Books - "biography"
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Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters
ex library 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: M.H. Gill and Son Ltd. 1959
KEYWORDS: specials nano nagle religion tj walsh biography
Mabel Digby
first edition, ex library hardback 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: Longmans, Green and Co. 1956
KEYWORDS: specials rmk richardson mabel digby biography religion
The Man on the Twenty-Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Copy of NZ Aviation Author Ian Mackersey and biographer of Charles Kingsford-Smith, ASSOCIATION COPY, octavo hardcover (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: AH & AW Reed 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Ward McNally Charles Kingsford-Smith biography aviation history aviator Australian
Monty: The Field-Marshal 1944-1976
First edition, 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: hamish Hamilton 1986
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Nigel Hamilton Field Marshal Montgomery Monty biography military history WW2 Arnhem Ardennes
Bernard Shaw
Volume I: 1856-1898: The Search for Love
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: Penguin Books 1990
KEYWORDS: specials michael holroyd biography bernard shaw literary criticism
The Unauthorized Biography
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: Avon 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Barbara Siegel Scott Siegel Jack Nicholoson biography moviestar hollywood
Andrew of Galilee: Apostle of Christ
Ex library, 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: Longmans, Green & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: specials first editoin IG Capaldi Andrew of Galilee biography religion gospels biblical events
Sean Connery
softcover 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: Cassell 1993
KEYWORDS: specials John Parker biography Sean Connery james bond 007
Every Kitchen Tells a Story
oblong 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: Harper Collins 2000
KEYWORDS: specials clare de lore julia brooke-white cooking history women kitchen food biography interviews new zealand
David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-revolution
ex library hardback octavo 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press 1965
KEYWORDS: specials david hume politics philosophy laurence bongie biography history
Wrestling with the Angel - A Life of Janet Frame
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Viking 2000
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand michael king history biography literature janet frame
From Venus to Antarctica: The Life of Dumont d'Urville
Super octavo, blue-ish boards with gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: John Dunmore Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville biography history explorer exploration navigator
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen with Numerous Authentic Portraits
Volume 1 ABE-HUM, Volume 2 HUM-YOU plus Supplement
Complete in two volumes including supplement, small quarto, half bound, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to black leather spine, gilt-decorated raised bands to spine & decorative red leather title label between two raised bands, marbled page edges, frontispiece, vi + 689pp in two vols, illus, VG (scuffing to boards & spines, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2pages of prelims torn out in volume 2, heavy foxing to eps, light foxing elsewhere, some light insect damage to fep upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1875
KEYWORDS: Robert Chambers Thomas Thomson Scotland Scottish history biography Scotsmen reference
Works of Frances Hodgkins in New Zealand
Inscribed by Colin McCahon (C=Colin, A=Anne), first edition, super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, upper page edges stained red, xvi + 278pp + 32pp black& white photos, VG+ (slight fading to spine, v slight rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Auckland City Art Gallery 1954
KEYWORDS: first editoin EH McCormick Frances Hodgkins New Zealand art painting biography
Gisborne Exposed: The Photographs of William Crawford 1874-1913
Oblong quarto, light greay faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus,VG+ (prev owner's name in pen to fep), in d/w, VG (slight tanning fading & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Te Rau Press Ltd / Gisborne Museum 1990
KEYWORDS: Sheila Robinson John Berry William Crawford New Zealand Gisborne photography photographer biography pictorial photographic history art
The Annals of the Addington Family
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 191pp, illus + large folding genealogical tree, VG+ (v. v. slight fading to spine & board edges, v light foxing to page edges) in d/w (VG+, light foxing & light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Published privately by Warren & Son 1959
KEYWORDS: EMG Belfield Dorothy Warren Addington Family Viscount of Sidmouth Northamptonshire Oxfordshire biography history
The Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland
Three Volumes: Vol 1 ABE-CUR, Vol 2 DAL-MAC, Vol 3 MAC-ZET
Three-volume set, small quarto, half-bound, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & five gilt-decorated raised bands to blue leather spine, mounted brown leather gilt-titled panel to upper spine, marbled page edges, xiii + 752pp, ii + 752pp, frontispiece + iii + 736pp (vols 1 to 3 respectively), illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & chaffing to spines with some loss of colour, vol 1 brown leather title panel missing & that of vol 2 half-detached, some soiling to boards, moderate foxing but heavier to eps, creasing to eps)
PUBLISHER: A Fullarton & Co 1863
KEYWORDS: William Anderson Scotland Scottish history biography families surnames literature
The Many Lives of Elton John
Super 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: Carol Publishing Group 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Susan Crimp Patricia Burstein Elton John biography music
A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
Super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, ilus eps, frontispiece, 559pp, illus, near fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: John C Bealehole Tim Beaglehole New Zealand biography writer critic historian James Cook
Women of the Waimakariri
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: The Waimakariri District Women's Suffrage Centennial Committee 1993
KEYWORDS: specials P J Wood New Zealand history biography Waikmakariri women