Books - "biography"
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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
First Flight
The Untold Story of the Wright Brothers
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 cost
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: specials John Evangelist Walsh aviation history biography Wright brothers aircraft flying planes
Across the Great Divide
Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail
First UK edition hardcover imperial octavo (NF) 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: Sutton Publishing Limited 2004
KEYWORDS: first UK edition specials Laton McCartney American history pioneers Oregon Trail settlers biography Robert Stuart
Patrick Y. Alexander 1867 - 1943
Patron and Pioneer of Aeronautics
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: Cross Manufacturing Co. Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Cullingham biography Patrick Young Alexander aviation aeronautics aeronautical engineering ballooning meteorology
Edge of Midnight: the Life of John Schlesinger
The Authorised Biography
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: Arrow 2005
KEYWORDS: specials William J Mann biography John Schlesinger Hollywood history cinema film
Joseph Thomson: African Explorer
A Biography by his Brother
Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; folding maps ; 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: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: specials J B Thomson biography travel adventure Africa explorer history
Sir George Cayley
The Inventor of the Aeroplane
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Max Parrish and Co. Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition specials J Laurence Pritchard biography Sir George Cayley aviation history inventor aeoplane aircraft
The Courage of the Early Morning
paperback, loosely enclosed notes of NZ aviation author Ian MacKersey (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: McClelland & Stewart 1967
KEYWORDS: specials william arthur bishop canada history biography billy bishop aviation pilots flight
House of Stone - The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe
paperback 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: Harper Press 2006
KEYWORDS: specials christina lamb biography rhodesia civil war history travel nigel hough briatin afria
Conversations with Isaiah Berlin
Recollections of an Historian of Ideas
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: Orion Books Limited 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Ramin Jahanbegloo philosophy biography politics Isaiah Berlin
Judge Ward
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Geoff Adams 2011
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand colonialism history geoff adams dudley ward anne thorpe talbot women biography suffrage literature
'Helicopter' Pioneering with Igor Sikorsky based on a Personal Account by William E Hunt
Association copy with warm signed & dated inscription by author to NZ Aviation Author Ian Mackersey, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 229pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (small stain to rear)
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: William E Hunt Igor Sikorsky helicopters aviation aeronautical history biography air transport engineering design
Smithy: The Kingsford-Smith Story
Ex library, lacks fep, association copy, ownership signature of Ian Mackersey, aviation biography of Kingsford-Smith, & his pencil notations to index & throughout & lengthy pencil note to rear ep. Octavo, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 190pp, illus, VG- (sellotape residue stains to boards & eps, lacks fep, light tanning to eps, some foxing & tanning) in d/w, (price clipped, some tanning, moderate tape residue stains to edges)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1966
KEYWORDS: Ward McNally Charles Kingsford-Smith biography aviation aeronautics history flying pilot
Brabham: The Grand Prix Cars
Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 283pp, illus, VG+, in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Hazleton Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: Alan Henry Jack Brabham Ron Tauranac biography grand prix motor racing cars sport Bernie Ecclestone engineering race driver Formula One I
Richard Pearse: Pioneer Aviator
Oblong 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: Museum of Transport & Richard Pearse Memorial Commmittee 1983
KEYWORDS: specials aviation aeronautical history aircraft industry aviators pilots Richard Pearse biography C Geoffrey Rodliffe New Zealand
Wright and Wright Printers: The Other Career of Wilbur and Orville
Quarto light card stapled wrapper (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: Charlotte & August Brunsman 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Charlotte K August E Brunsman Orville Wilbur Wright biography printers
The First Fifteen Years; 1981-1996 A Fifteenth Anniversary History of Aviation Trail
A Continuation of the Story begun in The First Ten Years: 1981-1991
Quarto light card stapled wrapper (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: Aviation Trail 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Mary Ann Johnson Orville Wilbur Wright biography aviation history
Beloved African
softcover super octavo (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Gary Allen 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Jill Baker biography John Hammond Nancy Hammond history education educators pedagogy zimbabwe africa
Venturer Courageous: Group Captain Leonard Trent
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson of NZ 1983
KEYWORDS: specials James Sanders first edition biography Leonard Trent new zealand world war II military
He Died Old: Mithradates Eupator King of Pontus
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1958
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Alfred Duggan Mithradates Eupator biography King of Pontus Roman Empire Pompey