Books - "biography"
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Gypsy and Me: At Home on the road with Gypsy Rose Lee
hardback super octavo (VG); all 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: andre deutsch
KEYWORDS: specials gypsy rose lee striptease entertainment art biography
Henry Dyer: Pioneer of Engineering Education in Japan
translated by Takuji and Aiko Sarada
octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 193pp, illus, near fine in near fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Global Oriental 2004
KEYWORDS: biography henry dyer engineering education japan nobuhiro miyoshi
Billie Holiday
first edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus, near fine in near fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1995
KEYWORDS: biography music arts billie holiday stuart nicholson
Howard's Seduction of Australia: Where to Now?
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Fast Books 2007
KEYWORDS: australian politics john howard biography journalism mike clancy specials
Ten Years in Japan; a contemporary record drawn from the diaries and private and official papers of Joseph C. Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan 1932-1942
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Simon and Schuster 1944
KEYWORDS: history japan japanese politics joseph c. grew biography specials
David Lange; Prime Minister
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Unwin Paperbacks 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics biography david lange vernon wright specials
The Struggle is my Life
his speeches and writings brought together with historical documents and accounts of Mandela in prison by fellow prisoners
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Pathfinder Press 1990
KEYWORDS: history biography politics nelson mandela specials
Sax: The Life and Times of Dave Saxton
imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 184pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Halcyon Press 2011
KEYWORDS: new zealand outdoors sport hunting fishing adventure dave saxton biography dave drangsholt
Housman 1897-1936
with an introduction by Mrs. E.W. Symons and appendices by G.B.A. Fletcher and Others
first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 493pp, illus including folding diagram at rear (VG+), VG+ (light wear) in VG d/w (wear to extremities including small closed tears and chips, small hole to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1941
KEYWORDS: first edition literature literary criticism biography laurence housman grant richards
Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers
paperback octavo (VG); all 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: blues paperbacks
KEYWORDS: specials ma rainey blues music musicians biography history
Convent Girls
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Penguin Books 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand religion catholicism education jane tolerton biography pam corkery maggie barry stephanie dowrick paula ryan specials
Herman Melville: A Biography, Volume I, 1819-1851
first edition, octavo, cream cloth boards with black cloth to spine, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 941pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear to extremities, illus. by Maurice Sendak)
PUBLISHER: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism biography herman melville hershel parker maurice sendak
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to his family and friends
two volume set, octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, (I) xliv + 375pp (II) xiii + 389pp + 38pp adverts, both volumes VG+ (rubbing to boards and wear to extremities, light discolouration to pages), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Methuen and Co 1902
KEYWORDS: literature biography letters robert louis stevenson sidney colvin
Salinger: A Critical and Personal Portrait
first edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 287pp, VG+ (slight discolouration to spine and prelims, light wear) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1964
KEYWORDS: first edition literature literary criticism biography j.d. salinger henry anatole grunwald
Sheer Bloody Magic: Conversations with Actresses
paperback (VG); all 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: Virago 1991
KEYWORDS: arts biography actresses carole woddis eileen atkins julie christie judi dench sue johnston maureen lipman jane lapotaire julia mckenzie carmen munroe beryl reid pam st clements prunella scales fiona shaw janet suzman meera syal cathy tyson harriet walter
Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase - a Biography
ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Bloomsbury 1996
KEYWORDS: biography buster keaton marion meade specials
Jane Austen: A Life
Super octavo hardcover (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Viking 1997
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism biography jane austen claire tomalin specials
Piero della Francesca; biographical and critical studies
ex-library, hardback (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Skira 1954
KEYWORDS: arts biography piero della francesca leonardo venturi specials
Waiting for the Party: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett
paperback octavo (VG); all 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: faber & faber 1994
KEYWORDS: specials frances hodgson burnett literary biography history
The Edwardianism of Katherine Mansfield
ex library, hardback octavo, with d/w (VG); all 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: brentwoods press 1969
KEYWORDS: specials katherine mansfield biography literary criticism literature theory edwardian