Books - "biography"
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Mick Mannock Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics
Studies in Military and Strategic History
First edition, octavo, grey boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, ii + 211pp, VG (v slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Palgrave 2001
KEYWORDS: first edition Adrian Smith Mick Mannock biography aviation history fighter pilot World War One WWI
New Zealand Writers and their Work: Ronald Hugh Morrieson
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: Oxford University press 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Simpson New Zealand literature Ronald Hugh Morrieson literary criticism biography
Against the Odds: The Life of Group Captain Lionel Rees VC
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: Bridge Books 1989
KEYWORDS: specials W Alister Williams Group Captain Lionel Rees biography pilot World War One WWI RAF Wales Welsh
Cross Country
Being extracts from the letters of JL, HG, and CT Travers and their family
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: Hothersall & Travers 1990
KEYWORDS: specials JL HG CT Travers aviation history pilots biography correspondence letters
Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men
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: Harper Collins 2009
KEYWORDS: specials peter fitzsimons charles kingsford smith biography australia aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history
Lindbergh Alone
Charles A. Lindbergh
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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977
KEYWORDS: specials brendan gill charles a lindbergh biography aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history
Sir Harry Smith
Bungling Hero
First edition 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: Tafelberg Publishers Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: first edition specials A L Harington biography Sir Harry Smith history
Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight
A Biography
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: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1972
KEYWORDS: specials C R Roseberry biography Glenn Curtiss aviation history pilot pioneer
Santos-Dumont
A Study in Obsession
Ex-library 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: Putnam & Company Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Peter Wykeham biography Alberto Santos-Dumont aviation history
Julius Vogel
Business politician
First edition hardcover super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ; 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: Auckland University Press and Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Raewyn Dalziel New Zealand politics history biography Julius Vogel
Robert Mugabe
A Life of Power and Violence
First edition softcover imperial octavo (VG+) ; 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: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Stephan Chan biography Robert Mugabe politics Zimbabwe
Saltwater in Her Hair - Stories of women in the New Zealand maritime industry
Oblong 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: VIP Pubs. Ltd., 2001
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history maritime women industry dee pigneguy stories biography
The Man from Steamtown - The Story of F. Nelson Blount
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: Moody Press 1967
KEYWORDS: specials nelson bount james adair new zealand hsitory biography railways trains travel business
Smithy - The Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
hard back with plastic-wrapped 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: Oxford Unversity Press 1951
KEYWORDS: specials aviation charles kingsford smith history biography john stannage flight
George Allan Hancock: A Pictorial Account of One Man's Score in Fourscore Years
Un-numbered limited edition, quarto hardcover (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: George Allan Hancock 1964
KEYWORDS: specials George Allan Hancock biography
Abelard & Heloise: The Story of His Misfortunes and The Personal Letters
Wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn
Folio society super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Abelard Eloise Betty Radice biography letters correspondence
The Journal of the Victoria Cross Society
16th Edition March 2010
Quarto 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 Victoria Cross Society 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Best Victoria Cross Society military history biography war magazine
Remember You are an Englishman: A Biography of Sir Harry Smith 1787-1860
First edition, 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: Jonathan Cape 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Joseph H Lehmann Sir Harry Smith biography first edition
As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice President of Botswana
Super octavo softcover (nr 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Hammond travel adventure BBC Top Gear memoir biography
The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright
First edition, octavo hardcover (fine) in d/w (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2005
KEYWORDS: first edition Noah Adams Orville Wright Wilbur Wright biography Kitty Hawk aviation history specials