Books - "biography"
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Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work
first edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 516pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and soiling) in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1986
KEYWORDS: phyllis gross-kurth melanie klein biography psychology psychoanalysis
Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism
First edition, super octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxxiv + 566pp + xviii index, VG+ (fading to board upper edges, soil spot to fep, v slight foxing to page front edges), in VG d/w (soiling to rear, 3cm closed tear to upper rear edge, 2cm untidy tear to front lower edge, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge, untidy 2cm tear to upper spine extrem, bruising & nicking to edges, esp spine extrems, fading)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan London 1972
KEYWORDS: first edition Roy Medvedev Stalin Stalinism biography Soviet Union Russia history Marxism Leninism
The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement 1848 to 1948
A Century's Growth by a Southern Sea
Deluxe edition, signed limited numbered edition (191 of 200), octavo, blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamp to front board, all edges blue, patterned eps, frontispiece, 368pp, illus, VG (fading & rubbing to spine, rubbing to boards, corners & edges)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom (1948 ?)
KEYWORDS: John Collie Otago Southland New Zealand Presbyterian Church history religion biography
The Turanga Journals1840-1850: Letters and Journals of William and Jane Williams, Missionaries to Poverty Bay
Super octavo, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 659pp, illus,VG+ (light bruising to board corners, sl wear to board extrems, sl soiling to page edges, in VG+ d/w (light creasing/scuffing to extrems, slight rubbing to covers, in mylar wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Price Milburn / Victoria University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Frances Porter New Zealand letters journals history William Williams Jane Williams Turanga Poverty Bay missionaries biography
King Charles II
hardback octavo, lacks 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 1979
KEYWORDS: specials antonia fraser hsitory royalty biography england uk britain
Capote
paperback, worn + weak binding (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: Cardinal 1989
KEYWORDS: specials gerald clarke biography literature truman capote
Surveying the Canadian Pacific: Memoir of a Railroad Pioneer
with a foreword by William Kittredge
octavo, illus light card covers, xxvi + 246pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: University of Utah Press 1991
KEYWORDS: r.m. rylatt biography memoir railways trains transport railroad pioneer canadian history surveying
Behind the Screen
ex-library, octavo, grey cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, blue label and grey lettering to front board, 263pp, illus, G+ (binding v sloppy with front hinge semi-detached, fraying to cloth at extremities esp. upper spine, soiling to boards, library paraphenalia tipped-in to eps, ink owner's name to fep)
PUBLISHER: George H. Doran Company 1923
KEYWORDS: samuel goldwyn arts cinema hollywood film biography
Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar
translated by Antonina W. Bouis
first edition, octavo, yellow heavy card boards with brown cloth and gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 463pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, v light damp stain to rear board) in VG+ d/w (light wear, damp stains to interior)
PUBLISHER: Free Press 2005
KEYWORDS: edward radzinsky antonina w. bouis russian history alexander II the last great tsar politics biography
Life and Work of Mother Mary St. Ignatius (Claudine Thevenet) 1774-1837: Foundress of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary
by a Religious of Jesus and Mary
Ex library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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: Clonmore and Reynolds 1953
KEYWORDS: ex library specials Mother Mary St Ignatius Claudine Thevenet biography religion religious order travel christianity
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
super octavo, illus light card covers, vii + 820pp, illus, VG (light wear and creasing to covers, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2005
KEYWORDS: richard parker john kenneth galbraith biography politics economics
The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Public Years, 1914-1970
super octavo, illus light card covers, xix + 660pp, VG+ (light wear and rubbing, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: nicholas griffin bertrand russell letters philosophy biography politics political science history
The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Private Years, 1884-1914
super octavo, illus light card covers, xxiii + 540pp, illus, VG+ (light wear)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: nicholas griffin bertrand russell letters philosophy biography politics political science history
Albert Camus - Elements of a Life
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: specials albert camus literature literary biography robert zaretsky
Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan
super octavo, illus light card covers, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 2004
KEYWORDS: arts music biography bob dylan song & dance michael gray
Paine
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials mark philp thomas paine biography politics democracy republican religious history
New Zealand Writers and their Work: John Mulgan
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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Day John Mulgan New Zealand literature literary criticism biography
The Triumph of Tchaikovsky: A Biography
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: Robert Hale Ltd 1959
KEYWORDS: specials John Gee Elliott Selby Tchaikovsky biography music Russia
Selected Letters
Paperback (fine). 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: Oxford University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Jane Austen Vivien Jones letters correspondence literary criticism literature biography
Kafka: A Biography
Ex library, 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: Oxford University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: ex library specials Ronald Hayman Franz Kafka biography literary criticism literature