‎Biographie‎

‎Seton, Ernest Thompson‎

‎TRAIL OF AN ARTIST-NATURALIST‎

‎Wind Rush Publishers. Near Fine. 2015. Second Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 412 pages . Wind Rush Publishers paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 81500 ISBN : 0985909765 9780985909765

‎Casanova, Jacques‎

‎The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova‎

‎<p>New York: Modern Library 1929. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/very good. ML 165.1. Stated First Modern Library Edition 1929. Edited by Madeleine Boyd intro by Ernest Boyd. Brown flexible "balloon" cloth binding; Kent endpapers. Dust jacket shows 95 cents on flap. Inside jacket lists 159 titles. none after 1929. Tan dust jacket spine is slightly tanned & has two 1/4" chips on spine. Unusually nice copy of this edition. <br /><br /></p> Modern Library hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17407

‎Fonteyn, Margot‎

‎Margot Fonteyn Autobiography‎

‎NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1976. Former owner's inked writing on ffep several pages with penciled underlining and marginalia else clean and tight. B&W photographs illustrated end pages. Red top page edges. Black cloth binding slightly shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket in pristine condition mylar sleeved. 266pp. Index at end. 3rd Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/Fine in mylar. Illus. by B&W Photographs/Illustrated End Pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : SB11091 ISBN : 039448570X 9780394485706

‎Legouve, M. Ernest (transl. with Notes by Albert D. Vandam )‎

‎Sixt Years of Recollections. Volume 1‎

‎London: Eden Remington & Co. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1893. Hardcover. Blue/green cloth has bright gilt decoration and bevelled edges with slight shelfwear and slightly sunned spine. Hinges just shaken. Unmarked with bright clean pages. 325 pp . Eden, Remington & Co. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11765

‎Wake, Jehanne‎

‎Kleinwort Benson: The History of Two Families in Banking‎

‎Oxford University Press 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN:0198282990 Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5777965 ISBN : 0198282990 9780198282990

‎Fraser W L‎

‎All to the Good‎

‎Heinemann 1963. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: Heinemann hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3953571

‎Strik-Strikfeldt, W.‎

‎Against Stalin and Hitler: Memoir of the Russian Liberation Movement 1941-5‎

‎Macmillan 1970. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: Macmillan paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5777863

‎Demaus, R. and Lovett, R. (ed)‎

‎William Tyndale: A Biography: Being a Contribution to the Early History of the English Bible‎

‎The Religious Tract Society . This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium sun faded red cloth 8vo with decorative gilt borders gilt lettering and gilt motif on front board Gilt lettering and gilt motif on sun faded backstrip. Bumped corners and fraying. Several tears in backstrip seams and fraying to backstrip ends. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Interior is secure clean and clear save for some foxing. Contains a few plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: The Religious Tract Society hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5777636

‎Friedman, Milton‎

‎Two Lucky People – Memoirs‎

‎University Of Chicago Press 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1200grams ISBN:9780226264158 University Of Chicago Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4323125 ISBN : 0226264157 9780226264158

‎Elon, Amos‎

‎Founder: Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time‎

‎HarperCollins 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:0002557061 HarperCollins hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5777921 ISBN : 0002557061 9780002557061

‎Fisher, IN‎

‎My Father Irving Fisher‎

‎A Reflection Book 1956. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: A Reflection Book hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4323124

‎Bond, Ruskin‎

‎Landour Days: A Writer's Journal‎

‎New Delhi: Penguin Books India. Very Good; New Delhi bookshop sticker first page. 2005. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0141005947 . As new looks unread. Landour is a hill station in northern India. "In Landour Days he ponders on the experience of being a writer on writers he has known and those that he loves reading and on critics handwriting and typewriters. Filled with warmth and gentle humour Landour Days captures the timeless rhythm of life in the mountains and the serene wisdom of one of India's best-loved writers." 150gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 142 pages . Penguin Books India paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40175 ISBN : 0141005947 9780141005942

‎Weeks, Edward‎

‎The Lowells and Their Institute‎

‎Little Brown and Co. 1966. 202pp. Black cloth spine with red boards DJ has light rubbing along edges price clipped First edition index b&w photos The Lowells institue that provides the public with intellectual and scientific lecture courses by leading thinkers of the day . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Little, Brown and Co. Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : w250833673

‎du Maurier Daphne‎

‎The Winding Stair: Sir Francis Bacon His Rise and Fall‎

‎New York: Doubleday 1977. 8vo size brown clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 224 deckle edged pages. Full page color and black and white illustrations on glossy stock. Full page photograph of author on back cover of dust jacket. From jacket: "All Rising to Great Place Is by a winding Staire" Sir Francis Bacon wrote in one of his essays. It wasn't until he was 45 that his feet found the first step. In this account of the last 25 years in the life of Sir Francis Bacon the author shows the incredible amount of activity and purpose that propelled the day-by-day life of a man who was not only a writer philosopher thinker and scientist but also a doer. Hovering over all these busy and fruitful days however were some far less predicable and dangerous booby-traps of political life at Court and in Parliament that in time would make him a victim as well." The author of several biographies Daphne du Maurier is best known for her novels. Jacket has three small tears and edgewear to the seams. Owner's embossed stamp on half title page. There is some very light foxing to top and outside pages. Bottom of book is speckled - we don't think this is original to publisher - it looks like someone tried to add an "after market" effect. It came out pretty well except for a few tiny speckles on bottom of the book. The illustration on front of jacket is not sunned that's the style. We note tacky area on spine and fep where price stickers may have been. . Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005879 ISBN : 0385123833 9780385123839

‎Hill, Jim Dan (Biography And Commentary); Stedman, Charles Ellery‎

‎The Civil War Sketchbook of Charles Ellery Stedman Surgeon United States Navy: Biography and Commentary‎

‎San Rafael California : Presidio Press 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition Nap - No Additional Printing Indicated. Includes Glossary Of Naval Terms Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Silver Lettering On The Spine. Bump To The Lower Back Corner Else Fine. The Jacket Has A Few Edge Tears. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4. <br/> <br/> Presidio Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026713 ISBN : 0891410015 9780891410010

‎Callihan, John, foreward & biographies of poets; edited by Charles Dana‎

‎Voices from an Earlier America: An Anthology of Poetry Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries‎

‎no place: Westvaco 1980 1850 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Cover slightly sunned very good; no dust jacket. 308 pp. Full-page illustrations illustrated end papers orange cloth. Privately printed for Christmas. Limited Edition. Westvaco 1980, 1850 Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000320

‎Connors, William; Joseph R. Smallwood,‎

‎The Best of the Barrelman 1938-1940‎

‎<p>St. John's Nfld: Creative Book Pub 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paperback xv 77 pages illustrations Items originally broadcast on the Newfoundald radio programme The Barrelman and later published as a monthly newspaper.</p> Creative Book Pub paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125559552 ISBN : 189538799X 9781895387995

‎Ringsrud, Ron‎

‎The Hardness of Emeralds: Finding Manhood and Magic in the Hard Edges of Colombia‎

‎Privately Published Green View Press 2025. Very Good condition with light shelfwear to the cover. Bright and shiny. Flat uncreased spine. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Two words hand corrected by the author on page 158. Pages are otherwise crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with photos and documents -- most in full color. Appendix: The Escobar Letter. Bound in the original yellow and green pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "This is a true account of the struggles and situations that occur as a naive 22-year-old meditation instructor from South Dakota goes to Colombia with bright ideals of spreading spiritual knowledge. That was the intention but after three years things changed. The Hardness of Emeralds will usher you into the 1980’s world of emerald miners and exporters working under the dark shadow of Pablo Escobar’s colossal drug cartel a world where you must carefully judge not only the emeralds but also the person selling you the emeralds. After losing and recovering a million-dollar emerald living through a death threat and almost getting torpedoed by some bad advice from a DEA Agent from Javier Peña no less – now made famous by the Netflix series ‘Narcos.’ the author sees that perhaps Colombia’s mystery also holds an angel some charm and an invisible protector. The hard edges of his difficult life brought out after thirty-five years the strength manhood and the spirituality that he was originally seeking. These are true stories and events recounted in a lively and perceptive manner– one in which the corrupt elite and the destructive cartels share the stage with angels and saints. As gem dealer Douglas Mays explains “Ron’s passion for Colombia’s people their culture and its magical realism shines brighter than the emeralds themselves." Colored stones dealers are as unique and quirky as the gems they buy and sell. Looking into the cauldron of Colombia’s odd cast of characters reveals a remarkable narrative of how a culture can deal with fear and oppression and still keep their sense of humor; even of mischief. The pure craziness of gambling money on the whiffs and whims of emerald dreams is the same joy you feel when running alongside a trolley grabbing the rail and jumping on. Author Ron Ringsrud was featured in the National Geographic Explorer episodeThe Three Hundred Million Dollar Emerald as well as a Discovery Channel special. His book Emeralds A Passionate Guide was a popular technical book on emerald gemology and geology. This book will tell the story of how he got to Colombia in the first place as a meditation instructor and how his spiritual journey got sidetracked into the arduous path of gaining entrance to the closed world of dealing in Colombia’s fine emeralds.". First Printing so stated. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. iii 283pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published [Green View Press] Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 031464

‎Benson Michael‎

‎Dale Earnhardt‎

‎Chelsea House Publishers 4to size pictorial hardcover; 63 pages illustrated with black and white photographs throughout From back: "the North Carolina native was known early in his career as "Ironhead" because his stubbornly aggressive driving often led to mid-race bumps and occasional crashes but Earnhardt learned his lessons well and his uncanny ability to consistently defeat the competition has earned him many nicknames including "the intimidator." Piloting a black Chevrolet which has become the most recognizable car in all of racing Earnhardt has become to the stock-car world what Michael Jordan is to basketball: his sport's most visible star and the opponent whom everyone aspire to beat." Small bump on back of spine. . Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chelsea House Publishers Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006131 ISBN : 0791031802 9780791031803

‎Thompson, Jean‎

‎No Problem‎

‎Scotland: Impact Printing 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean tight copy with slight shelf wear. Gift inscription by the author. Impact Printing Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43616

‎Tegart, Nancy Lee; Wass, Sharon‎

‎Letters from the Ranch‎

‎Canada: Trafford 2001. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Very slight wear. . Trafford Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43402 ISBN : 1412018617 9781412018616

‎Cao, Guanlong (by and Translated by); Moskin, Nancy (translated by)‎

‎The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son‎

‎Los Angeles: Univeristy of California Press 1996. Gift quality copy. Speckled decorative end pages bright and tight. Immaculate black cloth binding; Unclipped dust jacket mylar sleeved. 245p. First Edition/1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine in mylar. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Univeristy of California Press Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : SB11895

‎Balcarek; Dean, Gary Dagmar‎

‎Ned and the Others‎

‎Canada: Glen Rowen Cobb & Co 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Third Edition. Very light wear. Glen Rowen Cobb & Co Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41679 ISBN : 0646246313 9780646246314

‎FITZSIMONS RAYMUND:‎

‎Death and the Magician: THE MYSTERY OF HOUDINI.‎

‎<p>UKslim 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. Dw/dj front panel design is based on an original posteradvertising a performance by Houdiniwhich is in the possession of Mr. Millbourne Christopher. NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminated facsimile poster colour photographic reproduction illustrated front panel of dw/djwith yelloworange letteringrear panel with contemporary b/w subject's portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.All four corners along with the head foot of spine/backstrip of boards and dw/dj all minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing to same.Top edges lightly aged/tonedfore-edges slightly brighter but both generally clean without foxing/spotting; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's brightcrispcleansharp-corneredoriginal plain red cloth boards with brightcrispblocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UKslim 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn vii-ixpp4-194pp paginated includes separate ContentsIllustrations lists/tablesPts 12 comprising 5 and 6 chapters respectivelyan 8pp block of contemporary b/w autobiographical photographs between pp86/7a Note on Houdini's Magic and Escapesan annotated BibliographyAcknowledgements and an Indexplus unpaginated half-titletitle pages. History's greatest escapologist - from handcuffsstraitjackets and sealed coffinsfrom breath-taking drops into deep water - was in reality a tragic figure haunted by a fear of the unknown. No man risked death so often and so daringly; no man was so haunted by its shadow.For years after his mother diedHoudini would prostrate himself upon her grave.Though he himself was convinced most mediums of his time were fraudulenthe was so anxious to re-establish contact with his beloved mother that he attended numerous seances in the hope of doing so.All his life he questioned whether his own extraordinary gifts of escape might notwithout his knowledgebe supernatural.This mysterysome would sayhas still not been resolved. Raymund Fitzsimons' biography of Houdini born Ehrich Weiss in Budapest in 1874 and taken to America as a child is a fascinating study of his career from his early days as a touring conjurer in beer halls and at fairgrounds.Escaping from handcuffs and from sealed trunks became a speciality; with his devoted wife Bess when they met she was one of 'The Floral SistersNeat Song and Dance Artists'he perfected his technique until it was so spectacular that he became a star not only in New York but in BerlinParis and London.In his later years he became increasingly involved in investigating psychic phenomenafinding himselfto his own regretat odds with Sir Arthur Conan Doyleamong others.He diedof peritonitisin Detroit in 1926.Houdini and Bess had arranged a code to ensure that any spirit message she might receive from him was genuine.Many mediums claimed to be in touch with himbut his widow repudiated them all; the restat lastwas silence. Please contact seller @rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1992. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : rja764918 ISBN : 0241103843 9780241103845

‎McKenzie Bessie‎

‎Autobiography of an Enigma‎

‎Canada: Self Published 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Light wear signed by the author. Another copy unsigned also available. Self Published Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40876 ISBN : 0969379609 9780969379607