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James Watt: Craftsman & Engineer


DICKINSON, H. W.

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Babcock & Wilcox / Cambridge University Press 1935

KEYWORDS: engineering engineers biography memoir James Watt

$20.00
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Angelheaded Hipster: A Life of Jack Kerouac


TURNER, STEVE

Square octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1997

KEYWORDS: literary biography memoir Jack Kerouac literature

$65.00
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Ideas and Opinions


EINSTEIN, ALBERT & BODANIS, DAVID (Intro)

Super octavo, grey shiny decorative heavy boards, black lettering to spine, grey sparkly eps, frontispiece, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & scratching)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: Albert Einstein biography memoir ideas philosophy philosophies social commentary

$25.00
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Napoleon


LUDWIG, EMIL & PAUL, EDEN and CEDAR (Trans)

LACKS FEP, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1935

KEYWORDS: history Napoleon Bonaparte military history biography memoir

$25.00
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Queen Victoria: A Personal Sketch


MRS. OLIPHANT

LACKS FEP, imperial octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1900

KEYWORDS: English British monarchy monarchs queens Queen Victoria royals royalty royal family biography history

$15.00
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The Secretary: A Journey With Hillary Clinton From Beirut to the Heart of American Power


GHATTAS, KIM

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Times Books / Henry Holt and Company 2013

KEYWORDS: Hillary Rodham Clinton biography memoir politics political cabinet ministers foreign relations women US America American

$25.00
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Man Ray


BALDWIN, NEIL

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1989

KEYWORDS: dadaism surrealism philosophy Man Ray biography memoir dadaist movement

$30.00
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N.C. Wyeth: A Biography


MICHAELIS, DAVID & [WYETH, N.C.]

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Knopf 1998

KEYWORDS: signed inscribed n.c. wyeth illustrator artist america american biography david michaelis

$20.00
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The Life of Admiral Christopher Columbus, by His Son Ferdinand


COLUMBUS, FERDINAND & KEEN, BENJAMIN (trans.) & [COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER]

Super octavo softcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: christopher columbus ferdinand exploration colonisation colonialism imperialism colonization spain america americas age of discovery biography

$40.00
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Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp


BOYER, GLENN G.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 135pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to top spine edge & rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate damp wrinkling to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions wild west Wyatt Earp crime US American America history justice biography

$22.50
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Enemy Submarine: The Story of Gunther Prien Captain of U 47


FRANK, WOLFGANG

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1954

KEYWORDS: military history Gunther Prien naval u47 biography memoir Scapa Flow

$15.00
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Blessed Antonio Rosmini and the Institute of Charity: A Miscellany


DEWHIRST, J. ANTHONY

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Rosminian Institute of Charity 2013

KEYWORDS: Antonio Rosmini religion Christianity biography charity

$35.00
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The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born; the Nobel Physicist Who Ignited the Quantum Revolution


GREENSPAN, NANCY THORNDIKE

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Max Born science physicists nobel prize winners biography memoir Germany German

$25.00
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Thorstein Veblen: Theorist of the Leisure Class


DIGGINS, JOHN PATRICK

Super octavo softcover (VG) some minor highlighting & annotation in pencil; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: history Thorstein Veblen social philosphy conspicuous consumption biography memoir social theory

$20.00
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The Ingenious Mr Fairchild; The forgotten father of the flower garden


LEAPMAN, MICHAEL

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Headline Book Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: botany horticulture horticultural history thomas fairchild biography plants flora flowers london nursery reproduction hybrid genetic engineering modification science illustrated michael leapman

$22.50
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Garibaldi; The man and the Nation


FRISCHAUER, PAUL

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in very tatty d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited 1935

KEYWORDS: giuseppe garibaldi biography italian history unification revolution military

$25.00
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Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania and Character


JAMISO, KAY REDFIELD

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) occasional pencil annotations & underlining; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2017

KEYWORDS: Robert Lowell poet laureates Pulitzer prize winners mental health illness psychopathology depression manic depressive biography memoir literary literature

$17.50
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Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic 1895-1926


GRAVES, RICHARD PERCIVAL

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1995

KEYWORDS: Robert Graves literary biography memoir history literature

$25.00
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There Was a Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star


TUPICA, RICH

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Permuted Press 2020

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Chris Bell music musicians Big Star

$27.50
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Primo Levi


THOMSON, IAN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2002

KEYWORDS: literary biography memoir Primo Levi literature

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