Books - "biography"
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Leonardo da Vinci; An account of his development as an artist
ex-library, 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: Penguin Books 1967
KEYWORDS: arts biography leonaro da vinci art history kenneth clark specials
Master of Middle-earth; The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien
ex-library, 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: Thames and Hudson 1973
KEYWORDS: paul h. kocher j.r.r. tolkien middle-earth literature literary criticism biography lord of the rings specials
Bernard Shaw's Letters to Granville Barker
first edition, 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: Phoenix House 1956
KEYWORDS: c.b. purdom george bernard shaw granville barker letters history literature biography specials
My Warrior Sons: The Borton Family Diary, 1914-1918
Octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 228pp, illus, VG+ (fading & light bruising to spine extrems, small ding to rear board lower edge, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (rubbing to edges, price clipped, browning to interior)
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1973
KEYWORDS: Guy Slater World War I One First world War Borton family diaries correspondence Arthur Close Borton biography social history
Lucy Stone: One of America's First and Greatest Feminists
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.
PUBLISHER: Tower Books 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Elinor Rice Hays Lucy Stone biography feminism women's rights
The Big Year; A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
softcover super 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: Doubleday 2004
KEYWORDS: bird-watching ornithology natural history the big year journalism biography mark obmascik specials
Hell and High Water
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.
PUBLISHER: Macdonald Futura 1980
KEYWORDS: thomas thompson literature true story adventure biography survival specials
The Reckoning; The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
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: Picador 1993
KEYWORDS: literature historical fiction biography christopher marlowe charles nicholl specials
Madame De Pompadour
hardback with d/w, fading at spine (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: Reprint Society 1955
KEYWORDS: specials nancy mitford literature biography history
The Letters of William Cowper
hardback, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons 1926
KEYWORDS: specials william cowper william hadley letters correspondence history literature biography
Dustoff For Willie Peters: A New Zealand Hunter's Journey through Vietnam
Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, 332pp, VG (light soiling to covers and page edges)
PUBLISHER: River Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Graeme Sturgeon New Zealand Willie Peters biography mountains hunting high country sheep stations Vietnam war soldiers
Tang of the Bush
The Story of Robert McLatchie 1875-1963 as told to his daughter Kathleen Keene
Signed by author on half-title page, octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering, frontispiece, 150pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, owner's name & date to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (browning to spine, damp-staining to rear, spine & flap fold, bruising & nicks to spine extrems, tanning & staining to interior)
PUBLISHER: Copy Services Ltd 1967 Second Edition
KEYWORDS: Kathleen Keene Robert McLatchie New Zealand biography South Island Owaka Catlins bush pioneer
Testament of a Generation; The Journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby
ex-library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Virago 1985
KEYWORDS: journalism biography history paul berry alan bishop vera brittain winifred holtby literature literary criticism feminism sexuality gender issues sociology specials
My Feudal Lord
with William and Marilyn Hoffer
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.
PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 1995
KEYWORDS: biography tehmina durrani william hoffer marilyn hoffer religion pakistan sociology history journalism feminism gender issues muslim society specials
Twentieth Century Children's Writers
Super octavo, maroon glossy buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 1507pp, G+ (front & rear hinges cracked & stained with tape residue but still intact, rubbing & bruising to board edges, owner's name in ink to fep, tanning & foxing to page edgdes) in plastic- covered d/w, VG (heavy fading, bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 1978
KEYWORDS: DL Kirkpatrick children's literature authors writers literary criticism biography reference
Boswell's Life of Johnson Volume One
this vol. only, 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.
PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1960
KEYWORDS: specials james boswell samuel johnson history biography literature
R.L.S.: A Life Study
hardback octavo with 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1980
KEYWORDS: specials robert louis stevenson jenni calder biography history literature
From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Story of Tom Heeney
First edition, 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: Hodder Moa 2008
KEYWORDS: first edition Lydia Monin Tom Heeney New Zealand biography boxing sport
Botham
foreword by Trevor Bailey
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Methuen 1986
KEYWORDS: don mosey ian botham biography cricket sport england specials
Cecil Aldin: The Story of a Sporting Artist
First edition, imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG+ (v light foxing, rubbing to rear board fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: Webb & Bower 1981
KEYWORDS: Ron Heron Cecil Aldin biography sports animals art sketches paintings drawings hunting cartoons