Search Results: Biography from Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB

Golden: Colorado School of Mines 1939. (4to) Very good, no dust jacket. np. Embossed dark blue cloth with cover illustration. Yearbook format and contents. "To the alumni of the Colorado School of Mines: to these Men, who are symbols of the Engineering Profession, who build cities in the wilderness, and scoff at Relief, who fight to Victory, and damn the odds, who make Our School a respected institution from Pole to Pole... To these men this Prospector is dedicated" - the Staff. Locale: Colorado--United States; Golden--Colorado. (Yearbooks, Applied Science, Engineering, Mining, Prospecting, Yearbooks).

Penrith: Reed's Limited 1978. (Staplebound) Very good. 39pp. Signed by the author. Locale:. (Biography, Farm Life--England, Farming, Personal Narratives).

New York: Random House [1977]. (Hardcover) 628pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light fading cover & dust jacket, minor underlining. Photos, illustrations, index. Biography of Abba Eban. Locale: Israel; Middle East. (Biography, Foreign Relations, World Leaders).

New York: Viking [0-670-03175-5] 2003, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 183pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. "This self-made man - the great orator, the Emancipator, the savior of the Union, the martyr - rose from obscurity to lead the nation through its most tumultuous time. It takes a master storyteller like Thomas Keneally, author of the award-winning novel that inspired the film Schindler's List, to illuminate his unlikely rise". Book about Abraham Lincoln. Time Period 19th Century. Locale: United States. (Biography, Presidents--United States).

New York: Random House 1959. (Hardcover) 444pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Beige cloth with a red, black and gilt title to the spine. Top edge stained dark blue, red textured endpapers. The spine is lightly cocked and darkened and there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "That afternoon, I went to work at the music store as usual. It was just around the corner from where we lived, and I worked there every afternoon from three o'clock until seven, while its owner, a violin and piano teacher on the side, gave the lessons which more or less supported the store" - from the text. Biography of Moss Hart. (Biography, Autobiography, Drama, Entertainment, Musicals, Theater).

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1917. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 417pp. Photographs, index. Light fading spine. Biography of Richard Harding Davis. Locale: United States. (Biography, Journalism, War).

Chicago: Lakeside Press 1977. (Hardcover) 328pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt cover device. Top edge gilt, photographic frontispiece, notes, illustrations, photographs, index. A faint ring mark on the front cover. "In 1914, a young lawyer from Denver, Robert R. Rose, arrived in Kemmerer, Wyoming to hang up his shingle and commence the practice of his profession. As a small town lawyer, he became closely acquainted with the activities of the county, and was directly involved in many of them" - from the Publishers' Preface. Edited by Gene M. Gressley. Locale: Wyoming--United States. Series: Lakeside Classics. (Biography, Biography, History--United States, Lawyers, Memoir).

London: Constable and Co Limited [1926], new edition. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 252pp. Index. Light fading on spine. (Biography).

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart [0-7710-6979-0] 1996, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 340pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. A previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Edited by Gerard Pelletier. Translated by George Tombs. Locale: Canada. (Prime Ministers, Political Theory, Politics--Canada, Prime Ministers--Canada).

London: Lutterworth Press 1963, 4th impression. (Hardcover) 160pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations. Lightly edgeworn. "This is the intimate personal biography of Albert Schweitzer, whose life commands the attention and admiration of the whole world. From his early days in Alsace to the fame of his older years Schweitzer is seen in a succession of 'close-ups' of his character and of the motives which have made him the man he is". Biography of Albert Schweitzer. Originally published as Albert Schweitzer: Das Leben Eines Guten Menschen. (Biography, Biography, Philosophers, Philosophy).

Toronto: Copp Clark Co. (1949). (Hardcover) Good, no dust jacket. 249pp. Previous owner's name, some underlining with marginal notation. Biography of Albert Schweitzer. Locale:. (Biography, Missionaries).

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962. (Hardcover) 222pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, tables, bibliography. The bottom edge of the front and back covers is lightly waved and dampstained. "The name of Alfred Nobel has become known the world over through the prizes which, in accordance with his will, are distributed for outstanding achievements in many fields of human endeavour. But the man back of these awards, a complex character, characterized by high idealism and, at the same time, keen practical sense, is less known" - from the Foreword by Dag Hammarskjold. Biography of Alfred Nobel. Book about Nobel Prize. Contributors include Nils K. Stahle. Foreword by Dag Hammarskjold. (Biography).

Toronto: Douglas Gibson [0-7710-8514-1] 2005, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 603pp. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. Bibliography, index. "For almost exactly thirty years Robert Thacker has been researching this book, steeping himself in Alice Munro's life and work, latterly working with her co-operation to make it complete. The result is a rich feast of information for Alice Munro's admirers everywhere". Biography of Alice Munro. Locale: Canada. (Biography, Biography, Canadian Author, Short Stories).

New York: Riverhead Books [1-57322-241-0] 2003, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 275pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Locale: Ireland. (Biography, Journalists, Memoir).

Toronto: Key Porter Books [1-55263-067-6] 1999. (Hardcover) 216pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. "Eric Wright is well known for his award-winning crime fiction. In this engaging memoir he writes with great charm about growing up poor in an English working-class family during the Depression". Biography of Eric Wright. Book about Novelists. Time Period Depression. (Biography, Memoir, Working Class).

Boston: Little, Brown [1990], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 585pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Photographs, notes, index. Biography of Dorothy Thompson. Book about Sinclair Lewis. (Biography).

Chicago: American Library Association 1970. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 184pp. Index. Locale: ; ; ; Canada; United States; Wales. (Heraldry, Bibliography, Books About Books, Genealogy, Research).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin [1991], later printing. (Hardcover) 488pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Biography of Anne Sexton. (Biography, Poets).

London: Faber and Faber [0-571-20492-9] 2002. (Hardcover) 434pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Chronology, notes, photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. "Question: on what occasions do you lie? Burgess: When I write, when I speak, when I sleep". Biography of Anthony Burgess. Time Period 20th Century. (Biography, Memoir, Writers).

New York: Harper 1927. (Hardcover in slipcase) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 116pp. Light wear to slipcase. (Biography, Memoirs, World War 1).