each of colour and black-and-white photography. The autobiography of Lauren Bacall, with additio...

One Life Amid Many (Signed By Author)

WRAGG, E. JOY · 1967 · Godley Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Regency Press. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Signed E. Joy Wragg on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked mustard coloured cloth boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to cor...

The Royds of Rochdale

WHITWORTH, G. T. · 2011 · Godley Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

G. T. Whitworth. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946571333) Soft Cover, 9 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 157pp. Fascinating social history of the Royd f...

Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini; A Florentine Artist; Written by Himself

CELLINI, BENVENUTO & MACDONELL, ANNE (TRANSLATOR) · 1927 · Godley Books

£7.25 (€8.69 | $9.58 | ¥1,530)

London, J M Dent & Sons Ltd. 1927. Hard Cover, 7 x 4.25 inches. Name to front a end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering/embossing to spine and no bumping to cor...

Memoirs of the Duc De Lauzin

LAUZUN, DUC DE (ARMAND LOUIS DE GONTAUT BIRON) · 1928 · Godley Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1928, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 6 inches. Label removal marks to top of front board and to front end papers. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. Very clean very tight pages with dusty boar...