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Plutarco. · 1981 · Libreria Editrice Chiari

€32.00 ($35.27 | £26.70 | ¥5,632)

Traduzione e note di Carlo Carena. Milano, 1981, Mondadori Ed. Collana Oscar,1461-63. cm.13,5x20, pp.532,544,610, brossura con copertine figurat 3 volumi completo.

The Lonely City; Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Laing, Olivia · 2017 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.13 | $11.17 | £8.45 | ¥1,784)

New York Picador pp. 315. 8vo. Few black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, embossed and ink ownership stamps and ink date to title page; very good.

Lady Sings the Blues

Holiday, Billie; Dufty, William · 2018 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London Penguin Classics Paperback Octavo wraps, 179 pp, scuffs to back cover, water damaged to back pages. Fair

Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter

Souhami, Diana · 1998 · San Francisco Book Company

€18.00 ($19.84 | £15.02 | ¥3,168)

New York St Martin's Press Paperback Octavo wraps, 338 pp, minor wear to wraps. Very good

The Secret Life of Wilkie Collins

Clarke, William · 1994 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Glouchestershire Sutton Paperback Octavo wraps, 291 pp. Very good

Bolivar _ The Epic Life of the Man Who Liberated South America

Arana, Marie · 2013 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London Weidenfeld and Nicolson Cloth/dust jacket Octavo red cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 604 pp, dj edges worn. Very good good

Marcel Proust _ A Biography _ Volume I.

Painter, George D. · 1978 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York Vintage/Random House Paperback Octavo wraps, 351 pp, covers lightly worn. Very good

Life

Richards, Keith · 2010 · San Francisco Book Company

€17.00 ($18.74 | £14.18 | ¥2,992)

London Weidenfeld and Nicolson Paperback Octavo wraps, 564 pp, covers lightly worn, spine creased. Good

Look Homeward _ A Life of Thomas Wolfe

Donald, David Herbert · 1988 · San Francisco Book Company

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

New York Fawcett Columbine Paperback Octavo wraps, 577 pp. Very good

Friedrich Nietzsche _ A Biography

Cate, Curtis · 2003 · San Francisco Book Company

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

London Pimlico Paperback Octavo wraps, 689 pp. Very good

A NEW LIFE OF ANTON CHEKHOV

HINGLEY Ronald · 1976 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Oxford University Press, 1976. 0192117297 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 358, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

MEMOIRS Volume I [&] Volume II

BENOIS Alexandre, BUDBERG Moura [Translator] · 1960 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Chatto & Windus, 1960 [&] 1964 1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue and red cloth (VG), no dustwrappers. Pp. 286 [&] 267, illus with b&w plates (endpapers tanned; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-downs; no inscriptions).

HUBERT HOWARD A Man for All Seasons

HOWARD Esme · 2021 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Marble Hill, 2021. 9781838303648 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiii + 180, illus with coloured and b&w plates and b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).

THE KING OF INVENTORS A Life of Wilkie Collins

PETERS Catherine · 1991 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Princeton University Press, 1991. 0691033927 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiii + 502, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE ART OF SCANDAL Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner

SHAND-TUCCI Douglas · 1997 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. 9780060186432 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black and purple cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, price clipped). Pp. xvi + 351, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

ELIZABETH GASKELL A Habit of Stories

UGLOW Jenny · 1993 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Faber and Faber, 1993 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (page edges tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 690, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

THE YELLOW EARL The Life of Hugh Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857-1944

SUTHERLAND Douglas · 1969 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cassell, 1969 4th edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (upper board discoloured at bottom edge - otherwise VG), repaired tears on lower cover and ight wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with b&w plates and genealogical t...

A KING'S STORY The Memoirs of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor K.G.

WINDSOR Duke of · 1951 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cassell, 1951 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge red (VG), dustwrapper (light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 440, illus with coloured endpaper maps and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

Jam Yesterday

Cannell, Kathleen · 1945 · Clausen Books, RMABA

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

William Morrow & Company Textblock very clean and tight. Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; Dust jacket edge and corner worn; Stain on front cover. 238p. "A...book about a happy childhood under two flags - American and Canadian- beginning in the late [18]90's." Second Pri...

Recollections

O'Melveny, H. W. · 1989 · John Thompson

CA$28.00 (€17.80 | $19.62 | £14.85 | ¥3,133)

Privately Printed Solid with light wear on the covers and the interior is unmarked. First Edition United States Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall