Books - "biography"
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Disraeli's Daughter
Octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, Near FINE (owner's name in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2013
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Benjamin Disraeli politics secret daughter Kate morality family
A New Zealand Bibby Story
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: The Waipawa Mail Ltd (printers) 1977
KEYWORDS: history biography New Zealand Lunesdale
The Darker Side of Genius; Richard Wagner's Anti-Semitism
Ex library, super 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: University Press of New England 1986
KEYWORDS: anti-semitism wagner biography jewish anti semitism
Mozart; The Man and his Works
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: Methuen and Co. 1965
KEYWORDS: mozart biography music composer
WALLIS, Secret Lives of the Duchess of Windsor
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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1988
KEYWORDS: biography royals royal royalty duchess windsor wallis england
Looking For Bruce Conner
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 342pp, illus, Near FINE (spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2012
KEYWORDS: art film motion picture Bruce Conner biography memoir modern contemporary history alternative
Coachmaker: The Life and Times of Philip Godsal 1747-1826
Quarto hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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: Quiller Press 2005
KEYWORDS: philip godsal biography carriages transport
The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 354pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruiising & soiling to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2005
KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Don Whillans exploration climbing mountaineering illustrated travel writing
The Great Duke: In Two Volumes
TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & gilt motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vi-xx + 371-404pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & fraying to board corners, moderate discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, presentation plates to front pastedowns of both vols, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, occasional page loose but attached)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1911
KEYWORDS: Duke of Wellington Arthur Wesley Wellesley biography memoir military history politics
In Search of Robert Millar
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Harper Sport 2007
KEYWORDS: cycling biography Britain sports racing
The Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black rule & portrait motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 296pp, illus, tatty (v heavy chipping to spine extrems with heavy loss, moderate cracking/creasing to spine, heavy scuffing to board corners & edges, moderate scuffing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate water stain to top corner of rear board, heavy cracking to gutters, frontispiece & pgs 81/82 + 95/96 completely loose but present, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) A truly battered book indeed, but full of charm!
PUBLISHER: The Partington Advertising Company 1903
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Buffalo Bill Colonel William F Cody illustrated US America history military
Shirley Smith: An Examined Life
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: Victoria University of Wellington 2019
KEYWORDS: Biography Shirley Smith New Zealand
Life and Work of Samuel Marsden
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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1913
KEYWORDS: biography samuel marsden
The Company She Kept
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 218pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, price clipped, moderate foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1967
KEYWORDS: first edition literary criticism biography Mary McCarthy literature
The Flying Cathedral: The Story of Franklin Cody..
FIRST EDITION, 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: Methuen & Co 1965
KEYWORDS: Biography Frankling Cody pilot bi-planes biplane
Drawn From Life: The Journalism of William Makepeace Thackeray with drawings by the author
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (Near 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: Folio Society 1984
KEYWORDS: essays Thackeray punch biography literature
The Seven Ordeals of Count Cagliostro: The Greatest Enchanter of the Eighteenth Century
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: Flamingo 2003
KEYWORDS: biography history France Russia
H. G. Wells
Writers and Thier Works No. 40
Ex-Library, 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: Longmans, Green & Co. 1955
KEYWORDS: biography h g wells author
James Bond: The Authorised Biography
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 Books 2008
KEYWORDS: literature 007 james bond biography
Mourinho: Anatomy of a Winner.
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: Orion Books Ltd 2006
KEYWORDS: football coaching management Chelsea England sports biography