Hobbes: A Biography
Cambridge University Press. Paperback. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 390pp. End notes, index. More
Memoir, Autobiography & Biography
The Alvin Karpis Story
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1971. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. 256pp. Purple cloth in dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Minor edgewear to jacket. Autobiography of a 1930s era gangster. More
Francis Bacon: History, Politics & Science
Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Octavo. 409pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Tanning and some foxing to the paper. More
The Life of Benvenuto Cellini.
Officina Bodoni in Verona for The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Fritz Kredel. Limited ed. Hardcover. 33 x 24.5 cm. Folio. 302pp. Grey patterned linen in slipcase. Limited to 1550 copies signed by the artist, Fritz Kredel, this being copy 684. Some light edgwear to jacket. Lacking jacket. More
Germaine De Staël: a Political Portrait
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 296pp. Black boards in dust jacket. More
Law, Justice and Empire: The Colonial Career of John Gorrie 1829-1892
The Press University of the West Indies, 1997. 371pp. End notes, bibliography, index. The Press UWI Biography Series, 2. More
Josephine: Napoleon's Empress
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925. Hardcover. 22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. vii 246pp. 12 illustrations; portraits. Green cloth. First edition with "First Published in 1925 on copyright page". Spine is sun toned. More
Not to Me Only.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 340pp. Map endpapers. Blue boards in dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Chipping and sun toning to the jacket. Some rubbing to the edges of the boards. More
The Passionate Years.
Alvin Redman, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. octavo. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2'. 370pp. Dust jacket has some small closed tears with some light creasing and chipping at edges. Thin stain on title page which has bled into the page preceding this page resulting from a publishers label. More
Stormy Years The Autobiography of Carter H. Harrison Five Time Mayor of Chicago.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. Limited. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 360pp. Frontispiece photo. Bound in green boards. This is copy number 20 of 99 copies of the autograph ediiton signed by Harrison on the limitation page. Harrison also signed and inscribed to the previous owner..... More
Schopenhauer: A Biography
Cambridge University Press, 2013. Paperback. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 575pp. Bibliography, index. More
Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict
Oxford University Press, 2021. Fifth Impression. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 448pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Biography of the theologian. More
Among My Souvenirs The Real Story Volume 1
Parkland, Florida: Concetta Literary Corp, 2017. Hardcover. 28.5 x 22 cm. Quarto. Black boards in dust jacket. SIGNED by Francis on a bookplate pasted on the half-title page. COA from Premiere Collectibles included. Volume 1 only which is all that was published. The edges near the spine of the boards..... More
What Fun!
Privately Printed, 2002. Hardcover. 26.5 x 20 cm. 1/4 brown leather spine, grey cloth covers in grey cloth slipcase. Laid-in is a hand written note signed by the author "Ken". Tipped-in photographs. Memoir of life in of the former CEO of Dayton Hudson company, also touching on life in Minneapolis..... More
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi in two volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set. 20.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. xix 288pp, ix 263 36pp ads. Bound in publisher's pink embossed cloth. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi in volume one and 11 etched plates by Cruikshank, 5 in volume 1, 6 in volume 2..... More
Rudolph Valentino The Silent Idol: His Life in Photographs
San Francisco, California: RVG Books, 2019. Expanded Edition. 28 x 21.5 cm. 486pp. More
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George Washington [5 volume set].
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 - 1952. Hardcover. Five volume set bound in black cloth with gilt spine lettering and housed in slipcase. Complete as issued, but two additional volumes were later published. Octavo. No dust jackets. Map endpapers, usually maps, and frontispiece in each volume. Each book is..... More
R. E. Lee: A Biography (Pulitzer Prize Edition) (Four volume set)
New York & Lonodn: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Pulitzer Prize Edition. Publisher's blue-grey leatherette with red spine labels and gilt spine design and cover portraits. 4 volume set. 24 x 16 cm. Rubbing to the hinges. Frontispiece and other illustrations in each volume, including some fold-out maps. First published in..... More
Edwin Austin Abbey Royal Academician: The Record of His Life and Work (2 volume set)
London, Methuen and Company Limited & New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. Edwin Austin Abbey. 1/4 grey cloth and dark grey paper over boards, tan spine labels. Two volume set. 26.5 x 19.5 cm. 518pp, Quarto. Extensively illustrated with over 200 illustrations including photogravures & wood engravings. Most of these..... More
The Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt in four volumes.
London: John Murray, 1862. Second Edition. Full Leather. 4 volume set. Bound in contemporary tan leather with spine labels. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. xii 403pp xxiii, viii 405pp xxxii, ix 435 xxxiii, viii 421pp xlix. Chip out of the head of the spine of volume one, tail of spines..... More
A Memoir of William Pengelly of Torquay, F.R.S., Geologist; With a Selection from his Correspondence
London: John Murray, 1897. Hardcover. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. Red cloth. Dull gilt to spine. signed, with a short inscription by the editor/daughter of William Pengelly, Hester Pengelly Julia. Spine is faded and spotted. Corners are bumped. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Frontispiece portrait and 10 additional plates..... More
India and the Awakening East
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. xvi 237pp. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Brown and black boards in clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with 32pp of photographs, map endpapers. Despite the dust jacket being clipped, the original price of..... More
This I Remember
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. x 387pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Frontispiece portrait.Bump to the top of the front cover. Chipping to the edges of the jacket. Original price of $4.50..... More
Mount Auburn Biographies: A Biographical Listing of Distinguished Persons Interned in Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, Massachusetts 1831-1952
The Murray Printing Company, 1953. Paperback. Octavo, 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 216 pp. This copy has some wear along the spine resulting in some minor color chips. The top of the spine also has a small stain. There are also some small check marks next to a couple names..... More
Five Sous a Day
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, no date (1930). Hardcover. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. 248pp.Name and date of previous owner on front free end-paper. Scarce. In a mylar wrapper. "Five Sous a Day" is a gritty, non-romanticized memoir documenting his realistic, harsh experiences and service within the..... More