Books - "biography"
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Queen Victoria: A Personal Sketch
LACKS FEP, 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: Cassell & Company 1900
KEYWORDS: English British monarchy monarchs queens Queen Victoria royals royalty royal family biography history
The Secretary: A Journey With Hillary Clinton From Beirut to the Heart of American Power
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Times Books / Henry Holt and Company 2013
KEYWORDS: Hillary Rodham Clinton biography memoir politics political cabinet ministers foreign relations women US America American
Ko Mata: The Life in New Zealand of Anne Chapman, Missionary at the Bay of Islands, Rotorua and Maketu 1830-1855
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo stapled light card covers (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: Rotorua & District Historical Society 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Anne Chapman biography memoir missionaries signed Philip Andrews
Man Ray
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: Hamish Hamilton 1989
KEYWORDS: dadaism surrealism philosophy Man Ray biography memoir dadaist movement
One-Man War: The Jock McLaren Story
Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 189pp, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate crack to gutter of pgs114-115) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1957
KEYWORDS: military history biography memoir Jock McLaren Pacific War
The Memory of Pablo Escobar
Imperial octavo, white heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine & front board, 359pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v minor bruising to lower board edges, sl soiling to front board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chris Boot 2007
KEYWORDS: Pablo Escobar biography memoir drug lords dealers law criminals true crime
N.C. Wyeth: A Biography
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; 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: Knopf 1998
KEYWORDS: signed inscribed n.c. wyeth illustrator artist america american biography david michaelis
The Life of Admiral Christopher Columbus, by His Son Ferdinand
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: Rutgers University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: christopher columbus ferdinand exploration colonisation colonialism imperialism colonization spain america americas age of discovery biography
Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 135pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to top spine edge & rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate damp wrinkling to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions wild west Wyatt Earp crime US American America history justice biography
Enemy Submarine: The Story of Gunther Prien Captain of U 47
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: William Kimber 1954
KEYWORDS: military history Gunther Prien naval u47 biography memoir Scapa Flow
Blessed Antonio Rosmini and the Institute of Charity: A Miscellany
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Rosminian Institute of Charity 2013
KEYWORDS: Antonio Rosmini religion Christianity biography charity
The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born; the Nobel Physicist Who Ignited the Quantum Revolution
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: Basic Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Max Born science physicists nobel prize winners biography memoir Germany German
Thorstein Veblen: Theorist of the Leisure Class
Super octavo softcover (VG) some minor highlighting & annotation in pencil; 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: Princeton University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: history Thorstein Veblen social philosphy conspicuous consumption biography memoir social theory
The Ingenious Mr Fairchild; The forgotten father of the flower garden
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: Headline Book Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: botany horticulture horticultural history thomas fairchild biography plants flora flowers london nursery reproduction hybrid genetic engineering modification science illustrated michael leapman
Garibaldi; The man and the Nation
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in very tatty 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: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited 1935
KEYWORDS: giuseppe garibaldi biography italian history unification revolution military
Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania and Character
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) occasional pencil annotations & underlining; 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: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
KEYWORDS: Robert Lowell poet laureates Pulitzer prize winners mental health illness psychopathology depression manic depressive biography memoir literary literature
Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic 1895-1926
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1995
KEYWORDS: Robert Graves literary biography memoir history literature
There Was a Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Permuted Press 2020
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Chris Bell music musicians Big Star
Byron: Life and Legend
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: John Murray 2002
KEYWORDS: Lord Byron literary biography memoir literature history
Robert Graves and the White Goddess 1940-85
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Phoenix Giant 1998
KEYWORDS: Robert Graves biography memoir literary history