Modern First Edition Biography from Hard To Find Books

michael joseph london 1979. first edition 263pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,some sl.creasing,sl.stain to upper edge,price-clipped)

doubleday london 1998. first edition 702pp, illust.with extensive index and bibliography, NF in d/w VG+

collins london 1978. proof copy 310pp ills. VG (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some creasing to spine,edges sl.soiled/foxed,sl.cocked)

macmillan london 1989. first uk edition 232pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,minor shelf wear,pp105-112 bound in upside-down) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned)

Yellow Jersey Press London 2003. first edition uncorrected proof, in yellow glossy wrappers, 270pp, FINE

weidenfeld and nicolson london 1978. first edition 163pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.minor closed tears to rear flap hinge)

Scribner New York 1996. first aust edition, brown cloth, 127pp illus, NF with v sl edgewear, in Nf d/w with v sl sunned & soiled

Hutchinson London 1982. first edition, black cloth, 207pp illus, VG+(v sl cocked, prev owners inscr to ffep, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)d/w VG+(v sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl internal foxing, sl sunned spine, v sl soiled)

simon and schuster new york 1989. first edition 588pp ills.VG in VG d/w (sl.rubbed w.minor bumps to extrems.)

faber and faber london 1986. first edition 165pp F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

harper collins london 1996. first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)

dutton new york 1963. first edition in engl. 124pp ills.[b/w] F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

bloomsbury london 1996. first edition 148pp+ills.[b/w] F in F d/w

Duckworth London 1939. First edition, 144pp, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, VG (average foxing, minor shelf wear to lower corners) in VG- d/w (price clipped and price also cut out of front cover leaving a small circular hole, corners and spine head/foot sl.chipped)

Staples Press London 1954. first edition, blue cloth, 222pp, G+(boards sunned, rubbed & soiled, v sl cocked, v sl edgewear, sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, edges s sunned)

weidenfeld and nicolson london [1982]. [first edition] 399pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG d/w (light soiling w.minor bumps and small tears to extrems.)

john murray london 1949. first edition 361pp VG in VG- d/w (spine sl sunned with sl chipping to head, sl discoloration to rear and flaps, v small tear to spine foot)

Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1987. first edition, blue cloth, 288pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bumped spine head and foot, v sl soiled) d/w NF with v sl wear to extrems)

grey fox press bolinas [1975]. first edition 55pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,minor wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.)

peter davies london 1932. first edition 158pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown,paste action to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep) lacks d/w