Books - "biography"
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Canzona Volume One Number Three: Douglas Lilburn
A Festschrift for Douglas Lilburn on his retirement from Victoria University
Large quarto, illus manila light card covers with black tape spine, frontispiece portrait to front pastedown, 112pp, illus, VG- (dampstaining to rear cover upper edge & carrying over to page fore-edges & upper edges, some rubbing to front cover upper edge, light creasing to page corners)
PUBLISHER: Composers' Association of New Zealand 1980
KEYWORDS: Douglas Lilburn Valerie Harris Philip Norman musician portrait tribute biography
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain in Eight Volumes
With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions
8-volume set, small octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines & blind-stamped decorative rule to boards & spine, frontispiece, with tissue guards, ix + 263pp / iv + 291pp / iv + 304pp / iv + 345pp / iv + 304pp / iv + 303pp / iv + 304pp / iv + 305pp (vols 1 to 8 respectively), illus, VG- (some bruising nicks & tears to spine extrems, light scuffing & moderate soiling to boards, some bruising to board corners, owner's name label to front pastedowns, some foxing, light tanning to page edges, occasional tissue guard loose, sporadic staining usu to lower page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Smith (circa 1880)
KEYWORDS: Edmund Lodge Great Britain British history biography biographies Wolsey Thomas Moore Catherine Parr etc
Spencer Tracey. . . A 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: W H Allen 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Larry Swindell Spencer Tracy biography film
Eppie: The Story of Ann Landers
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: Pinnacle 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Margo Howard Ann Landers biography
Conversations with Eric Clapton
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: Sphere Books 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Steve Turner Eric Clapton interviews biography rock music
The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.
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: Penguin 1975
KEYWORDS: specials William Thackeray Barry Lyndon biography memoir
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitutde
hardcover 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: Cornell University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Robert V Bruce Alexander Graham Bell biography inventor telephone history
The Married Life of Rachel Lady Russell
Lovely binding, first edition, small octavo, brown leather boards with gilt lettering to front board & dark brown decorative tooling to spine & boards, marbled eps with tooled leather edges, aeg, ii + 80pp + 17 blank pages, VG (some scuffing to boards, board edges & corners, 1cm scratch to rear board centre, owner's gilt name label to front pastedown, sporadic foxing)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Bosworth 1855
KEYWORDS: M Guizot Rachel Vaughan Lady Russell French biography history
Lawrence and the Arabs
First edition 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: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1927
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Graves biography Lawrence of Arabia history
A Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry 1909 - 1914
From the Canadian Jewish Times
Hardcover quarto (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Avotayni, Inc., 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence F Tapper Jewish Canadian history genealogy Jewry Canada biography dictionary
Arab Command
The Biography of Lieutenant-Colonel F.G. Peake Pasha
Hardcover imperial 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: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1946
KEYWORDS: specials Major C S Jarvis biography Lieutenant-Colonel Peake Pasha Lawrence of Arabia military history Middle East
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic
Naturalist and Friend
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: John Murray 1938
KEYWORDS: specials George Seaver biography Edwar Wilson Antarctic explorer exporation history
The Macmillans
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: William Heinemann Ltd 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Davenport-Hines history biography Macmillan family geneaology
The History of Mr. Polly
hardcover w d/w, tears in edges of 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: Collins 1953
KEYWORDS: specials hg wells biography alfred polly
Cricket's Great Entertainers
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: Hodder & Stoughton 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Henry Blofeld sport cricket entertainment humour biography
Geneen
The Biography of Harold Geneen, Who Made ITT into the Most Successful Conglomerate in History - His Development, Methods, Triumphs, and Scandals. The Real Story
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: W. W. Norton 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Robert J Schoenburg Harold S Geneen biography business ITT
The Road from Saddle Hill
Being the biography of a New Zealander, Thomas Cuddie Brash
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: Alan A. Brash 1982
KEYWORDS: specials F O Bennett New Zealand biography Thomas Cuddie Brash dairy farming fruit growing bee keeping history
Gladstone: A Biography
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: John Murray 1954
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Philip Magnus Gladstone biography history
Ruthorford Waddell M.A., D.D.: Memoir and Addresses
Minister of St Andrews Church, Dunedin 1879 - 1919
Octavo 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 cost
PUBLISHER: A. H. Reed 1932
KEYWORDS: specials Rutherford Waddell J Collie New Zealand biography autobiography memoir St Andrews Church Dunedin minister religion
People and Politics
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Collins 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Willy Brandt J Maxwell Brownjohn German politics biography autobiography