Curtius Rufus, Quintus, and Samuel Pitiscus

Q. Curtii Rufi Alexander Magnus, Et in Illum Commentarius Samuelis Pitisci... Editio Secunda Priori Ornatior & Comptior

Franciscum Halmam, 1693. Second edition. Vellum. pp. 785 + Index. Thick 8vo. Full vellum, with hand-lettering to spine. With 14 copper plate engravings, including illustrated title page, 7 folding illustrations, and one a map. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown (P. Small Keir Esq). Text unmarked, binding and joints sound. Lovely condition. The second edition, being more ornate and compact than the first. A biography of Alexander the Great, written originally in the first century or thereabouts, in ten books; later pieced together therefrom and printed in many editions as early as the ninth century. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 087618

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Alexander the Great

DAHL, Svend

J. Christian Bay

Copenhagen, Denmark, Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1948. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 49.8vo,,Card covers very slightly soiled; else vg/nf condition,Foredrag holdt i Dansk Bibliofil-Klub 28. Oktober 1948 i Adledning af Dr. Bays Udnaevnelse til Aeresmedlem af Klubben. Some pages uncut. Bay was a prominent bibliophile and Chief Librarian at Chicago's Crerar Library. The text is in Danish. Ill.: frontispiece photo.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900038306

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; frontispiece photo

[Henrik Kroyer] J. Christian Bay / Svend Dahl

Til Minde Om Zoologen Henrik Kroyer Udgivet I Anledning Af J. Christian Bays Halvfjerdsa Arsdag / 12. Oktober 1941

Copenhagen, Denmark, Alfred H. Hassing, 1941. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xix, 94.8vo, Near fine condition in custom made clamshell box, This is copy no. 9 of 1,400 copies. Inscribed (but not signed) by Dr. Bay to his son. Ill.: frontispiece.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900038075

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; frontispiece

Dakin, Pauline

Run, Hide, Repeat; a Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood

Toronto, Viking, 2017. Paperback. pp. 328. 8vo. Light shelfwear and some discoloured spotting; very good. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 087444

Catalogue: Biography

Dalglish, Peter

The Courage of Children; My Life with the World's Poorest Kids

Toronto, Harper Collins, 1998. Paperback. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Very good+. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 057939

Catalogue: Biography

Daugherty, Tracy

The Last Love Song; a Biography of Joan Didion

New York, St. Martin's Press, 2015. Hardcover. pp. xxiv. 728. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 080124

Catalogue: Biography

Shields, David and Shane Salerno

Salinger

New York, Simon & Schuster, 2013. Hardback. pp. 698. 8vo. Black binding with gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear. Dustjacket lightly shelfworn; very good+. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 079905

Catalogue: Literary Biography

DAWES, Rev. Ebenezer

A Sermon Preached in the Central Congregational Church, Dighton, at the Funeral of Joseph Emmons Briggs, May 17, 1867

Cambridge, UK, Welch, Bigelow, & Co, 1867. 1st peinting. Wraps. pp. 34.8vo,,A stitched pamphlet showing light wear & soiling, else vg cond,Included at the end of this 'In Memoriam' sermon is an Appendix entitled: 'Resolutions Adopted by the Class of Harvard College of 1866, at a Meeting held in Boston, May 13, 1867.' Note: the front cover is missing. The rear cover is present but it is in poor condition. The Appendix is detached from the Sermon. Top right corners turned. Contents unmarked. Note: this is the original publication - it is not some cheap modern reprint. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900045147

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Homeopathy;;;;;;;;

Dawidoff, Nicholas

The Fly Swatter; Portrait of an Exceptional Character

New York, Vintage Books, 2003. Paperback. 8vo. Spine creased, light shelfwear; very good-. Subject is the author's grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron. File under "Gerschenkron, Alexander.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 056619

Catalogue: Biography

Dawkins, Richard

Brief Candle in the Dark; My Life in Science

New York, Ecco, 2015. Hardcover. pp. 455. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 078621

Catalogue: Biography

Dawson, R. MacGregor

William Lyon Mackenzie King a Political Biography 1874-1923 / Volume One

Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1958. Leather Bound. pp. xiii, 521. Small 4to. Bound in half green morocco leather over matching green buckram. Board edges sl. rubbed, bookplate traces to front free endpaper. Else, in very good condition. The Kingsmere Edition, of which only 350 copies were produced, being hand bound at the University of Toronto Press bindery, of which this is designated copy number 43. The Kingsmere Edition is printed on Cortlea paper and hand bound in morocco leather and buckram with gold leaf stamping. The book is set in eleven-point Fairfield. A most handsome presentation. Ill.: b&w photos and illustrations.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900038407

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Canadiana;Political Biography;MacKenzie King, WL;King, W.L.M.;Prime Ministers;Canadian Politician;Politics;; b&w photos and illustrations

Denevi, Timothy

Freak Kingdom; Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten - Year Crusade Against American Fascism

New York, PublicAffairs, 2018. Hardcover. pp. 394. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 085190

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Gonzo

Dickson, Lovat

Radcliffe Hall at the Well of Loneliness: A Sapphic Chronicle

London, Collins, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. 236 pp.8vo,,Remainder dot on bottom edge, rubbed, dust jacket creased. Good. Ill.: B&w photos.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900000650

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Una Troubridge;Radclyffe Hall;Lesbian;Literature;;;;; B&w photos

Dickson, Lovat

Radclyffe Hall at the Well of Loneliness; a Sapphic Chronicle

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Very good+ in very good+ dustjacket (protected in brodart sleeve). .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 061121

Catalogue: Literary Biography

Disraeli, Benjamin; The Marquis of Zetland (Ed.)

The Letters of Disraeli to Lady Bradford and Lady Chesterfield / 2 Volumes

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. Hardcover. pp. 313, 324. Royal 8vo. Uniformly bound in light green cloth with gilt decoration to front board and lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece and photographs. Sunning to spines, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound bindings; very good+. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 051188

Catalogue: Biography