biography

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 493 pages. Sun-fading to dust jacket spine, two small closed tears to front cover. Faint foxing to edges, previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, Volume 2. 438 pages. Light sunning to dust jacket spine, previous owner's signature on front end paper, faint foxing to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Softcover. London, Village Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 367 pages. Volume 1 only. Selected and edited by Malcolm Elwin. With his younger brother Llewelyn, to whom he had been an impressive protective figure since childhood, he spoke almost without reserve, although the tow brothers were fundamentally so different, one from the other, as brothers can be. John's imaginative ability to put himself in another's place, together with his acute awareness of human suffering, made it impossible for him to wound. Llewelyn's vivid, spontaneous and sensual response to life was sometimes not so sensitive to the feelings of others.Had their understanding not been so deeply rooted he might have wounded John by his outspoken criticism of his brother's undisciplined and torrential writing power. But in literary criticism he did not surpass John, who could and did point out flaws in Llewelyn's own work. The Mutual criticism was only one aspect of the constant exchange, when they were apart, of their thoughts and feelings in an unending flow of letters. Spine faded, a clean copy.

Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dist jacket, 616 pages, b&w illustrations. These letters were written to his wife, Virginia Woolf, and to a number of friends and family members. They provide a fascinating look into the life and work of one of the most important British writers of the 20th century. Clean, like new.

Hardcover. NY, Walker & Company, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 377 pages. A pleasing copy of these letters from Galileo's daughter that capture life in a convent in the early seventeenth century and of course the love of her father as well. Side-by-side Italian and English text. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated and designed by Don Bolognese and Elaine Raphael. Ex-library with light marking, residue to endpapers. An epistolary narrative of the musical prodigy's first year in Italy, composed from his detail-laden letters to his younger sister Nannerl. Although the letters themselves are fictional they are based on detailed research and on the hundreds of letters which Mozart and his father both wrote home during their trip. A map of the trip is also included as well as a little biography on some of the main characters.

Hardcover. Boston, University of Massauchusetts Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with black and white photographs in center. Little to no wear to edges.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 560 pages, with illustrations. Minor dust jacket edge wear and foxing on edges, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. The colorful life of America's foremost literary adventurer, soldier, Governor and author of 'Ben Hur', General Lew Wallace, 1827-1905.

Hardcover. London, Allen Lane, 2008, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The writings of Lewis Carroll have inspired and entertained generations of readers and have influenced the work of everyone from James Joyce to John Lennon. But the extraordinary imagination that created Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, was not limited simply to fantasy, logic and word play. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was for many years lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and published works in the fields of geometry, logic and algebra. He also made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, and he created large numbers of imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. For the first time, Lewis Carroll in Numberland explores both his serious and his recreational work and places it in the context of his many other activities, mathematical and otherwise. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with slightly faded spine and small tear to uper edge of front cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. "This collection of fifteen original essays, written especially for this occasion by distinguished Carrollian authorities from around the world, including Morton Cohen, Roger Henkle, Donald Rackin, Jean Gattegno, and Edward Guiliano, celebrates the many aspects of Carroll's life and art."

Hardcover. Charlottesville, University of Viginia, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 253 pages with index. This bibliography will fill the critical gap of intimation bout Carroll publications written during the significant post-1959 period. It attempts to include and annotate everything written by or about Lewis Carroll that has been published since 1959 in foreign languages, and it will provide collectors with information on the many fine translations of his work. The more than 1500 entries cover all aspects of Carroll's life and art, including his literary works, his photography, his work on logic and his relations with other Victorians. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Constable, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, blue cloth covers with silver titles. 354 pages. b&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped, lightly worn dust jacket. Biography of the 19th century intellectual who was the American pioneer in anthropology. 184 pages, Mild soil to rear dj, no markings.

Hardcover. Middletown CT, Clark & Lyman, 2nd Ed., 1821, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 378 pages, frontispiece plus 3 other engraved plates. Rebound with new cloth spine and endpapers, original calf covers present. The frontispiece has some loss to the gutter edge and has been reattached. Image not affected. Moderate foxing throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Applause Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 500 pages, b&w photos. A no-holds-barred biography that exposes Peter Sellers few were privy to. Recognized as one of the greatest British comics, Sellers was the grand master in over 55 films. But shadowing his phenomenal career was a history of bizarre behavior involving psychotic violence, compulsive promiscuity, drug abuse and humiliating self-destructive obsessions with such people as Princess Margaret, Liza Minnelli and each of his four wives. As fascinatingly revealing look at this enigmatic talent.

Hardcover. Boston, New England Publishing Company, 1st, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, 373 pages. Illustrated with 2 black & white plates. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, MA, New England Publishing Company, 1st Edition, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 373 pages. Hardcover. Front hinge cracked. Frontispiece (b/w) is disconnected from binding and laid in. Ex library book with expected markings, labels, etc. Brown cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover boards with black decoration. Fold out copy of original poem written by hand by author. Account of the life and education of Laura Bridgman (1829-1889), who was the first blind-deaf person to receive a formal education and whose longtime residence at the Perkins Institution for the Blind influenced a generation of students, including Anne Sullivan (who went on to fame as Helen Keller's teacher).

Hardcover. New York, Appleton and Company, 1st Edition, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes. Volume 1: 558 pages. Volume 2: 562 pages. Both volumes: B/w frontispiece. Dark red cover boards, black design on front covers, gilt title on spines. Chipping to top and bottom of spine. Tanning to edges and pages from age. Spines straight. Binding good. Biography of Charles Darwin, including correspondence, edited by his son, Francis Darwin. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 8th Impression, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, half leather bound with gilt titles and top edge, frontispiece illustration with tissue guard on both volumes. Minor corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Hardcover Volumes. Covers are 3/4 leather with marbled sections. Spine with raised bands, title and decoration in gilt. Marbled endpapers. This set Previously owned by Charles B. Woodcock Savage who achieved notoriety as the lover of King Karl of Wurttemberg and features his signature at the top of preliminary page in each volume. Gift inscription to Savage from Nellie on front endpapers of both volumes. Top edges gilt. Features 316 black & white illustrations. Volume 1 - Light wear. Clean, tight. Volume 2 - front cover hinge cracked, with loosening to spine strip up to 1" from top - hinge tender. Light wear otherwise. Overall, very good.

Hardcover. London, Edward Moxon, 1st, 1849, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three hardcovers bound in polished calf, gilt rules to covers, black leather labels on spine with orate gilt decorations. Pages: xx+480+viii+464+viii+460, appendix, index. Marbled endpapers and text edges. Aside from previous owner's bookplate on inside cover of each volume, a bright, clean set. Biography of the Scottish poet, incorporating many of his letters.

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Hardcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Hardcover. Auburn, Derby, Miller and Company, 1st, 1849, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 404 pages, with tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Adams and gilt title on spine. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper and fly leaf, spine edge and corner wear, light foxing on some pages. Overall, clean and tight copy.