Books - "biography"
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The Art of W. C. Fields
EX-LIBRARY, imperial 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: George Allen and Unwin 1968
KEYWORDS: W C Fields art film movies entertainment biography Hollywood
John Eales: The Biography
SIGNED BY JOHN EALES, 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: ABC Books 2001
KEYWORDS: Australian Australia rugby union biography memoir signed John Eales
Martin Travers 1886-1948: An Appreciation
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, viii + 343pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruisin g& scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Martin Travers biography memoir history ecclesiatical art religion religious
No Mercy: The Authorised and Uncensored Biography of the Stranglers
SCARCE, paperback, illus light card covers, white/red/yellow lettering to spine, xxi + 313pp, VG (light creasing to spine, light curling/scuffing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & inscription in ink to front & rear eps, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Coronet Books 1998
KEYWORDS: music rock entertainment The Stranglers biography memoir
Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges inc. flaps, attempts at tape repairs to closed tearing at edges, heavy chafing & staining to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military biography memoir squadron leader McGregor aviation history first edition
New Zealand Cycling Legend 04 - Warwick Dalton : The Lone Eagle
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR & WARWICK DALTON. Super octavo, illus light card covers, white and orange text to spine, maroon text to covers, 156pp + 4pp adverts, illus - photog, VG+ (light soiling and v. slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Kennett Brothers 2008
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand sports biography history bicycle bike racing cycling warwick dalton
King of Air Fighters: Biography of Major Mick Mannock
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: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1936
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Mick Mannock aviation military war pilots royal air force raf British
The Life of Nansen
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: The Religious Tract Society N/D
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Fridtjof Nansen exploration explorers adventure adventurers history
Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, ASSOCIATION COPY RARE! Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, with other ephemera enclosed, 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history biography memoir Dame Whina Cooper Michael King leaders protests politics Maori Land March Maori Women's Welfare League
Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand 1841-68
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, illus title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges & corners, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges & eps, 2cm crack/separation to front pages at gutter)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir pioneers settlers Bishop Selwyn religion Christianity religious history
The Maorilander: A Study of William Satchell
OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history
History of Captain John Going: His Ancestrs and Descendants
Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)
PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers
Mary McKay: Towards the Light
Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art collection biography Mary McKay
The Gentle Griffin: A Biography of Ron Holloway - My Brother As I Knew Him
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#87/100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history
The Letters of John Constable, R.A. to C. R. Leslie, R.A.
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxv + 174pp, deckled page edges, VG (moderate fading & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1931
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence John Constable art biography collection artists first edition
Bloodspots in the Sand: Further Pages From the Life of Francis A. Waterhouse Ex-Legionnaire 1484
Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, vii + 248pp, scruffy (moderate warping to boards, heavy cracking to top spine extrem/front hinge, moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, some foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd N/D
KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir Francis Waterhouse legionnaires french foreign legion soldiers history war military service
Te Kingitanga: The People of the Maori King Movement
Octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 126pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori essays prose literature collection dictionary of New Zealand Biography kingship
The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier
Imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering & title plate to spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1957
KEYWORDS: John Baptist Francis Pompallier Ocieania New Zealand religion religious history Christianity biography memoir
Gubbins and Soe
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1993
KEYWORDS: soe special operations executives biography memoir Colin Gubbins military history ww2 2nd second world war 2 two first edition
The Hummel: Her Life and Work
Imperial octavo, pink cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate & gilt rule to front board, illus eps, 141pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board)
PUBLISHER: arsEdition 1994
KEYWORDS: Berta Hummel illustrated children's literature artist biography memoir