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New York: Holiday House, (2001), First Edition. large octavo, white boards in dust jacket. (x), 126 pp. Holiday House, A young readers biography. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. More
New York: Holiday House, (2001), First Edition. large octavo, white boards in dust jacket. (x), 126 pp. Holiday House, A young readers biography. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. More
New York: George Braziller, 1962, First Edition. octavo, cloth. George Braziller, More
New York: Harper & Row, (1969), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. viii, 444pp. Harper & Row, An autobiography by Stalin's daughter. More
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1985), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (xvi), (404)pp. Penguin Books, Introduction by John Julius Norwich. With a detailed index. More
(New York): Viking, (1985), First American Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Viking, More
(Waco, TX): Armstrong Browning Library, (1989), First Edition. oblong 8vo, wrappers. 54pp. Armstrong Browning Library, A most interesting exhibition guide; extensively illustrated. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor. More
New York: Knopf, 2020, First Edition. octavo, grey boards in dust jacket. x, (465) pp. Knopf, A major literary biography of America's best-loved nineteenth-century poet, the first in more than fifty years, and a much-needed reassessment for the twenty-first century of a writer whose stature and celebrity were unparalleled in..... More
Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books, (1983), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 302pp. Pilgrim Books, With his immense energy, Furnivall was a central force behind the English literary scene in the nineteenth century, particularly in its scholarly branches, founding many literary societies, contributing to the beginnings of the..... More
New York: Beil, (1983), First American Edition. large octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. (144)pp. Beil, Eric Ravilious was one of the best painters to emerge between the wars - and one of the great original wood-engravers, surpassed only by Thoms Bewick himself. His work was wide-ranging and multifaceted, and..... More
New York: Random House, (1995), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (398). Random House, From the jacket: "Liveright was a man of puzzling contradictions - a self- professed socialist and a high-living Wall Street gambler, a deeply caring father and a compulsive philanderer. It was Liveright..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1970), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Simon & Schuster, Remainder mark along bottom edge, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1999, First Edition. quarto, cloth. xlii, 312pp. Oak Knoll Press, Illustrated. Two lower corners lightly bumped, else fine and clean. More
London: Gollancz, 1987, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 782 pp. Gollancz, This biography presents the power of Gollancz's commitments: he founded the Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment. Illustrated. New. More
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. St. Martin's Press, "Revered for his intellect, feared for his acerbic wit..." Author of Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave, and, perhaps most importantly, founding editor of "Horizon" literary magazine. A man of..... More
London: Edward Arnold, (1956), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Edward Arnold, Spine of jacket lightly faded with some soiling but no wear or chipping to jacket. Minor offsetting to endpapers. More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., (2000), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 278pp. Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., Ross was a writer, critic, art dealer, and administrator, and a pivotal figure on the London literary and artistic scene from the mid-1890s to his premature..... More
(London): The British Library, (2000), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 128pp. The British Library, An introduction to the life and work of Byron and an examination of his poetry in the context of his short, eventful life. His position as toast of society was eclipsed by public disgrace and he..... More
London: Alison & Busby, (1986), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 232pp. Alison & Busby, The pre- eminent publisher of Victorian times, and founder of The Dictionary of National Biography, Smith was friend and publisher of Thackeray, Mrs. Gaskell, George Eliot, John Ruskin and many others. Very fine copy..... More
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1995), quarto, wrappers. 144pp. Thames and Hudson, First Wrappers Edition. Foreword by Michael Holroyd. A discussion of the entire range of Carrington's art: portraits, still lifes, landscapes, glass paintings, and decorative work. With 150 illustrations, 30 in color. Very fine. More
(New York): Oxford University Press, (2004), First American Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. 128pp. Oxford University Press, One in the series of The British Library Writers' Lives. A revealing portrait of Charles Dickens from his early childhood, through his years as a parliamentary journalist and legal clerk, his magazine Household Words..... More
New York: Farrar Straus & Co., (1991), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (viii), 216pp. Farrar Straus & Co., "Dear Miss Welty: John Woodburn of Doubleday's has suggested that I write to you to se if you might need the services of an agent. I suppose you..... More
London: The Bodley Head, (1987), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (vii), (366)pp. The Bodley Head, Illustrated with title pages and frontispieces from various publications by the firm, and with photographs. Founded by John Lane in the nineties, and publishing the notable figures of that time, The Bodley Head..... More
New York: Basic Books, (2008), Second printing. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 528 pp. Basic Books, Illustrated. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket. More
London: Lund Humphries, (1971), First Edition. quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. 184pp. Lund Humphries, Appleton 374. With numerous illustrations printed in colors. Moran endeavors to assess Morison's contribution objectively against the background of typographical developments both in the United States and Britain, and it conssiders among other matters Morison's..... More