RHODES, H. WINSTON

Super octavo, illus grey light card covers, dark grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 85pp, illus, VG (light creasing/curling with moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: Kennaway Henderson New Zealand Zealanders biography memoir

ANTHONY, GORDON & GENEE-ISITT, DAME ADELINE (Appreciation)

FIRST LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#122-250), SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ALICIA MARKOVA, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing & bruising to extrems with some sl surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix House 1951

KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered edition ballet dancers performers Alicia Markova biography

VINCENDEAU, GINETTE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, vii + 278pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: British Film Institute 2006

KEYWORDS: Jean-Pierre Melville film makers movies biography memoir French cinema

NATUSCH, SHEILA

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1969

KEYWORDS: J F H Wohlers biography memoir New Zealand settlers pioneers

TOLAND, JOHN

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: Anchor Books / Doubleday 1992

KEYWORDS: nazi Germany Adolf Adolph Hitler third reich leaders history biography memoir heads of state

THOMAS, BERTHA

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: W. H. Allen & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: eminent women series Bertha Thomas George Sand biography memoir literature literary

PAYNE, ROBERT

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: Robert Hale 1966

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia ww1 history biography memoir

STUCKENSCHMIDT, H. H. & ROSENBAUM, SAMUEL R. (Trans)

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: Calder and Boyars 1969

KEYWORDS: Maurice Ravel classical music composers biography memoir

RING, JIM

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 1996

KEYWORDS: Erskine Childers biography memoir literary

LENZ, Dr MAX & WHYTE, FREDERIC (Trans)

Super 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: Hutchinson & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte biography memoir military history politics

LAURENCE, DAN H. (Ed)

3 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 925-986pp, VG (usual library markings & coverings, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spines & covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1989

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Bernard Shaw history biography memoir

MONK, RAY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 654pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling & tanning, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophy philosophers biography memoir

DAVISON, STEPHEN

Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & boards, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Blackstaff Press 2014

KEYWORDS: motorsports motorbikes motorcycles racing John McGuiness biography memoir

PERRY, PAUL et al

Square super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, orange & blue lettering to spine, xxvii + 195pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to covers, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thunder's Mouth Press 1996

KEYWORDS: travel literature popular culture Ken Kesey merry pranksters biography memoir autobiography swinging 60s sixties Ken Babbs psychadelic

HAECKEL, ERNST & BOLSCHE, WILHELM & McCABE, JOSEPH (Intro, Trans & Supplementary Chapter by)

REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER, octavo, red half leather bound green buckram boards, blank title plate to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, 128pp + 128pp, VG (light scuffing & surface loss to spine, light staining to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims & pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Watts & Co 1909 / 1910

KEYWORDS: Ernst Haeckel biography memoir philosophy evolution

STOYE, JOHN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 356pp, illus, VG+ (sl brusiing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli Europe European science scientists military history warfare politics

ATTWATER, DONALD & [SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM]

EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, in transparent plastic); 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 Catholic Book Club 1960

KEYWORDS: st saint john chysostom donald attwater religion christian christianity theology antioch byzantium orthodox eastern orthodoxy biography

HEYLIN, CLINTON & [VAN MORRISON]

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: Viking 2002

KEYWORDS: van morrison biography musician rock n and roll pop popular culture

FLINK, STEVE & EVERT, CHRIS (forew.) & [SAMPRAS, PETE]

Super octavo hardcover (Near Fine) 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: New Chapter Press 2020

KEYWORDS: pete sampras tennis sport sports biography

ACKROYD, PETER & [COLLINS, WILKIE]

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: Chatto & Windus 2012

KEYWORDS: wilkie collins britain british biography peter ackroyd