The Builders of the Nation a History of the United States

New York City, Stanley-Bradley Publishing, 1892. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 539, index,Thick 4to,,Bound in original 3/4 leather over cloth with marbled foredges,With almost 60 full page portraits and over 700 marginal vignette portraits and illustrations. Entries and illustrations compiled from the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. A scarce title, as WoorldCat lists only eight copies in either public, or academic, libraries. The endpapers are marbled to match the foredges. Bookplate of Ella Lynette Somerville on front pastedown. Wear to board edges, and corners a bit rounded. Light soiling to boards. Contents very clean. Hinges and joints tight. In good plus to very good condition. This is a large, very heavy, book. Please consult as to costs, and options, to ship. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. 'Portraits and biographies of presidents, cabinet officers, statesmen, legislators, jurists, educators, authors and divines'.

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Book number: 9900030476

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History;America;Presidents;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

The Noble and Renowned History of Guy Earl of Warwick

Warwick, UK, John Merridew et al, 1829. Hardcover. pp. viii, 148.12mo, Bound in half leather of marbled boards, with marbled foredges,'Containing a full and true account of his many famous and valiant actions, remarkable and brave exploits, and noble and renowned victories.' A 'New Edition, with Engravings'. Front hinge was weak but has been expertly (and unnoticeably) repaired. Board edges quite worn and boards scuffed, although joints tight. Contents clean: a good copy notwithstanding. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900036313

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Pascal Breland

Winnipeg, MB, Government of Manitoba, 1984. Wraps. pp. 12.8vo,,Stapled card covers: in near fine condition. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. One of a series of a series of historical pamphlets published by the Historic Resources Branch of the Government of Manitoba.

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Book number: 9900034646

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Exploration;Fur trade;Red River colony;Metis;Hudson's Bay Co;North-West Company;;; black-&-white illustrations

[Barnes, Reginald Henry, and Charles Edward Brown]

Spurgeon the People's Preacher

London, Walter Scott, ND (1892). 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. vi, 330.8vo,,Bound in original decorated cloth with all edges gilt,No authors are identified, nor is a date of publication given, but Turner, 'The Walter Scott Publishing Company, A Bibliography', 436.a, identifies the authors and suggests a publishing date of 1892. The cloth is very stained, soiled, and rubbed. The endpapers are also soiled, but they are not split and the hinges are tight. Someone has done a little coloring to the frontispiece. The contents show the odd spot of foxing, but are otherwise quite clean. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900041606

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Charles Spurgeon;Religion;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

COPLAND, Aaron and Vivian Perlis

Copland 1900 Through 1942

New York City, St. Martin's/Marek, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xii, 402.8vo, Affixed to the front free endpaper is a bookplate on which is printed: 'From the Personal Library of Dr. Lorne Watson Director, School of Music 1948-1981 Brandon University Brandon, Manitoba'. Other than the autographs of the authors, and this bookplate, the book is unmarked, tightly-bound and in very good, to near fine, condition. The dust jacket shows light shelf wear, but is otherwise in very good condition. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. This copy inscribed: 'Greetings! (signed) Aaron Copland and (signed) Vivian Perlis'. ISBN 0312169620.

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Book number: 9900044373

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Music;Composer;Composing;American music;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Aberbach, David

Bialik

New York, Grove Press, 1989. Paperback. 8vo. Very good+. Jewish Thinkers Series.

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Book number: 026952

Catalogue: Biography

Abley, Mark

Conversations with a Dead Man The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott

Madeira Park, BC, Douglas & McIntyre, 2013. Hardcover. pp. 251. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, marker "X" to bottom edge, sticker to ffep; very good- in lightly rubbed, very good- dustjacket. .

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Book number: 074407

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Indigenous Studies;

Ackroyd, Peter

Chaucer Brief Lives

London, Vintage, 2005. Paperback. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 042213

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Adair, James R.

The Man from Steamtown the Story of F. Nelson Blount

Chicago, Moody Press, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. 224 pp.8vo,,Spine ends bumped, else vg+/vg+. Ill.: Black-and-white photographs. The life and career of the millionaire blueblood who got into the railroad so he could drive a train.

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Book number: 9900020175

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Railroads;Railway;Transportation;Business Biography;F. Nelson Blount;;;; Black-and-white photographs

ADAMS, Henry / Sketches by Jerry Pinkney

The Education of Henry Adams

Franklin Center, PA, Franklin Library, 1982. Hardcover. pp. 530.8vo,,Beautifully bound in full brown leather with gilt embellishments,A title in the series 'The 100 Greatest Books of All Time'. In near fine condition with no markings indicating previous ownership. The book appears unread, and seldom opened. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. A limited edition published only for subscribers, bound in full ornamented leather, with all edges gilt and silk moire endpapers.

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Book number: 9900043523

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Bindings;Biography;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Adcock, F. E.

Thucydides and His History

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Condition: ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown, stamp to ffep, card to rfep, bookplate to rear pastedown, spine label, no other library markings; overall very good-. .

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Book number: 037148

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Aguirre, Carmen

Something Fierce; Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter

Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2011. Paperback. 8vo. Very good+. .

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Book number: 043585

Catalogue: Biography

Akbar, M. J.

Nehru The Making of India

New York, Viking, 1989. Hardcover. pp. xii, 609. Thick 8vo. Very good+ in very good, lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Book number: 049392

Catalogue: Biography

ALDINGTON, Richard

Lawrence of Arabia a Biographical Enquiry

London, Collins, 1955. Hardcover. pp. 448.8vo,,Sl. shelf wear, else clean, tight, and in very good condition. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. O'Brien E-192. No dust jacket.

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Book number: 9900043126

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: T. E. Lawrence;The Desert War;Arabs;T. E. Shaw;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Alexander, Paul

Rough Magic A Biography of Sylvia Plath

New York, Da Capo Press, 2003. Paperback. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Lightest shelfwear, black marker dot to bottom page edges; very good. .

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Book number: 059884

Catalogue: Literary Biography