Books - "biography"
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Beloved Quixote: The Unknown Life of John Middleton Murry
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PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1986
KEYWORDS: John Middleton Murry biography life lives literary literature
My Steve
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PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2007
KEYWORDS: Steve Urwin biography Australia wildlife conservation
The Man who was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave
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PUBLISHER: Willaim Collins 2019
KEYWORDS: Airey Neave soldier politician politics biography life lives
Crossing the Line: The Autobiography of a Thief
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PUBLISHER: Virgin Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Bruce Reynolds autobiography biography life lives
Katherine Mansfield
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PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed
KEYWORDS: Katherine Mansfield New Zealand biography life lives
Who's Who in Pacific Navigation
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1991
KEYWORDS: voyages exploration navigation pacific ocean Oceania discovery biography explorer
The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork
Super 8vo, grey/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontis. & plates with tissue guards, xvi + 531 pp., plates, VG- (light to moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, moderate 2cm tear to front joint, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, moderate tanning to plate tissue guards, sporadic light soiling & foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, bgd sl sloppy).
PUBLISHER: Duckworth and Company 1904
KEYWORDS: 16th century Earl of Cork England renaissance social history biography life lives esquire gentlemen
Ruling Passions
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edges stained red, yellow eps, x + 271 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, sl tanning to fore & bottom pg edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w VG (light scuffing & light to moderate fading & tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems, 2cm cloed tear to top spine extrem at fold).
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first editions England English 20th century literature journalism essays autobiography biography
Rita Angus
Sq 8vo, purple heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, frontis., 214 pp., illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, minor soiling to pg edges) in d/w VG- (light scuffing & soiling, light to moderate creasing to edges, light bruising to extrems, 3cm closed tear to front bottom extrem at fold, light tanning).
PUBLISHER: National At Gallery 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artist exhibition biography criticism 20th century portrait landscape sketchbook
The Writings of Erik Satie
Ex-library. 4to, heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 178 pp., VG (light adhesive residue to head & tail to front & back boards, light minor fading, light wear & brusing to spine & board eges/extrems, library stamps in black ink & light tanning/foxing to pg edges, usual library markings to eps with minor adhesive residue, pgs light creased throughout esp to prelims/terminals) in d/w VG (light soiling/tanning, light creasing to edges, light bruising/chipping to extrems).
PUBLISHER: Eulenburg Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Erik Satie biography criticism essays music musician literature 19th century authors composer
Roger Fry: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION. 8vo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 307 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards & spine, light scuffing & rubbing, light soiling/bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm tear to hinge at rear gutter, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & tanning, some fading, light to moderate bruising & chipping to edges & extrems, moderate tear to head of spine with loss, encased in a plastic wrapper).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1940
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf Roger Fry biography life lives author 20th century art criticism literature
Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy green card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, [10] + 181 pp., illus/photos, NF (v sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, sl curling to edges, light bruising to extrems).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1984
KEYWORDS: first edition Bloomsbury Group memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
Flush: A Biography
FIRST EDITION. brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 163 pp., plates, VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tear & fraying to rear joint, moderate bruising & chipping to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owner's inscription ink black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1933
KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf biography 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group
Don't Look Round
8vo, red buckram boards, black lettering & double rules to spine, stamp to front board, frontis., illus tp, 240 pp., illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, light wear to joints, light tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev bookseller's sm green pricing sticker to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1952
KEYWORDS: Violet Trefusis autobiography memoir biography life lives 20th century literature
The Rainbow Picnic: A Portrait of Iris Tree
8vo, heavy brown card boards, gilt lettering & ornament to spine & front board, illus eps, frontis., 160 pp., plates, VG+ (light soiling & fading to boards, sl bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev owner's stamp in black ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals), in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy fading, light tanning & foxing, light creasing/curling & bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen 1974
KEYWORDS: Iris Tree Daphne Fielding portrait biography life lives 20th century literature
Harold Nicolson: A Biography 1886-1929, 1930-1968 (2 vols)
2 VOL SET. 8vo, heavy blue card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontis. (vol 1 only), vol 1- xii + 429 pp., vol 2- xii + 403 pp., plates, VG+ (minor scuffing to boards, sl scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanniing & soiling to pg edges, light taning to eps, light soiling to reps & terminals (vol 1)), in d/ws, VG+ (sl tanning to edges, light fading to spine (vol 1), light soiling to front cover & spine (vol 2), light creasing/bruising to edges (vol 2)).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1980-81
KEYWORDS: Harold Nicolson biography life lives 19th 20th century travel diary diarist diplomat
Guthrie-Smith of Tutira
Tidy ex-library, 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders biography biographies memoir Guthrie-Smith Tutira
Sri Ramakrishna: A Biography
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PUBLISHER: Sri Ramakrishna Math N/D
KEYWORDS: Sri Ramakrishna biography biographies memoir spirituality Hindu
J Krishnamurti: As I Knew Him
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: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir J Krishnamurti philosophy spirituality wisdom
The Happening of a Guru: A Biography of Ramesh S Balsekar
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Yogi Impressions Books 2003
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Ramesh S Balsekar spirituality wisdom teachings