Books - "biography"
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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
Guillaume Apollinaire and the Cubist Life
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: John Murray 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Cecily Mackworth Guillaume Apollinaire biography art cubism impressionism surrealism art history
Madame Tallien: Notre Dame de Thermidor from the Last Days of the French Revolution until her Death in 1835
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Lane 1913
KEYWORDS: L Gastine Madame Tallien biography French revolution history Robespierre specials
Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders who won the Victoria Cross
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: specias G Bryant New Zealanders soldiers military history Victoria Cross biography
Gilkes and Dulwich 1885-1914: A Study of a Great Headmaster
Small 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Alleyn Club (n/d)
KEYWORDS: WRM Leake Arthur Herman Gilkes Dulwich College education school headmaster biography
The Story of a New Zealand Writer: Jane Mander
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Rae McGregor New Zealand literary criticism biography
Funny Things that Happened on the Way to Rimini
Octavo softcover (VG) inscription in ink to fep; 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Dr Alex Borrie 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Dr Alex Borrie memoir biography Regimental Medical Officer 24 New Zealand battalion Second World War Two WW2 Italy
Josiah Wedgwood FRS: His Personal History
Octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt urn motif & gilt rule to front board, patterened eps, frontispiece with tissueguard, xi + 304pp + 13pp book ads, VG (slight fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, two small scratches to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges and eps, owner's name in ink to fep, 4cm closed tear to upper corner of pages 9/10 & 11/12 of book ads at rear)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1894
KEYWORDS: Samuel Smiles Josiah Wedgwood biography
A Mother in History
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Jean Stafford Mrs Oswald biography Lee Harvey Oswald
John Shaw Neilson
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Rigby Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Anderson LJ Blake John Shaw Neilson biography literary criticism Australian poet
Man of the Mist: A Biography of Elsdon Best
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1964
KEYWORDS: specials EWG Craig Elsdon Best New Zealand biography
Shackleton's Argonauts: The Epic Tale of Shackleton's Voyage to Antarctica in 1915
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Hurley Ernest Shackleton Antarctica exploration biography history
The Silver Chanter and Other Piper Tales
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Birlinn Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Stuart McHardy bagpipes bagpiping biography history short stories fiction
Black and White: A Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley
Ex library, scruffy copy, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Brigid Brophy Aubrey Beardsley biography artist art criticism first edition
An Introduction to Barth's Dogmatics for Preachers
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: SCM Press Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: specials A B Come religion Barth biography