Books - "biography"
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John Pascoe
First edition, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, red eps, 344pp, illus, VG+ (owner's signature in black ink to f.e.p., v v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v v slight bruising to edges, v v slight soiling to inside)
PUBLISHER: Craig Potten Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: first edition Chris Maclean John Pascoe New Zealand mountaineering photography biography history
Oswald Blumhardt: New Zealand Plant Pioneer
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: David Ling Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Catherine Ballard Oswald Blumhardt New Zealand plants Koromiko Nursery biography history horticulture
In Character
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 1984
KEYWORDS: specials John Mortimer biography biographies interviews
Edward Whymper
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 330pp, folding map, illus, VG (heavy fading to spine, v slight bruising to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, moderate foxing & tanning to eps, some foxing & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1940
KEYWORDS: first edition F S Smythe Edward Whymper mountaineering biography
Portrait of Mr. B: Photographs of George Balanchine with an Essay by Lincoln Jirstein
Imperial 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Ballet Society / Viking Press 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Lincoln Kirstein George Balanchine dance ballet photography biography
Khadafy
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: PaperJacks 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Harry Gregory Moammar Khadafy Libya Libyan politics biography
Disturbing the Peace
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: Faber & Faber 1990
KEYWORDS: specials vaclav havel autobiography biography memoir
Frank Sinatra, My Father
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: Coronet 1986
KEYWORDS: specials nancy frank sinatra music entertainment biography
The Nationbuilders
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: Auckland University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Easton New Zealand biography biographies politics economics history
Not the Marrying Kind: Single Women in Australia
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 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Robyn Penman Yvonne Stolk Australia Australian women socioloy biography memoirs
Annals of Industry and Genius
First edition (?), octavo, embossed cloth boards (probably purple) with blind stamped & gilt decorative rule to boards, frontispiece, 298pp, illus with tissue guards to each, VG- (heavy fading to boards, heavy fading & browning to spine, some soiling to boards, 4cm scruffy fraying to upper spine side, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, prizegiving label to front pastedown, some soiling & tanning to page edges, front & rear gutters cracking)
PUBLISHER: T Nelson & Sons 1863
KEYWORDS: first edition (?) CL Brightwell biography literature scientists musicians writers Cervantes Tycho Brahe Giovanni Battista Belzoni Benjamin Frankling
Margaret Mead
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 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Phyllis Grosskurth Margaret Mead biography
Leaning Towards Infinity: How My Mother's Apron Unfolds Into My Life
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: Vintage 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Sue Woolfe autobiography biography memoir
Rooms of Their Own
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: Penguin 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Jennifer Ellison Australian literature writers authors biography biographies memoirs
Charles Lamb and Elia
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 1948
KEYWORDS: specials J E Morpurgo Charles Lamb Elia literature biography memoirs letters correspondence literary criticism essays
Dr Johnson and Company
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 1948
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Lynd Dr Johnson biography
Here's to Aunts!
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: Angus & Robertson 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Marea Stenmark aunts aunties biography memoirs
The Ladies
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: Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Books 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Doris Grumbach Eleanor Butler Sarah Ponsonby biography
The Boy Who Fell Out Of The Sky
first edition uncorrected proof copy, 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: Sceptre 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Ken Dornstein memoir biography David Dornstein
The Russian Album
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: Vintage 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Ignatieff Russia Russian history biography