ST. MICHAEL MICK

Elvis Costello, an Illustrated Biography

Omnibus Press, 1986. Paperback. ISBN: 0711907722. A Pictorial Paperback in Very Good condition. A sound binding with clean & unmarked pages. Cover rubbing and a crease to the title page bottom cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27432

Catalogue: Biography, Entertainers, Musiciens, Music

Keywords: 0711907722 Biography Musiciens Entertainers Biography Music Entertainment

STEWART, RODERICK

Mind of Norman Bethune, the

Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1977. Paperback. ISBN: 0889024251. Bright red covers, gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. Light corner and spine end wear. The DJ is unclipped and in Good+ condition. Light chipping along the top cover edge and cover rubbing, small piece missing of off the front flap bottom. "The mind of Norman Bethune contains the most important and revealing writings of Norman Bethune. Illustrated with over 100 contemporary photographs The Mind of Norman Bethune uncovers one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of the 20th century." Known for Developing mobile medical units, surgical instruments and a method for transporting blood for transfusions. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 150 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26378

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, Surgeons, Medicine

Keywords: 0889024251 Canada > Biographies Medicine > Surgery Surgeons Biography Health & Fitness Medicine Canada

STONE IRVING

Jack London, Sailor on Horseback

Garden City , New York: International Collectors Library, 1938. Hardcover. Red hard boards with gilt pannelling on the spine. Gilt border on the front cover. In very good++ condition. Red ribbon marker attached to the book. "Biography of Jack London, author of ''White Fang'', ''People of the Abyss'' and ''Martin Eden'', among others. Covers his early life at sea and as a hobo on the railways, his experiences in the Klondyke gold rush, and his later life as an author, socialist and rancher." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 3510

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Literary Authors

STRACHEY, LYTTON

Eminent Victorians

Penguin Books, 1948. Paperback. Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Squared tightly bound, with an unmarked interior. A small stamp of 50c, on the front cover. "Lytton Stratchey's 1918 biography of four eminent figures from the Victorian era (Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon) established his unique style of irreverence and wit that cemented forever his place in the biographer hall of fame. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 319 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26153

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, History

Keywords: Authors > Biography Biography Authors

STRONG-BOAG, VERONICA

Heritage: The Diaries of Elizabeth Smith, 1872-1884

University of Toronto Press, 1980. Paperback. ISBN: 0802063977. Trade Paperback In Very Good condition. Tightly bound & clean pages, cover edgewear and rubbing. Very Good+. "Elizabeth Smith's diaries are a rare expression of female experience, all the more valuable as the writer is articulate, sensitive, and out-spoken. They cover a critical period in the 1870s and 1880s." ; 5.5 X 0.77 X 8.5 inches; 346 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26876

Catalogue: Canada, Biography, Medical, Women Physicians

Keywords: 0802063977 Canada > Woman Physicians Health & Fitness Meidcal Biography Health & Fitness Medicine Women Canada Feminism & Feminist

STYRON, WILLIAM

Darkness Visible a Memoir of Madness

Random House, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394588886. Stated First Edition. Burgundy Hardcover, cloth spine covering, in Fine condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is clipped, in Near Fine condition. "A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery. "; 8.1 X 5.1 X 0.6 inches; 84 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26293

Catalogue: Psychology, Mental Health, Biography, Authors

Keywords: 0394588886 Biography > Authors Mental Health > Depression Psychology Psychiatry Health & Fitness Autobiography & Memoirs Psychology Psychiatry Authors

STYRON, WILLIAM

Face Aux Ténèbres

GALLIMARD, 1990. Paperback. ISBN: 2070721051. In Fine+ condition, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. "Nous ne croyons pas à l'Enfer, nous sommes incapables de l'imaginer, et pourtant il existe, on peut s'y retrouver brusquement au-delà de toute expression. Telle est la leçon de ce petit livre magnifique et terrible. Récit d'une dépression grave, avec son cortège « d'angoisses, d'insomnies, de rafales dévastatrices, de tentations de suicide », il nous montre pour la première fois ce qu'est réellement cette « tempête des ténèbres » intérieure qui peut frapper n'importe qui à chaque instant, mais peut-être plus particulièrement certains écrivains, ou artistes. "; 140 X 11 X 205 millimeters; 132 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26996

Catalogue: French Books, Biography, Mental Health

Keywords: 2070721051 French Books Biography Mental Health > Depression Psychology Biography Health & Fitness Psychology Medical / Mental Health Authors

SULLIVAN, ROSEMARY

Shadow Maker the Life of Gwendolyn Macewen

Harpercollins Canada / Non-Fiction, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002554062. Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, the pages are clean & unmarked, light age tanning. An uncreased spine with some corner wear. Black & white photo sections. "Who is the mystery that is Gwendolyn MacEwen? Acclaimed biographer Rosemary Sullivan poignantly uncovers the life of a searingly gifted but wounded poet, novelist and mystic, a writer who, after a spellbinding reading to a packed house in one of Toronto's largest halls, was proclaimed as "one of the last great bards." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26847

Catalogue: Biography, History, Canada

Keywords: 0002554062 Biography Canada History Authors

SUMMERS, ANTHONY, AND TOM MANGOLD.

The File on the Tsar the Fate of the Romanovs - New Evidence.

New York: Harper and Row, 1976. First US Edition. Cloth, hardcover. ISBN: 0060128070. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Bumping to the bottom corners and spine. Clean and bright interior with a solid binding. The DJ is unclipped with spine shipping, scuffing, edgewear and a few tears. "An international front-page news story in the form of a book. It is meticulous, it is closely argued and it is convincing. "; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 416 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 5047

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0060128070

TAYLOR, INA

Edwardian Lady, the Life of Edith Holden

Cologne: Michael Joseph / Webb & Bower, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0718119207. Green buckram covers with darker green cloth spine covering. Gilt title and illustration to the front cover. A tightly bound, unmarked copy. Light wear to the front covers. Beautifully illustrated throughout with photos, illustrations, frontispeice. Overall Near Fine condition. The DJ is Very Good+ with one small tear to the top front flap hinge. ; 1.3 x 9.2 x 6.9 Inches; 208 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 12214

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0718119207 Social History Illustrators Biography Art & Artists History England

THURMAN, JUDITH

Secrets of the Flesh a Life of Colette

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 2000. Paperback. ISBN: 0747548439. An oversize Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. A sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. An uncreased spine with a crease to the front cover top corner. Black & white photos, Notes, Bibliography, & Indexed. "Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was this century's first modern woman. She was one of the first women to report from the front lines of World War I. In 1935, a readers' poll named Colette the greatest living master of French prose. Until her death in 1954, she continues to rewrite the rule for loving, working, and ageing." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 592 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26848

Catalogue: Biography, France, History, Gay/Lesbian

Keywords: 0747548439 Biography France Gay / Lesbian History

WAITE TERRY

Taken on Trust

Toronto, Ont: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385254385. White hardboards with blue cloth spine and white titles to the spine. In Near fine conditon, a bright interior with a solid binding. First Edition. The DJ is clipped with light scuffing and edgewear ." Terry Waite's own heart-rending account of his 1,763 days of captivity in Beriut, mostly in solitary confinement. A fascinating book on how his inner strengths helped him endure the savage treatment he recieved from his captors. "; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 370 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 256

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0385254385 Hostages Lebanon Evangelists Faith Autobiography & Memoirs Christianity

WALKER, DAVID

Lean Wind Lean : A Few Times Remembered

Collins, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002172356. Grey Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. A tightly bound book with bright, unmarked pages. In Near Fine condition. The DJ is clipped, Very Good+ and is protected by a clear plastic cover. Black & white photo sections through the book. "In 1942 David Walker and nealry 30 other prisoners made their daring and famous escape over the wire from the German camp Warburg. During the nearly five years that he spent as POW before being relealsed from Coldtiz, Walker made other less sensational escapers." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26768

Catalogue: Biography, Germany, Escapes, Wolrd War 1939-1945

Keywords: 0002172356 World War, 1939-1945 Germany > Escapes Biography Biography War Germany & German Language

WALLACE ROBERT

Le Bernin Et Son Temps 1598-1680

Nederland: Time Life International, 1973. hardcover. An As New pictorial Hardcover in a Near Fine+ slip cover. Profuse with colr and black & white illustrations through the book. "Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. As one scholar has commented, "What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture: the first pan-European sculptor whose name is instantaneously identifiable with a particular manner and vision, and whose influence was inordinately powerful..." ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages. As New in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26543

Catalogue: Arts & Arts, Italy, Biography, Painters

Keywords: Arts & Artists > Painters Italy Biography Biography Art & Artists Italy

WALLER, ROBERT JAMES

Old Songs in a New Cafe Selected Essays

Warner Books, 1995. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0446671029. Trade Paperback in very good + condition. Light scuffing with corner bumping, tightly bound with a bright & clean interior. "Nineteen essays, most of which originally appeared in the "Des Moines Register," including Waller's first published piece, "Riding Along in Safety with Kennedy and Keralt." Nineteen essays, most of which originally appeared in the "Des Moines Register," including Waller's first published piece, "Riding Along in Safety with Kennedy and Keralt." ; 0.52 x 8.1 x 6.28 Inches; 172 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 8411

Catalogue: Biography, Essays

Keywords: 0446671029 Essays Literary Collections Biography Fiction Short Stories