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$15.00
xxsgt181171

The Life and Times of Charles II


FALKUS, CHRISTOPHER & FRASER, ANTONIA (introd.)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, in translucent plastic sleeve) ; 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: Doubleday 1972

KEYWORDS: charles II england ireland scotland restoration monarch britain british merry monarch history biography

$25.00
xxsha181205

Margrave of the Marshes


PEEL, JOHN & RAVENSCROFT, SHEILA

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: Bantam Press 2005

KEYWORDS: john peel music bbc musical pop history broadcasting radio biography

$16.50
xxsha181208

Don't Let My Past Be Your Future


SMITH, HARRY LESLIE

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: Constable 2017

KEYWORDS: harry leslie smith labour veteran activism socialism socialist england english biography

$20.00
xxshm181283

Road to Nineveh; The Adventures and Excavations of Sir Austen Henry Layard


KUBIE, NORA

FIRST EDITION EX-LIBRARY 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: Cassell & Company Ltd. 1965

KEYWORDS: exploration excavation archaeology archeology nineveh iraq biography austen henry layard middle east assyrian black and white photos illustrations nora kubie

$16.50
xxshr181319

The General & Mrs. Washington; The Untold Story of A Marriage & A Revolution


CHADWICK, BRUCE

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: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2007

KEYWORDS: george martha washington united states u.s. american history biography politics revolution

$40.00
xxsig181389

Macleod of The Bulletin; The Life and Work of William Macleod; by His Wife


MACLEOD, AGNES CONOR

Super octavo, hardcover (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 Snelling Printing Works 1931

KEYWORDS: william macleod agnes bulletin journalism australia artists illustrators illustrated biography portraits portraiture printing

$37.50
1y99c/81

Hone Tuwhare: A Biography


HUNT, JANET

Imperial ctavo, illus light card covers, orange & blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori writers authors biography memoir Hone Tuwhare literature literary art

$22.50
xxsik181433

Young Stalin


MONTEFIORE, SIMON SEBAG

Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ex-library; 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2007

KEYWORDS: biography joseph stalin politics soviet union ussr russia history communism authoritarianism simon sebag montefiore

$15.00
xxsik181439

Blow By Blow; The Story of Isabella Blow


BLOW, DETMAR & SYKES, TOM

Super Octavo softcover (VG+) tidy ex-library; 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: HarperCollinsPublishers 2011

KEYWORDS: biography fashion editors journalism isabella blow couture design memoirs

$18.00
xxsip181453

POPism: The Warhol '60s


WARHOL, ANDY & HACKETT, PAT

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: Harvest/Harcourt Brace & Company 1990

KEYWORDS: Andy Warhol art history 60s sixties social biography memoir

$15.00
xxsmk181514

The Complete Jack the Ripper (Revised Edition)


RUMBLELOW, DONALD

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: Penguin Books 1988

KEYWORDS: Jack the Ripper biography true crime homicide murders serial killers London

$15.00
xxsml181521

The Osmonds: The Official Story of the Osmond Family


DUNN, PAUL H.

Super octavo hardcover (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: W. H. Allen 1975

KEYWORDS: music biographies biography memoir Osmond family Osmonds entertainment

$22.50
xxsnh181563

Ivan the Terrible


KOSLOW, JULES

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (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: W. H. Allen 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition Ivan the Terrible history biographies historical biography memoir

$50.00
1y99d/47

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (2 Vol Set)


TENNYSON, HALLAM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xxii + 516pp, vol 2- vi + 551pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of both vols, light foxing, soiling & chafing to eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: Alfred Lord Tennyson literature literary biography memoir

$25.00
xxsom181656

Michael Morpurgo: War Child to War Horse


FERGUSSON, MAGGIE & MORPURGO, MICHAEL

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: Fourth Estate 2012

KEYWORDS: michael morpurgo war horse biography britain british first edition

$65.00
2i3a/11

Theo Schoon: A Biography


SKINNER, DAMIAN

LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus soft card boards, red & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 335pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & board edges, light discolouration & soiling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa artists art biography memoir Theo Schoon signed

$65.00
2a18d/3

The Life of John Clare


MARTIN, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 301pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1865

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir John Clare literary literature poets poetry

$40.00
2a18d/11

Looking at Self


JONES, LUCY

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Momentum 2006

KEYWORDS: art artists Lucy Jones collection biography disabled cerebral palsy disabilities

$65.00
2a18d/41

Tomorrow Never Knows: The Silverchair Story


APTER, JEFF

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers with some minor chafing & soiling, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Coulomb Communications 2003

KEYWORDS: Australian Australia rock music bands Silverchair biography memoir entertainment

$30.00
xxspi181767

The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and Geronimo: A Paired Biography


ALESHIRE, PETER

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: John Wiley & Snos 2000

KEYWORDS: biography memoir General George Cook Geronimo apache indians US generals American America history

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