Books - "biography"
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The Last Place on Earth: The Complete Story of the Dramatic Race for the Pole
Originally Published under the title Scott and Amundsen
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 665pp, illus, VG (heavy staining to front page edges, v slight bruising to spine extrems, small stain spot to rear eps) in d/w, VG (damp-staining to lower edges, esp internally, bruising & creasing to edges, particularly upper front edge, sellotape repair to front upper corner/flap fold, several pin-prick holes to rear)
PUBLISHER: Book Club / Hodder & Stoughton 1985
KEYWORDS: Roland Huntford Robert Falcon Scott Roald Amundsen biography South Pole history
Modern Harpsichord Makers: Portraits of Nineteen British Craftsmen & Their Work
Imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 280pp, illus, VG+ (lacks title page, v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to prelims, in VG d/w (creasing to lower front edge, foxing inside and out, tanning to upper edges, 2cm closed tears to rear upper corner & rear/flap fold, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Gollancz (year unknown as lacks title page)
KEYWORDS: John Paul music musical keyboard instruments harsichords Britain British craftsmen biography Arnold Dolmetsch Malcolm Rose Robert Goble David Law John Rawson Mark Stevenson etc
Te Puea Herangi: From Darkness to Light
Ex Library, Super octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, illus pastedowns, 72pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: School Publications Dept of Education 1984
KEYWORDS: Michael King Te Puea New Zealand biography Maori history children's education
Botham: A Biography
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: JM Dent & Sons 1988
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Patrick Murphy Ian Botham biography cricketer
Graham Gooch - The Biography
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: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1992
KEYWORDS: specials graham gooch ivo tennant biography cricket sports
Clive Lloyd: The Authorised Biography
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Granada Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Trevor McDonald Clive Lloyd biography
High, Wide and Handsome: Ian Botham
The Story of a Very Special Year
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: William Collins & Sons 1986
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Frank Keating Ian Botham biography memoir 1985
Botham: Photographs and Captions by Patrick Eagar
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Kingswood Press 1985
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Ian Botham Patrick Eager John Arlott Graeme Wright biography pictorial photographic history
Klondyke Bill
First edition, octavo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 215pp + 9pp adverts, illus, VG (v slight tanning to spine & eps, light foxing to page edges, bruising damage to lower fore-edges of pages189-192), in d/w, VG, (fading & tanning to spine, soiling, 2cm closed tear to upper spine, bruising to edges & spine extrems, browning to interior)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1955
KEYWORDS: first edition Helge Ingstad Klondyke Bill biography Canada trapper Tundra bear fox reindeer mink
P.G. Wodehouse; An Illustrated Biography
with complete bibliography and collector's guide
first edition, imperial octavo, brick red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and fading to boards, v light soiling to page edges) in VG d/w (light wear, light soiling, closed tear to front lower edge)
PUBLISHER: Orbis Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: joseph connolly p.g. wodehouse biography literature literary criticism humour comedy
Botham
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: Sphere 1987
KEYWORDS: specials don mosey ian botham biography cricket sports
Brian Johnston; The Authorised Biography
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: Chivers Press 1995
KEYWORDS: biography brian johnston tim heald specials cricket sport
Wittgenstein: A Life - Young Ludwig 1889-1921
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 1990
KEYWORDS: specials ludwig wittgenstein biography philosophy brian mcguinness
Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life & Work
First edition, super octavo, illus green light card covers, frontispiece, 504pp, illus, nr fine (slight creasing to spine, prev. owner's details to front)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: first edition WJ Jock McEldowney Geoffrey Alley New Zealand biography National Library Otago University Library Rewi Alley Geoffrey Alley
Sixty Years a Queen; The Story of Her Majesty's Reign
illustrated chiefly from the royal collections with special permission
undated, quarto, black buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, xii + 240pp, illus, VG (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to eps and page edges, slightly cocked)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswode
KEYWORDS: biography queen victoria her majesty british monarchy history britain england english sir herbert maxwell
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 584pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Philip Temple New Zealand history biography Wakefield family
Wodehouse at Work to the End
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 1978
KEYWORDS: p.g. wodehouse richard usborne biography literature literary criticism specials
Byron and Where He is Buried
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hucknall Parish Church 1998
KEYWORDS: lord byron thomas gerrard barber history literature literary criticism biography specials
Fathers
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: Plume 1994
KEYWORDS: specials anthology biography fathers relationships family literature jon winokur writers
Michelangelo Sculpture: The Life and Work of the Artist Illustrated with 80 colour plates
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: Thames & Hudson 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Alessandro Parronchi Michelangelo art sculpture biography