SHAPIRO, MARC

Super 8vo 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: Crows Nest 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artist Lorde music musician life lives biography

OLIVER, W H (ed)

REPRINT. THIS VOL ONLY. Imp. 8vo, pp. xviii + 674; black heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography dictionary

ORANGE, CLAUDIA (ed)

REPRINT. THIS VOL ONLY. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxii + 650; black heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography dictionary

MARTINEAU, HARRIET

Crown 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 499 + 4 advts; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to rear hinge).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1888

KEYWORDS: Harriet Martineau 19th century life lives biography biographies

CAMPBELL, JOHN LOGAN; STONE, R C J (ed)

Obl 4to, pp. 334; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: David Ling 2017

KEYWORDS: John Logan Campbell life lives biography biographies 21st century

BAUER, CHRISTIAN (ed)

4to, pp. 301; illus. heavy card bds, spine & bds lettered in blue & white; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Hirmer 2015

KEYWORDS: Egon Schiele art artist painting photography 20th century life lives biography

MILKOWSKI, BILL (Text) & DE FABIANIS, VALERIA MANFERTO (Ed) & PIACCO, PAOLA (Graphic Design)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, green & grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, sl chafing/soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: WS White Star Publishers 2012

KEYWORDS: The Rolling Stones Keith Richards biography biographies memoir rock music musicians history entertainment

SLEE, JO

Quarto, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1994

KEYWORDS: pop popular music Morrissey art entertainment The Smiths biography biographies memoir

ELLIOTT, EDMUND E R & DE BOISMENU, The Most Rev Mgr A (Prefatory Letter)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/map to front eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Carmelite Fathers, National Scapular Headquarters N/D (c.1960?)

KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands Papua New Guinea PNG religious biographies biography memoir Mother Marie-Therese Noblet catholic church missionaries history

HOOKER, Mr RICHARD & WALTON, ISAAC & KEBLE, The Rev JOHN (Arranged by)

3 VOL SET, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates & gilt rule & raised bands to spines, red speckling to page edges, mixed pagination, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor loss to bases of spines, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plates to front pastedown, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims, heavy chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1845

KEYWORDS: religious biographies biography memoir Mr Richard Hooker religion

COOPER, EMMANUEL

Imperial octavo, deep brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: GMP Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: Henry Scott Tuke art history British artists biography biographies memoir

COPLEY, IAN

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor glue staining seeping through to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning, chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: Charles Wood music biography biographies memoir criticism classical composers

WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018

KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves

WEBBY, GEORGE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. 311; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: George Webby 20th century life lives biography autobiography memoir New Zealand

VALERY, PAUL; MATHEWS, JACKSON (transl)

THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, pp. ix + 167; cream cl bds, brown labels to spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in gilt; top edge stained grey; VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep; light annotation & underlining in pencil sporadic throughout).

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: Paul Valery journal notebook diary Monsieur Teste life lives biography memoir 20th century fiction

JEFFRIES, STAR

Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [8] + 440; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & pencil markings to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate annotation & underlining in pencil throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl curling & chipping).

PUBLISHER: Verso 2016

KEYWORDS: Star Jeffries 20th century Frankfurt School philosophy life lives biography politics culture Europe Germany

CREIGHTON, LOUISE

LACKS FEP, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 447pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to prelims, moderate cracking to guttes sporadically throughout, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1918

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir letters correspondence Thoams Hodgkin

ARNOLD, THOMAS & STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN

2 VOL SET, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, black rule & decoration to spines & boards, gilt initials in gothic script to front boards of both vols, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxiii + 440pp, vol 2- xvi + 448pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards, light soiling to page edges, numerous gift & ownership inscriptions in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: B Fellowes, Ludgate Street 1845

KEYWORDS: Thomas Arnold biography biographies memoir autobiographies history letters correspondence historical

MacCARTHY, FIONA

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 547pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2019

KEYWORDS: art design history Walter Gropius biography biographies memoir

WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018

KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Robert Graves literature history