Biography from Great Northern Books

Southampton: Ashford Press Publishing, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. A biography of the founder of the famous British publishing company. Includes Joseph family tree on endpapers, numerous black and white illustrations, bibliography and index. Dustjacket is price clipped, has one small closed tear, and edgewear. Ships from USA.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2009. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. Originally published in 1997. Includes illustrations, bibliography, and index. Slight edgewear to dustjacket, else a clean, unmarked copy.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. First printing. "This moving biography reassesses James Boswell's achievements and uncovers the breadth of his world." [from publisher] Includes color and black and white illustrations, bibliography, and index. One half inch tear to dustjacket, else a clean, unmarked copy.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. New/new. Originally published in 1955 by the Blue Heron Press. Reprinted here with a new introduction by the author. Includes index, glossary, and black and white illustrations. A clean unmarked copy.

New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. First printing. "This study charts the evolution of Bishop's poetry, aided by newly discovered diaries, previously unpublished work and early drafts." [from publisher] Includes black and white photographs, bibliographical references, and index. Several small pin pricks to dustjacket, else a clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. "From a living legend--James D. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for revealing the structure of DNA--comes a personal account of the making of a scientist." [from publisher] Includes numerous black and white illustrations.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2003. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. The first biography of the controversial author of" Grendel," "The Sunlight Dialogues," "October Light," and "On Moral Fiction." A clean unmarked copy.

Tucson: Univ. of Arizona Press, 2004. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. A biography of a remarkable women, friend of Teddy Roosevelt, FDR and Eleanor, founded the world-famous Arizona Inn, ran an airline, and was elected to Congress as Arizona's only representative. [from publisher] Includes black & white illustrations, bibliography, and index. A clean unmarked copy.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Virgin Books, 2005. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. A biography of Charles Bukowski. Includes bibliography and index. A clean unmarked copy, ships from USA.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. First printing. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, Jeffrey Miller, on the title page. 400-plus letters extending from 1928 to 1991. 604 pages, including 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, bibliographical references, and index. Slight edgewear to dustjacket, else a clean, unmarked copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. The first full biography of Evans, the photographer for "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. "Rathbone does a superb job of describing Evans' elusive personality and unique vision." [from publisher] Includes 37 full page black & white photographs, bibliography and index. A clean,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Penguin Press, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley. "This remarkable annotated collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's previously unpublished private correspondence offers unique insight into one of the world's most popular authors." [from publisher] Includes numerous black and white illustrations, bibliographical references, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Burroughs is the author of of "Running With Scissors," A clean unmarked copy.

New York: New Directions, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. First printing. Edited by Thomas L. Scott, Melvin J. Friedman, with the assistance of Jackson R. Bryer. Includes bibliography, appendix, and index. Slight sunning to spine of dustjacket, else a clean, unmarked copy,

New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. First American edition. Very Good +. First printing. Translated from German by Mark Hollebone. Includes illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, and a chronology. A clean unmarked copy.

Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2010. First German Editiion. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Translated from English into German by Gertraude Krueger. Ships from USA.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. "Dellamora offers the first full look at the entire range of Hall's published and unpublished works." Includes 22 black & white illustrations, bibliography, and index. A clean, unmarked copy.

London: Hutchinson, 1980. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Lane was the British publisher who founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market." [from Wikipedia] Lane was also the first to publish an unexpurgated edition of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, resulting in a landmark obscenity case. Includes index… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. A duo biography of of Ross Lockridge, author of"Raintree County", and Thomas Heggen, creator of "Mr. Roberts." Includes 16 pages of black & white photographs and index. A clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Random House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. First printing. This book is about Paul and Meredith, abandoning the big city life in New York City, to embace the hippie life in New Mexico, by building a one room home. Tri-color binding with numerous mostly color illustrations. Slight soiling to front free endpaper, jacket is only in… Saber más sobre este artículo