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Biographies and autobiographies
This collections includes memoirs, reminiscences, biographies, and autobiographies
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No traitor's gait!
Strickland Press
1966-1956
The serialised autobiography of the British anarcho-communist and a prominent member of the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation (APCF). From the library of Robert P. Finch.
The devil's chaplain: the story of the Rev. Robert Taylor, M.A., M.R.C.S. (1784-1834)
Strickland Press
1942
A biography of an early 19th-century radical clergyman turned freethinker.
Television and me: the memoirs of John Logie Baird
Mercat Press
2004
An insight into the thinking of John Logie Baird, inventor of television and pioneer of numerous other communication and imaging technologies.
Television Baird
HAUM
1973
A biography of John Logie Baird, inventor of television and pioneer numerous other communication and imaging technologies.
William Caslon 1693-1766: the ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder
Roundwood Press
1973
A biography of England's most distinguished letter-founder.
Captain Beefheart
Quartet Books
2000
A biography of one of the most enduring and important figures to have emerged from the 1960s American counter culture.
Baxter: the party's over: an autobiography
Stanley Paul
1984
The life of one of the greatest footballers to have come out of Scotland.
Shakespeare and Company
Faber and Faber
1960
Memoirs of the famous bookseller and publisher.
A Beardsley miscellany
Bodley Head
1949
A collection of previously unpublished material by and about Beardsley. Number 292 of a limited edition of 500.
From flock beds to professionalism: a history of index-makers
Oak Knoll Press
2008
Sixty five brief biographies of indexers complemented by a review of indexing organisations.
Paul Nash: the portrait of an artist
Faber and Faber
1945
The first substantial account of Nash's life and work.
William Crowe (1745-1829)
J. Stevens Cox
1963
A short biography of the parson and poet, William Crowe. A limited edition of 100.
MacDiarmid: Christopher Murray Grieve, a critical biography
John Murray
1988
The first critical biography of Hugh MacDiarmid.
The Doctor and the detective: a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Thomas Dunne Books
2000
A biography of Doyle that emphasises his wider interests and impact beyond just being the creator of Holmes.
The life and works of Alfred Bestall, illustrator of Rupert Bear.
Bloomsbury
2003
A biography of the artist and illustrator.
Images across space: the electronic imaging of Baird Television
Middlesex University Teaching Resources
2010
A study of John Logie Baird's contribution to electronic television and imaging technology. Gift inscription from the author on the title page.
Hugh MacDiarmid (C.M. Grieve)
Oliver and Boyd
1964
A biography of Hugh MacDiarmid and assessment of his literary contribution.
Sir James Guthrie P.R.S.A., LL.D.: a biography
Macmillan and Co. Limited
1932
A biography of the noted Scottish artist, associated with the Glasgow Boys.
William McTaggart: a biography and an appreciation
James MacLehose and Sons
1917
A guide to the life and work of the Scottish artist. Number 85 of a special edition of 100.
Hector MacDonald, or, The private who became a general: a highland laddie's life and laurels
S.W. Partridge & Co.
1902
The life and achievements of Hector Macdonald.
La difficulté d'être
Paul Morihien
1947
With a gift inscription to 'Collin' and drawing by Cocteau puzzlingly dated New York, 1946.
Opium: the diary of a cure
Peter Owen Limited
1957
Cocteau's confessions of an opium-eater and the challenges of tackling addiction.
