Rare Books - Biography & Memoir
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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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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Revolutionary in Ireland (First Edition)
Sean MacStiofain
MACSTIOFÁIN, Seán. Revolutionary in Ireland. Great Britain: Gordon Cremonesi, 1975. 8vo. Original publisher's tan cloth....
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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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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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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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The Alaskan Journal of Thomas Merton (Deluxe Limited Edition, Signed)
Thomas Merton
Limited numbered edition (111/140). California: The Turkey Press, (1988). 4to. Original white and black Japanese...
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The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas, 1975 (Deluxe and signed limited edition)
Simon Christopher Sykes
SYKES, Christopher (photographs & text). The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas 1975. Guildford: Genesis...
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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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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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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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Voyages of the 'Morning' (First Edition)
Gerald S. Doorly
A very good copy of this extremely scare Antarctic narrative. This book provides an interesting...
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Such is the Antarctic (First Edition)
Lars Christensen
The whaling magnate and expedition financier's impressions edited from diary entries made during trips to...
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The Worst Journey in the World (INSCRIBED First Edition)
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910–1913. London: Constable and Company, Ltd.,...
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Antarctic Adventure (First Canadian Edition)
Raymond E. Priestly
First Canadian edition. Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, 1914. Large 8vo. Rebound contemporary quarter blue calf and...
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The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' (First English Edition)
Dr. Jean Charcot
Translated by Philip Walsh. Inscribed in ink and pencil by previous owners on the FFEP....
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Scott's Last Expedition (First Edition)
Robert F. Scott
The official account of Scott's second and last polar expedition. The expedition almost failed when...
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Two Years in the Antarctic (First Edition)
Albert B. Armitage
Albert Borlase Armitage was the second-in-command and navigator on Scott’s Discovery Expedition of 1901-1904. This...
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The Home of the Blizzard, 2 Volumes (First Edition)
Douglas Mawson
Includes many related article and newspaper clippings related to Mawson and his legacy, as well...
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My Attainment of the Pole (First Edition)
Frederick Cook
First edition. New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911. 4to. Original brown cloth hardcover. Pages: frontispiece, [ii],...
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Diary of the 'Discovery' Expedition & Diary of the 'Terra Nova' Expedition (First editions)
Edward Wilson
INCLUDES A SEALED PACKAGE WITH 5 REPRODUCTIONS OF WILSON'S ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PIECES. Edward Wilson is...
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Beyond the Barrier with Byrd (First Edition)
Harry Adams
First edition. Chicago & New York: M.A. Donoghue & Company, 1932. 8vo. Original blue publisher's cloth hardcover....
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