BOSANQUET, MARY.

Mother of the Magnificent: A Life of Lucrezia Tornabuoni.

London:: Faber and Faber, 1960. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 99530

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography

BOSWELL, JAMES.

Boswell: The Ominous Years, 1774-1776.

NY:: McGraw-Hill, 1963. Hardcover. The ninth volume in the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Edited by Charles Ryskamp and Frederick A. Pottle. Second printing. Fine in a near fine (some light scuffing to rear panel), price clipped dust jacket. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 99697

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography History History

BOSWELL, JAMES.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. (Three Volumes).

Franklin Center:: Franklin Library, 1983. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. Edited by R. W. Chapman. Revised by J. D. Fleeman. Limited edition. Octavos, fully bound in dark blue leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spines, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. All volumes are about fine. Near Fine . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 102185

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography

BOURGOGUE, SERGEANT.

The Retreat from Moscow: The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-1813.

London:: Folio Society, 1985. Hardcover. Translated from the French by J. W. Fortescue. Introduction by Vincent Cronin. First edition thus. Fine in a near fine (bumped at the crown of the spine) slipcase. Near Fine . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 102497

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Military History Translation Autobiography History Literature in Translation Military

BOYDEN, JAMES M.

The Courtier and the King: Ruy Gomez de Silva, Philip II, and the Court of Spain.

Berkeley:: University of California Press, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0520086228. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Fine in Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 99084

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0520086228 Spanish History Biography History

BRADFORD, RUTH.

"Maskee!": The Journal and Letters of Ruth Bradford, 1861-1872.

Hartford:: Prospect Press, 1938. Hardcover. Illustrated by Lois V. Schaeffer. First edition (350 copies). Smells a bit musty, gift inscription (dated 1967) on front paste-down, foxing to endpapers, else very good in tan cloth. No dust jacket. Very Good . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 96869

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography

BRANCH, SUSAN.

The Fairy Tale Girl.

Martha's Vineyard:: Spring Street Publishing, 2015. Hardcover. ISBN: 0996044019. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Sewn-in ribbon bookmark. ; 288 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 100220

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0996044019 Autobiography Memoir

BRANDON, DONALD AND JOYCE.

Memoirs and Confessions of a Stage Magician.

Hanover:: TAG Publications, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0964892006. Black and white illustrations. Stated first edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Fine in Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 101415

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0964892006 Autobiography Magic

BRENNAN, JOSEPH L.

Duke: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku.

Honolulu:: Ku Pa'a Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0914916963. Color frontispiece, black and white photographs throughout. Second printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ; 280 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 100414

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0914916963 Biography Surfing

O'BRIAN, PATRICK.

Joseph Banks: A Life.

London:: Folio Society, 2016. Hardcover. Introduction by Peter Campbell. First edition thus. Fine in an about fine slipcase. Near Fine . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 102543

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography

BRITTAIN, VERA.

Testament of Youth.

NY:: Seaview Books, 1980. Hardcover. ISBN: 0872236714. Made into the 2014 film. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 661 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 89356

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0872236714 Autobiography Memoir World War I Books to Film

BROMBERT, BETH ARCHER.

Cristina: Portraits of a Princess.

NY: Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394408071. First edition. About fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 2443

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0394408071 Biography

BROWN, JOHN, ET AL.

A John Brown Reader: The Story of John Brown in His Own Words, in the Words of Those Who Knew Him, and in the Poetry and Prose of the Literary Heritage.

London / NY:: Abelard-Schuman, 1959. Hardcover. Edited with introduction and commentary by Louis Ruchames. No indication of printing - line on copyright page is blacked out. Foxing on top edge and endpapers, else very good in a very good (foxing to flaps and verso) dust jacket. ; 431 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 100156

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography American History History

BROWN, SUSAN JENKINS.

Robber Rocks: Letters and Memories of Hart Crane, 1923-1932.

Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press, 1969. Hardcover. ISBN: 0819540072. Stated first edition. Near fine in a very good (fading along the spine) dust jacket. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 101402

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0819540072 Literary Biography Correspondence

BROWNING, VIVIENNE.

My Browning Family Album.

London: Springwood Books, 1979. Hardcover. ISBN: 0905947223. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Fine in Fine dust jacket . International orders are billed at cost: . 00 for a book of average size and weight, more for oversize or heavier volumes

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Book number: 1969

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0905947223 Biography Poetry,