Search Results: literary biography from C L Hawley

New York: Simon & Schuster,. Hardback. 253pp. Memoir of the relationship between Auden and the American Chester Kallman, written by Kallman's step-mother. The written style is rather romantic but written as it is by one who knew the key participants well it is still of interest. Selection of black and white photographs. Half bound in turquoise cloth with grey papers to boards. Bumped to tail of spine. Light edge wear to dust wrapper. Slightly sunned to spine. Very good copy in very good dw. . Hardcover. 1984.

London: Macmillan,. Hardback. 592pp. Black and white frontis. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. A little bumped to spine ends and hint of rubbing to points. Very good copy. . Hardcover. Reprint. 1961.

London: Chatto & Windus,. Hardback. 486pp. First volume of Michael Holroyd's acclaimed biography of the Irish playwright and political thinker, George Bernard Shaw. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Smart blue boards wilt gilt facsimile signature to front and green lable with gilt titles to spine. Dust wrapper is lightly rubbed. Near fine copy in very good dust wrapper. . Hardcover. 1988.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,. Hardback. 1056pp. Foreword by Doris Lessing. Detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works as substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout . Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean. Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings. Previous owner's name heavily inked out to prelim, and tear to spine of dust wrapper else clean and neat. Very good copy in poor dust wrapper . Hardcover. 1993.

London: Penguin,. Paperback. 601pp. Revised and abridged edition. Well thumbed to edges. Binding is sound. Reading copy only. . Paperback. 1980.

London: Paul Elek,. Hardback. 208pp. Black boards with gilt titles to spine. Unevenly faded to dust wrapper. Somewhat rubbed to dust wrapper. Good+ copy in good dw. . Hardcover. 1978.

Oxford: Oxford University Press,. Hardback. 434pp. Biography of the Victorian novelist. Over 20 black and white illustrations. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Bumped to spine ends. Slightly sunned to dust wrapper spine. A little rubbed to dust wrapper. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1979.

London: Methuen,. Paperback. 344pp. Nearly 500 biographical entries.  Neat but slightly faded. Very good copy. . Paperback. 1987.

London: Constable. Hardback. 592pp. Biography of the American novelist. Dust wrapper is rather faded to spine and a little rubbed. Hint of bumping to spine ends. Good, sound copy. . Hardcover. 1975.

New York: George Braziller,. Hardback. 384pp. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Very faded to the spine. Good, sound copy. . Hardcover. 1965.

London: Paladin Books,. Paperback. 537pp. Inscribed by the author to a UK academic. Lightly creased to spine. Lightly rubbed. Good+, sound copy. . Paperback. 1988.

London: HarperCollins. Hardback. 708pp. Substantial biography of the Victorian novelist. Small selection of black and white plates. Some light pencil annotation. A little rubbed and bumped. Very good copy in good dust wrapper . Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1995.

London: Macmillan,. Hardback 1367pp. A substantial and very useful reference volume. Each entry, on one of 500 dramatists, gives biography, bibliography, brief further reading and an attributed essay by an established academic. Covers from Peter Abrahams to Israel Zangwill; from Delarivier Manley, Robert Herrick and Thomas Hobbes to John Updike and Nadine Gordimer. Editor James Vinson ; associate editor DL Kirkpatrick. Green boards with silver titles to spine. Hint of bumping to spine ends. Lower edge is rubbed with exposed board. Light surface scuffing to dust wrapper. Good + copy in very good dw. . Hardcover. 1979.

London: Macmillan,. Hardback. 648pp. A substantial and very useful reference volume. Each entry, on one of 200 dramatists, gives biography, bibliography, brief further reading and an attributed essay by an established academic. Covers from Edward Albee to William Butler Yeats; from Christopher Marlowe and Susanna Centlivre to Tom Stoppard. Editor James Vinson ; associate editor DL Kirkpatrick. Green boards with silver titles to spine. Hint of bumping to spine ends. Lower edge is rubbed with exposed board. Dust wrapper has gone a little baggy and is significantly rubbed in places with loss to the laminate. Good copy in fair dust wrapper . Hardcover. 1979.

London: Heinemann,. Hardback. 240pp. Biography of John Galsworthy English novelist and playwright best known for The Forsyte Saga. Black boards with silver titles to spine. A little rubbed to spine ends else neat. Very good copy . Hardcover. First edition. 1963.

London: Cassell,. Hardback. 331pp. Yellow boards with silver titles to spine. Slightly faded to spine. Good+, sound copy . Hardcover. 1968.

London: Faber,. Hardback. Detailed literary biography of the American poet Robert Lowell whose confessional poet voice makes biographical understanding so important for his readers. Some minor edge wear to dust wrapper. Bumped to corners. Good+ copy in good+ dw. . Hardcover. 1983.

London: Collins,. 220pp. Heavily sunned to spine and edges of dust wrapper. A little rubbed. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1974.

London: Cassell,. Hardback. 354pp. Black boards with silver titles to spine. Faintly sunned to dust wrapper spine and a little rubbed. Very good copy in good+ dust wrapper . Hardcover. 1979.

London: Martin Secker & Warburg,. Hardback. 391pp. Pseudo-memoirs of the Victorian novelist as Margaret Forster uses the author's own words to tell his life story. Black and white illustrations throughout. Quarter bound with faux red leather to spine and brown papers to boards. Gilt titles and gilt decorations. Dust wrapper is sunned to spine and has some surface scuffing. Bumped to spine ends. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1978.