Books - "biography"
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Typhoon Pilot
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 168pp, illus, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, prev owners name and small inscription in ink to fep) in d/w VG (with wrap-around ribbon "New Zealand's most decorated air ace" in clear protective wrap with blue tape edges)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1982
KEYWORDS: biography history aviation typhoon planes RAF royal air force World War Two WW2 New Zealand
Grant Wood: A Study in American Art and Culture
Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, silver lettering to brown panel on spine, brown eps, 256pp, illus, VG+ (bookseller's label to front pastedown, v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light soiling & rubbing)
PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Grant Wood American art biography painting criticism
Fairfield Porter: An American Classic
Square quarto, green cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, blue eps, illus title page, 320pp, illus, VG (light dampstaining to lower front board, moderate fading to boards, light soiling & occasional paint splatter to page edges,) in d/w, VG- ( light fading, sporadic paint marks to rear & spine, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & rubbing to spine & folds, minor chipping with loss to lower edge, thin metal strip to inner spine)
PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams Inc. 1992
KEYWORDS: art painting fairfield porter biography
Jose Antonio Paez
First edition, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front boards, frontispiece, viii + 328pp, illus plates, folding map to rear, VG- ( heavy bruising & light fraying to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, heavy chaffing to board edges,tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd. 1929
KEYWORDS: history military Venezuela independence biography Jose Antonio Paez
Daphne: A Portrait of Daphne du Maurier
Ex-library, 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: Bantam Press 1991
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Daphne du Maurier literature author writer
Teilhard de Chardin: A Biography
Ex-library, 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: Collins 1967
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Teilhard de Chardin Catholic church theology catholicism
Maxton
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: Mainstream Publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: biography memoir James Maxton British politics labour party history socialism
John Masnfield Thomson: Notes Towards a Biography
Inscribed & signed by editor, 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2003
KEYWORDS: biography memoir John Mansfield Thomson New Zealand music entertainment signed
The Hallenstein Legacy 1863-1988
Imperial octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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: Theomin Gallery Management(?) n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hallenstein biography memoir Otago
William Stewart: Sealing Captain, Trader and Speculator
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1987
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand exploration maritime nautical merchant trader biography William Stewart
Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn D. D. Vol II
This volume only, 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: Wells Gardner 1881 (?)
KEYWORDS: biography George Augustus Selwyn New Zealand theology religion bishop volume 2
Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974
First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 200pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page eges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (slight gum staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: Greek history royal family royalty kings biography
Winston Churchill as I Knew Him
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: Eyre & Spottiswoode & Collins 1965
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill biography Violet Bonham Carter memoir
Von Dutch: The Art, The Myth The Legend
Square quarto, glossy black illus heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 192pp, illus, VG+ ,in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Car Tech Auto Books 2005
KEYWORDS: von Dutch biography hot rod cars art
The Thames Journals of Vicesimus Lush 1868-82
Octavo, mottled brown/red heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 278pp, illus, VG (slight tanning to edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges, small closed tear to edge, moderate creasing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1975
KEYWORDS: Vicesimus Lush biography correspondence New Zealand Vicar Thames
Stephen Bambury
Quarto, black boards with no lettering, black eps, frontispiece, 230pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Craig Potton & Ouroboros Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: Stephen Bambury art artist biography
Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch & the Ultimate Revenge
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: HarperCollins 2013
KEYWORDS: media business management fairfax advertising internet biography memoir James Packer Lachlan Murdoch
Lord of Arabia: Ibn Saud: An Intimate Study of a King
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1938
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Saud Arabia monarchy muslim
Oscar Wilde
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: Paladin 1971
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Oscar Wilde literature
Arik: The Life of Ariel Sharon
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: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Ariel Sharon Israel Arab prime minister politics government