Biografia

Niven's Hollywood

Hutchinson, Tom · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Good Macmillan London 1984 HB B/w photographs from Hollywood in the '30s embellish this biography of David Niven. VG, no inscriptions, in edge-worn, price-clipped good DJ. 192pp 0

Dust and Stars

Fisher, S R · 0 · Byre Books

£15.84 (€18.99 | $20.93 | ¥3,342)

Book Very Good Signed by Author(s) Avon Books London 1st 1995 PB A spiritual autobiography, intermingled with original poetry and inspirational quotations. Signed by the author to the front cover verso and with a handwritten note by the author loosely laid in. VG. 152pp 0

Life of Thomas Guthrie, DD

Watson, Jean L · 0 · Byre Books

£49.63 (€59.49 | $65.57 | ¥10,470)

Book Good James Gemmell Edinburgh 1882 HB Second edition. A biography of a leader of the Disruption of 1842 that lead to the founding of the Free Church. Illustrative dark green cloth much worn and marked, no inscriptions, small hole worn to contents page not obscuring text, g...

Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk

Lockhart, John Gibson, William Ruddick ed. · 0 · Byre Books

£10.56 (€12.66 | $13.95 | ¥2,228)

Book Very Good Good Scottish Academic Press Edinburgh 1977 HB First published in 1819, this gives an interesting, satirical side-light on the personalities of the Scottish Enlightenment, by a former editor of Blackwood's Magazine. VG, no inscriptions, in edge-worn, price-clipp...

The Curious Art of Autobiography from Benvenuto Cellini to Rudyard Kipling

Wethered, H N · 0 · Byre Books

£10.56 (€12.66 | $13.95 | ¥2,228)

Book Good Christopher Johnson London 1956 HB From the 16th to the 20th centuries, precis of the lives of autobiographers. Covers a little worn and marked, lettering faded, no inscriptions, clean, tight and sound, good, no DJ. 237pp 0

Lawrence in Love. Letters from D H. Lawrence to Louie Burrows

Boulton, James, T. · 0 · Byre Books

£8.25 (€9.89 | $10.90 | ¥1,740)

Book Good Good University of Nottingham Press Nottingham 1968 HB 165 letters and postcards written by Lawrence to Louie Burrows between 1906 and 1912 before his elopement with Frieda Weekley. Covers lightly worn, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good in rubbed, edge-worn, pri...

Vida del Soldado Espanol Miguel de Castro

de Castro, Miguel · 0 · Byre Books

£12.64 (€15.15 | $16.70 | ¥2,667)

Book Good Espasa Calpe Buenos Aires 1949 PB No 942 in the Coleccion Austral. The autobiography of the 16th/17th century soldier of fortune. In Spanish. Good only - paper wraps chipped, worn and marked, pages yellowed.

A Donkey and a Dandelion

Rybot, Doris · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Good Hutchinson London 1st 1966 HB Cover a little worn and marked, no DJ, good. 127pp 0

Philip Freneau, the Poet of the Revolution

Austin, Mary S · 0 · Byre Books

£25.61 (€30.70 | $33.83 | ¥5,403)

Book Very Good Gale Research Co. Detroit 1968 HB Reprint. Cover a little worn, partially erased pencil marks to ffep, o/w VG, no DJ. 285pp 0

Diggers of Lost Treasure

Kathleen Fidler · 0 · Byre Books

£15.24 (€18.27 | $20.13 | ¥3,215)

Book Very Good Good Signed by Author(s) Epworth London 1972 HB Biographies of two early archaeologists, Layard and Schliemann, by the well-known children's writer, signed by the author to the title page. VG, illustrative end-papers, in slightly edge-worn but generally Good DJ....

Reaching for the Children - the autobiography of a Romany medium

Rogers, Rita and John Man · 0 · Byre Books

£26.52 (€31.79 | $35.04 | ¥5,595)

Book Very Good Very Good Signed by Author(s) Rider London 1990 HB Offering consolation for child death. Signed by the author on the ffep. VG in slightly edge-worn but generally VG DJ. 140pp 0

Tuning Up at Dawn

Graves, Tomas · 0 · Byre Books

£10.61 (€12.72 | $14.02 | ¥2,238)

Book Very Good Very Good Fourth Estate London 1st 2004 HB Subtitled ' a memoir of music and Majorca', this is an autobiography by the son of Robert Graves. VG in VG DJ. 422pp 0

The Life of Christ

Fleetwood, John and Cave, William · 0 · Byre Books

£53.05 (€63.59 | $70.09 | ¥11,192)

Book Good Blackie & Son Glasgow 1837 HB 'The life of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ; with the lives of the Apostles and Evangelists, by Fleetwood; also the lives of the most eminent Fathers and Martyrs and the history of primitive Christianity, by Cave, with an essay on the...

Girls Who Grew Up Great

Gray, Gwendolyn · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Blue Mountain Press Boulder 2003 PB Subtitled 'A book of encouragement for girls about amazing women who dared to dream', these are short biographical sketches about inspirational women. VG 64pp 0

George Macleod

Hobden, Sheila · 1973 · Byre Books

£9.93 (€11.90 | $13.12 | ¥2,095)

Book Good SCM Press London No 4 in the series People with a Purpose - study-books about contemporary Christian heroes. A biography of the founder of the Iona Community. Stapled booklet, good 24pp

This - is London

Hibberd, Stuart · 0 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Good Macdonald and Evans London 1950 HB Second impression. The autobiography of a BBC bradcaster, taken from his diaries over 25 years. Illustrated with photographs and cartoons. Blue cloth cover worn and marked, age-mottling to prelims, good, tight and sound, no DJ. 322pp 0

Tchaikovsky

Garden, Edward · 1973 · Byre Books

£15.25 (€18.28 | $20.15 | ¥3,217)

Book Very Good Very Good Signed by Author(s) J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd London Part of The Master Musicians Series. With 8 pages of plates and 23 music examples. Signed by the author on FFEP with a dedication to Ian Sneddon (likely to be Ian Naismith Sneddon, mathematician and au...

O K You Mugs - writers on movie actors

Sante, Luc and Pierson, Melissa Holbrook eds · 2000 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Granta London Writers from John Updike to Patti Smith on character actors - 'autobiography, film-buffery and Americana'. VG 284pp

The Kolb Brothers of Grand Canyon

Suran, William C · 1991 · Byre Books

£7.22 (€8.65 | $9.54 | ¥1,523)

Book Very Good Grand Canyon Natural History Association Arizona 'Tales of high adventure, memorable incidents and humorous anecdotes' - and a photographic record of early exploration in the Grand Canyon, including stills from a river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers rec...

Profiles in Literature - Voltaire

Thacker, Christopher · 0 · Byre Books

£10.61 (€12.72 | $14.02 | ¥2,238)

Book Very Good Very Good Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1st 1971 HB An outline of Voltaire's life, followed by extracts from his writings, illustrative of his main themes. VG, name to ffep, in slightly worn and marked, but generally VG DJ. 72pp 0