Books - "biography"
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Claude Reilly and His Valley of Enchantment
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine extrems, sm newspaper clipping affixed to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Tony and Kathy Reilly 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography memoir Claude Page Reilly Nelson Golden Bay
Geoffrey Allen: Librarian, His Life & Work
Inscribed and signed by author. 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: Victoria University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: geoffrey allen librarian libraries new zealand biography zealander nz national library service all black blacks rugby
Toss Woolstaton: An Illustrated Biography
Oblong 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: National Art Gallery / Random Century 1992
KEYWORDS: painting art history biography toss woolstation portraits landscapes landscape new zealand nz aotearoa zealander
The Notorious Life of Gyp: Right-Wing Anarchist in Fin-de-Siecle France
Super octavo hardcover (N. FINE) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford 1995
KEYWORDS: gyp biography right-wing anarchist fin-de-siecle french culture
People Who Lead to My Plays
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Knopf 1987
KEYWORDS: biography autobiography playwright adrienne kennedy cleveland
Haydn in England 1791-1795
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 640pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges with sl loss to top edge, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976
KEYWORDS: music classical composers Haydn quartets string biography memoir
Wolfgang Amade Mozart: Essays on his Life and his Music
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 512pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: classicla music composers biography memoir Mozart essays prose collection literature
Haydn: His Life and Music
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 383pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to corners)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1988
KEYWORDS: Haydn classical music composers biography memoir
Franz Schubert: A Biography
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 362pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Schubert classical composers music biography memoir history
Politics and Conservatism in Northern Song China: The Career and Thought of Sima Guang (A.D. 1019-1086)
Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 253pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm closed tear to base of front cover, light fading to spine, prev. seller's price label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics northern Song dynasty Sima Guang biography history ancient
Ned's Girl: The Life of Edith Evans
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: Elm Tree Books 1977
KEYWORDS: edith evans biography theatre actress shakespearan the english stage love marriage
Churchill and Empire
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill politics history biography memoir
Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography
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: Sidgwick & Jackson 2007
KEYWORDS: music popular pop Diana Ross motown legend biography memoir entertainment
A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton
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: Fourth Estate 2003
KEYWORDS: Joseph Paxton horticulture urban planning architecture business buildings biography memoir
A Long Time Away
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: Cheryl E. Grubb 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography memoir W G McConnochie ww2 world war two 2 second fighter pilots air force rnzaf
The Green Leaf: A Tribute to Grey Owl
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: Lovat Dickson Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: grey owl the green leaf philosophy biography humanitarianism first peoples canada indigenous collection
The Diaries
Imperial octavo (N. FINE) in slipcover (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: The Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: irish poet ireland biography diaries journals the faeries
A Glorious Fame: The Life of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673
Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1988
KEYWORDS: margaret cavendish duchess of newcastle england english history of biography
Just Who Does He Think He Is? A Theatrical Life
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: Steele Roberts 2006
KEYWORDS: george webby memoir autobiography biography nz actor theatre drama new zealand
Best Foot Forward: The Autobiography of Colin Hodgkinson
First Edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+, torn); 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: Odhams 1957
KEYWORDS: colin hodgkinson autobiography biography memoir pilot flying airplanes fleet air arm airforce