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Biographies and autobiographies
This collections includes memoirs, reminiscences, biographies, and autobiographies
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The company I've kept
Hutchinson
1966
A collection of closely related essays, principally about people.
The life of Raymond Chandler
Jonathan Cape
1976
A biography of the creator of Philip Marlowe.
Lucky poet: a self-study in literature and political ideas : being the autobiography of Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve)
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
1943
A first state copy with the libellous comment on page 172 alleging that Edgell Rickword had been a member of the 'Black and Tans' which forced the publishers to recall all unsold copies and insert a revised text.
In sunshine or shadow
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1987
The story the famous Celtic fullback.
Hugh MacDiarmid
Published for the British Council by Longman Group Ltd
1976
An introduction to the life and work of MacDiarmid.
Adam Smith: the biographical approach: being the thirtieth lecture on the David Murray Foundation in the University of Glasgow delivered on 3rd March 1969
University of Glasgow
1969
The thirtieth David Murray lecture which discusses the famous Scottish economist.
Duncan Forbes of Culloden
International Publishing Company
1936
A biography of the Scottish lawyer and Whig politician.
Essays and recollections
Talbot Press Limited
1944
A collection of essays and reminiscences by the Irish poet and editor of The Dublin Magazine.
Jeeves: a gentleman's personal gentleman
MacDonald and Jane's
1979
A biography of Reginald Jeeves.
P.G. Wodehouse: man and myth
Constable
1992
A biography of Wodehouse revealing the personality behind the myth he created for himself.
My uncle George: the respectful recollections of a backslider in a Highland manse
George Outram & Co., Limited
1954
A compilation of newspaper articles about the Reverend George Mackay of Fearn in Ross-shire.
Double live : an autobiography
Jonathan Cape
1943
An autobiography of the South African poet and novelist.
Eccentricities of genius: memories of famous men and women of the platform and stage
Chatto & Windus
1901
Short biographies of 19th century celebrities, including Arthur Conan Doyle (with a photographic portrait).
The real Admirable Crichton: Sir Thomas Urquhart's hero
Michael Russell
1995
The life and works of two inter-connected Scottish eccentrics.
The strange story of Dr. James Barry: army surgeon, Inspector-General of Hospitals, discovered on death to be a woman
Longmans, Green and Co
1958
An account of Dr James Barry, who was probably the first woman to qualify as a doctor and practice as surgeon.
The Arrow of Glenlyon: the life of Alasdair MacGregor of Glenstrae, a Highland gentleman of the sixteenth century
John Murray
1930
The life of the red-headed warrior chief Alasdair Macgregor.
Macadam: the McAdam family and the turnpike roads 1798-1861
Heinemann
1980
A biography of J. L. McAdam and descendants who were the driving forces behind the construction of turnpike roads.
James Reekie of Kirkcaldy 1914-2001. His story from 1914-1940
Kirkcaldy Civic Society
2003
The autobiography of a Kirkcaldy man.
James Watt
B.T. Batsford Ltd
1962
A biography of the famous Scottish engineer and inventor of the steam engine.
David Octavius Hill: master of photography
George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd
1932
The first scholarly study of the Scottish photographic pioneer.
O. Douglas: the story of Anna Buchan
Sheila Scott
1993
A biography of the Scottish novelist and sister of John Buchan.
The Thinking Machine: Jacques Futrelle: discovering the titanic talent of a pioneer American mystery author
Graphic Illusions
1995
The first authorised biography of Jacques Futrelle.
Morris as I knew him
William Morris Society
1966
Reprinted from a 1936 collection of historical and practical essays on the Arts and Crafts.
