Books - "biography"
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The Epic of Mount Everest
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: Edward Arnold 1928
KEYWORDS: Biography account Everest expeditions mountaineering Himalayas
The Romance of Mountaineering
Imperial 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: J. M. Dent and Sons 1946
KEYWORDS: Biography memoir philosophy mountaineering Himalayas
Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology: The Dream of a Science
Super octavo, illus light card covers, xvi + 387, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: history biography psychology C G Jung science
The Life of Kingsley Amis
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Jonathan Cape 2006
KEYWORDS: first edition biography kingsley amis
The Disinherited: The Exiles who Created Spanish Culture
FIRST EDITION UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Allen Lane 2007
KEYWORDS: spain history biography
The Expatriates
Octavo softcover (Nr Fine); 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: Bridget Williams Books 2017
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography martin edmond
The Lewis Carroll Picture Book
Duodecimo 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 n/d
KEYWORDS: Lewis Carroll illustrated biography collection literature anthology
Omar the Great (The Second Caliph of Islam)
2 volume set, octavo, Brown board with grey cloth spines, xxiv + 295pp (vol1), 350pp (vol2), VG (moderate water damage to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling, moderate bruising to spine extrems, 7.5cm tear with loss to front cover of vol 1, 3cm tear with loss to spine on vol 1, spine extrems & tears with loss repaired with archival tape, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Sh. M. Ashraf 1976
KEYWORDS: Islam religion Caliph religion history biography
Abbett: Masters of the Wid
Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, brown eps, illus title page, 191pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Briar Patch Press 1989
KEYWORDS: arts paintings biography history animals landscapes
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering & rule to boards & spine, printed eps, viii + 441pp + 1pp advert, scruffy (internal hinges cracked - front board only attached by 5cm, rear board attached but shaky, moderate soiling & fading to boards, moderately heavy fading & browning to spine, slight fraying to board corners & spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder, and Co. 1860
KEYWORDS: Charlotte Bronte literary biography
Finding Frances Hodgkins
Octavo, illus light card covers, orange eps, blue ribbon bookmark, 432pp, illus, NR FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to upper edge, price sticker to rear)
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: Frances Hodgkins New Zealand art painting biography
Botero
folio, deep red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, small gilt decoration on front board, green eps, 272 pp, extensive illustrations and photographs, VG+ (extremely slight sunning to spine extrems) in d/w VG (slight tanning and bruising, sunning to spine,),
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press 1980
KEYWORDS: Botero art painting painter Colombia biography sculpture
Flynn of the Inland
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson Limited, 1937
KEYWORDS: Australia biography Flying Doctors airplane outback aviation history historical medical
Il Sarto di Picasso: Romanzo
Text in Italian, 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Silvan Editoriale 2012
KEYWORDS: Biography memoir Picasso tailor Picasso's tailor
Helen Clark: Inside Stories
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: Biography Helen Clark politics New Zealand memoir
E. L. Doctorow
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Methuen 1985
KEYWORDS: Paul Levine contemporary literature American fiction biography E L Doctorow
Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1996
KEYWORDS: Leonard Cohen biography illustrated
Claude Grahame-White
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: Putnam 1960
KEYWORDS: memoir biography aviation england aero club aeronautics
Francis Chichester
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: Hutchinson/Hodder & Stoughton 1975
KEYWORDS: seaman biography navigation australia new zealand
Christopher Plantin
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: Cassell & COmpany 1960
KEYWORDS: Christopher Plantin biography printing