Resultados de búsqueda: Biography from Washburn Books

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of Audrey Hepburn, drawn from the author's thirty-year acquaintance with the star, as well as documents and interviews with her closest associates. 319pp with index, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs. Silver lettering to spine. Grey endpapers. Bowing and slight bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge & surface wear and some bleeding to interior, otherwise very good,..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994 Book. Very Good. Maroon Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Empathetic biography of Audrey Hepburn, drawn from the author's thirty-year acquaintance with the star, as well as documents and interviews with her closest associates. 319pp with index, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs. Silver lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has light edge & surface wear..

London: Virgin Publishing Ltd, 2001 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First major study of the Hollywood legend who found fame in 'Gigi' and 'Roman Holiday' and dedicated the last years of her life to starving children around the world. 420pp, illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Slight wear to edges and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1991 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Analysis of the causes and consequences of the coup d'etat which took place in the Soviet Union in August 1991. 127pp illustrated with 8 pages of colour photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price clipped, with slight edge and surface wear, otherwise good..

London: Pimlico, 2002 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well-researched story of the extraordinary life of Augusta Leigh, born as the result of a sensational scandal. 438pp with index and 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Some creasing to corners of cover and pages, some rippling and marking to pages, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Pan Books Ltd, 1980 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pan Classics Series. The first volume of Sean O'Casey's autobiography, comprising three books: I Knock at the Door, Pictures in the Hallway and Drums Under the Windows. 666pp. Some marking to cover and edges, spine slightly rolled and front endpaper missing, otherwise good copy..

Oxford University Press, 1999 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reissue. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Autobiographical account of the author's life with introduction and notes by P D Edwards. 398pp with index and publisher's list to rear. Crease to spine and slight edgewear, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tal. Autobiography of the English author and journalist, best known as the writer of the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. Edited and with a proogue and epilogue by Rupert Hart-Davis. 368pp with index, illustrated with 33 black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight crease to spine and minor mark to boards, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions in good clipped DJ..

London: Constable, 1972 Ex-Library. Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The American writer's autobiography, several chapters of which were first published in the Atlantic Monthly and The Ladies' Home Journal. 385pp with index. Illustrated endpapers, gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, marking to page edges, library markings to fore-edges and a few margins and front endpaper missing, otherwise good copy..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2012 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Selection of material which questions whether Mary Whitehouse's anxieties about culture and morality are also relevant to the age of the Internet. 406pp. Gilt lettering to spine, orange endpapers. Lower board slightly bowed, some marking to page edges and some bunmping to top corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Harper Perennial, 2008 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Acclaimed biography of Emperor Tewodros II, King of Ethiopia (1818-1868), who claimed direct descent from Solomon. 404pp, illustrated with black and white photographs. Minor creasing to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. .

London: Headline Book Publishing, 2005 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of Cardinal Hume (born George Haliburton Hume), who was a student and monk at Ampleforth College, Archbishop of Westminster for 23 years, a lifelong supporter of Newcastle United and a campaigner on behalf of the Maguire Seven and the Guildford Four. 342pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Some marking to page edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ had slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003 Book. Good. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second volume of unexpurgated diaries of the British photographer and designer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), full of anecdotes about Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol and Picasso, among others. Introduction, links and 'waspish footnotes' by Hugo Vickers. 434pp with index, illustrated with 24 pages of black and white photographs and fashion drawings to the endpapers. Silver lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and some foxing to top edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edge and surface wear, otherwise good..

London: Macmillan, 1984 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Assessment of the life and work of Beatrice and Sidney Webb using original source material. Signed on the half-title page "At Passfield Corner, Lisanne Radice, 17/6/84" and also signed by 15 members of the Fabian Society, including John Parker (President of the Society, longest serving member of the House of Commons and author of "Father of the House" - 1906-1987) and Billy Hughes (Vice President, Labour MP and Principal of Ruskin College - 1914-1995). Eight pages of black and white photographs. Two instances of green highlighter, otherwise very good collectible copy..

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1974 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoir which gives an authentic picture of the inside workings of Soviet Communism, translated from the German by Paul Stevenson. 256pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to top of spine, otherwise very good uninscribed copy. Unclipped DJ has minor edgewear and finger marking, otherwise very good..

London: Pan Books, 1984 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus, First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Former nun's story, sequel to 'Through the Narrow Gate'. 242pp. Minimal edge and surface wear, edges lightly sunned and trace of pencil inscription to half-title page, otherwise very good copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1991 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third volume of Michael Holroyd's biography of Bernard Shaw. 544pp with index, illustrated with 30 pages of black and white photographs. Gilt lettering on purple title panel to spine, gilt signature motif to front board. Very light foxing to top edges and minor surface marking, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. HEAVY BOOK, will require extra postage for 1st class or overseas shipping..

London: Penguin Books Ltd, 1993 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An epilogue to Holroyd's three-volume biography of Shaw, observing those who 'defied or defended the playwright's wishes'. 136pp with index. Minor surface marking to cover and minimal sunning to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

New York & London: D Appleton & Company, 1932 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The authorized Shaw biography. 871pp with index. Gilt design to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Top edges tinted, rest untrimmed. Slightly darkened panels to endpapers, otherwise very good copy. Also loosely enclosed, stapled leaflet for 'Shaw's Corner', Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, dated 1959, with black and white photograph to cover..

Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1987 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 11.25" Tall x 9.75" Wide. Study of the life and work of the 19th century French painter Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), a member of the circle of Impressionists, who overcame the limitations imposed on her by her background, education and gender. 128pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Black lettering to spine, red endpapers. Boards very slightly bowed, otherwise very good copy. DJ is price-clipped, with minimal surface marking, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..