Books - "biography"
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The Outermost Frontier
first edition 204pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled,desler's blind stamp to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in G+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses incl.3cm to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: william kimber london 1957
KEYWORDS: helmut pabst military biography
Sticks and Stones
first edition 189pp ills.[b/w and col.] F in NF d/w (spine sunned)
PUBLISHER: jh productions leeds 1987
KEYWORDS: biography travel john hawkridge
The Letters of Lewis Carroll [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.1245pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled) in VG d/ws (sl.rubbed and soiled,2x1cm surface scuff to spine of vol.1,spines sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1979
KEYWORDS: literature biography letters lewis carroll cohen
The Life of George Cruikshank In Two Epochs [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.284/280pp+32pp catalogue ills.[b/w by cruikshank] VG (brown cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top boards and spines,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown both vols.,content edges sl.soiled,spines cracked but tight) tidy set
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1882
KEYWORDS: literature arts biography blanchard jerrold george cruikshank
George Moore
[first edition] 149pp VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and upper edge sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: talbot press dublin [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature biography george moore susan mitchell
Bishop in the Dock The Sedition Trial of James Liston
first edition inscribed by author 327pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed,author's inscr.to title page)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1997
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography rory sweetman james liston law signed
A Link with the Past
second impression inscribed by author 283pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,author's warm inscr.to front pastedown,bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,typed letter signed by author loosely inserted along with a col.plate of race horse Sleepy Fox) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some sl.tears)
PUBLISHER: oswald-sealy auckland 1949
KEYWORDS: new zealand theology biography history eliot davis
New Zealand Who's Who Justices of the Peace
first edition 263pp VG+ (cerise cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,v.sl.wear to extrems.,sl.mark to ffep)
PUBLISHER: new zealand who's who auckland 1992
KEYWORDS: new zealand who's who history biography
Where do I go from here?
first edition inscribed by author 206pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's inscr.to half-title - to Michael Best Wishes and good luck with your football George Best) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,v.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: queen anne press london 1981
KEYWORDS: sport biography george best graeme wright signed football
Notable New Zealand Statesmen
first edition 198pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history scholefield
Which Way New Zealand?
first edition signed by author 244pp NF (black cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,author's sign.to title page) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography harry morton signed
Joseph Conrad A Personal Remembrance
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1924
KEYWORDS: ford madox ford joseph conrad biography history literature
The Last Twelve Years of Joseph Conrad
first edition 236pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london 1928
KEYWORDS: biography history literature richard curle joseph conrad
The Art of Joseph Conrad A Critical Symposium
first edition 354pp VG+ (red cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine and hinge area sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: michigan state university press [np] 1960
KEYWORDS: literature biography joseph conrad stallman
Wisdom and Beauty from Conrad
first edition 143pp VG+ (blue paper boards w.blue cloth spine,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: andrew melrose london [nd]
KEYWORDS: biography literature joseph conrad harriet capes
Flaubert and Madame Bovary
revised edition 365pp NF (brown cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1968
KEYWORDS: literature biography history flaubert bovary
Katherine Mansfield
first edition numbered/limited [36/250] first edition 43pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (fawn cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: beltane book bureau wellington 1944
KEYWORDS: biography history new zealand literature katherine mansfield isabel clarke
Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington
new edition 939pp G (red cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1851
KEYWORDS: military history biography duke wellington gurwood
The German Army From Within
third edition 192pp VG (rebind in burgundy cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1914
KEYWORDS: military history german army biography
Early New Zealand Families Second Series
first edition 178pp NF (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography douglas cresswell