Books - "biography"
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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
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
Frank Buchman by His Friends: Eighty
Imperial 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: Blandford Press 1958
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Buchman biography articles tributes speeches
The Dow Story: The History of the Dow Cheical Company
Imperial 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: McGraw Hill BOok Co1968
KEYWORDS: specials Don Whitehead Dow Chemical Company business history Herbert Henry Dow biography chemistry science
Currency Lads & Lasses: Behind the Faces on Australian Banknotes
Large quarto softcover (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: Lothian Books 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Geoff Hocking Australian banknotes portraits history biography Sir Joseph Banks to Sir Ian Clunies Ross Nellie Melba Banjo Paterson Henry Lawson
Mapplethorpe: A Biography
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: Macmillan 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Patricia Morrisroe Robert Mapplethorpe biography art photography photographer
Francis of Assisi
softcover 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Adrian House biography religion theology
W. B. Yeats: A Life: The Apprentice Mage 1865 - 1914
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University 1997
KEYWORDS: first edition specials R F Foster W B Yeats literary biography history
Naas
inscribed to NZ rugby author Bob Howitt, super octavo, black cloth boards with small white illus of man kicking ball to lower front board and white lettering to spine, xi + 256pp illus, nr fine in d/w VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems and small chip)
PUBLISHER: Leo 1989
KEYWORDS: Edward Griffiths Naas Botha south africa sport rugby biography
The Hills of Herbert
The story of the Hill Family with its N.Z. origins in Herbert
quarto, black illus light card covers, 142pp, illus, VG (very light wear, owner's signature in blue ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Whitestone Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: Dave E A Hill Herbert local history new zealand otago biography
Gustave Courbet
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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1951
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Gerstle Mack Gustave Courbet biography visual art history
The Way The Future Was
A Memoir
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: Victor Gollancz 1979
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Frederik Pohl memoir autobiography literary biography
Half a Lifetime
first edition, hardcover super octavo (nr fine) in d/w (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: Text Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Judith Wright memoir autobiography literary biography
Private View
softcover imperial 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: Penguin 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Beryl Cook art history biography illus painting
Unpathed Waters: Account of the Life and Times of Joseph Huddart
Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 200pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Quiller Press 1989
KEYWORDS: William Huddart Joseph Huddart biography East India Dock Company Royal Society sailor seafaring