Books - "biography"
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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
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: McGraw-Hill 2002
KEYWORDS: US America politics Colin Powell biography memoir
Livingstone the Liberator: A Study of a Dynamic Personality
Folding map to rear, 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 Clear-Type Press n/d
KEYWORDS: exploration Livingstone biography travel memoir
John Wright's Indian Summers
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: Hachette Livre 2006
KEYWORDS: Indian cricket John Wright sport biography anecdote
Reminiscences of a Wanderer
First edition, super octavo, brown cardboard covers, handwritten lettering in marker pen to spine, 372pp, VG- (brown tape binding on spine sl. frayed & edges chipped; sl. rubbing & small marks on covers; fep sl. foxed, rep mod. foxed; tiny pencil crosses throughout on page margins, fep has had extensive pencil notes erased leaving light indentations, former owner's details embossed on fep)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1914
KEYWORDS: sailing merchant navy history biography yarns England America
Vladimir Nabokov: the Russian Years
First edition, super octavo, grey cloth boards; grey eps, gilt lettering to spine, 607pp, VG (boards sl. faded, bruised, rubbed, with mod. fading on bottom; pages & eps sl. tanned with edges more so) in d/w VG (sl. rubbing & bruising, chipping; adhesive price label on rear, v. sl. soiling - but bright & clear)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1990
KEYWORDS: biography Nabokov
Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak's Christmas Day Dash, 1941
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, endpiece, xxvi+323pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (sl. rubbing & chipping to edges, v. light soiling to bottom rear edge)
PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: biography Hong Kong Chan Chak World War 2 Two II China Japan
Remembering James Agee
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 Georgia Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Biography James Agee
Brierley: The Man Behind the Corporate Legend
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: Viking 1990
KEYWORDS: Biography business Brierley
Pacific Explorer: The Life of Jean Francois de la Perouse 1741 - 1788
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: Dumore Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Biography Jean Francois de la Perouse explorer pacific
The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685 - c.1712
Quarto 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: MacDonald & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: History biography Celia Fiennes English England social castles stately homes
Capt. F.G. Moore: Mariner and Pioneer
Quarto 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: Wanganui Newspapers 1982
KEYWORDS: Biography Frederick George Moore mariner pioneer New Zealand Nelson Wakatu
Jane Austin: A Life
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: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
KEYWORDS: Biography Jane Austin
Seven Decades
Quarto 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 & Unwin 1986
KEYWORDS: Art Evelyn Page paintings biography
Olivia Spencer Bower: Making Her Own Discoveries
Square imperial octavo, wine red heavy card boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, 207pp, illus, Nr FINE, in d/w, in clear contact wrapper, Nr FINE (v sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art biography memoir Olivia Spencer Bower illustrated
Peter the Great
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: Macmillan 1965
KEYWORDS: History Russia Peter the Great Biography
The Missionary's Daughter
Super octavo, blue quarter bound heavy card boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 285pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges, sm numbers in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Whanganui Historical Society 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography memoir Laura Taylor diary journal
Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of and American Genius
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PUBLISHER: New English Library 1987
KEYWORDS: biography orson welles entertainment
Odyssey: The Authorised Biography of Arthur C. Clarke
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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1993
KEYWORDS: biography arthur c clarke
Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter
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 1997
KEYWORDS: biography alice keppel violet trefusis
The Accidental Billionaires: Sex, Money, Betrayal and the Founding of Facebook
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: Arrow 2010
KEYWORDS: Biography business pop culture facebook Zuckerberg