Biografia

Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Second Series

Cowley, Malcom (Ed.); Van Wyck Brooks (Intro.) · 1967 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York The Viking Press, Publishers Seventh Printing pp. 309. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, gilt-and-blue lettering to the spine and front board. Lovely illustrations, and head and tail pieces throughout. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish with br...

Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s; Ernest Tate, A Memoir [SIGNED] ; Volume 1, Canada 1955-1965

Tate, Ernest; Michel Lambeth (Illust.); Derek O'Keefe (Preface) · 2014 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Resistance Books pp. xvi, 274. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits. Appears unread; as new. SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the title page." Ernest Tate's memoir is an important contribution to the history of the left in Britain and Ca...

Francis of Assisi: A New Biography

Thompson, Augustine · 2012 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Ithaca and London Cornell University Press pp. x, 299. 8vo. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new and housed in fine dustjacket. "Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication ...

Men, Women, and Books ; A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs From His Uncollected Prose Writings

Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859) · 1909 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London Smith, Elder, & Co. New Edition pp. xii, 402 + 2 pages of publisher's advertisements. Bound in original dark green cloth over boards, gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Light rubbing, edgewear to the boards, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, so...

Cha-Ske at the Ball; Including...A Bag of Memories

Cook, Robert Harold (Kilty) · 1963 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

[Girswold, Manitoba] Privately Printed by the Author First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated [pp.71]. 8vo. Publisher's original black cloth over boards. Light rubbing to the boards, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Poem, Cha-...

Life Reflections [SIGNED]

Doyle, F. Patrick · 2011 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing pp. 267. 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Black-and-white, and colour photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. Signed, and inscribed by the author to the title pag...

Maurice Baudoux, 1902-1988 ; Une Grande Figure de L'église et de la Société dans l'Ouest Canadien

Robillard, Denise · 2009 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,228)

Québec Presses de l'Université Laval First Edition, First Printing pp. xii, 502. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Maurice Baudoux incarne bien le lien étroit qu...

Consider Me a Friend; Exceprts from "Around the Home" [SIGNED]

Peterkin, Audrey; Nelson Dewey (Illust.) · 1982 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Victoria, British Columbia Braemar Books Ltd. pp. [4], 111. 12mo., measuring 4.25" x 7". Illustrated stiff card covers bearing an image of the author to the centre of the front cover. Black-and-white illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Audrey Peterkin was bo...

The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

Vogler, Christopher; Michelle Montez (Illust.) · 2007 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.99 (€23.58 | £19.67 | ¥4,150)

Studio City, California Michael Wiese Productions Third Edition pp. 407. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Appears unread; as new. The udated and revised third edition provides new insights and observations from Vogler's ongoing work on mythology's influence on stories, movies, and man...

Life of Olaudah Equiano ; The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Written by Himself

Equiano, Olaudah; Brooks, Joanna (Ed.) · 2004 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

N.P. The Lakeside Press | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company pp. liii, 406. 12mo. Lovely dark green cloth over boards with gilt rules, lettering and crest to the spine and front board; illustrated endpapers, gilt top edge. Richly illustrated with black-and-white, and colour maps, i...

Rites of Passage [SIGNED]

Lindell, Lucy · 2000 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Eriksdale, Manitoba Christian Press First Edition, First Printing pp. 390. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with many additional black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations etc. Very light edgewear, else, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding...

Macaulay Essay on Johnson ; Together with Passages from Boswell's Johnson and Selections from Johnson's Works; Edited with a Life of Macaulay [with] Notes, Glossary, and Aids to Study

Thurber, Samuel; Louise Wetherbee · 1924 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston Allyn & Bacon The Academy Classics pp. xi, 224. 12mo., measuring 4.5" x 6.75". Original navy-blue cloth over board, gilt rules and lettering to the spine and front board. Black-and-white frontispiece of Johnson as rendered by Joshua Reynolds, accompanied with additional...

Irène de Lipkowski: Le combat humaniste d'une Francaise du XXe siècle

Dore-Audibert, A.; A. Morzelle · 1988 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

[Paris, France] Siloë First Edition, First Printing pp. 279. 8vo. Textured, maroon "leatherette" over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board, lovely silk endpapers, white ribbon-market. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrat...

Florence Nightingale on Wars and the War Office ; Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, Volume 15

McDonald, Lynn (Ed.) · 2011 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.83 | ¥19,162)

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xii, 1060. Thick 8vo. Navy-blue cloth over boards, silver rules and lettering to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new and housed in fine dustjacket.

Archbishop Romero: Memories and Reflections

Sobrino, Jon; Robert R. Barr (Trans.) · 1990 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Maryknoll, New York Orbis Books Third Printing pp. ix, 214. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Excepting for a neat ink name to the corner of the ffep the contents are entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages. Overall, very good+.

Grumbles from the Grave

Heinlein, Robert A.; Virginia Heinlein (Ed.) · 1990 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York & Toronto Del Rey First Edition, First Printing pp. xviii, 281. Royal 8vo. Quarter black cloth over like boards, bright gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photograps, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. Extremities, and ...

Teddy 'N' Me: The Blitz And Other Childhood War Memories [SIGNED]

Halstead, Peggy · 2015 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Victoria, B.C., Canada Friesenpress First Edition, First Printing pp. 103. Slim 8vo. Illustrated covers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. Signed and inscr...

Over the Green Hill: A German Jewish Memoir, 1913-1943

Strauss, Lotte · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York Fordham University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. x, 179. 8vo. Green buckram over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Light bump to head of spine, else, near fine. Contents remain bright, clean, a...

In the Eye of the Storm: Growing Up Jewish in Germany, 1918-1943: A Memoir

Strauss, Herbert A. · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York Fordham University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xii, 262. 8vo. Maroon buckram over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the author, accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, etc. Exce...

Gib Raconte... [SIGNED]

Legal, Gilbert · 2017 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Mcnally Robinson [Privately Printed] First Edition, First Printing pp. 322. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of the author accompanied with many additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, et al. Bright, clean, and unma...