Books - "biography"
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False Dawn: The Story of Dan Judson, Pioneer
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: Books of Rhodesia Publishin Co. Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Hylda M Richards Dan Judson Rhodesia biography history
Colette: A Taste for Life
Quarto 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Yvonne Mitchell Colette French writer literary criticism biography
Living for Design: The Yves Saint Laurent 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Axel Madsen Yves Saint Laurent biography fashion
Boswell's London Journal 1762-63
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society
KEYWORDS: specials James Boswell Frederick Pottle literary criticism letters diaries literature London history biography
Nelson & Emma
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Roger Hudson Emma Hamilton Horatio Nelson biography
Jerry Collins' Road to the World Cup
Signed by Jerry Collins, quarto 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: Hodder Moa2007
KEYWORDS: specials Tim Castle Jerry Collins biography All Blacks sport rugby
Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller
Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, grey eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, nr fine (v slight soiling to boards and upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Art, Washington 1997
KEYWORDS: Jan Steen H Perry Chapman Wouter Th Kloek Arthur K Wheelock art painting history biography
The Right Honourable Sir Francis H. D. Bell, His Life and Times
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: Butterworth & Co. Ltd 1937
KEYWORDS: specials William Downie Stewart Sir Francis HD Bell biography
England's Constable: The Life and Letters of John Constable
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Joseph Darracott John Constable biography memoirs letters correspondence
From the Toss of a Coin: The Story of Alpheus Hayes & Normanvale South Canterbury
Signed by author, octavo hardcover (VG, slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w (VG, light fading & rubbing); 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: Pegasus Press 1978
KEYWORDS: M Anna Hayes Alpheus Hayes Normanvale South Canterbury New Zealand biography history signed
Bid Time Return
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: J. H. De Bussy 1954
KEYWORDS: specials Basil Fuller Rhodesia memoirs biography history first edition
A Century of Art in Otago: Being a Survey of the Work of Otago's Painters, Writers and Musicians
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-, loss to spine); 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: Harry H. Tombs (nd)
KEYWORDS: specials HH Harry H Tombs New Zealand Otago art painting writing literature music biography biographies history
Schliemann of Troy: Treasure and Deceit
Super 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1995
KEYWORDS: specials david traill heinrich schliemann biography archaeology
The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince from contemporary letters, diaries and chronicles, including Chandos Herald's Life of the Black Prince
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Folio Society the Black Prince Edward of Woodstock biography
Outcats: Jazz Composers, Instrumentalists, and Singers
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: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Francis Davis jazz music composers instrumentaists singers artists biography biographies essays
Jerome Kern
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: Robson Books 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Freedland Jerome Kern biography musician songwriter composer
Tommy Brayshaw: The Ardent Angler-Artist
Numbered limited edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus turquoise eps, 94pp + 16pp colour plates, illus, VG+ (owner's name to f.e.p., v light foxing to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of British Columbia Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Tommy Brayshaw Stanley E Read fishing angling fish art painting biography
The Tetley Affair, or Colonial Dreams & Nightmares
Signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, 143pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to sine & front cover)
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Helen J Loftus New Zealand Joseph Dresser Tetley William Webster Hawkins William Maxwell Hammick Chaytor brothers family biography history memoirs
The Spirit of Mountaineering Volume I: The Jack Adamson Story
Oblong 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Spirit Ltd 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Mary Hobbs Jack Adamson mountaineering New Zealand biography photography history
Queen Victoria
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: Folio Society specials elizabeth longford queen victoria history biography