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A Month at the Back of My Brain


IRELAND, KEVIN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 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: Quentin Wilson 2022

KEYWORDS: Kevin Ireland life lives biography memoir autobiography

$16.50
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Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber


WILBER, KEN

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: Shambhala 1993

KEYWORDS: life lives biography spiritual spirituality healing

$25.00
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Babaji Volume I: The Divine Himalayan Yogi


GIRI, SWAMI SATYESWARANANDA

THIS VOL ONLY. 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: The Sanskrit Classics 1992

KEYWORDS: spiritual spirituality yogi life lives biography

$35.00
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My Yesteryears


BLAKISTON, A J

8vo softcover (VG-) lacks ffep; 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 Timaru Herald Company 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography memoir 19th century

$25.00
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Been Here and Gone: A Memoir of the Blues


DALTON, DAVID

Super 8vo 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: William Morrow 2000

KEYWORDS: David Dalton life lives biography Coley Williams

$10.00
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Lorde: Your Heroine


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

$40.00
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The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume One: 1769-1869


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

$40.00
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The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Four: 1921-1940


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

$40.00
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Biographical Sketches 1852-1875


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

$50.00
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Reminiscences of a Long Life


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

$165.00
1y48a/11

Egon Schiele: Almost a Lifetime


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

$40.00
1q1a/1

Keith Richards: A Rock 'n' Roll Life


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

$100.00
1q1a/13

Peepholism: Into the Art of Morrissey


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

$40.00
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Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet


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

$90.00
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The Works of That Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr Richard Hooker: With an Account of His Life and Death (Third Edition)


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

$60.00
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The Life & Work of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929


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

$50.00
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The Music of Charles Wood - A Critical Study


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

$40.00
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Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)


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

$45.00
2f5b/12

Just who does he think he is? A theatrical life


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

$75.00
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The Collected Works of Paul Valery Volume 6: Monsieur Teste


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

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