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Biographies and autobiographies
This collections includes memoirs, reminiscences, biographies, and autobiographies
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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.
Biography of Lord Dunsany
Collins
1972
A biography of the Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist.
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.
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.
Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair: the Ardnamurchan years
Society of West Highland and Island Historical Research
1986
A biography of the famous Gaelic poet.
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.
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.
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.
My journey round the world
Peter Owen Limited
1968
An account of Cocteau's impulse decision to travel around the world in eighty days with his friend Marcel Khill.
Journals of Jean Cocteau
Museum Press
1957
The life of Cocteau as reflected through his journals.
Two royal physicians: Sir James Clark, Bart., 1788-1870, Sir John Forbes, 1787-1861 : schoolmates at Fordyce Academy
Banffshire Journal Ltd.
1967
Biographies of two naval surgeons. Number 120 of a limited edition of 200, with gift inscription on front cover.
The quest for Sherlock Holmes: a biographical study of Arthur Conan Doyle
Mainstream Publishing
1983
An analysis of how Conan Doyle's boyhood experiences shaped his literary attitudes and writing.
Reflections 1939-1945: a Scots Guards officer in training and war
Pentland Press Limited
2000
The memoirs of a Major commanding a tank squadron in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards.
Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) and the Scottish Renaissance
W. & R. Chambers Ltd
1964
An introduction to MacDiarmid's life and battles; his poetry and politics; his philosophy and ideas. With an extensive bibliography.
Prophet in plimsoles: an account of the life of Colonel Ronald B. Campbell
Edina Press
1978
A biography of a distinguished soldier who became a pioneering boys' club leader and physical educationalist.
The third man: the life and times of William Murdoch 1754-1839 : the inventor of gas lighting
Andre Deutsch
1992
A biography of William Murdoch who worked for William Boulton and James Watt and invented gaslighting.
