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$62.50
1g76a/21

The Memoirs of Giorgio de Chirico


DE CHIRICO, GIORGIO & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Trans & Intro)

Octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm numbers in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing/chafing to covers, light discolouration to spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1971

KEYWORDS: art Italian painters Giorgio de Chirico memoir biography autobiography

$60.00
1g77/10

A Driven Man: Missionary Thomas Samuel Grace 1815-1879: His Life and Letters


GRACE, DAVID

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, 375pp, illus, VG (warped, spine cocked). Photos available on request

PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press 2004

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Te Kerehi Thomas Samuel Grace biography memoir Maori land wars treaty Waitangi politics history

$16.50
xxzfa170796

Irving Berlin: American Troubadour


JABLONSKI, EDWARD

Tidy 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Henry Holt 1999

KEYWORDS: Biography Irving Berlin songwriter Broadway music

$20.00
xxktu170851

Andre Derain


SUTTON, DENYS

Lacks d/w. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1959

KEYWORDS: biography andre derain french artist

$24.50
xxktu170852

Mr Explorer Douglas


LANGTON, GRAHAM (revised) & PASCOE, JOHN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history charlie douglas explorer biography

$38.50
xxktu170867

New Zealand Through the Eyes of American Women 1830 - 1915


HANDEL, ROBYN

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: Peter Lang 2009

KEYWORDS: aotearoa new zealand nz biography biographical history

$14.00
xxhrl170887

Charles Waterton 1782 - 1865 : Traveller and Conservationist


BLACKBURN, JULIA & DURRELL, GERALD (foreword)

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: Vintage 1989

KEYWORDS: biography charles waterton natural history

$16.50
xxhrm170902

On the Border with Crook


BOURKE, JOHN G.

FACSIMILE REPRINT OF 1891 EDITION. Super octavo, faux leather bound 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: Time-Life Books Inc 1980

KEYWORDS: biography george crook western

$16.50
xxhrm170903

The Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard


DE BARTHE, JOE

FACSIMILE REPRINT OF 1894 EDITION. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books Inc 1982

KEYWORDS: biography frank grouard western

$16.50
xxhrn170909

The Missolonghi Manuscript


PROKOSCH, FREDERIC

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux Inc 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography lord byron

$24.50
xxhsc170934

Herbert Von Karajan : A Life in Music


OSBORNE, RICHARD

Super octavo, soft cover (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: Pimlico 1999

KEYWORDS: music biography herbert von karajan

$18.50
xxfbe170971

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life


MARTIN, GERALD [GARCIA MARQUEZ, GABRIEL]

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2009

KEYWORDS: gabriel garcia marquez latin american boom magical realism biography spanish

$12.00
xxhta171038

The Story of Suzanne Aubert


MUNRO, JESSIE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Bridget Williams Books 1996

KEYWORDS: biography new zealand auckland jerusalem missionary catholicism nun g

$65.00
1o16a/44

Whistler: A Retrospective


SPENCER, ROBIN (Ed)

Folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 378pp, illus, colour plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Bay Books 1989

KEYWORDS: art James Whistler illustrated history biography memoir

$20.00
xxhud171093

Eric Shipton: Everest and Beyond


STEELE, PETER

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Constable 1998

KEYWORDS: Biography Eric Shipton mountaineer Nanda Devi Tibetan Everest Kenya Patsgonia

$20.00
xxhuf171107

The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science


BRIAN, DENIS

Moderate pen underscoring. 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: John Wiley 2005

KEYWORDS: Biography science Curie family Pierre Marie Irene Eve Frederic Joliot-Curie scientists

$35.00
xxhuf171108

Henri Cartier-Bresson


ASSOULINE, PIERRE

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: Thames Hudson 2005

KEYWORDS: Biography Cartier-Bresson photographer images surrealism war relationships

$10.00
xxhvb171124

My Brother, Ernest Hemingway


HEMINGWAY, LEICESTER

Ex Library rebacked, small 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: Four Square 1965

KEYWORDS: Biography Ernest Hemingway

$15.00
xxhvd171150

Aubrey Beardsley


CALLOWAY, STEPHEN

Ex library. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: V & A 1998

KEYWORDS: Biography art Beardsley drawings prints posters designs erotic art sketches

$55.00
1r33a/10

Stravinsky on Stage


SCHOUVALOFF, ALEXANDER & BOROVSKY, VICTOR

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, whimsical gilt musical illus to front board, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Stainer & Bell 1982

KEYWORDS: music Stravinsky composers biography memoir classical illustrated

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