Korda, Michael

Hero; the Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia

New York, Harper, 2010. Hardcover. pp. 762. 4to. Black & white photograpns and colour illustrations. Light shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 076958

Catalogue: Biography

Koscialkowska, Janina; Anna Marianska [Trans.]

Beech Boat

London, Readers International, 1993. Hardcover. pp. 296. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. "Striking panorama of wartime Europe by a distinguished Polish woman writer. .

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Book number: 078741

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Keywords: Woman writer; Poland; War; Europe;;

KROEKER, Irvin J. (ed.)

The Papers of Howard W. Winkler

Winnipeg, MB, Oper Door Communications, 1999. 1st edition. pp. 173.8vo,,Larger format pb - near fine condition,Laid-in loose is the folded program for the launching of this book, Jan. 25, 2000. Signature of Chris Anderson on title page. The life of the former MP for Lisgar Constituency in southern Manitoba. Much on the town of Morden. ISBN 0919003044. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900005478

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Manitoba;Morden;Lisgar;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Kurosawa, Akira; Audie E. Bock (trans.)

Something Like an Autobiography

Toronto, Random House, ND. Paperback. pp. xiii, 205. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Negligible shelfwear; near fine. .

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Book number: 092284

Catalogue: Biography

Kurzman, Dan

Ben-Gurion; Prophet of Fire

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1983. Hardcover. pp. 544. 8vo. Quarterbound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, some discolouration to edges. Dustjacket edgeworn, with some creasing and age toning; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 086894

Catalogue: Biography

Kyi, Aung San Suu

Freedom from Fear and Other Writings

New York, Penguin Books, 1991. Paperback. 8vo. Color photographic reproductions. Very good. .

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Book number: 047510

Catalogue: Biography

Lamott, Anne

Plan B; Further Thoughts on Faith

New York, Riverhead, 2005. Hardcover. pp. 320. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket. .

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Book number: 084632

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Humour; Spirituality

LANGNER, Lawrence

Gbs and the Lunatic

London, Hutchinson, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xi, 303,8vo,,Sl. soiling to bottom edge of bds. else vg/vg+ in good dj, Reminiscences of the friendship between Bernard Shaw and the author. A first US edition vg/vg also available. Ill.: B&W frontispiece.

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Book number: 9900008464

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Keywords: Shaw;G. Bernard Shaw;;;;;;; B&W frontispiece

LAREDO, Joseph F., with photos from the collection of Donald Chang

Doris Day 1947-1950

1993. Hardcover. pp. 89.Large 4to,,,A paean to the great singer Doris Day, covering her most productive period (as a big band singer and recording artist). Obviously a work of love (the author refers to his subject as 'Miss Day'), with many photos from studio stills. This book was meant to accompany several CDs of 'Miss Day's' music (which are not included). No publisher stated, but the book was printed in Germany (text in English, of course) and the copyright is claimed by Bear Family Records. The boards shows only the slightest shelf wear. The contents are unmarred. Overall, in very good, to near fine, condition. For the Doris Day fan, this is a must-have. Ill.: colour photographs.

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Book number: 9900038448

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Movie stars;Big band era;Singers;;;;;; colour photographs

Lau, Evelyn

Inside out; Reflections on a Life So Far

N.P. Doubleday, 2001. Hardcover. pp. 238. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good- dustjacket. .

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Book number: 065554

Catalogue: Biography

Sawyer-Laucanno, Christopher

An Invisible Spectator: A Biography of Paul Bowles

New York, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. pp. xv, 501. 8vo. Bound in quarter burgundy cloth over paper boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black-and-white plates. Light shelfwear, rubber stamp to bottom edge; very good in lightly rubbed, very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 052189

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Laudet, Fernand

L'Instituteur Des Instituteurs Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle

Tours, Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1928. Ed. not stated. Hardcover. 274 pp.4to,,Some soiling to covers, else vg+ (contents very nice), Colour decorations on cover, small dark mark on dedication page. The life of one of France's great educators; in French. Ill.: B&w engraving-style illust.

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Book number: 9900017456

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Education;Educator;Languages;French;Education Biography;St Jean-Baptiste;;; B&w engraving-style illust.

LAUGHTON, John Knox [ed.]

Memoirs Relating to the Lord Torrington

London, The Camden Society, 1889. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xii, 203.Larger 8vo,,Bound in original brown cloth blocked in blind and gilt,Binding and spine show sl. bumping to tips, light rubbing to extremities, and light scuffing to cloth. Binding tight. Overall, in good plus, to very good, condition. First published in 1889 by the Society, and now a very scarce title, having recently been reprinted in facsimile, but very difficult to find in this, the original edition. Publication no. XLVI (New Series). Index and notes at back. .

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Book number: 9900037271

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Camden Society;History;;;;;;;

Lawrence, T. E.; David Garnett (Ed.)

The Letters of T.E. Lawrence

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1939. Hardcover. pp. 896. 8vo. Photo frontispiece, maps and b&w illustrations. Text block age-toned, contents unmarked, binding sound; very good, in scuffed, fair dustjacket showing some spotting and open tears. .

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Book number: 063492

Catalogue: Biography

Lawrence, T. E.

The Mint; a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 a/C Ross

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. Hardcover. 4to. Light general shelfwear, ink name to ffep; very good- in lightly shelfworn, good- dustjacket with several taped tears and spots of soiling to panels. .

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Book number: 037310

Catalogue: Biography