Books - "biography"
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All But My Life: Stirling Moss Face to Face with Ken W. Purdy
FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 239pp, illus., VG (light fading and scuffing to boards, moderate foxing and tanning to edges and within, prev. owner's inscription to fep.) in d/w VG (light scuffing creasing and rubbing, unobtrusive archival tape repairs to chipping at top spine, price-clipped, light tanning to reverse)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1963
KEYWORDS: stirling moss biography racing motorsport grand prix car cars automobile ken w purdy interview
Paddock to Podium: 'The Mechanics View'
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; quarto blue illus. light card covers, illus., 225pp, nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Max Rutherford / Tucker Media 2014
KEYWORDS: ken tyrell jackie stewart british formula one 1 motorsport motoring racing car cars sports sporting biography world championship f1 max rutherford mechanics technical engineering dunlop
A Voice From the Chorus
Paperback (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: Fontana 1977
KEYWORDS: Biography autobiography prison literature Tertz Russia Soviet
The Last Pharaoh: Farouk Of Egypt
paperback (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: Tower Publications 1969
KEYWORDS: biography history egypt 20th century monarchy
P. G. Wodehouse - A Portrait Of A Master
ex-library 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: Continuum Publishing 1981
KEYWORDS: biography wodehouse
Merchant Miner Mandarin: The Life and Times of the Remarkable Choie Sew Hoy
Quarto illus. yellow light card covers with French flaps, illus., 287pp, VG (moderate sunning to front covers, light soiling to covers and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: new zealand history china chinese otago southland business commerce dunedin stafford street mining gold goldfields biography choie sew hoy immigration settler colonial pioneer
The Jim Richards Story
SIGNED BY JIM RICHARDS, quarto black cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, illus., 96pp, VG+ (light tanning within, light foxing to prelims) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: GP / Garry Sparke & Associates 1986
KEYWORDS: jim richards signed racing motorsport motoring automotive car cars sports jps team bmw australia australian biography sporting
Noel Streatfield: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254pp, illus., VG+ (light foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, with foxing to reverse & flaps)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1984
KEYWORDS: literary biography noel streatfield childrens modern first edition
Marilyn On Marilyn
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: Omnibus Press 1983
KEYWORDS: marilyn monroe biography photography
H. Rider Haggard - A Voice From The Infinite
Super Octavo Hardcover (VG+) with 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1978
KEYWORDS: biography author writer
The Teller Of Tales - In Search Of Robert Louis Stevenson
Octavo softcover (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Interlink Books 1996
KEYWORDS: biography travel travelog
The Life And Ideas Of The Marquis De Sade
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: Peter Owen 1962
KEYWORDS: literary criticism biography history
The Divine Demon - A Portrait Of The Marquis De Sade
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: Frederick Muller 1963
KEYWORDS: literary criticism biography history
Faith In Time - The Life Of Jimmy Scott
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: De Capo Press 2002
KEYWORDS: biography modern first edition
A Life Of Henry James Sr - The Father
Super Octavo hardcover (NEARFINE) 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus, And Garoux 1994
KEYWORDS: biography history writer author
Passionate Liberator: Theodore Dwight Weld and the Dilemma of Reform
Octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi+370pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light tanning within & to edges, light soiling to edges) in d/w VG (light fading and scuffing, usual stamps and markings)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: theodore dwight weld relgious revivalism reform abolition abolitionism antebellum slavery us usa united states america american history biography reconstruction civil war politics african american
Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography
Quarto green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, coloured maps to endpapers, xiv+525pp, illus., nr. FINE (v. sl. tanning to edges within (unobtrusive)) in d.w nr. FINE (v. sl. scuffing on close inspection)
PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: hong kong cantonese china chinese history dictionary reference biography
New Zealand Writers And Their Work - Maurice Gee
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: Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand biography writer author
Fisher's Face
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: Penguin Books 1996
KEYWORDS: history biography naval british empire
The Man Who Tried To Buy The WOrld - Jean-Marie Messier And Vivendi Universal
Super Octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Viking 2003
KEYWORDS: buisness economics biography media mogul