Books - "biography"
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Mark Twain's Western Years
ex-lib.reprint 218pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,usual libr.stamps and labels) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1966
KEYWORDS: mark twain literature biography ivan benson
Portrait of Frances Hodgkins
first edition 159pp ills.[b/w w.col.tipped-in plates] VG+ (cream cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography arts history frances hodgkins mccormick
Heath's Book of Beauty MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
264pp ills.[b/w engravings] VG- (full black morocco w.gilt dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,head of hinges starting,paper separation at fep gutter,binder's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed incl.margins of plates,all edges gilt)
PUBLISHER: longman rees orme london 1833
KEYWORDS: arts beauty biography literature heath
Nineteen Acres
Blue cloth bound 138pp NF bookplate on front pastedown
PUBLISHER: Kennys Bookshops Galway 1978
KEYWORDS: biography agriculture history healy history
The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
The Story of the Reverend W Awdry and His Really Useful Engines
Blue cloth boards 336pp illus, gilt embossed front board and spine,NF (faintly cocked) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1995
KEYWORDS: literature trains railways transport children biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1769 - 1960 FIVE VOLUME SET (vols one, two, three, four, five)
Five Volumes, vol 1 reprint 1998, vol 2 reprint 1993, vol 3 reprint 2000, Vol 4 reprint 1999, Vol 5 First Edition 2000. All five volumes black cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine xviii + 674pp; xix + 664pp; xxi + 649pp; xxii + 650pp; xxv + 679pp. All five volumes are FINE in FINE d/w VERY HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press et al Wellington and Auckland 1998
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography
Ad Reinhardt
first edition 240pp, imperial octavo hardcover, Near FINE in Near FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: reaktion books london 2008
KEYWORDS: art biography history ad reinhardt michael corrie
Life and Labours of Mr. Brassey
ex-lib.fourth edition 386pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled/foxed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: bell and daldy london 1873
KEYWORDS: biography history arthur helps brassey
Journal & Drawings 1939-1965
first edition 219pp ills.[b/w] quarto, black cloth boards, VG+ (sl.wear to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled, creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: alan ross london 1966
KEYWORDS: arts journal keith vaughan biography
Black Bread and Barbed Wire
first edition 188pp VG+ in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: leo cooper london 1978
KEYWORDS: military history biography michael moynihan
Unsung Hero: Barzillai Quaife
first edition 217pp octavo softcover VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,crease to front cover)
PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north [1991]
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history politics peter kennett barzillai quaife
Auto da Fay
first australian edition signed by author 367pp ills.[b/w] FINE (green cloth,author's sign.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: flamingo harpercollins [printed in australia] 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography fay weldon signed
The Little Company
ex-lib.first edition 319pp VERY GOOD- (tan cloth,rubbed and stained,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.foxed/browned) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: collins sydney 1945
KEYWORDS: australia history eleanor dark biography modern first edition
The World According to Mimi Smartypants
first edition 233pp FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography mimi smartypants
Energy and Empire A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin
first edition 866pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (black cloth,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and rear fep) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press cambridge 1989
KEYWORDS: history biography lord kelvin smith wise
Mahatma Gandhi
second edition 557pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD+ (beige cloth,sl.sunned cloth,eps and content sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: george allen & unwin london 1949
KEYWORDS: biography india history radhakrishnan
The Autobiography of Joseph Arch
first edition 147pp NEAR FINE (paper boards,owner's bookplate to front pastedown) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1966
KEYWORDS: biography history autobiography joseph arch
A Hedonist on the Cellar Adventures in Wine
first edition 243pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,sl.cocked) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 2006
KEYWORDS: literature wine biography modern first edition jay mcinerney
The Major Works of R.N.Elliott
reprint 243pp VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: new classics library gainesville 1987
KEYWORDS: history biography economics elliott
First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin
first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] octavo hardcover Near FINE in Near FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: peter owen london 2005
KEYWORDS: literature biography philip larkin richard bradford