Books - "biography"
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Napoleon: A Biographical Study
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: Hutchinson & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte biography memoir military history politics
Shaw's Music: The Complete Musical Criticism in Three Volumes (Second Revised Edition) 1876-1950
3 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 925-986pp, VG (usual library markings & coverings, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spines & covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1989
KEYWORDS: classical music composers Bernard Shaw history biography memoir
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 654pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling & tanning, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1990
KEYWORDS: Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophy philosophers biography memoir
John McGuiness: T T Legend
Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & boards, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Blackstaff Press 2014
KEYWORDS: motorsports motorbikes motorcycles racing John McGuiness biography memoir
On the Bus: The Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and the Birth of the Counterculture
Square super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, orange & blue lettering to spine, xxvii + 195pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to covers, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thunder's Mouth Press 1996
KEYWORDS: travel literature popular culture Ken Kesey merry pranksters biography memoir autobiography swinging 60s sixties Ken Babbs psychadelic
Haeckel: His Life and Work (New and Revised Edition) / Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retropsect and Summary
REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER, octavo, red half leather bound green buckram boards, blank title plate to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, 128pp + 128pp, VG (light scuffing & surface loss to spine, light staining to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims & pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Watts & Co 1909 / 1910
KEYWORDS: Ernst Haeckel biography memoir philosophy evolution
Marsigli's Europe 1680-1730- The Life and Times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, Soldier and Virtuoso
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 356pp, illus, VG+ (sl brusiing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli Europe European science scientists military history warfare politics
St John Chrysostom: Pastor and Preacher
EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, in transparent plastic); 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 Catholic Book Club 1960
KEYWORDS: st saint john chysostom donald attwater religion christian christianity theology antioch byzantium orthodox eastern orthodoxy biography
Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited
Super octavo hardcover (Near 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Chapter Press 2020
KEYWORDS: pete sampras tennis sport sports biography
The Life of William Blake
EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W; 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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1948
KEYWORDS: william blake britain british poet biography mona wilson
The Tex Morton Songbook: Comprising Lyrics to His Greatest Songs and Tall Tales and Legendary Exploits from the Trail of the Yodelling Boundary Rider in His Various Guises
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 140pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ligth scuffing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: GWS Publications 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainers singers music history Tex Morton biography memoir
Lennon
FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover (VG, page edges foxed) 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: McGraw-Hill 1984
KEYWORDS: first edition ray colema john lennon biography beatles music english england britain british pop rock
Colonel Z: The Secret Life of a Master of Spies
EX-LIBRARY, SPINE COCKED; 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: ex-library claude dansey britain british england english espionage intelligence second world war two ww2 wwii history biography anthony read david fisher
Sonny Ball: The Legend of Sonny Bill Williams
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: MacMillan 2015
KEYWORDS: sonny bill williams sport boxing sports boxer new zealand biography
Jan Christian Smuts: The Conscience of a South African
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Ball Publishers 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions Jan Christian Smuts biography memoir South Africa Boers
The Real Wagner
EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) some heavy unsavoury annotation/opinion in ink to ffep & title page/frontispiece; 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: Andre Deutsch 1987
KEYWORDS: classical composers Richard Wagner biography memoir music German
The Pioneer Boy and How he Became President: The Story of the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1892
KEYWORDS: US American presidents biography memoir Abraham Abe Lincoln history
Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century
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: Allen Lane 2013
KEYWORDS: benjamin britten britain british england english music composer musical history biography
Shakespeare: His Life, Work and Era
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 1991
KEYWORDS: william shakespeare history theatre theater drama playwright england english britain british bard biography historical analysis criticism
John Le Carre; The Biography
Super octavo hardcover (VG+, light tanning to top of text block) in d/w (VG), first U.S. edition; 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: Harper 2015
KEYWORDS: john le carre literary biography memoir adam sisman spies espionage britain mi5 mi6 david cornwell