Biography

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerIn this captivating and elegantly drawn mid-century biography, noted chronicler Cecil Howard delivers Mary Kingsley, a definitive exploration of one...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterfully curated anthology, The Heart of Boswell: Highlights from the Journals of James Boswell presents the most vivid and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn this masterful and deeply engaging historical biography, noted scholar John Tregenza delivers Professor of Democracy, the definitive chronicle of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA captivating and deeply researched exploration of historical figures who transcended reality to become permanent fixtures of global folklore, Living...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn this sharp, uncompromising, and historically vital political treatise, philosopher and future politician Deane Wells delivers The Deep North, a...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of Victorian historical biography, The Life of Queen Elizabeth chronicles the reign of England's most iconic monarch with meticulous...

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A New York Times Editors' Choice One of NPR's Best Books of the Year "A beautifully wrought ode to life...a precious gift to the world." - The Washington Post From...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsIn this captivating and beautifully recorded mid-century travelogue, legendary naturalist Sir Peter Scott and his wife,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of narrative history, History of England: To the Death of William III chronicles the turbulent political and social transformation...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly illustrated art history volume, Love & Death: Art in the Age...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of natural and exploration history, A Separate Creation: Discovery of Wild Australia by Explorers and Naturalists...

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What would you give up to achieve your dream? When J. P. Morgan hired Belle da Costa Greene in 1905 to organize his rare book and manuscript collection, she had...

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Offers a new approach to the life and work of Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Drawing on the recent discovery of many of her letters, the book examines the intricate network of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in adventure literature, Sailing Alone Around the World and Voyage of the Liberdade presents two extraordinary firsthand accounts by...

Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsOne of the earliest and most authentic cowboy autobiographies ever published, A Texas Cow Boy; Or, Fifteen Years On...

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Edition: Limited edition no. 56 / 500Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: SignedA richly detailed work of Australian media history, The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History of the...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of narrative history, A Nervous Splendour chronicles the final days of January 1889 in Vienna, weaving together the city's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly curated art biography, this volume presents the life and inner world of one of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. A richly detailed work of art biography, Rosa Bonheur:...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of sixteenth-century Scottish historical literature, The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill chronicles the remarkable diplomatic career...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of Canadian history, Trail of Iron: The CPR and the Birth of the West, 1880-1930 chronicles...