BUNGAY, GEORGE W.

Off-Hand Takings; Or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age.

NY:: De Witt & Davenport, 1854. Hardcover. Illustrated with twenty steel engraving portraits. First edition. Octavo, bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and design. Cloth is edge worn at the spine ends and corners, else very good. ; 408 pages. 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: 97155

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography

BURKE, JOSEPH C.

William H. Miner: The Man and the Myth.

Minneapolis:: Langdon Street Press, 2009. Hardcover. ISBN: 1934938505. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. ; 538 pages. As New in As New 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: 90336

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 1934938505 Biography

BURTON, JERRY.

Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette.

Cambridge:: Bentley Publishers, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: 0837608589. Black and white photographs throughout. First printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap, though opened along the fore edge so the author could sign the book. 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: 101093

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0837608589 Biography Transportation Sports Cars Signed Signed and Inscribed Books Transportation

CAMERON, ALAN.

Porphyrius the Charioteer.

Oxford:: Oxford University Press, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198148054. First printing thus. 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: 101763

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0198148054 History Biography History

CAMUS, ALBERT.

Resistance, Rebellion, and Death.

NY:: Knopf, 1966. Hardcover. ISBN: 0590288806. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Fourth American printing. Previous owner's stamp on front paste-down and free endpaper, else very good in a very good (small chip at the crown of the spine, age toning) dust jacket. 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: 49570

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography French Literature Translation Nobel Prize Literature in Translation Nobel Prize Winners

CAMUS, ALBERT.

Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (ML 339).

NY:: Modern Library, 1969. Hardcover. Modern Library number 339. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. A later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by George Salter. 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: 74115

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography French Literature Translation Nobel Prize Literature in Translation Nobel Prize Winners

CASH, JOHNNY.

Man in Black.

Grand Rapids:: Zondervan Publishing House, 1975. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. Book club edition. Previous owner's name scribbled out on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear) dust jacket. 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: 33420

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography Music Music

CASTOR, HELEN.

Joan of Arc: A History.

London:: Folio Society, 2019. Hardcover. Foreword by the author. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. ; 292 pages. 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: 102406

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography History History

CAVENDISH, GEORGE.

Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinal: His Life and Death Written By George Cavendish, His Gentleman-Usher.

London:: Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0873959515. Edited with an introduction by Roger Lockyer. Third printing thus (with color illustrations). Fine in a fine slipcase. 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: 84131

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography

CHAKRABONGSE, H. R. H. PRINCE CHULA.

The Education of the Enlightened Despots: A Review of the Youth of Louis XV of France, Frederick II of Prussia, Joseph II of Austria, and Catherine II of Russia.

London:: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948. Hardcover. First edition. Foxing to edges and endpapers, else very good in a very good (foxing, minor edge wear at the spine ends) dust jacket. 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: 98012

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography History History

CHAMBERLAIN, HENRIQUETA.

Where the Sabia Sings: A Partial Autobiography.

NY:: Macmillan, 1961. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ken Chamberlain. Book club edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. 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: 100690

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir Brazil

CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS-RENE DE.

Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb.

London:: Folio Society, 2016. Hardcover. Selected and translated from the French by Robert Baldick. Introduction by Philip Mansel. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. 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: 102530

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography French Literature Translation Literature in Translation

CHAUDHURI, NIRAD C.

The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian.

NY:: Macmillan Company, 1951. Hardcover. The author's first book. Stated first (American) printing. Very good in a very good dust jacket. ; 506 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: 98492

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography First Book

CHEKHOV, ANTON.

Chekhov: A Life in Letters

London:: Folio Society, 1994. Hardcover. Translated from the Russian and edited by Gordon McVay. First edition thus. About fine in like 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: 102597

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Literary Biography Correspondence Russian Literature Translation Literature in Translation

CHERTKOV, V. G.

A Short Biography of William Lloyd Garrison.

NY:: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. ISBN: 0837145902. First edition. As new in ornage cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Still in original shrinkwrap. As New . 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: 98163

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0837145902 Biography