Search Results: Biography from Bazaar of Books

"All Over But the Shoutin" by Rick Bragg. New York: Pantheon Books, [1997]. pp. 330. A few b. & w. photos. Hardcover, brown quarter cloth, with clay boards (two corners bent, interior clean). dw, unclipped (bit worn, especially at corners). Dedication copy signed by the author, on front free end paper. Very good condition.Size: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" (24cm x 16.5cm).

"As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals & Notebooks 1964-1980" by Susan Sontag. Edited by David Rieff. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [2012]. First edition. pp. 523. Hardcover, black boards with gilt title on spine (corners square, bottom of spine bumped, few marks on front cover, interior clean & unmarked). dw., unclipped (some wear to top & bottom of spine, sticker residue on back cover).Very good condition.Size: 8 1/2" x 6" (21.5cm x 15cm).

"Battleship Sailor" by Theodore C. Mason. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, [1982]. pp. 265. some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, quarter red cloth, grey boards and white title on spine (corners square, top & bottom of spine bumped and worn, gift dedication on front free end paper, interior unmarked). d.w. (worn, especially edges).Very good condition.Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" (21.5cm x 14.5cm).

"Black Sand and Gold, True Alaska-Yukon Gold-Rush Story" by Ella Lung Martinsen as told by her father Edward B. Lung. Alaska Centennial Edition. Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1967. pp. 423, Index. 58 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, light green cloth with blue titles to front cover and spine (1 lower corner bent, top edge foxed, some foxing to spine, on front free endpaper a signed inscription by author and price in pencil, interior is clean & unmarked). dw., unclipped (some wear, some foxing on flaps, dust jacket is covered by mylar).Very good condition.Size: 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" (22.5cm x 15cm).

"Bram Stoker: A Literary Life" by Lisa Hopkins. [Basingstoke, UK:] Palgrave Macmillan, [2007]. pp. 173. Hardcover, grey cloth with silver title on spine (like new, interior clean & unmarked). dw. (like new, some surface wear). As new condition.Size: 8 3/4" x 5 5/8" (22.5cm x 14.5cm).

"Bring Me A Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1922-1928." pp. 236. some b & w photos. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., [1972]. Book Club Edition. Hardcover, blue cloth with black title on spine (corners rubbed, spine bumped, dampstain to back end paper, pen marks on few pages, incl. front end paper, covers unmarked). dw. (tear at top of spine, some pen marks on cover, spine browned).Size: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" (21.5cm x 14.5cm)Good condition.

"Carry On: Letters in War-Time" by Coningsby Dawson. New York: John Lane Company, 1917. pp. 133. portrait frontispiece of author. Hardcover, tan cloth with gilt title & illus. on front and gilt missing on spine (corners bent & frayed, marks on covers, spine bumped & frayed, edges of spine and covers are worn, front free endpaper is removed, front endpaper partially cracked at gutter, several signatures on half-title page, some pencil markings in margins mostly erased).Fair condition.Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/8" (19.5cm x 13cm).

"The Cree Journals. The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R. N., as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856." Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Levien. Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, [1981]. pp. 276, Biographies. numerous colour illus. (1 fold-out), taken from watercolours by the author. Hardcover, cream & brown boards, in the style of a journal, with cream title on spine (corners bent, edgeworn, spine bumped & worn, waterstains to mostly lower half of both front and back covers, portion of surface removed from both front & back endpapers, and brown stains on back free endpaper, waterstains to lower margin of many pages, some damage at edge of fold-out illus., plus a few other illus. have marks at lower corner. For the illus. with damage the image is mostly unaffected. Previous owner's name and price on front free endpaper). d.j., unclipped (corners worn, top & bottom of spine chipped, 1-inch tear at bottom of spine, wrinkled at bottom of back cover, waterstains mainly on bottom to inside… Read More

"Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912 by Edward Wilson. An account of Scott's last expedition edited from the original mss. in the Scott Polar Research Institute and the British Museum by H. G. R. King." London: Blandford Press, [1972]. (First published in 1972). pp. 279, Index, Bibliography. numerous illus. (27 colour, many full-page). Hardcover, beige cloth with author's signature in gilt on cover and gilt title & ship on spine, coloured top edge (corners bent & lower corners dented, text block corner bent, light foxing in margins). dj., unclipped (yellowed, some wear & soiling, lower corners wrinkled, spine faded and a few scratches).Very good condition.Size: 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" (24.5cm x 19cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavier book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination.

"The Diary of a Rum-Runner" by Alastair Moray. Mystic, Connecticut: Flat Hammock Press, [2007]. Originally published 1929, P. Allan & Co. Ltd. pp. 193. some b. & w. illus. Paperback (some wear to corners, interior is clean & unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 9" x 6" (23cm x 15.5cm).

"The Dream King: Ludwig II of Bavaria" by Wilfrid Blunt. With a Chapter on Ludwig and the Arts by Dr. Michael Petzet. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1970]. pp. 264, Bibliography, Index. 150 b. & w. illus., 45 colour plates. Hardcover, red cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt swan on front cover (corners rubbed, top edge coloured, bottom of spine bumped, covers faded on top edges, pencilled price on front free endpaper). dj., clipped (top corners and top & bottom of spine chipped- in this case the dustjacket surface is missing, short tear top of front cover, otherwise bit worn).Very Good condition. (dustjacket is in Good condition).Size: 10" x 8" (25.5cm x 20.5cm).

"The Dream at the End of the World: Paul Bowles and the Literary Renegades in Tangier" by Michelle Green. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, [1991]. First edition. pp. 383, Bibliography, Index. 41 b. & w. photo. illus. Hardcover, quarter black cloth, with maroon boards, gilt title on spine (notes in margins and text underlining, light foxing on top edge). unclipped dw. (price sticker on flap, foxing on the inside).Very good condition.Size: 9 1/2" x 6 3/8" (24cm x 16.5cm).A really fascinating biography about the American writer and composer, Paul Bowles, and his wife Jane, and their life in Tangier, Morocco. Paul himself moved to Tangier in 1947 and lived there for the rest of his life, dying in 1999. The colourful people they were friends with included William Burroughs, Truman Capote, Allen Ginsburg, and the Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton.

"Dublin Phoenix" by Olivia Robertson. Illustrated with line drawings by the author. London: Jonathan Cape, [1957]. pp 224. Hardcover, green cloth, blue titles on spine, red phoenix on cover, and top edge red (corners square, spine bumped, foxing to fore-edge & bottom edge, interior unmarked). dw. (unclipped, bit worn, chipped, back browned).Size: 8 1/8" x 5 3/4" (20.5cm x 14.5cm).
A memoir of Dublin.

"Eva Peron" by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz. Translated by Shawn Fields. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1996]. pp. 325, Bibliography, Index. 34 b. & w. photo illus. Hardcover, quarter black cloth with purple boards and gilt title on spine (top of spine bumped, dent to upper corner, bit soiled on edges, small mark on rear free endpaper, interior clean & unmarked). dj., unclipped (slight crease at top of spine). Very Good condition.9 1/2" x 6 3/8" (24.5cm x 16.5cm)Eva Peron is a legendary figure in Argentina. As a female political leader she really has no equal. Her impact on Argentina and what she meant to the people who loved her means she will be remembered. She was much more than just a politician.

"Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, The Letters and Journals of Lieutenant Colonel The Honourable James Stanhope 1803 to 1825. Recording his Service with Sir John Moore, Sir Thomas Graham, and the Duke of Wellington." Edited by Gareth Glover. [Barnsley, South Yorkshire:] Pen & Sword Books Ltd., [2010]. Published in association with the Chevening Trust. pp. 258. some b. & w. illus., and maps. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean & unmarked, front free endpaper torn out- some pieces remain). dw., unclipped (in as new condition).Very good condition.Size: 9 1/2" x 6 3/8" (24cm x 16.5cm).

"Gandhi's Letters to a Disciple." With an Introduction by John Haynes Holmes. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1951. From the original Indian edition, Bapu's Letters to Mira, published in 1949 by the Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabed, India. pp. 234. Hardcover, green cloth with black title on spine (spine bumped & worn, corners square but worn, fore edge foxed, top edge- some marks, interior is unmarked). d.w., unclipped (spine & edges foxed, back also foxed- mainly spots). Very good condition.Size: 8" x 5 3/8" (20cm x 13.5cm).

"Industrial Voyage: My Life as an Industrial Lieutenant" by P. W. Litchfield. Illustrations by Richard Bartlett. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. pp. 347. many b & w photos and illus. Hardcover, grey cloth, with green cover illus. and title on spine (interior clean & unmarked, corners rubbed, spine faded, stain on lower front cover and stain on spine plus back cover). No dust jacket. Size: 8 1/2" x 5 5/8" (21.5cm x 14.5cm).Good condition.This is the author's story of his career, beginning in the early 1900s, with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, of which he became President and Chairman.

"The Innocent Eye: The life of Robert J. Flaherty by Arthur Calder-Marshall." Based on research material by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright. London: W. H. Allen, 1963. pp. 304, Index, Bibliography. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt signature on front & gilt title on spine (corners bent & rubbed, spine bumped & bit worn, tiny mark on front cover, pages yellowed, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, interior is clean & unmarked). dj., unclipped (worn, spine chipped at top & bottom, pieces missing at corners, short tears, 1-inch tear lower corner, inside jacket- tape to top & bottom which is loose and has caused staining to jacket).Very Good condition (dustjacket is Good condition).Size: 9" x 5 7/8" (23cm x 15cm).

"The Japan Expedition 1852-1854: The Personal Journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry." Edited by Roger Pineau, With an Introduction by Samuel Eliot Morison. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. pp. 241, Bibliography, Index. many illus. (some colour). Hardcover, blue cloth with silver title on front cover and spine (corners square but worn, spine bumped & worn, marks on both covers, top edge foxed, interior clean & unmarked). d.w., clipped (dampstained & some foxing, 2 tiny tears, some wear). Dust Jacket covered in mylar (small crack in corner).Very good condition (dust jacket, Good condition).Size: 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" (28.5cm x 22cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavier book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination.

"The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire" by Linda Himelstein. [New York]: HarperCollins Publishers, [2009]. First edition. pp. 384, Bibliography and Index. 22 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine ( corners square, foxing to top and bottom edges, slight foxing to outer margins of text, interior is clean & unmarked). dw., unclipped (two very slight marks on cover, dust jacket is otherwise not worn or damaged).Very good condition. (Dust jacket is Very good+ condition).Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" (23.5cm x 16cm)."In this sweeping history of vodka scion Pyotr Smirnov and his family, distinguished journalist Linda Himelstein plumbs a great riddle of Russian history through the story of a humble serf who rose to create one of the most celebrated business empires the world has ever known."(from the dust jacket)