Books - "biography"
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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
Fifty Years at Grammar
first edition signed by author 298pp ills.[b/w] F (black cloth,author's sign.to ffep verso) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed w.internal tape repair)
PUBLISHER: esa books auckland [1987]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history education biography nicholls signed
Sir Henry Wigram
first edition 145pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1952
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history aviation henry wigram noble
Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B.&c. [2 vols.in 1]
ex-libr.first edition [2 vols.bound as 1] xvi+404pp/xi+446pp [b/w frontis.w.plan in text of vol.1] VG (blue textured cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,mod.wear to extrems.,libr.stamps to prelims.,content edges speckled,prelims.sl.foxed w.some v.sl.foxing to contents) a tight copy of this scarce 2 volume bound as 1 first edition
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1835
KEYWORDS: military history biography thomas picton robinson
A Life of Sir Woodbine Parish K.C.H., F.R.S. (1796-1882)
first edition [inscribed by author's son to his nephew] xiii+454+2pp ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamp to top board and gilt ruled borders,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,hinges split,2x newspaper obituaries for Charles Woodbine Parish pasted to front eps,inscription by Charles Woodbine Parish to ffep - Woodbine Parish from his affectionate Uncle Charles W Parish Nov.1910 - paper separation to fep gutter,some ink numbers to ffep,moderate foxing to contents incl.margins of ills.,one plate not bound where listed but it is present,some pencil annotations to text which appear to be by another Woodbine Parish perhaps the inscriber of this volume as the initials WP appear,spine cracked,teg) a slightly tired copy which would benefit from some restoration however a wonderful association copy - the author is the granddaughter of Sir Woodbine Parish and in her introduction acknowledges the assistance of her uncle Charles Woodbine Parish,the inscriber of this volume; scans available on request
PUBLISHER: smith elder london 1910
KEYWORDS: woodbine parish shuttleworth history biography politics signed
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography
first edition 542pp+ads. VG- (blue cloth rebacked w.black leather and red leather title label,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1892
KEYWORDS: australasian biography history mennell
The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.723/530pp+catalogue VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,splits to hinges,owner's bookplate to front pastedown of both vols.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso and inscr.to half-title both vols.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1868
KEYWORDS: sir walter ralegh raleigh history biography edward edwards
Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman His Life and Work on our Indian Frontier
first Pakistan edition 392pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep and verso,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press karachi 1979
KEYWORDS: politics history sandeman thornton biography
The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth [2 vols.]
fifth edition 2 vols.502/540pp [b/w frontis.to each vol.] VG- (dk.blue embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,browned spines,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep both vols.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1846
KEYWORDS: history biography theology william roscoe
Life of Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain
ex-lib.first edition 512pp ills.[2x b/w portraits] VG- (red cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: blackwood london 1909
KEYWORDS: military history biography neville chamberlain forrest
George Romney and his Art
first edition 332pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1894
KEYWORDS: art history biography george romney hilda gamlin
Very Illustrious Patients
first edition 209pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (in laminated boards,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: antonio delfino rome [1987]
KEYWORDS: arts history biography medicine science sterpellone
A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers &c. [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.rebound 822/709pp [5 b/w plates at rear of vol.2] VG (modern rebind in tan cloth w.brown quarter leather,raised bands and gilt stamps to spines,v.sl.soiled,v.sl.wear to extrems.,marbled eps,contents sl.foxed,some evidence of damp stains to margins of first hundred or so pages of both vols.) a tidy set
PUBLISHER: printed for carpenter london 1816
KEYWORDS: arts biography painters engravers michael bryan
Soldier,Sailor,Priest
first edition signed by author [Harker] 184pp ills.[b/w] NF (in laminated boards,v.sl.soiled,owner's sign.to ffep,author's dated sign.to title page - 17 July,'92.)
PUBLISHER: challenge communications auckland [1992]
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history theology george trevor robson jack harker signed
Coote Bahadur
first edition 247pp ills.[b/w] NF (burgundy cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: werner laurie london 1956
KEYWORDS: military history biography eyre coote sheppard
Havelock
first edition signed by author [Cooper] 192pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to half-title - love from P**** Havelock-Allan,author's dated sign.to title - Leonard Cooper June 1957,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.internal/external tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1957
KEYWORDS: history biography military henry havelock leonard cooper signed