Books - "biography"
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Portrait in Mosaic of Anna Clifton Firth
first edition hardcover octavo w 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: Pegasus 1973
KEYWORDS: specials mona gordon ann clifton firth new zealand biography
A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton
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: Harper Perennial 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Kate Colquhoun Josepg Paxton biography
Uri: The Original and Authorised Biography of Uri Geller, the Man Who Baffles Scientists
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Futura Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Andrija Puharich Uri Geller biography psychic
A Case of Human Bondage
First edition, octavo, yellow boards, 153pp, VG+ (small ink scribble to fep, light foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (2cm closed tear to front upper edge, 2cm & 1cm closed tears to lower spine, 2cm & 1cm closed tears to rear upper edge, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1966
KEYWORDS: first edition Beverley Nichols Somerset Maughm biography
The Vengeance of Private Pooley
First edition, super octavo, dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 237pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy foxing to rear/flap fold, tannigng to edges & inside)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1956
KEYWORDS: first edition Cyril Jolly World War Two WW2 Royal Norfolk Regiment Calais Private Pooley biography military history
Portrait of a Marriage
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Nicolson Vita Sackville-West Harold Nicolson biography
Medieval People
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: Pelican / Penguin 1954
KEYWORDS: specials Eileen Power medieval history anthropology biography
Fitz: The Colonial Adventures of James Edward FitzGerald
Imperial 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: Otago University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: specials Jenifer Roberts James Edward FitzGerald New Zealand Christchurch Canterbury biography history
Mine Alone: The Unrelenting Struggle of an Immigrant Mining Engineer from Staffordshire for Recognition in Colonial New Zealand
Inscribed & signed by author, one-page holograph letter of author loosely enclosed, super octavo, black & red illus light card covers with white lettering, v + frontispiece map + 277pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Butterfly Creek Books 2007
KEYWORDS: Rosemary D Mercer New Zealand biography history Nelson mining engineer Joseph Taylor Puponga Coal Mine
Lewis Hailton: Champion of the World: The Biography
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: John Blake Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Worral Lewis Hamilton biography Grand Prix Formula One 1 motorsport car racing sport
His Way: The Unauthorised Biography of Frank Sinatra
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PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Kitty Kelley Frank Sinatra biography
Winging It!: The Adventures of Tim Wallis
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: Longacre Press 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Neville Peat Tim Wallis New Zealand aviation biography
An Excellent Recruit: Frederick Thatcher, Architect, Priest and Private Secretary in Early New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 297pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2007
KEYWORDS: Margaret Alington New Zealand biography Frederick Thatcher architect priest history
The Life of William Hazlitt
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1949
KEYWORDS: specials p p howe william hazlitt biography
Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis, 1677-1683
Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 388pp + 2pp book ads, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Jonathan Scott Algernon Sidney biography political history Charles II
The Lost Footsteps
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PUBLISHER: Pan 1963
KEYWORDS: specials silviu craciunas thriller mystery non-fiction auto biography
The Lost Footsteps
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PUBLISHER: Pan 1963
KEYWORDS: specials silviu craciunas thriller mystery non-iction auto biography
The Last Plantagenet: A Study of Richard the Third, King of England, Franc and Ireland
First edition, 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: William Heinemann 1968
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Tyler Whittle King Richard III the Third biography
Speke
Uncorrected proof copy first edition, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1971
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Alexander Maitland biography travel exploration expedition Speke Richard Burton
J.J.'s Dunedin
Episodes in the Making of James John Marlow
octavo, beige light card covers with black lettering to front cover, 122pp, VG (some soiling & tanning to covers, owner's name & date in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Tablet Publishing 1951
KEYWORDS: DG Conly James John Marlow New Zealand Dunedin biography