Biografia

Colette

Lottman, Herbert · 1990 · San Francisco Book Company

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

France Fayard Paperback Octavo wraps, 493 pp, inscribed by author to Alexandra Parkman on the front endpaper. Very good

Flannery O'Connor _ A Life

Cash, Jean W. · 2002 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Knoxville, Tenn University of Tennessee Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo maroon cloth, silver lettering to spine, dust jacket, 356 pp. Very good very good

The Sultan _ The Life of Abdul Hamid II

Haslip, Joan · 1973 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

London Weidenfeld and Nicolson Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo maroon cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 299 pp dust jacket is torn at corners. Good fair

Maria _ Beyond the Callas Legend

Stassinopoulos, Arianna · 1980 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

London Weidenfeld and Nicolson Cloth/dust jacket Octavo Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket, 329 pp. Very good very good

Malcolm Lowry

Day, Douglas · 1974 · San Francisco Book Company

€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,225)

London Oxford University Press Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo Black cloth, purple bottom spine, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket, 483 pp, dust jacket edges worn. Very good good

Catherine the Great _ A biography of the Empress of all the Russias

Oldenbourg, Zoe · 1965 · San Francisco Book Company

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,464)

London Heinemann Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket illustrated boards, 311 pp, signed by owner on front endpaper. Very good

The Riddle of Erskine Childers

Boyle, Andrew · 1977 · San Francisco Book Company

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

London Hutchinson Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket, 351 pp, bookstore stamp on front endpaper small tear to dj base of spine. Good good

H. G. Wells in Love _ Postscript to an Experiment in Autobiography

Wells, G. P. (ed) · 1984 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London Faber & Faber Cloth/dust jacket Octavo black cloth, white lettering, dust jacket, 253 pp. Very good very good

The Life of Sir Humphry Davy _ Vol. 1

Ayrton Paris, John · 1831 · San Francisco Book Company

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

London Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket raised bands, gilt and blind stamped decoration to spine, full leather boards, 463 pp, gilt lettering stamp on front pastedown, marbeled edges, Volume 1 only corners slightly bumped Standard shipping (no ...

The Impossible Exile _ Stefan Zweig at the End of the World

Prochnik, George · 2014 · San Francisco Book Company

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.01 | ¥3,169)

London Granta Books Cloth/dust jacket Octavo brown cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 390 pp. Very good very good

Milton and the Italian Cities

Arthos, John · 1968 · San Francisco Book Company

€28.00 ($30.86 | £23.36 | ¥4,929)

London Bowes and Bowes Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, mylar wrapped dust jacket, 224 pp. Very good very good

Long Live the King _ A Biography of Clark Gable

Tornabene, Lyn · 1977 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London W.H. Allen Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket unclipped, 396 pp, first edition, tearing to dj. Good fair

Oscar Wilde

Ellmann, Richard · 1987 · San Francisco Book Company

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

London Hamish Hamilton Ltd Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped Octavo green cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 632 pp, creases in dj. Good good

Sean O'Casey and his world

Krause, David · 1976 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London Thames & Hudson Cloth/dust jacket Small Quarto red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket clipped, 128 pp, previous owners inscription to front end paper. Very good good

The Other A. Y. Jackson

Firestone, O. J. · 1979 · San Francisco Book Company

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Toronto Mcclelland and Stewart Ltd Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo red cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, front end paper inscribed by author, 272 pp, some tearing to dj, cloth, for edges and dj stained. Fair good

A Life on the Fringe _ The Memoirs of Eugene Forsey

Forsey, Eugene · 1990 · San Francisco Book Company

€16.00 ($17.64 | £13.35 | ¥2,816)

Toronto Oxford University Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket, 241 pp, foxing to top edges. Very good very good

The Devil and Dr. Barnes _ Portrait of an American Art Collector

Greenfeld, Howard · 1987 · San Francisco Book Company

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.01 | ¥3,169)

New York Viking Press Cloth/dust jacket Octavo green cloth spine, blue lettering, cream papered boards, dust jacket, 306 pp. Very good very good

Tennyson _ The Unquiet Heart

Martin, Robert Bernard · 1983 · San Francisco Book Company

€23.00 ($25.35 | £19.19 | ¥4,049)

Oxford Clarendon Press-Oxford Paperback Octavo wraps 643 pp. Good

Dear Genius _ A Memoir of My Life with Truman Capote

Dunphy, Jack · 1987 · San Francisco Book Company

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

New York McGraw-Hill Cloth/dust jacket Octavo black cloth spine, gilt lettering, ocre papered boards, dust jacket unclipped, 275 pp, first edition. Very good very good

Dear Shadows _ Portraits From Memory

Wain, John · 1986 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London John Murray Cloth/dust jacket Octavo blue cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 186 pp. Very good very good