Biography: literary
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Biography: literary
Hardback. Editor(s): Jansen, Marius B. Translator(s): Shinkichi, Eto. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; BGLA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641867
- ISBN
- 9780691641867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.95
€ 158.95
Paperback. The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227948
- ISBN
- 9781780227948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.65
€ 12.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. In 1939, as Europe approaches war, the author, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties. There he meets Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk, who will become his spiritual guide for the next thirty-seven years. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HRGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561231
- ISBN
- 9780099561231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. The quick-witted boy from a poor and struggling family, who overcame disadvantages and shouldered many burdens to make a go of his life; who found happiness, had it snatched away from him, and in the end, after many difficulties, perhaps found it again. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270590
- ISBN
- 9780571270590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.16
€ 16.99
€ 12.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650574
- ISBN
- 9781907650574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- FABER AND FABER
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224043
- ISBN
- 9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
Paperback. This updated edition, published for the first time in trade paperback, includes all-new essays to celebrate eight additional stores. My Bookstore is the enthusiastic, heartfelt, sometimes humorous tribute by 92 known authors to their favorite independent bookstores. Num Pages: 432 pages, 89 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316395076
- ISBN
- 9780316395076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.02
€ 18.99
€ 18.02
Hardback. A wry and beautifully observed memoir about coming of age in the era of conceptual art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 48 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240719
- ISBN
- 9780393240719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.46
€ 27.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828786
- ISBN
- 9780753828786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. The long-awaited biography of one of the great writers of the twentieth century - 'a wonderful blend of scholarly fact and juicy storytelling' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827499
- ISBN
- 9780753827499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Take a peek behind the curtain to discover the boy, the youth, the man behind some of the greatest works of English literature. The life and times of William Shakespeare, richly imagined in this unique biography told using the Bard's own quotes. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Upstart Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927262023
- ISBN
- 9781927262023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.89
€ 19.99
€ 19.89
Paperback. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's sole surviving son, and an introduction by the editor and grandson of the author, Sean Hemingway, this edition includes a number of Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son Jack and his first wife, Hadley. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099557029
- ISBN
- 9780099557029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press/Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952672
- ISBN
- 9780241952672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 690. 350pp
- Publisher
- Gill
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848891203
- ISBN
- 9781848891203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Contains photos, facts and writings about the author and his childhood. Illustrator(s): Blake, Quentin. Num Pages: 240 pages, photographs and b/w line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141367378
- ISBN
- 9780141367378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardback. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven; Neal, Lisa. Num Pages: 832 pages, 2 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 243 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167879
- ISBN
- 9780691167879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Translator(s): Stone, Will. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782271031
- ISBN
- 9781782271031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.16
€ 16.99
€ 12.16
Hardcover. A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - 'An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen' (Bookseller) - by her daughter. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ppblack-and-white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 362 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349007526
- ISBN
- 9780349007526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 6.23
€ 7.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- 1st Harper Perennial Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007272341
- ISBN
- 9780007272341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.32
€ 13.00
€ 11.32
Hardback. Offers an account of the life of the great English poet and pamphleteer John Milton in his quarter centenary year. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 44. Weight in Grams: 774. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper
First edition
First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KEX0303332
- ISBN
- 9780747584254
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00