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$22.50
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Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work


GROSS-KURTH, PHYLLIS

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

$27.50
2f39/27

Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism


MEDVEDEV, ROY

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

$60.00
2f40/18

The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement 1848 to 1948


A Century's Growth by a Southern Sea

COLLIE, JOHN

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

$40.00
2f41/28

The Turanga Journals1840-1850: Letters and Journals of William and Jane Williams, Missionaries to Poverty Bay


PORTER, FRANCES (Ed)

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

$10.00
xxkmb53777

King Charles II


FRASER, ANTONIA

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

$12.00
xxkmb53801

Capote


CLARKE, GERALD

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

$24.50
2f42/27

Surveying the Canadian Pacific: Memoir of a Railroad Pioneer


with a foreword by William Kittredge

RYLATT, R.M.

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

$24.50
2f44/39

Behind the Screen


GOLDWYN, SAMUEL

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

$30.00
2f44/38

Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar


translated by Antonina W. Bouis

RADZINSKY, EDVARD

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

$14.00
xxkme53991

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

ARENDZEN, JOHN (Ed)

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

$22.50
2f45/32

John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics


PARKER, RICHARD

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

$26.50
2f45/34

The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Public Years, 1914-1970


GRIFFIN, NICHOLAS (ed)

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

$26.50
2f45/35

The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell: The Private Years, 1884-1914


GRIFFIN, NICHOLAS (ed)

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

$19.50
xxkme54055

Albert Camus - Elements of a Life


ZARETSKY, ROBERT

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

$30.00
2f45/31

Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan


GRAY, MICHAEL

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

$10.00
xxkme54031

Paine


PHILP, MARK

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

$9.00
xxknc54266

New Zealand Writers and their Work: John Mulgan


DAY, PAUL

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

$15.00
xxknc54276

The Triumph of Tchaikovsky: A Biography


GEE, JOHN & SELBY, ELLIOTT

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

$15.00
xxknc54278

Selected Letters


AUSTEN, JANE & JONES, VIVIEN (Ed)

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

$17.50
xxknd54291

Kafka: A Biography


HAYMAN, RONALD

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

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