Books - "biography"
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The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Ex library, first edition, small quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to sipne, blind rule to front board, gilt arm & torch motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 492pp, illus + maps & facsimile docs, VG (usu library markings but relatively light, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to front hinge paper only)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1914
KEYWORDS: first edition Ernest Scott Matthew Flinders biography Australia history
Australia's Heroes; being a Slight Sketch of the Most Prominent amongst the Band of Gallant Men who devoted their Lives and Energies to the Cause of Science
Ex library, second edition, octavo, marbled heavy card boards with black leather spine, no title to spine just gilt library number, page edges stained red, viii + 312pp, VG- (light library markings, moderately heavy chaffing to board edges & boards, heavy bruising & fraying to spine extrems, label staining to front board, light staining to eps, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (second edition)
KEYWORDS: Charles H Eden Australia biography colonial history scientist
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips: Ein Bildband
Folio, cream cloth boards with blind stamped lettering to spine & front board, eps illus with coat of arms, frontispiece, 82pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing to boards & spine, some foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G (poor condition, archival tape repairs, moderate staining, heavy creasing to edges & corners, chaffing to spine sides, 4cm missing portion to upper spine & rear, heavy creasing to rear upper edge, heavy chaffing to flap folds) TEXT IN GERMAN
PUBLISHER: Kruger-Verlag 1962
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Julius J Weitman Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips biography photographic portrait sport grand prix racing driver motor racing
William Blake
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Thomas & Hudson 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Kathleen Raine biography art artist painter poet engraver
Clans and Families of Ireland: The Heritage and Heraldry of Irish Clans and Families
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: Grenwich Editions 1993
KEYWORDS: specials John Grenham Ireland Irish heraldry ancestry family history biography clans families
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera
Large quarto hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Five Mile Press Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Stanley Sadie music opera history biography encyclopedia reference
Cezanne
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Perpetua Books 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Henri Perruchot Paul Cezanne painting art history biography first edition
Li Ta-Chao and the Origins of Chinese Marxism
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: Harvard University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Meisner Li Ta-Chao China Chinese Marxism politics political philosophy history biography
Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion: The TV Series, The Movies, The Comic Books and More
Super octavo 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Titan Books 2012
KEYWORDS: specials Mary Alice Money Joss Whedon tc television film biography interviews
Bob Dylan: Performing Artist: 1974 - 1986, The Middle Years
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Williams Bob Dylan music biography
Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out
Large 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: Hal Leonard Books 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Tom Wright Susan VanHecke rock and roll music culture history journalism photography biography memoirs
Essential Picasso
Quarto 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: Parragon 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Laura Payne Pablo Picasso art painting biography criticism
Closer to Wildness
Oblong quarto, illus maroon heavy card boards with cream lettering, illus title page, 152pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Pomegranate Communications 2014
KEYWORDS: Irene Harwicke Olivieri Carl Little art biography painting painter artist
Monster: Inside the Mind of Aileen Wuornos
First edition, inscribed dated & signed by author Chrstopher Berry-Dee, super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xv + 238pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: John Black Publishers 2004
KEYWORDS: Christopher Berry-Dee Aileen Lee Wuornos biography crime murderer serial killer
The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein and Her World
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1960
KEYWORDS: specials John Malcolm Brinnin Gertrude Stein biography
The Cinema of Robert Gardner
Super Octavo 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Berg 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Lucien Taylor Ilisa Barbash Robert Gardner Cinema film making biography
Self Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton 1926-1974
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: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson 1979
KEYWORDS: Specials Cecil Beaton Richard Buckle diaries war biography
Men of The Battle of Britain: A Biographical Directory of the Few
Folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 606pp, illus, VG+ (front & rear hinges reinforced with archival tape) in d/w, VG+ (creasing to rear, 2cm closed tear repaired with archival tape to upper rear edge, light creasing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2015 (Revised & updated edition)
KEYWORDS: Kenneth G Wynn World War Two Battle of Britain military aviation history biography reference pilots aviators air crew airmen
The Kiwi's First Wings: The Story of the Walsh Brothers and the New Zealand Flying School 1910-1924
Octavo, brown heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 150pp, illus, VG (inscription in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy staining & soiling, light creasing to edges, moderate browning to inside)
PUBLISHER: The Wingfield Press 1960
KEYWORDS: David Mulgan Leo Walsh Vivian Walsh Brothers biography New Zealand Kohimarama Flying School aviation World War One WW1 pilots
John Clark Hoyte: Early New Zealand Landscapes
Elephant folio, illus light card covers with black lettering to front cover, unpaginated (aprox 50pp), illus, VG+ (label residue staining to front cover, some tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Mural Books / JM McGregor 1987
KEYWORDS: Peter Stupples Roger Collins John Clark Hoyte New Zealand landscape paintings art painter biography