Books - "biography"
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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
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
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
The Success and Failure of Picasso
Ex-library, 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: Pantheon 1989
KEYWORDS: art criticism history biography memoir Pablo Picasso