74904 THE PICTORIAL TREASURY OF FAMOUS MEN AND FAMOUS DEEDS Comprising
Naval and Military Heroes, Discoverers, Inventors, Statesmen, Philanthropists, Artists, Authors and Others.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. N.D.c.1890. Has num engravings (some full page), with head & tail pieces, (viii,312pp) Hard cover sm.4to. Or.tan cloth with impressed illusts in black & titling on a circular gilt background, both to upper cover...Includes Shakspere, Dickens, Captain Cook, Colonel Colt and his inventions and Early London's Water Supply $60.00 AUD
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Memorial Catalogue.
Sydney: 1950. Port.frontis 7 color & 4 b/w plates with text illusts, (48pp) Sm.4to. Or.stiff wrapps, chipped dust jacket.Art and Art Book reference. Nice copy $30.00 AUD
plus postage. More details - Order - Enquire74324 THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY FOUNDED IN 1882 BY GEORGE SMITH:
The Concise Dictionary From the Beginnings to 1930 Being an Epitome of the Main Work and its Supplement, to which is added an Epitome of the Twentieth Century Volumes covering 1901-1930.
London: O.U.P. 1948. (viii,1456; 184pp) Hard cover Thick 8vo. Or.navy blue blind stamped cloth with gilt titling to spine.The Standard biographical dictionary for the United Kingdom. A useful reference $70.00 AUD
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Known and Unknown Rulers of the World.
London: Robert Hale, 1936. Port frontis & 15 half-tone plates, (383pp) Hard cover lge.8vo.Or.navy blue cloth, gilt titled spine, blue dust jacket with white titling, chipped with some loss, now protected.A pungent comment on the real rulers of the world which include national and religious leaders, political potentates, military men and economic and business leaders $30.00 AUD
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A Life on the Wild Side by Bettina Drew.
London: Bloomsbury, 1990. Illust, (416pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Prominent in the literary left of the 30s and 40s, Algren's finest work came out of his identification with America's downtrodden with whom he associated for much of his life $24.00 AUD
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The Unauthorised Biography of Jeffrey Archer by Jonathan Mantle.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988. With 8 pages photoplates, (viii,264pp) Lge.8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket. $22.00 AUD
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A Biography by Charles Sanford Terry.
London: O.U.P. 1950. Revised Edition. Port.frontis & 75 b/w plates with 2 foldout family trees & text music scores, (xx,292pp+plates) 8vo. Or.dec cloth, gilt, light foxing to prelims with neat inscription to ffep, slightly chipped & soil... $36.00 AUD
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by Charles Sanford Terry.
London: O.U.P. 1929. 1st Edition Port.frontis & 33 b/w plates with text music scores, (xvi,374pp) 8vo. Or.dec cloth, gilt.Has a vocal and instrumental thematic catalogue of Bach's Works $40.00 AUD
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The authorized Biography by Anne Sebba.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. Family Tree & 16 b/w plates, (xvi,318pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Best known as the author of 'National Velvet' and 'The Chalk Garden'. Married to Sir Roderick Jones, head of Reuters, she had a long & varied career on both sides of the Atlantic $25.00 AUD
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A Personal Biography by Glenys Roberts.
London: S&J, 1984. Illust, (290pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Published to coincide with the French star's fiftieth birthday $24.00 AUD
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Two Lives by Geoffrey Robinson.
London: S&S, 1994. Illust, (xii,388pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.A biography of 'The Sex Kitten' and the devoted animal rights activist $20.00 AUD
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Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning; A Biography by Frances Winwar.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1950. Port.frontis, (vi,368pp) 8vo. Or.cl. corner ffep clipped, chipped dust jacket. $24.00 AUD
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by Elizabeth Salter.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972. 1st US Edition. Illust, (xx,266pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Biography of this self-taught anthropologist who defied the conventions of her day by living in the bush with the Australian aborigine $24.00 AUD
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The biography of Len Beadell by Mark Shephard.
Adelaide: Corkwood Press, 1998. Has num color & b/w illusts with text & end paper maps, (x,252pp) Lge.8vo. Full dec.leather, gilt.Edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the Author and Anne, the wife of Len Beadell $200.00 AUD
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The biography of Len Beadell by Mark Shephard.
Adelaide: Corkwood Press, 1998. Has num color & b/w illusts with text & end paper maps, (x,252pp) Lge.8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket. $55.00 AUD
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The Man Who Freed Music by Robert Haven Schauffler.
New York: Doubleday Doran & Co, 1936 (1929). Frontis & 29 b/w plates with music scores in text, (xxxvi,694pp) Roy.8vo. Or.cl. gilt, chipped dust jacket with tape repairs. $25.00 AUD
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Man and Showman by Rae Jeffs.
London: Hutchinson, 1966. Illust, (256pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.A biographical sketch $24.00 AUD
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The Story of Kathleen Behan as told to Brian Behan.
London: Hutchinson, 1984. Illust, (138pp) 8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Biography of the mother of the Irish novelist and playwright Brendan Behan $20.00 AUD
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Edited by Barbara Strachey & Jayne Samuels.
New York: W.W.Norton & Co. 1983. With 16 half-tone plates, (319pp) Hard cover 8vo. Grey papered boards, gilt titled red cloth spine, red grey pict dust jacket.In 1891 Mary Smith Costelloe (1864 -1945) left her husband and two small daughters for the love of Bernard Berenson, later to become the foremost expert on Italian Renaissance art. They married after... $27.00 AUD
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The Making of an Artist by David Cairns.
London: Deutsch, 1989. With 24 b/w plates, (586pp) Lge.8vo. Or.cl. dust jacket.Volume one of a planned two volume set on this famous French composer $28.00 AUD
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