Rare Books - Biography
Explore extraordinary lives through rare and collectible biography books at Harry Hartog Bookseller. Featuring first editions, signed copies, and out-of-print treasures, this curated collection highlights remarkable individuals from history, literature, politics, and the arts. Shop online or in-store to own a unique piece of life writing with lasting value.
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A Tramp Abroad (First Edition, Second State)
Mark Twain
First edition, second state. Frontispiece is labeled "Titian's Moses". Else, all first edition errors are...
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Friends of Dorothy (SIGNED First Edition)
William Yang
Signed and inscribed to Wendy Reid by Yang on title. Throughout, it charts the formation...
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Alec Murray's Album (SIGNED First Edition)
Alec Murray
Signed and inscribed to Wendy Reid by Murray on FFEP. A showcasing of distinguished Australian...
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Brett Whiteley (SIGNED First Edition)
Sandra McGrath
Signed by McGrath on FFEP. Through interview, excerpt, and experience, McGrath brings to life the...
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Revolutionary in Ireland (First Edition)
Sean MacStiofain
Overall condition: Excellent. Dust jacket unclipped, some rubbing along edges and some small markings to upper...
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Plague Fighter (First Edition)
Wu Lien-Teh
Wu Lien-Teh, otherwise known as "the man who beat the Black Death", takes the reader...
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Les Diners de Gala (First English Edition)
Salvadore Dali
A spectacular first English edition of Dalí's extraordinary culinary masterpiece, one of the most visually...
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Notre-Dame De Paris, 2 Volumes (Limited Editions Club)
Victor Hugo
Limited edition, numbered 497 of 1500. Signed by illustrator Frans Masreel at rear of vol.II....
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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (First Edition)
Mark Twain
First edition. Ex-libris stamp on FBEP. Overall condition: Very good. Spine mildly faded. Some weathering...
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Paths of Glory (First Edition)
Humphrey Cobb
Cobb's first and only novel. An important work of anti-war literature. Highly collectible due to...
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The Pargiters (First Edition)
Virginia Woolf
Subtitle: The novel-essay portion of THE YEARS First edition. London: The Hogarth Press, 1978. 8vo. Original red...
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Confessions of a Young Man (First Edition)
George Moore
Edited and Annotated by George Moore, 1904, and again in 1916. First edition. London: William Heinemann, (1917)....
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Collection of Three Bob Hawke Memoirs (Signed First Editions)
Bob Hawke & Blanche D'Alpuget
A collection of Three memoirs written by Hawke and Blanche D'Alpuget, signed and personalised to...
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The Alaskan Journal of Thomas Merton (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Thomas Merton
Limited numbered edition (111/140). California: The Turkey Press, (1988). 8vo. Original white and black Japanese linen cloth...
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The Ascent of Everest (SIGNED First Edition)
John Hunt
Rare, signed copy of Hunt’s first-hand account of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition in...
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The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas, 1975 (Deluxe and signed limited edition)
Simon Christopher Sykes
Deluxe, signed limited edition, 332 of 350 bound in full black leather. In 1975, the...
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Kevin Schwantz: The World's Champion (First Edition)
Peter Clifford
First Edition. Tokyo: Mishawaka, 1994. Large, square 4to. (31x31cm). Original black publisher's cloth in original unclipped...
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Down to Earth (SIGNED First Edition)
Beatrice Bligh
Signed by Bligh on half title. Bligh's memoir of her time spend at Pejar Park, in...
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My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus (First Edition)
Albert F. Mummery
Mummery was renowned for pioneering the ridges and difficult pinnacles of the Alps. His list...
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The Karakorams and Kashmir (Rare First Edition)
Oscar Eckenstein
Extremely rare first edition. First Edition. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 8vo. Original vertically-grained red...
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The Life Of Horace Benedict De Saussure (First Edition)
Douglas W. Freshfield
First Edition. London: Edward Arnold, 1920. Royal 8vo. Original burgundy publisher's cloth. Pages: xii, 479,...
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The Ascent of the Matterhorn (First Edition)
Edward Whymper
Signed by mountaineer Bradford Washburn. Whymper's account of being part of the team that made...
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My Life As An Explorer (First UK Edition)
Roald Amundsen
First UK edition. London: William Heinemann, 1927. 8vo. Original navy blue publisher's cloth. Pages: [vi], 282. Bound...
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Erebus: The Ice Dragon (Inscribed Deluxe First Edition)
Colin Monteath
First deluxe edition. Auckland: Massey University Press, 2023. 4to. Original hardcover in slipcase. Pages: 352. Limited, signed,...
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Mawson: A Life (Inscribed First Edition)
Philip Ayres
Inscribed to W. Williams by author on half title. First edition. Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 1999....
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The South Polar Trail (Inscribed First Edition)
Ernest E. Mills Joyce
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE. This book contains the only first-hand narrative of the...
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Little America (First Edition)
Richard E. Byrd
First edition. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Large 8vo. Original bright blue publisher's cloth in...
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Through The First Antarctic Night 1898-99 (First Edition)
Frederick A. Cook
1900 FIRST US PRINTING. Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was a physician and polar explorer during...
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