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$35.00
1y76/50

All But My Life: Stirling Moss Face to Face with Ken W. Purdy


MOSS, STIRLING & PURDY, KEN W.

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

$60.00
1y77/49

Paddock to Podium: 'The Mechanics View'


RUTHERFORD, MAX & STEWART, SIR JACKIE

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

$9.00
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A Voice From the Chorus


TERTZ, ABRAM (SINYAVSKY, ANDREY)

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

$9.50
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The Last Pharaoh: Farouk Of Egypt


MCLEAVE, HUGH

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

$13.50
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P. G. Wodehouse - A Portrait Of A Master


JANSEN, DAVID A.

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

$40.00
1y78/9

Merchant Miner Mandarin: The Life and Times of the Remarkable Choie Sew Hoy


AGNEW, JENNY SEW HOY & TREVOR

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

$150.00
1y78/17

The Jim Richards Story


NAISMITH, BARRY [RICHARDS, JIM]

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

$40.00
1y78/23

Noel Streatfield: A Biography


BULL, ANGEL

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

$12.00
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Marilyn On Marilyn


TAYLOR, ROGER G. (comp.)

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

$16.50
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H. Rider Haggard - A Voice From The Infinite


ELLIS, PETER BERRESFORD

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

$10.00
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The Teller Of Tales - In Search Of Robert Louis Stevenson


DAVIES, HUNTER

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

$17.50
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The Life And Ideas Of The Marquis De Sade


GORER, GEOFFREY

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

$30.00
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The Divine Demon - A Portrait Of The Marquis De Sade


GEAR, NORMAN

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

$25.00
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Faith In Time - The Life Of Jimmy Scott


RITZ, DAVID

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

$32.50
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A Life Of Henry James Sr - The Father


HABEGGER, ALFRED

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

$60.00
ak3/14/1692

Passionate Liberator: Theodore Dwight Weld and the Dilemma of Reform


ABZUG, ROBERT. H.

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

$65.00
ak3/13/1703

Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography


HOLDSWORTH, MAY & MUNN, CHRISTOPHER (ed.)

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

$10.00
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New Zealand Writers And Their Work - Maurice Gee


MANHIRE, BILL

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

$14.00
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Fisher's Face


MORRIS, JAN

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

$16.50
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The Man Who Tried To Buy The WOrld - Jean-Marie Messier And Vivendi Universal


JOHNSON, JO & ORANGE, MARTINE

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

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