Books - "biography"
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Tamihana the Kingmaker
Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 200pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light tanning to page edges, d/w stuck down to pastedowns with cellotape) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1963
KEYWORDS: Wiremu Tamihana biography New Zealand History
Napoleon: 1812
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985
KEYWORDS: history military biography memoir Napoleon Bonaparte Russia
Napoleon in Russia
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1967
KEYWORDS: first edition military history war biography memoir Napoleon Bonaparte Russia politics
Napoleon: The Myth of the Saviour
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1984
KEYWORDS: military history Napoleon Bonaparte politics biography memoir
The Edwardian Lady: The Story of Edith Holden
Large 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: Webb & Bower
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Edith Holden pictorial culture British
The Defeat of John Hawkins: A Biography of his Third Slaving Voyage
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: Pelican Books 1962
KEYWORDS: biography memoir John Hawkins exploration travel history slavery slave trade merchant shipping maritime nautical
Henderson: A History of the Life of Alexander Henderson First Lord Farringdon and of Henderson Administration
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: Quiller Press 1986
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alexander Henderson business history entrepreneur
Bolingbroke
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards, black title lable to spine, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, xv + 397pp, illus plates, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges, minor bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (moderate chipping to edges, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company Ltd. 1970
KEYWORDS: biography Henry St. John Viscount Bolingbroke
Oscar Wilde
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: Hamish Hamilton 1987
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Oscar Wilde writer author literature literary sexuality
Expeditions to the Hebrides
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Maclean Press 2001
KEYWORDS: travel exploration Scotland hebrides biography memoir George Clayton Atkinson 1831 1833 naturalist
From Matron to Martyr: One Woman's Ultimate Sacrifice for the Jews
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: Tate Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: ww2 second world war Jews Nazi biography memoir Jane Haining Auschwitz religion history missionary
A Book of Helmut Rex: A Selection of his Writings With Memoirs of his Life and Work
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 1980
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Helmut Rex theology religion essays anthology collection
Stagecoach to Birdsville
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: Kangaroo Press 1995
KEYWORDS: biography memoir letters correspondance Edward Hoche Germany Australia history emigration immigrants
Kipling's India: Uncollected Sketches 1884-88
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: Papermac 1987
KEYWORDS: sketches art collection anthology travel exploration India Rudyard Kipling biography memoir
Richard Siddins of Port Jackson
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: Roebuck 1984
KEYWORDS: Australia biography memoir Richard Siddins merchant seaman
Unpretending Excellence: A Life of Kate Edgar
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: The Kate Edgar Educational Charitable Trust 2017
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Kate Edgar education university suffrage New Zealand
Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, top page edges coloured red, xxiv + 502pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light fading, light rubbing, light creasing)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1965
KEYWORDS: Robert Bruce Scotland history biography
I'll Be Watching You: Inside the Police 1980-83
Quarto, black boards with lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, 375pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2007
KEYWORDS: Police music Rock musicians Great Britain England Biography
Bruce Farr & Russell Bowler: The Shape of Speed
Super octavo, royal blue boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, 437pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light scuffing and soiling to covers, light creasing and chipping to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bruce Farr Russell Bowler biography sport sailing yachts yacht boat design
Lord William Russell and his Wife 1815-1846
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: John Murray 1972
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Lord William Russell Elizabeth Rawdon letters journals correspondance