Books - "biography"
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The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Maggie Teyte
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: Victor Gollancz 1979
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Maggie Teyte opera entertainment
On Wings Of Song: A Biography of Felix Mendelssohn
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1974
KEYWORDS: music composer classical biography memoir Felix Mendelssohn history
Melba
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: F. W. Cheshire 1967
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Nellie Melba Australia singer music opera
The Coasters
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: Star/W. H. Allen 1975
KEYWORDS: entertainment music The Coasters biography memoir soul motown r&b
My Chemical Romance: This Band Will Save Your Life
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: Plexus 2008
KEYWORDS: music entertainment rock biography memoir My Chemical Romance
Viva Malvina! The Lives of Dame Malvina Major
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: Penguin Books 2003
KEYWORDS: biography memoir New Zealand entertainment Malvina Major music
Simon Rattle: The Making of a Conductor
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: Faber and Faber 1989
KEYWORDS: music entertainment classical biography memoir Simon Rattle conductor
A Cry From The Heart: The Life of Edith Piaf
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: Arcadia Books 2008
KEYWORDS: music entertainment France biography memoir Edith Piaf
Escape a Thousand Miles to Freedom
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 260pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: White Lion Publishers 1974
KEYWORDS: New Guinea Harry Murray history biography World War Two WW2 Australia New Ireland Island
Six Years in the Prisons of England by a Merchant
lacks fep, octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 254pp, VG- (moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems, ligth fading to spine, library label to fep, small dampstain to edge of first few pages, moderate tanning to boards, light sporadic foxing to pages, moderate soiling to eps, internal hinges cracked-boards sligthly shaky)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1869
KEYWORDS: Prisons Prisoners England Great Britain history biography
Books & Characters; French & English
phoenix library, duidecimo green cloth boards 264pp 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: chatto and windus 1928
KEYWORDS: literature biography france england lytton strachey
All Souls Studies: John Martin en France (text in French)
small quarto cloth boards, 53pp, illus VG+ in VG d/w ; 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: faber and faber 1964
KEYWORDS: art history biography john martin france languages french
Black Prince; The Biography of Fintan Patrick Walsh
Super octavo illus light card covers, 288pp, illus 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 2004
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history fintan patrick walsh politics unions
The World According to Clarkson Volume Five; Is it Really Too Much to Ask?
octavo illus light card covers, 464pp, 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/michael joseph 2013
KEYWORDS: biography transport motor racing cars jeremy clarkson humour
John Martin
quarto illus light card covers, 132pp illus VG- (sound with wear to extremities) ; 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: academy editions 1974
KEYWORDS: art biography john martin
Myra Hess; A Portrait
first edition octavo brown cloth boards, 319pp, illus VG+ in VG d/w ; 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: hamish hamilton 1976
KEYWORDS: music arts biography myra hess
The Rise and Fall of An American Genius; Orson Welles
octavo cloth boards, 377pp, illus VG in VG d/w; 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: guild publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: cinema movies film directors orson welles biography
Consider Your Verdict
octavo illus light card covers, 240pp, illus Near 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: new holland 2004
KEYWORDS: law australia biography david ettridge
The letters of A Bronson Alcott
small quarto cloth boards, xxxvii + 846pp, ex library with usual treatments, 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: iowa state university press 1969
KEYWORDS: history biography letters a bronson alcott trancendentalism
Railway Engineer; The Story of George Stevenson
first edition octavo black cloth boards, illus 171pp ex library with usual treatments 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: charles Scribner's sons 1941
KEYWORDS: railways locomotives trains transport george stevenson biography engineering