Books - "biography"
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Lost in the Funhouse; The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman
octavo boards, illus, 368pp ex library with usual treatments VG in 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 d/w
PUBLISHER: delacorte press 1999
KEYWORDS: biography arts humour acting andy kaufman
Nuda Veritas
octavo orange boards, illus 347pp 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: thornton butterworth 1934
KEYWORDS: biography clare sheridan autobiography
Perpetual Motion: The Public and Private Lives of Rudolf Nureyev
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: Simon & Schuster 1995
KEYWORDS: biography Rudolf Nureyev ballet dance performance theatre drama
Jean Muir: Beyond Fashion
Large square 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: Antique Collectors' Club 2007
KEYWORDS: Jean Muir biography fashion entertainment designer history
C. S. Lewis: A Biography
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: Flamingo/HarperCollins 1991
KEYWORDS: biography memoir C. S. Lewis author writer
Picasso: My Grandfather
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w, clear plastic wrap (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 & Windus 2001
KEYWORDS: art biography memoir Pablo Picasso
Chelsea Reach: The Brutal Friendship Between Whistler and Walter Greaves
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1970
KEYWORDS: art history biography memoir Walter Greaves Whistler
All the Paintings of Michelangelo
Small octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w, clear plastic wrap (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: Oldbourne Press 1963
KEYWORDS: art history biography Michelangelo criticism memoir
Rubinstein
Large super octavo softcover, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Chappell/New World n/d
KEYWORDS: music biography memoir Anton Rubinstein classical history
Vincent Van Gogh: A Biographical Study
Lacks d/w, super 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: The Literary Guild of America 1933
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Vincent Van Gogh art history
Perpetual Motion: The Public and Private Lives of Rudolf Nureyev
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: Plume/Penguin 1996
KEYWORDS: dance theatre drama ballet biography Rudolf Nureyev entertainment
Nureyev: Aspects of the Dancer
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: BCA/Faber and Faber 1976
KEYWORDS: dance theatre drama ballet biography Rudolf Nureyev entertainment
Nureyev: 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1994
KEYWORDS: dance theatre drama ballet biography Rudolf Nureyev entertainment
Sailing to Bohemia: A Life of the Honourable William Swainson
Author's Proofing Copy with his pencil Annotations, super octavo, brown cloth boards, frontispiece, xii + 200pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2007
KEYWORDS: William Swainson Statesmen New Zealand history Biography Politics government
Mahomet and Islam: A Sketch of the Prophet's Life From Original Sources, and a Brief Outline of His History
Octavo, brown octavo boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, brown eps, frontispiece, 279pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners)
PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1887
KEYWORDS: Muḥammad Prophet Muslims religion Saudi Arabia Biography history
Life and Letters of Mr. Endymion Porter: Sometime Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King Charles the First
Book plate of NZ art historian John Stacpoole, Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g., frontispiece, xii + 260pp, illus VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's label to fep, light browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: T. Fischer Unwin 1879
KEYWORDS: biography letters Endymion Porter history
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