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John Marshall: Definer of a Nation


SMITH, JEAN EDWARD

Imperial 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: Owl 1998

KEYWORDS: Biography John Marshall

$15.00
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Janos: The Story of a Doctor


PLESCH, JOHN & FITZGERALD, EDWARD

First Edition, d/w has archival repair, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1947

KEYWORDS: biography janos medicine doctor blood

$20.00
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Katherine Mansfield: A Biography


CLARKE, ISABEL C.

First Edition, A Few Borer Holes, 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: The Beltane Book Bureau 1944

KEYWORDS: first edition biography katherine mansfield

$8.50
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea


JUNGER, SEBASTIAN

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: Fourth Estate 1998

KEYWORDS: literature fishing biography meteorology halloween gale Sebastian Junger

$12.00
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Captain Cook: The Life, Death and Legacy of History's Greatest Explorer


COLLINGRIDGE, VANESSA

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: Ebury Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history Captain James Cook exploration biography nautical sailing

$14.00
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Churchill


JENKINS, ROY

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: Pan Books 2002

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill politics Great Britain British

$15.00
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David Hartnell: Memoirs of a Gossip Columnist


PHILLIPS, HAZEL

Inscribed and signed, imperial 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: Penguin Books 2011

KEYWORDS: signed inscribed David Hartnell biography memoir media gossip journalist

$10.00
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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell


HARARI, OREN

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

$12.50
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Livingstone the Liberator: A Study of a Dynamic Personality


MACNAIR, JAMES I.

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

$22.50
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John Wright's Indian Summers


WRIGHT, JOHN & UGRA, SHARDA & THOMAS, PAUL

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

$75.00
1y12/6

Reminiscences of a Wanderer


AN ABLE SEAMAN

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

$32.50
1y12/17

Vladimir Nabokov: the Russian Years


BOYD, BRIAN

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

$40.00
1y12/26

Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak's Christmas Day Dash, 1941


LUARD, TIM

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

$22.50
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Remembering James Agee


MADDEN, DAVID & FOLKS, JEFFREY J.

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

$30.00
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Brierley: The Man Behind the Corporate Legend


DONGEN, YVONNE VAN

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

$30.00
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Pacific Explorer: The Life of Jean Francois de la Perouse 1741 - 1788


DUNMORE, JOHN

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

$24.50
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The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685 - c.1712


MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

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

$20.00
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Capt. F.G. Moore: Mariner and Pioneer


ROSS, JOHN O.

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

$27.50
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Jane Austin: A Life


TOMALIN, CLAIRE

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

$22.50
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Seven Decades


PAGE, EVELYN

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

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