Books - "biography"
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The Man Who Was M: The Life of Maxwell Knight
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus; 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: Basil Blackwell 1984
KEYWORDS: specials first edition anthony masters maxwell knight MI5 agent ww2 second world war great britain biography
At the Margin of Empire: John Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900
Octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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: Auckland University 2015
KEYWORDS: specials jennifer ashton new zealand history john webster maori politics culture biography
Charles Fleming's Cape Expedition Diary, Auckland Islands 1942-43
Inscribed & signed by editor, first edition, super octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (tiny stain to front cover)
PUBLISHER: McEwen Assoc 2006
KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Alexander Fleming Mary McEwen New Zealand biography Auckland Islands geology ornithology entomology science natural history
Cricketing Colonists: The Brittan Brothers in Early Canterbury
Octavo, illus light card covers, 328pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, slight bruising to cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Rice Frances Ryman New Zealand Canterbury William Guise Brittan Joseph Brittan local history biography
Nikos Kazantzakis: A Biography Based on His Letters
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: Creative Arts 1983
KEYWORDS: specials helen kazantzakis nikos kazantzakis biography greek literature religion christianity
Michael Smither: Painter
Folio, grey boards with blind lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing and bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners name in ink to prelim) in d/w, VG+ (sl sunning to spine, light creasing and scuffing to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Ron Sang Publications 2004
KEYWORDS: Michael Smither Trish Gribben biography art artist painting painter New Zealand
Writers in Residence: A Journey with Pioneer New Zealand Writers
Super octavo softcover (near 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press2004
KEYWORDS: specials Jenny Robin Jones New Zealand authors writers biography history
The Presidents' First Ladies
Octavo, black cloth boards with red & gilt lettering to spine, red eps, 288pp, illus, nr fine (slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling,, light bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts 1989
KEYWORDS: Rae Lindsay America American presidents first lady ladies biography biographies politics history
Claes Oldenburg
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 222pp, illus, VG (some fading & light creasing to covers, bruising to cover corner esp to rear, owner's name in ink to half-title, light browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Museum of Modern Art 1970
KEYWORDS: Barbara Rose Claes Odenburg modern art sculpture painting criticism biography
Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Free Press 2006
KEYWORDS: specials john allen desmond tutu biography south africa civil rights religion spirtuality
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Gibbs Smith 1998
KEYWORDS: specials michael paton ayn rand photography biography hollywood
Images and Memories: A Pictorial Record of the Life and Work of W.B. Yeats
Ex library, quarto hardcover (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Beirut 1970
KEYWORDS: specials ex library s b bushrui j m munro wb yeats pictorial biography poetry
The British Idealists
(Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Series)
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: specials David Boucher British politics idealism political philosophy essaysb biography biographies history
Tennyson: His Art and Relation to Modern Life (Vol. 1)
This volume only, duodecimo leather cover (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pitman & Sons 1905
KEYWORDS: specials Stopford A Brooke Alfred Lord Tennyson literary criticism poetry biography
Ronald Hugh Morrieson: A 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Julia Millen Ronald Hugh Morrieson New Zealand biography
Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Nathaniel Branden Ayn Rand biography memoir literary criticism
The Life of Mary Kingsley
Ex library, super 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1933
KEYWORDS: Stephen Gwynn specials Mary Kingsley biography West Africa
Behind the Lines: The Lives of New Zealand Soldiers in the First World War
Octavo softcover (VG-. small stain to corner of text block); 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Nicholas Boyack New Zealand first world war one ww1 wwI military history biography letters diaries journals memoirs
The Lipton Story: A Centennial Biography
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1951
KEYWORDS: specials Alec Waugh Thomas Lipton biography
Forza Amon!: A Biography of Chris Amon
First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) gift inscrition in ink to title page; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Eoin Young Chris Amon New Zealand car motor racing motorsport biography first edition