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$20.00
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A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton


COLQUHOUN, KATE

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

$20.00
xxstf172199

A Long Time Away


McCONNOCHIE, W. G. & GRUBB, CHERYL E. (Compiled & Annotated)

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

$14.50
xxstg172203

The Green Leaf: A Tribute to Grey Owl


DICKSON, LOVAT (edi.)

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

$25.00
xxstg172205

The Diaries


ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM; ALLINGHAM, H. & RADFORD, D. (edi.); RICKS, CHRISTOPHER (int.)

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

$18.50
xxstg172222

A Glorious Fame: The Life of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673


JONES, KATHLEEN

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

$32.50
xxstg172231

Just Who Does He Think He Is? A Theatrical Life


WEBBY, GEORGE

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

$16.50
xxstg172235

Best Foot Forward: The Autobiography of Colin Hodgkinson


HODGKINSON, COLIN; MCINDOE, SIR ARCHIBALD (forew.)

Jacket torn at rear. 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: Odhams 1957

KEYWORDS: colin hodgkinson autobiography biography memoir pilot flying airplanes fleet air arm airforce

$30.00
xxsth172245

Stuart Surridge: Skipper of Surrey's Golden Era


LODGE, JERRY

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: The History Press 2008

KEYWORDS: sport cricket English Stuart Surridge biography memoir illustrated Surrey county

$45.00
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Winston S. Churchill: Youth/Young Statesman: 1874-1914 (2 Vol Set)


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S.

Octavo, blue & cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 629pp, vol 2- xxxiv + 763pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some light closed tearing, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1966-67

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill British politics history

$25.00
xxsti172300

Painting Out the Past: The Life and Art of Patricia France


FRANCE, PATRICIA; DONALD, RICHARD

Square 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: Longacre Press 2008

KEYWORDS: painting fine arts visual art new zealand zealander biography illustrated woman painter artist

$30.00
xxsti172305

The Sun is God


MANN, CYRIL; TAYLOR, JOHN RUSSELL

Quarto 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: Lund Humphries / Piano Nobile

KEYWORDS: painting fine art cyril mann biography british visual post-war post war london

$15.00
xxsti172317

In Salting the Gravy: A Tale of a 12 Year Marriage to Barry Crump


LEE-ROBINSON, ROBIN

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: Robin Lee-Robinson 2004

KEYWORDS: robin lee-robinson lee robinson hughes robyn crump barry new zealand zealander nz autobiography biography memoir domestic abuse marriage

$17.50
xxsti172318

Constable in Love: Love, Landscape, Money and the Making of a Great Painter


GAYFORD, MARTIN

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: Penguin / Fig Tree 2009

KEYWORDS: john constable landscape painting english painter biography marriage maria bicknell love

$55.00
2i46a/7

Andrew Buchanan Diaries 1865, 1873


BUCHANAN, NEAL HARKNESS & BUCHANAN, ANDREW HAMILTON (Eds)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 120pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, string/binding sl exposed esp. to rear pgs- som epgs sl loosened)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Buchanan Andrew Chingford genealogy Dunedin diaries diary journal biography

$50.00
2i46a/29

Sir John Soane's Museum London


KNOX, TIM & MOORE, DERRY (Photo)

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 158pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Merrell Publishers 2009

KEYWORDS: architecture John Soane buildings history museum biography home illustrated guide

$48.50
2i46a/34

Genuine Fake: A Biography of Alan Watts


FURLONG, MONICA

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: william Heinemann 1986

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alan Watts sixties 60s philosophy

$40.00
2i48a/53

Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution


DRESSER, CHRISTOPHER & WHITEWAY, MICHAEL (Ed)

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate creasing to covers- particularly to rear, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: V&A Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: Christopher Dresser British design history industrial biography

$50.00
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John Jones of Otago: Whaler, Coloniser, Shipowner, Merchant


ECCLES, ALFRED & REED, A. H. & STEWART, W. DOWNIE (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate denting to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & moderate chipping to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing, minor tape repairs to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: A. H. and A. W. Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history regional John Jones biography maritime nautical

$30.00
xxsti172325

Frederick Page: A Musician's Journal


THOMSON, J. M. & PAUL, JANET

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: John McIndoe 1986

KEYWORDS: frederick page nz music history victoria university college evelyn biography illustrated new zealand

$15.00
xxsti172335

The Life of Jane Austen


HALPERIN, JOHN

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: The Harvester Press 1986

KEYWORDS: literary biography Jane Austen memoir literature

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