Books - "biography"
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Captain Fraser's Voyages
1865-1892
First edition Hardcover super octavo (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: Stanford Maritime Limited 1979
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Marjory Gee biography voyages memoir Captain Fraser nautical Victorian seafarer
At War with the Smugglers
Career of Dr. Arnold's Father
Ex-library First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1936
KEYWORDS: ex-library first edition specials D Arnold-Forster biography English history Customs officers
Dating Paul's Life
Ex-library 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: SCM Press 1979
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Robert Jewett biography St Paul history religion religious literature
Peter Milne (1834-1924) Missionary to Nguna, New Hebrides, 1870 to 1924 from the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
First edition, small octavo, brown light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 297pp, illus, G (very tired copy, just hanging together with prev. owner's tape repairs, loss to spine, scuffing and creasing - a reading copy)
PUBLISHER: Foreign Missions Committee 1927
KEYWORDS: first edition Don Alexander Peter Milne biography New Zealand New Hebrides Nguna missionary
The Masons of Lane Delph and the origin of Masons Patent Ironstone China
Imperial octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvii + 104pp, illus VG+ (b&w illus glued to fep)
PUBLISHER: Geo. L Ashworth / Percy Lund Humphries & Co 1952
KEYWORDS: Reginald G Haggar Masons Lane Delph Ironstone China ceramics pottery bone china biography history
Daddyji - Mamaji
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Picador 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Ved Mehta biography memoir India
The Van Gogh File
The Myth and the Man
Softcover super octavo (NF) ; 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: Souvenir Press Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Ken Wilkie art art history Van Gogh biography investigative history
Juan the Chamula
An Ethnological Re-creation of the Life of a Mexican Indian
Paperback (VG) ownership signature of NZ historian Judith Binney ; 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: University of California Press 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Pozas istory anthropology Mexico Mexican Indian biography
Prosper Merimee
Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Eure & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd 1970
KEYWORDS: specials A W Raitt biography Propser Merimee France Romantic Era
John Aubrey: A Life
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1991
KEYWORDS: specials ex library David Tylden-Wright John Aubrey biography
From Hunting Field to Cloister
Ex library, 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: Clonmore & Reynolds 1946
KEYWORDS: specials MM Xavier Gwynn ex library religious life Ryan sisters Ireland nuns Holy Child Order biography
The Blackets
An Era of Australian Architecture
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: Angus & Robertson Publishers 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Morton Herman Australia architecture design history biography
What Next?
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: The Saint Andrew Press 1980
KEYWORDS: specials George A F Knight biography theologist theology missionary
Malvina
A Biography of Dame Malvina Major
First edition hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) ; 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: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited 1995
KEYWORDS: first edition specials David Jillett New Zealand biography Dame Malvina Major music singing
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Softover staple bound oblong 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: Gordon Parry 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Parry New Zealand journalism collected articles reference nonfiction biography
Station Amusements in New Zealand
Facsimile edition 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: Wilson & Horton Ltd, undated
KEYWORDS: specials Lady Barker New Zealand history station life settlers biography
Ruthless
Softcover imperial 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: Howling at the Moon Productions Ltd 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Susan Rogers-Allan New Zealand biography modelling beauty industry Miss Universe New Zealand Lorraine Downes fashion
Vic Watson's Way
The story of Vic Watson
Inscribed and signed 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: Polygraphia Ltd 2010
KEYWORDS: inscribed signed specials Don Watson New Zealand biography Vic Watson business commerce entrepreneur
W. Holman Bentley: The Life and Labours of a Congo Pioneer
With a Photogravure Portrait, Map, and Sixteen Other Illustrations
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 445pp + 15pp adverts, VG (slight fading to spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & edges, some tanning to prelims, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1907
KEYWORDS: first edition HM Bentley W Holman Bentley biography missionary Congo religion
Barack Obama: The Movement for Change
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: Arcadia Books 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Painter Barack Obama biography USA American president politics