Books - "biography"
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Irishmen All
reprint 225pp ills.[12 tipped-in col.plates by Jack B.Yeats] VERY GOOD (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,all plates clean although two are in different places from that listed,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: foulis london 1914
KEYWORDS: biography ireland jack yeats history biography birmingham
My Life as a Scribe
hardcover octavo(VG+)d/w(VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Century
KEYWORDS: literature biography auto biography george l. thomson
Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
Super octavo, illus light card covers, xx + 570pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1994
KEYWORDS: Andrew Motion Philip Larkin biography literature literary criticism literary biography
War
Softcover octavo (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2011
KEYWORDS: specials Sebastian Junger autobiography biography memoir politics war Middle East Afghanistan embedded journalism experiential biography
Dave McNulty Snow Man
Scarce, softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Maurice Dick 1992
KEYWORDS: specials dave mcnulty maurice dick biography mountaineering snow climbing adventure alpine new zealand biography
Sourthern People: A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography
Ex library, Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus frontispiece, v+587pp, illus, VG ( library markings, to feps and reps, light scuffing to lower and upper board edges) in d/w VG (library stickers on spine and front & back covers, v light fading to wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Longacre 1998
KEYWORDS: Ex libris Jane Thomson Otago Southland biography new zealand culture collected works anthology biography
Sourthern People: A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography
Numbered limited edition in full leather binding, Ex library (minimal marking, none external) Quarto, brown leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus frontispiece, v+587pp, illus, VG+ (small rip to lower pastedown, v small rip to upper pastedown, book plate to fep, small glue mark to back board)
PUBLISHER: Longacre 1998
KEYWORDS: Ex libris Jane Thomson Otago Southland biography new zealand culture collected works anthology biography
Macmillan Modern Dramatists: John Arden
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The Macmilla Press 1982
KEYWORDS: drama theatre history biography john arden biography literary criticism analysis
Wallis & Edward Letters 1931-1937: The Intimate Correspondance of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986 (?)
KEYWORDS: royal family monarchy biography Edward the eighth Wallis Simpson biography letters correspondance
Wallis & Edward Letters 1931-1937: The Intimate Correspondance of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986 (?)
KEYWORDS: royal family monarchy biography Edward the eighth Wallis Simpson biography letters correspondance
Rita Angus: An Artist's Life
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Rita Angus Biography arts Women painters New Zealand Biography history Painting
Allen Curnow: Simply by Sailing in a New Direction & Allen Curnow: Collected Poems
TWO VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, blind stamp lettering to front boards, patterned eps, xiv + 384pp-717pp, illus- biography, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl discolouration to spines) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary biography literature poems poetry verse collection anthology biography memoir Allen Curnow
Through The Narrow Gate
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Book Of The Month Club 1981
KEYWORDS: biography auto biography religious religion catholic christianity living
When the Engine Roars: the Motor Racing Life of George Begg
Imperial octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 180pp, illus., VG (light scuffing and fading to boards, moderate tanning throughout) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing chipping and rubbing, minor closed tears, prev. owner's clear tape repairs to reverse)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co. / Begg & Allen 1980
KEYWORDS: biography george begg new zealand formula one 1 motorsport motoring racing car cars sports sporting biography world championship f1 mechanics technical engineering motorcycle motorcycles
LDA: LD Austin's Life in Music
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2012
KEYWORDS: l d austin music classical accompanist new zealander biography musician memoir biography
Survivor: The Authorized Biography of Eric Clapton
Paperback (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Futura 1991
KEYWORDS: eric clapton biography british britain england english biography
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography (2 vols.)
Part I: From the Beginnings to 1900; Part II: 1901-1950
2 volume set. Heavy super octavo hardcover (VG), in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: biography national biography
Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1984
KEYWORDS: Victorian Dictionary of National Biography English critic biography
ERIC MENDELSOHN
219pp ills. VG (red cloth w.gilt lettering to spine,v.sl.rubbed w.sl.sunning to edges and mod.sunning to head/foot of spine,extremities sl.bumped w.v.minor wear,prelims.sl.discol.w.sl.foxing throughout,owner's ink stamp to ffep,contents and ills.clean,edges sl.soiled/foxed,sl.cocked) in G d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.stained,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extremities incl.some chipping and minor tears,adverts.to rear and internally,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: leonard hill london 1964
KEYWORDS: architecture biography mendelsohn
IGOR STRAVINSKY
first edition 245pp ills.(incl.picasso,klee,chagall,etc) VG- (black cloth w.yellow lettering to cover/spine,sl.rubbed/stained,v.minor bumps to extremities,ills.eps,owner's pencil sign.to ffep,contents clean w.some v.minor foxing,ills.v.clean,headbands,te red,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in G+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.mod.stains,sl.sunned w.spine sunned,extremities sl.bumped w.some wear and chipping incl.2cm closed tear to head of front hinge)
PUBLISHER: merle armitage usa 1949
KEYWORDS: stravinsky music biography