Search Results: Biographies & Memoirs from B-Line Books

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0026113309 . Tight clean unmarked book in rubbed DJ with 1" tear at top of spine ; 323 pages .

New York: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670872490 . Tight clean bright book in crisp DJ wIth glass stain to front panel and 1 cm corner tear. ; 1.12 x 9.32 x 6.32 Inches; 283 pages .

University of Toronto Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802058140 . About new book, unmarked, in crisp gleaming DJ. ; flatsigned by Bissell on title page ; 171 pages; Signed by Author .

Vancouver: Greystone Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1550541595 . About new book in barely rubbed DJ. With illustrations. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 220 pages; <div>This richly illustrated, thoroughly researched and completely unauthorized biography takes readers behind the legend of the great Gordie Howe. Signed by the Detroit Red Wings at 16, Gordie became a six-time leading scorer, a six-time Hart Trophy winner as the most valuable player, and he surpassed Rocket Richard&#8217;s NHL goals record to reach an amazing total of 801 &#8212; unmatched for years until Gretzky finally caught up to his mentor and idol. Gordie also includes a new introduction in this recreation of the glory of hockey's golden age.</div> .

New York: Roberts Rinehart Pub. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 1879373041 . Tight clean bright unmarked book in DJ with 2 cm edgetear and slight surface chip; ; 1.75 x 9.75 x 7.25 Inches; 372 pages .

Univ of Georgia Pr. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0820314587 . Tight clean book with margin lines scattered throughout; name to title page. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 362 pages .

New York: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1400043379 . About new book in crisp DJ with the barest nick. ; 1.2 x 8.8 x 6 Inches; 267 pages; <p>What Sally Gable thought she wanted was a summer house in New Hampshire. What she found and learned to love was a new life in a beautiful and celebrated Palladian villa in the countryside outside Venice. In <i>Palladian Days,</i> she takes us with her on a journey of discovery and transformation as she and her husband, Carl, become the bemused owners of Villa Cornaro, built in 1552 by the great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio called by <i>Town & Country</i> one of the ten most influential buildings in the world.<br><br>Sally Gable writes lovingly of the villa as she and Carl settle in and slowly uncover its history, the lives of its former inhabitants, and its architectural pleasures. She tells of her early days there, learning to speak Italian with the help… Read More

New York: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394574532 . Tight clean unmarked book in lightly rubbed DJ. ; 1.75 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 532 pages .

New York: Miramax Books. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0786862173 . Tight bright book with warm inscription to front endpaper from author to "rejoice" in their children; pencil erasure to front endpaper; in rubbed DJ; 0.79 x 8.27 x 5.51 Inches; 224 pages; Signed by Author .

University Press of Florida. Near Fine. 1993. Softcover. 0813012287 . Tight bright book in lightly rubbed card covers. ; 0.7 x 8.8 x 6 Inches; 269 pages .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297818252 . Tight unmarked book in rubbed dust jacket; illustrated. ; 418 pages; This is a biography of Radclyffe Hall, one of England nost eccentric contemporaywomen. She is also the quintissential gay and lesbian icon. The book spans her whole life from her unhappy childhood to the contravercy of her most famous book" Well of Loneliness". Brilliantly written, witty and satirical, this major new biography brings a fresh and irreverent eye to the life of this fascinating eccentric. .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297818252 . About new book in barely rubbed DJ; illustrated. ; 418 pages; This is a biography of Radclyffe Hall, one of England nost eccentric contemporaywomen. She is also the quintissential gay and lesbian icon. The book spans her whole life from her unhappy childhood to the contravercy of her most famous book" Well of Loneliness". Brilliantly written, witty and satirical, this major new biography brings a fresh and irreverent eye to the life of this fascinating eccentric. .

Reading Massachusetts: Addison Wesley. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Printing. Hardcover. 0201156261 . Tight clean bright book in crisp glossy DJ. Illustrated. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.25 Inches; 287 pages; A genius, a beauty, a leader, and a manipulator, Elizabeth I has fascinated and enthralled her public for centuries. The era that bears her name was the most exciting and dazzling in England's history. Witty, cruel, brave, and cantankerous, Elizabeth fascinated and exasperated her intimates, and when she died in 1603 at the age of seventy, she was at the height of her public popularity. Christopher Hibbert's masterful biography introduces a new generation of readers, aware of the challenges women face in wielding power, to perhaps history's greatest monarch. He has given readers today a reason to appreciate and marvel at one of the most remarkable women who has ever lived. <P>"[Hibbert] never writes a dull or an incomprehensible page...the details of [this book]… Read More