Books - "biography"
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Flying Dutchmen
Narrative of an Expedition of Discovery from Australia to the Netherlands with the Flying Dutchmen.
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: Angus & Robertson Ltd 1953
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Frank Clune travel adventure sailing Australia to the Netherlands history biography memoir
Becoming Shakespeare: How a dead poet became the world's foremost literary genius
Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 306pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Constable 2008
KEYWORDS: Jack Lynch William Shakespeare biography history Stratford literary criticism literature drama theatre bard
Nanette Cameron: Interior Design Legend
Objectspace Masters of Craft Exhibition
Super octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 127pp, illus, fine, in royal blue d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Objectspace 2013
KEYWORDS: Nanette Cameron interior design craft applied art design biography New Zealand
Martin Donnelly
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 Sports 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Rod Nye Martin Donnelly New Zealand sport cricket biography
Doctor Agnes Bennett
Foreword by JC Beaglehole
Octavo hardcover (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: Michael Joseph / Whitcombe & Tombs1960
KEYWORDS: specials Cecil Celia Manson Doctor Agnes Bennett New Zealand biography
The Climate of Treason: Five who Spied for Russia
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Boyle espionage Russia Soviet Union Philby Maclean Burgess Cambridge KGB MI5 history biography
Hitler's Interpreter
First edition, super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, foxing to eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges) remainder of d/w (front flap only) loosely enclosed
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1951
KEYWORDS: first edition Dr Paul Schmidt RHC Steed biography interpreter Ribbentrop Hiter Mussoini Molot Matsuoka Goering Nazis
War Correspondent: The Story of Quentin Reynolds
Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front board, x + 214pp, illus eps, frontispiece, 214pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, foxing to eps & to page upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Julian Messner 1944
KEYWORDS: FE Rechnitzer Quentin Reynolds biography war foreign correspondent journalist World War Two WWII
Lasseter's Last Ride
An Epic in Central Australian Gold Discovery
Hardcover super octavo (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: Angus & Robertson Ltd 1952
KEYWORDS: specials Ion L Idriess biography Lasseter Austraia history Gold Rush
A Lover of Unreason
the Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill; Ted Hughes' Doomed Love
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: Robson Books 2006
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Yehuda Koren Eilat Negev biography Assia Wevill
Pope Leo XIII
Ex-library Hardcover 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: Bliss, Sands, & Foster 1896
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Justin McCarthy religion religious literature biography Pope Leo XIII
Francis Tregian
Cornish Recusant
Ex-library 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: Sheed and Ward Ltd 1955
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials P A Boyan G R Lamb biography religion religious literature
James Cook
Maritime Scientist
Ex-library 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Caedmon of Whitby Press 1976
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Tom Stamp Coredlia Stamp biography history James Cook
James Joyce
Softcover staple bound 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: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd. 1960
KEYWORDS: specials J I M Stewart biography literary analysis literature
The Life of St. Louis
Ex-library 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: Sheed and Ward Ltd 1955
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials John of Joinville religion religious history biography warfare in the Holy Land
Saint Pius X
Ex-library hardcover 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: Browne & Nolan Ltd 1956
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials P L Occelli religion religious literature biography
Richard Meinertzhagen
Soldier, Scientist & Spy
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: Mandarin Paperbacks 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Mark Cocker biography history espionage
Mountjoy 1563 - 1606: The Last Elizabethan Deputy
Ex library, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG (usu library markings)
PUBLISHER: Clonmore & Reynolds/ Burns Oates & Washbourne 1958
KEYWORDS: Frederick M Jones Lord Mountjoy Lord Deputy biography history Essex Cecil Hugh O'Neill Christopher Blount Charles Blount religion religious history
The Page of James the Fifth of Scotland
Ex library, first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, 258pp, VG (usu library markings, plastic-covered boards, browning to eps, foxing to page edges, occasional foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: R & T Washbourne 1900
KEYWORDS: James V Fifth Scotland Scottish history regency biography
Plutarch: Alexander: A Commentary
super octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, lxix + 231pp, VG+ (small stain spot to rear board, v.slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (tanning to spine, soiling spots to front & rear, sellotape stains to inside, foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: JR Hamilson Plutarch Alexander Macedonia biography history classics