Biography

Biography

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  • Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called, The King of The Beggars. Being an impartial account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a Society of Gipsies; wherein the motives of his conduct are related and explained: The great number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great-Britain, Ireland and several other Places of Europe: with his travels twice through great part [sic] of America: Giving a Particular Account of the Origin, Government, Laws and Customs, of the Gipsies, wyth the Method of electing their King. And A Dictionary of the Cant Language used by the Mendicants.

    Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called,...

    • [Carew, Bampfylde Moore]
    • Gainsborough: Printed by and for Henry Mozley, 1811
    £75 Find Out More
  • What's Welsh For Zen? The Autobiography of John Cale. Designed and Illustrated by Dave McKean.

    What’s Welsh For Zen? The Autobiography of John...

    • Cale, John and Victor Bokris
    • London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1999
    £200 Find Out More
  • The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide. An Autobiography.

    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known...

    • (Buffalo Bill) Cody, William F.
    • Hartford, Conn.: Frank E. Bliss, 1879
    £3,500 Find Out More
  • Life of James Crichton of Cluny, Commonly Called The Admirable Crichton. With an Appendix of Original Papers.

    Life of James Crichton of Cluny, Commonly Called...

    • Tytler, Patrick Fraser
    • Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company, for William and Charles Tait, 1819
    £60 Find Out More
  • Select Female Biography; comprising memoirs of eminient British ladies, derived from original and other authentic sources. By the author of 'The wonders of the Vegetable Kingdom displayed,' &c. Second edition.

    Select Female Biography; comprising memoirs of eminient British...

    • [Roberts, Mary]
    • London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1829
    £150 Find Out More
  • Autobiography of the Rev. Dr Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, containing memorials of the men and events of his time.

    Autobiography of the Rev. Dr Alexander Carlyle, Minister...

    • Carlyle, Alexander
    • Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860
    £75 Find Out More
  • Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.

    Plutarch’s Lives, Translated from the Original Greek, with...

    • Plutarch
    • London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1770
    £400 Find Out More
  • Notes From The Diary of a Doctor, Sketch Artist and Sportsman. With 220 Illustrations by The Author.

    Notes From The Diary of a Doctor, Sketch...

    • Fothergill, George A.
    • York: Published by John Sampson, 1901
    £150 Find Out More
  • Introduction to the method of Leonardo Da Vinci. Translated from the French of Paul Valéry of the Académie française by Thomas McGreevy.

    Introduction to the method of Leonardo Da Vinci....

    • Valéry, Paul
    • London: John Rodker, 1929
    £75 Find Out More
  • Life and Letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S.

    Life and Letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S.

    • Shairp, John Campbell, Peter Guthrie Tait and A. Adams-Reilly
    • London: Macmillan and Co., 1873
    £95 Find Out More

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