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Biographies and autobiographies
This collections includes memoirs, reminiscences, biographies, and autobiographies
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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.
Bradlaugh and Ingersoll: a century appreciation of two great reformers
issued for the Secular Society Limited by the Pioneer Press (G. W. Foote, Ltd.)
1933
An introduction to the life and work of two prominent freethinkers.
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.
Richard Demarco: a life in pictures
Northern Books
1995
The life of the well-known Scottish artist based on a compilation of essays, memoranda, and diaries.
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.
William Wallace: guardian of Scotland
Eneas Mackay
1948
An account of the life and achievements of William Wallace.
The Scottish art dealer Alexander Reid 1854-1928: Van Gogh's twin
National Galleries of Scotland
2010
The first full length biography of the renowned Scottish art dealer.
Angus Og of the isles
W. & R. Chambers Ltd
1969
A biography of Angus Og, the illegitimate son of the Last Lord of the Isles.
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.
The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe 1480-1521
George Philip & Son
1890
An account of the life of the great circumnavigator. From the library of the noted cartographer John George Bartholomew.
Memories of enjoyment
Kerryman Limited
1946
A collection of essays and reminiscences by the Irish writer, journalist, and politician.
The man who was Sherlock Holmes
John Murray
1964
An assessment of those elements of Doyle's character which justify the closest personal association of him with Holmes.
Hereward
Alan Sutton Publishing Limited
1996
A study of the Saxon thane who led a resistance campaign against the Norman invader.
Montague Summers: a memoir
Cecil & Amelia Woolf
1965
A biography of the English clergyman who published many works on the English drama of the Stuart Restoration, and on witchcraft, demonology, and the occult. Number 740 of a limited edition of 750.
Points in time an autobiography
Barrie and Jenkins
1980
The life and work of the Scottish painter and teacher of art.
Lives of the brothers Humboldt, Alexander and William
Ingram, Cooke, & Co.
1852
Biographies of the two famous German scientists. From the library of noted cartographer John Bartholomew with loosely inserted invoice.
Patrick McGoohan: Danger man or Prisoner?
Tomahawk Press
2007
The first ever biography of the actor.
Denis Law: an autobiography
Queen Anne Press
1979
An autobiography of one of Scotland's greatest footballers.
Conan Doyle: the man who created Sherlock Holmes
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2007
A biography of Doyle drawing on newly re-discovered archival material.
Scottish eccentrics
George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
1936
Ten full-length studies of outstanding Scottish eccentrics.
