Search Results: Biography from JWMah

Vancouver: Mitchell Press, 1965. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Near Fine in Good dust jacket with edge tears and a tear and creae to top edge of rear panel. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Boards, pp, index, B&W photos. These are memoirs of a lineman and telegrapher in Canada' northlands. (1.6 JM HOJ 303/0. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009. (CAD) 1st rpinting. No masrkings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover,265pp, index, colour reproductions of paintings augmnted with B&W photos. Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) is a name that instantly conjures up images of our rugged northern landscape and the controversial Group of Seven. This is the first-ever full-length biography of one of Canada’s most beloved characters, and the first to examine in one book the artist, outdoorsman, soldier, teacher, debater, writer, and outspoken defender of modern art. (3.5 JM LVR 205/5. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964. (UK) 1st edition. No markings, two very small faint spots to the bottom edge of pages (the larger is about the size of a lentil), the back cover is ever so slightly bowed, thus Good used copy in unclipped Very Good(-) dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to flap fold corner tips. Hardcover, 480pp, frontis of author's portrait by Epstein, one other plate showing photo of his wife Rose Marie. Duncan, a poet and man of letters, is best known for a number of plays that express in intense, poetic language his sense of the decline of moral values and the growth of skepticism in contemporary society. . He wrote the libretto for the English composer Benjamin Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia (1946), and he was a founder in 1955 of the English Stage Company. He served as poetry editor of The Townsman, a literary magazine he founded, from 1938 to 1946. This book is the first of three books of his autobiography. (1.6 JM LVR 205/1. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. (CAD) Presumed st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title pages: "To my fellow writer & editor. Amitiès,/ RS", no other markings, Fine in Near Fined ust jacket with tiny chip to foot of spine of the DJ. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 310pp, index, B&W photos. Saronak is a Professor of French at the University of British Columbia. From the jacket: In 1990 Hervé Guibert gained wide recognition and notoriety with the publication of "À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie (To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life)". This novel, one of the most famous AIDS fictions in French or any language, recounts the battle of the first-person narrator not only with AIDS but also with the medical establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Photography critic for Le Monde from 1977-1985, Guibert was also the co-author (with Patrice Chéreau) of a film script, L'Homme Blessé, which won a… Read More

NY: A Studio Book / the Viking Press, 1960. (USA) Presummed first edition with a date of 1960. Owner's name to end paper, pages clean, some wear to cloth covering the corners of covers and to head and foot of spine, showing the board beneath, Good only used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Naples yellow cloth, 145pp, colour photos and reproductions augmented with B&W photos of the artists and their studios. Portions of this book originally appeared in Vogue. Foreword by James Thrall Soby: "Liberman has gone to France for several months each year since 1947, and there has made endless photographs of members of the School of Paris, their homes, their studios. He has brought to this work not only an extraordinsry visual sensitivity but also a rare capacity for psychological insight as anyone must be aware who has read his essays." A heavy book. (4.1 JM HOJ 200/0. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Lacking the Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. (UK) First Edition Owner's bookplate to back of cover, no markings, VG+ in unclipped Vg(-) Dj with slight chipping to head of spine; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Red cloth, cxiv, 408pp, index. Frontis and 23 B&W plates, mostly protraits. This book is edited from the original manuscripts with an introduction by Oliver Dick. Critics of every generation have quoted with particular relish from the collection of Tudor and Stuart lives which John Aubrey left in manuscript. This edition has een prepared fro the general public and the vast accumulation of dead facts has been discarded in accordance with the author's own instructions to that the Brief Lives can be seen in all their brilliance for the first time. (3.0 Jm HOQ 101/a5. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1900. (UK) 1st British edition, translated from the Norwegian. Owner's name to the end paper which is toned, no other markings, Very Good ; no dust jacket. Red cloth, 244pp, tissued-protected frontis portrait, no other illus. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Augusta Marie Luise Katharina; 30 September 1811 - 7 January 1890) was the queen of Prussia and the first German empress as the consort of William I, German Emperor. Tschudi was a Norwegian writer bust known for her biographies of women of European royalty. (2.2 JM HOQ 103/b5. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good (-)/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, xx, 733pp, index, [16]pp of B&W photos. Mark Twain’s complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author’s death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the Autobiography was hailed as the capstone of Twain’s career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions.This volume 2 weaves together his recollections of family, friends and colleagues with candid critques of contemporary society --many of which he considered too provocative to be published in his own lifetime. This volumes starts in April 1906 and ends in February of 1907. (5.0 JM HOQ 103/b1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Garden City NY: International Collectors Library, 1946. USA) Edition Not Stated; copyright page says Illustrations copyright 1946 by Doubleday & Company; most likely a later edition. No markings, Very Good; lacking the dust jacket. Red leatherette with gold border to front panel, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, 442pp. Translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. This edition lacks the 15 full colour plates, and includes only the B&W drawings and miscellaneous drawings in text by Dali. The Leaflet of the International Collectors Library is laid in. This leaflet indicates that the binding is a replica of the London Fleet Street binding of 1800. (1 .8 JM HOZ 401/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by DALI, Salvador. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1995. (UK) "First published". INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and his wife: "Herstmonceux Castle, Nov 26/06, With best wishes, Alfred Bader / Isabel Bader", no other markings, Fine in about Fine dust jacktet with light rubbing to panel gloss. Hardcover, 288pp, index, B&W photos. From the jacket: Alfred Badar and his family have earned a reputation as generous benefactors, notably in the fields of chemisstry, education and Jewish interests. Bader's persoanl philantrhropy has been particularly directed towards helping students of chemistry and art history. He gavee 6 million pounds sterling to Queen's University to purchase and renovte Hestmonceux Castle in Sussex (the home of the old Roayl Grennwich Observatory)---one more 'thank you' to the Canadian institution that had enabled him to take first steps on the road to success, so entertainingly described in this book. As a bonus, there is an invitation card laid into the book for an… Read More

London: Titan Books, 2008. (UK) No markigns, fine in Very good dust ajcket with 1" closed tear to foot of spine. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Boards, 192pp, index. 450 Colour and B&W illus and photos, many from his films showing posters and lobby cards. A heavy book. (3.5 JM LVR 200/b1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Spain: Hermanas Franciscanas De Los Sagrados Corazones, 2006. (SPN) No markings, stress crease to cover, Near Fine. Wraps with flaps, 653pp, index. B&W illus and photos; some colour plates; includes two colour card-sized images of Madre Carmen, laid into the book. This book was published to commemmorate the 106th anniversary of the death of Mother Carmen, and is a biography. . The text is in Spanish. Uncommon. A heavy book. (4.0 JM HOQ 101/6. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Renfrew ON: General Store Publishing House, 2011. (CAD) INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "Best wishes, Mary Cook", no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 149pp. B&W photos. This is CBC broadcaster, author and storyteller, Mary (Haneman) Cook's tribute to the remarkable woman who was her mother. (1.4 JM HOJ 301/3. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Amsterdam: Arbeiderspers, 1974. (NEH) No markings, fine, Stiff wraps, 157pp, index. B&W reproductions, of drawings and paintings with several colour plates. Van rappard was the oly Dutch artist able to sustain a friendship with Vincent van Gogh. For 5 years (1881-1885) the two artists truggled in obscurity. The course of their relationship is recorded by Vincent in his famous letters to van Rappard. Van Rappard was been totally eclipse by the subsequent fame of Vincent but in this book he emerges from the shadows for the first time. (2.0 JM HOJ 300/5. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..

London: W.H. Allen, 1977. (UK) stated 1st British edition, No markings, Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket with a small wrinkle to the lower edge of rear panel: Dj i in mylar sleeve. Boards,xvii, 523pp, index, B&W photos and storyboard illus. This is a look at the movis that make up the 50 year career of surely one of the most consitently fascinating move-makers in the 20th century. (3.0 JM HOQ 101/a5. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Knopf, 2017. (USA) Stated 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: " For S----/ Adam Gopnik", no other markigns, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 253pp, no illus. When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha Parker, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young and the arty and ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder. At the Stranger's Gate builds a portrait of this moment in New York through the story of their journey--from their excited arrival as aspiring artists to their eventual growth into a New York family. (1.9 JM HOJ 303/0. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Sterling Publishing, 2010. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, but ridging to the clear matte film of the covers, otherwise about Very Good; no dust jacket as published. Includes the Fine art ready-to-frame photographic print of Hepburn unopened to pouch to back of the book.Includes the small 16 month calendar with photos of Hepburn laid into the book. Boards with cloth spine, ribbon marker, 192pp, B&W (mostly) and colour photos of Hepburn with captions by Rob Wolders, and her sons, Sean and Luca. A heavy book. (4.0 jm HOZ 402/6. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. (USA) First American Edition There is a blind stamp to the bottom of the title page of a library, number to title page, no pocket nor slip, no spine label, slight rubbing to cover corner tips and to head of spine, pages clean, attractive set, about Very Good used copies, no dust jackets. In two volumes, gray cloth, gold titles top edge gilt. Volume I: 655pp. Frontis and 8 B&W portraits. Volume II: 613pp, index. Frontis portrait and a B&W illus. Includes 8 appendices. Spencer was a Victorian biologist, philosopher and evolutionary theorist. he is best know for his concept of "the survival of the fittest". A heavy set. (6.0 JM HOQ 101/4. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library.

London: John Murray, 1860. (UK) Presumed First Edition No marking, the rear end paper is missing, there is a 1" split and chip to the head of the spine, edges soft and rubbed, hinges starting, about Good only used copy; no dust jacket. Lavender gray boards, lxxxviii, 255pp. Frontis portrait. Charles Robert Leslie (19 October 1794 - 5 May 1859), was an English genre painter. This book was published a year after his death. Volume I only. [1.8 JM HOQ 100/3. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Chicago: Bonus Books., 1999. (USA) First Printing INSCRIBED by Damon Lanza (Mario Lanza's son) and also by Bob Dolfi (long-time friend and associate of the Lanza family), no other markings, Fine. Wraps with B&W photo of Lanza, 259pp, index. This book is a tribute to the tenor Mario Lanza with never-before-seen pictures and stories from the Lanza personal archives. Singers such as Kathryn Grayson, Al Martino, Dorothy Kirsten and others contribute. (2.0 JM HOQ 101/a1. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.