Books - "biography"
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Cavalry! You Mean Horses?
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, illus eps, 103pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Glendorran 1994
KEYWORDS: Sergeant L H Shorty Lovegrove New Zealand memoir biography World War Two WW2 2NZEF North Africa
Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The WIzard of Bristol: The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with an account of some of the yachts he designed
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 349pp, illus, VG (owner's name in ink to title page, light bruising to spine extrems, small closed tear to spine base, some small stain spots to spine, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (tatty sellotape repairs to spine extrems & corners, closed tears & tears with loss to spine extrems, owner's name & address stamp to inside)
PUBLISHER: Sheridan House 1974
KEYWORDS: L Francis Herreshoff Nathanael Nat Greene Herreshoff biography shipbuilder sailing yachts boats boat designer
The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs & Corso in Paris, 1957-1963
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: Grove Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Barry Miles Allen Ginsberg William Burroughs Gregory Corso Brion Gysin literary biography history criticism first edition
Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
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: Henry Holt and Company 1988
KEYWORDS: Ted Morgan William S Burroughs literary biography first edition
The Good Citizen: A Life of C.E. Daniell of Masterton
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2009
KEYWORDS: Tim Shoebridge CE Daniell New Zealand biography history
Searching for Everardo: A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala
Super octavo hardcover (Nr fine) 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: Warner Books 1997
KEYWORDS: Jennifer K Harbury biography Guatemala politics govenrment Everardo
Suharto: A Political Biography
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: University of Cmbridge 2001
KEYWORDS: R E Elson Suharto biography politics history Indonesia
Peguy
First edition, 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: The Harvill Press 1956
KEYWORDS: Alexander Dru Charles Peguy biography first edition
Operation Vietnam: A New Zealand Surgical First
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: Otago University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: Michael Shackleton New Zealand biography surgeon Vietnam
Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time: containing the History of Australasia from 1542 to May 1879
Quarto hardcover - ex library, poorly rebacked, first two pages loose (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: George Robertson 1879
KEYWORDS: JH Heaton Australian history biography reference
Beyond the World of Pooh: Selections from the Memoirs of Christopher Milne
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: Methuen 2001
KEYWORDS: Christopher Milne biography memoir literary criticism Pooh AA Milne
Halo for Hadlee: A Light-Hearted History of the New Zealand Cricket Team, 1949
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: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Co. ND
KEYWORDS: Sport history biography cricket Hadlee New Zealand
Sir John Hawkwood (L'Acuto): Story of a Condottiere
Limited numbered edition, large quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt coat of arms to front & rear boards, teg, frontispiece - lacks tissue guard, 370pp, illus, VG- (some chaffing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to page edges & eps, frontispiece lacks tissue guard, occasional light foxing)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1889
KEYWORDS: John Temple-Leader Giuseppe Marcotti Leader Scott Sir John Hawkwood biography condottiere Italian military history
Jim Dine: The Alchemy of Images
Folio, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped lettering to front board, 352pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep & to page fore-edges, some soiling to lower edges of eps, slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG (some staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Monacelli Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Jim Dine Marco Livingstone art painting sculpture criticism biography
Tracks
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: Paladin Granada Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: Robyn Davidson biography memoir travel Australia
Singing Historian: A Memoir
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: Canterbury University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: Edmund Bohan New Zealand memoir biography operaa singer historian novelist
Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood
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: Vintage 2014
KEYWORDS: first edition Witi Ihimaera New Zealand memoir biography literary criticism
Incredible Luck
Super ooctavo softcover (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: Troika Books 2014
KEYWORDS: Don Brash New Zealand biography politics
The Accidental Billionaires: Sex, MOney, Betrayal and the Founding of Facebook
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: William Heinemann 2009
KEYWORDS: Ben Mezrich Facebook Eduardo Saverin Mark Zuckerberg business biography
Pioneers of the Plains: The Deans of Canterbury
Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pale yellow eps, 296pp, illus, VG+ (v v slight foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading, some soiling to inside)
PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Gordon Ogilvie New Zealand Canterbury Dean Deans family biography pioneers local history