Books - "biography"
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Colin McCahon: Artist
Quato, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown eps, frontispiece, x + 238pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light creasing, small tear with loss to rear cover internally repaired clear tape)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1984
KEYWORDS: Colin McCahon arts Painting New Zealand biography
Travels in South Africa: Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society
(Africana Collectanea Volume XLVII
Facsimile reprint, octavo, green boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, decorative rule to boards, frontispiece, xxiv + 400pp + 2pp, illus, folding map, VG+ ( light foxing to upper page edges, slight bruising to board corners, v. slight browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: C. Struik Ltd. 1974
KEYWORDS: south africa travels biography John Campbell missionary history
Richard the Lionheart
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1989
KEYWORDS: biography memoir history Richard the Lionheart British monarchy royal family
Rommel
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Collins
KEYWORDS: biography memoir field-marshall Rommel aviation military history Germany
Louis XIV
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 Reprint Society 1965
KEYWORDS: history France Louis XIV royal family politics biography memoir
Louis XIV
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: Collins Harvill 1990
KEYWORDS: history France biography memoir Louis XIV
Kiri te Kanawa: A 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: Collins 1982
KEYWORDS: biography memoir New Zealand Dame Kiri te Kanawa opera theatre entertainment
Rupert Brooke: The Collected Poems
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1942
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature memoir biography Rupert Brooke
Gustave Courbet: His Life and Art
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Jupiter 1977
KEYWORDS: art history biography memoir Gustave Courbet
Victorian Outsider: A Biography of J. A. M. Whistler
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: Macmillan 1974
KEYWORDS: art history biography memoir Whistler
The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1988
KEYWORDS: art history sculptor biography memoir Elisabet Ney
Mightier Than the Sword
First edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with red spine, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges coloured red, frontispiece, 292pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, light fading to spine, library label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1938
KEYWORDS: biography history literature
Bruce McLaren: Life and Legacy of Excellence
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Haynes 2002
KEYWORDS: Bruce McLaren McLaren International Racing team Automobile racing drivers New Zealand Biography history
The Life and Works of Picasso
Square octavo hardcover (VG+) no 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: Parragon 2002
KEYWORDS: art history painter artist biography memoir Pablo Picasso
Rembrandt
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: Thames and Hudson 1998
KEYWORDS: art history artist painter biography memoir Pablo Picasso
Camille: A Study of Claude Monet
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Sidgwick and Jackson 1962
KEYWORDS: art history biography memoir Claude Monet
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
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: Broadway 1997
KEYWORDS: travel exploration adventure memoir biography Frances Mayes Italy
A Small Place in Italy
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: Picador 1995
KEYWORDS: travel exploration adventure memoir biography Eric Newby Italy
Fergus: A Memoir of Fergus Blair McLaren by his Friends
Octavo hardcover (VG-) no 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1943
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Fergus Blair McLaren New Zealand
Misi Gete: John Geddie: Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides
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: The Presbytertian Church of Tasmania 1975
KEYWORDS: Australia religion christianity history New Hebrides biography memoir John Geddie pacific anthropology