WHITTINGTON-EGAN, RICHARD (BY); SMERDON, GEOFFREY (AND)

The Quest of the Golden Boy: The Life and Letters of Richard le Gallienne

London, The Unicorn Press. 1960, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Light age toning down the front and back gutters. Else textblock is clean and tight, b&w photographs. Blue cloth, bumped at corners and to the head and foot of spine, bumping to bottom edges. Unclipped dust jacket, internally taped at head and foot of spine, chipping to corners, chips on back top edge, closed tears to the edges. 580pp. including brief chronology and index. Very Good/Good (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB12548

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Richard Le Gallienne Letters, Richard Le Gallienne Biography, Richard Le Gallienne Life, Literary Critics Biography Literary Criticism B&W Photographs

GERVAIS, PAUL

A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany

NY, Hyperion. 2000, First Edition/1st Printing. (ISBN: 0786865210). Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Paul Gervais. Hardcover, Textblock and binding immaculate and tight; Slight crease to the spine, gently sunned top edge; Unclipped dust jacket, lightly edge-rubbed; 309p. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB15640

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Gardening, Gardening Memoir, Paul Gervais Gardening Memoir Botany/Gardening 0786865210 Paul Gervais

GLOVER, JANE

Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music

NY, Harper Collins Publishers. 2005, First Edition/1st Printing. (ISBN: 9780060563509). Quarter Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Plates. Hardcover, Textblock is very clean and very tight, plates in b&w and in color. All page edges are straight and sound; Bumped head and foot of spine and slightly to the corners. Unclipped dust jacket, rippled head and foot of spine, usual wear to the edges. 406p. including notes and index. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB16586

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Relations with Women, Mozart Biography, Western Classical Music History Music 9780060563509 Plates

GRIDLEY, ELEANOR

The Story of Abraham Lincoln or the Journey from the Log Cabin to the White House

Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin Association. 1902. Buckram, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Engravings. Ex-Library Copy/Hardcover, Rebound in sturdy, dark blue buckram, retaining original front cover illustrated cloth, and with new end papers. Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels and markings, else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges are straight and sound. 355p. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: SB16835

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Abraham Lincoln Life, Abraham Lincoln Biography, Abraham Lincoln Childhood Life, Abraham Lincoln Adult Life, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Life American History/Americana Engravings

GUINAGH, KEVIN; PREFACE BY ARTHUR E. MORGAN

Inspired Amateurs

London / New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-library Hardcover, Retired school library copy, minimally staped, labeled and marked; Textblock overall very clean and tight; Front and rear gutters aged from old binding glue that has turned brown; The binding is scuffed and frayed at the spine head and board corners, with lesser wear along the edges; Character-wear to the boards; Lacks dust jacket; 171p. Stories of inspired amateurs who excelled outside their chosen professions; Joseph Priestly, preacher turned Chemist; Gregor Mendel, monk in a monastery who studied genetics and heredity; William Herschel, a musician who studied the stars, and much more. Good+.

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N° du livre: 24761

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Inventors, Scientists, Entrepreneurs, Dreamers, History of Innovation, Biography Science Social Science Astronomy

GWYNN, STEPHEN

The Life and Friendships of Dean Swift

NY, Henry Holt. 1933, 1st Ed. Green Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Drawings and Photos. Hardcover, Large, somewhat faded stain on front cover; Bumped corners, light edgewear; Owner's name, top ffep, else very clean and tight. Lacks dust jacket. 362p. including index. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 01195C

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Jonathan Swift, Biography, English Satirists, Drapier's Letters, Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, Isaac Bickerstaff, Scriblerus Club Literary Collections & Poetry Drawings and Photos.

HAIGHT, ANNE LYON (EDITED BY)

Hroswitha of Gandersheim: Her Life, Times, and Works, and Comprehensive Bibliography

NY, The Hroswitha Club. 1965, First Edition. Mahogany Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Plates. Hardcover, Great copy, textblock is very tight, faint age toning to the end papers, else clean. Red top page edges. Minimal shelf wear to the binding, small snag on front top edge. 129p. including index. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: SB15826

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: German Literature, Books on Books, Bibliography Literary Collections & Poetry Books on Books Plates

HALE, EDWARD EVERETT

James Russell Lowell and His Friends

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. 1899. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Portraits, Facsimiles, and Other Illustrations. Hardcover, Previous owner's inked out stamped name on ffep. Large edge tear on pg. 303, otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Top edge gilt. Light freying at head and foot of spine and corners. 303pp. including index. Very Good.

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N° du livre: SB1711

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: James Russell Lowell Life, James Russell Lowell Friends, James Russell Lowell History, James Russell Lowell, James Russell Lowell Biography, Biography Portraits, Facsimiles, and Other Illustrations

HALSEY, MARGARET

With Malice Toward Some

NY, Simon & Schuster. 1938, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Peggy Bacon. Hard Cover, Text block clean and tight in lightly to moderately edge-worn binding with small amount of fraying; dust jacket moderately rubbed, worn and edge-chipped. 278 pp. Good+/Good- (in Mylar).

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N° du livre: 20944

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Travel, England, Paris, Norway, Sweden Peggy Bacon

HAMBRECHT, GEORGE P. (AN APPRECIATION BY)

Abraham Lincoln His Spirit Lives

Madison, WI, George P. Hambrecht. 1926, Limited Edition. Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Portraits/Chapter Decorations. Ex-Library Paperback, Copy #179 of 300. Author's inked signature on limitation page. One library penciled marking on portrait page just after copyright page, no other markings, no stamps or labels on the textblock or binding. Exceptionally clean and tight. Some age toning to the edges of binding, hole punched spine with a lovely rope tie, some folding to the corners. Inside a paper fold out envelope case, title label and a couple library labels on front. 16pp. Very Good+. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: SB9635

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Abraham Lincoln Appreciation, Abraham Lincoln Sketch, Abraham Lincoln History American History/Americana Portraits/Chapter Decorations

HAMILL, PETE

A Drinking Life: A Memoir

Boston, Little, Brown and Company. 1994, First Edition/6th Printing. (ISBN: 0316341088). Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Very clean and tight textblock; A few scuffs and indentations on front cover near the spine, bumping to head and foot of spine and lightly to the corners. Unclipped dust jacket, light wear to the edges, spine and corners. 265p. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB15633

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Pete Hamill Biography, American Authors Biography, Irish Americans Social Life and Customs, United States Journalists Biography, United States Alcoholics biography, United States Drinking Customs Social Science 0316341088

GATHORNE-HARDY, ROBERT

Recollections of Logan Pearsall Smith: The Story of a Friendship

NY, The Macmillan Company. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Hilda Trevelyan Jacket Art. Hardcover, Frontispiece is reproduced from the original water color by Hilda Trevelyan; Textblock is clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of spine; The top edge of the rear board is worn and chewed, otherwise the binding woud have been near fine; Price-clipped, spine sunned and very edge worn dust jacket; Small edge tears, chipped and worn folds and corrners; The top rear edge of the jacket looks to have been nibbled on by a bird or mouse; 259p. Good+/Good (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB15526

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Logan Pearsall Smith Biography, Logan Pearsall Smith Artist, Logan Pearsall Smith Literary Collections & Poetry Hilda Trevelyan Jacket Art

HARPER, WILLIAM RAINEY (EDITOR); THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Leaders of Men, or History Told in Biography [Young Folks Library, Volume XIX]

Boston, Hall and Locke Company. 1902, Third Edition. Half Leather, Cloth Sides, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Six Color Plates; 105 Black and White Drawings. Hardcover, Young Folks Library, Vol XIX only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book - Leaders of Men - is 398p. including notes. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: 24729

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Classic Childrens Literature, Illustrated Childrens Books, Juvenile Literature, Science Literature Literary Collections & Poetry Children's Six Color Plates; 105 Black and White Drawings

HART, KITTY CARLISLE

Kitty: An Autobiography

NY, Doubleday. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385244258). Quarter Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Pink end papers, textblock is very clean and tight, b&w photographs. Cloth spine, bumped at the head and foot of the spine. Unclipped dust jacket, character-soiled sides, creased head and foot of the spine and corners; shelf wear to the edges. 263p. including index. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB16537

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Kitty Carlisle Hart Autobiography, Kitty Carlisile Hart Life, Moive Actress Autobiography Social Science 0385244258 B&W Photographs

HEALY, CHRISTOPHER (MEMOIR OF)

Memoir of Christopher Healy, Principally Taken from His Own Memoranda

Philadelphia, Friends' Book Store. 1886. Green Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Aged textblock clean and tight; Binding bumped at the corners, wear to spine extremities, with overall light shelf wear; Rear board is lightly bubbled in several places; A clean, solid copy; 258p. including index. Very Good.

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N° du livre: SB5213

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Quaker Memoirs, Society of Friends History, Quaker Genealogy Genealogy