Biografia

Vladimir de Pachmann _ A Piano Virtuoso's Life

Mitchell, Mark · 2002 · San Francisco Book Company

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Bloomington Indiana University Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo beige cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 231 pp, inscribed to Mavis Gallant by the author on the title page Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy ...

Public Characters of All Nations, Consisting of Biographical Accounts of Nearly Three Thousand Eminent Contemporaries, Alphabetically Arranged __ With Numerous Portraits __ In Three Volumes

NA · 1823 · San Francisco Book Company

€250.00 ($275.53 | £208.57 | ¥43,999)

London Plummer and Brewis Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket marbled boards, blue cloth spine, white label, black lettering, 750 pp, 864 pp, 640 pp, edges deckled, covers soiled, creased and rubbed, spines sunned and creased, especially the first vol.'s, edges soiled, corners scu...

The Life and Times of Muhammad

Glubb, John Bagot (Glubb Pasha) · 1970 · San Francisco Book Company

€35.00 ($38.57 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

London Hodder & Stoughton Cloth/mylar wrapped dust jacket Octavo black cloth, gilt lettering, mylar wrapped dust jacket, 416 pp dj worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good good

The Desert King _ A Life of Ibn Saud

Howarth, David · 1974 · San Francisco Book Company

€27.00 ($29.76 | £22.53 | ¥4,752)

Beirut Librairie du Liban Hardcover/mylar wrapped dust jacket Octavo green papered boards, gilt lettering, mylar wrapped dust jacket, 251 pp dj worn and torn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good ...

Ladies and Gentlemen Lenny Bruce!!

Goldman, Albert; Schiller, Lawrence · 1976 · San Francisco Book Company

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

London Picador Paperback Octavo wraps, 565 pp, light creases to upper edges of wraps and light wear to spine edges, contains pencil underlining throughout Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good

An Intimate History of Evolution _ The Story of the Huxley Family

Bashford, Alison · 2022 · San Francisco Book Company

€30.00 ($33.06 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

United Kingdom Allen Lane Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo blue papered boards, black lettering, dust jacket, 529 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good very good

Confessions _ The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest

Fox, Matthew · 1996 · San Francisco Book Company

€16.00 ($17.63 | £13.35 | ¥2,816)

San Francisco HarperSanFrancisco Cloth/dust jacket Octavo black cloth spine, papered boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket unclipped, 301 pp first edition frotn endpaper top right corner clipped Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quo...

Must You Go? _ My Life with Harold Pinter

Fraser, Antonia · 2010 · San Francisco Book Company

€17.00 ($18.74 | £14.18 | ¥2,992)

London Weidenfeld and Nicolson Cloth/dust jacket Octavo black cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 328 pp, dj lightly worn at the top edges Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good very good

The life and art of Len Lye _ In his own words

Lye, Len; Horrocks, Roger · 2015 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Wellington, New Zealand Awa Press Hardcover Small Quarto illustrated paper boards, 191 pp, cover creased at the edges Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good

Jane's Fame _ How Jane Austen Conquered the World

Harman, Claire · 2010 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

New York Henry Holt and Company Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo brown and white papered boards, red lettering, dust jacket, 277 pp dj sunned on the spine Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good good

Sister Brother _ Gertrude and Leo Stein

Wineapple, Brenda · 1996 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

New York Putnam Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo green papered boards, silver lettering, dust jacket unclipped, 514 pp first edition dj lightly worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very ...

John Donne _ The Reformed Soul

Stubbs, John · 2008 · San Francisco Book Company

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

New York W. W. Norton & Company, Inc Paperback Octavo wraps, 565 pp, edges frayed and corners scuffed, remainder of sticker on back cover, remainder mark on bottom edge Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy or...

The Last Genet _ A Writer in Revolt

Larouche, Hadrien; Homel, David · 2010 · San Francisco Book Company

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

Vancouver Arsenal Pulp Press Paperback Octavo illustrated wraps, 343 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good

Memoirs

Malraux, Clara; O'Brian, Patrick (trans) · 1967 · San Francisco Book Company

€16.00 ($17.63 | £13.35 | ¥2,816)

New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover Octavo dark green paper boards, beige cloth spine, red label, gilt lettering, 372 pp, ex library, cover soiled and lightly sunned, note in blue ink on spine, stamps on edges, library sticker on front pastedown, marking in red ink on...

Shoot the Widow _ Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject

Secrest, Meryle · 2007 · San Francisco Book Company

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

New York Alfred A Knopf Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo red paper boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 242 pp, inscribed by the author on front endpaper, dust jacket with tear to front cover. Very good good

Dreamgirl _ My Life as a Supreme

Wilson, Mary; Romanowski, Patricia; Juilliard, Ahrgus · 1986 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

New York St Martin's Press Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo turquoise paper boards, light blue cloth spine, dust jacket unclipped, 292 pp, first edition, dj lightly soiled and lightly rubbed, top and bottom edges lightly soiled Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priori...

To Paint Her Life _ Charlotte Salomon in the Nazi Era

Felstiner, Mary Lowenthal · 1997 · San Francisco Book Company

€17.00 ($18.74 | £14.18 | ¥2,992)

Berkeley University of California Press Paperback Octavo wraps, 291 pp, corners scuffed and bent outwards, edges lightly worn, stamp and light crease on front endpaper Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy ord...

Terrible Exile _ The Last Days of Napoleon on St Helena

Unwin, Brian · 2010 · San Francisco Book Company

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

New York I. B. Tauris Cloth/dust jacket Octavo dark green cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 230 pp, back endpaper lightly soiled Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good very good

Doors to Madame Marie

Meyers, Odette · 1997 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Seattle University of Washington Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo black cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 463 pp, edges of cover and dj lightly frayed Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good ve...

Confessions and Impressions

Mannin, Ethel · 1930 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London Jarrolds Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo black cloth, 282 pp, cover and edges soiled, spine torn at the edges, top edge stained, several pages tanned and stained, owner's name in black in on front endpaper Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracki...