Books - "biography"
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One Good Run; The Legend of Burt Munro
octavo illus light card covers, illus 308pp, Near FINE, SIGNED by Tim Hanna; 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 2005
KEYWORDS: signed new zealand transport motorcycles burt munro biography
Zatopek the Marathon Victor
first edition octavo mustard cloth boards with gilt motif, illus, 216pp VG- (sl bowed, some wear to spine with repair, sl staining to boards, light soiling to prelims) uncommon
PUBLISHER: artia 1954
KEYWORDS: emil zatopek marathon runner olympics biography sport running
Defying Convention; The Truth About Tony and Me
octavo illus light card covers, illus, xiv + 255pp FINE
PUBLISHER: rockhaven 2011
KEYWORDS: autobiography biography joyce fleming adoption
Mussolini
Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xv + 584pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arnold 2002
KEYWORDS: biography history World War Two military Dictators politics Italy Fascism History
Churchill's Generals
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 and Nicolson 1991
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill politics British Britain history military
Everyday Miracles: The Art of Stanley Spencer
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: Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2003
KEYWORDS: art history biography anthology collection Dunedin public art Gallery
Denis Glover: New Zealand Writers and Their Work
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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Denis Glover New Zealand author poet
R. A. K. Mason
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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems literature criticism R. A. K. Mason biography
Mary Ursula Bethell
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: Oxford University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry biography Mary Ursula Bethell
Charles Brasch
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: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature poems poetry biography Charles Brasch
Frank Sargeson
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: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature biography Frank Sargeson
James K. Baxter
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: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature biography poet poetry poems James K. Baxter
Eileen Duggan
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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature biography Eileen Duggan
John Mulgan
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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature biography John Mulgan
Introducing Maurice Gee
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: Longman Paul 1981
KEYWORDS: biography Maurice Gee New Zealand literary criticism
Sailing to Bohemia
SIGNED, Limited numbered edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 200pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Biography New Zealand Politics government
Nicolas Poussin: Paints the Seven Sacraments Twice
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Paravail 2000
KEYWORDS: signed Nicolas Poussin biography history Seven Sacraments arts paintings
Courage: Eight Portraits
First Edition with tipped in typed letter informally signed Gordon, black boards with silver lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus, Nr Fine, in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2007
KEYWORDS: Courage history Biography
How We Escaped From Pretoria
Revised enlarged edition, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, 231pp + folding map, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to eps, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1901
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Army Gordon Highlanders South African War history biography military
Fight and Kick and Bite: The Life and Work of Dennis Potter
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1995
KEYWORDS: Dennis Potter biography memoir literature screenplay entertainment