Books - "biography"
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Truby King: The Man
EX-LIBRARY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1948
KEYWORDS: frederic truby king plunket new zealand history health medicine child welfare karitane society mary biography childbirth babies infant infants
Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL
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: Grub Street 2001
KEYWORDS: sir keith park no. 11 number group figher command new zealand big wing burma biography military history vincent orange
Hunting The Tiger; The Fast Life and Violent Death of the Balkans' Most Dangerous Man
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+320pp, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light-moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's stamps to fep & title page, heavy crease to top corner of fep where prev. folded) in d/w, VG+ (v. light discolouration to extrems, in removeable plastic protective slip)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books 2008
KEYWORDS: christopher s stewart zeljko arkan raznatovic balkans yugoslavian serbian croatian bosnian political biographies biography true international war crimes criminals atrocities gangsters mobsters guerillas politics european civil wars military warfare paramilitary forces conflicts revolutions 20th twentieth century 1990s history
The Architect of Kokoda; Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Trail
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: Hachette Australia 2013
KEYWORDS: robyn bert kienzle neil mcdonald kokoda trail campaigns australian military veterans biography biographies history papua new guinea japanese conflicts warfare world war two 2 second wwii
Friday On My Mind; the life of George Young
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PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2020
KEYWORDS: jeff apter george young music musicians biographies biography ac/dc easybeats flash and & the pan australian rock n roll popular history
Never Enough; The Story of the Cure
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: Omnibus Press 2009
KEYWORDS: jeff apter the cure music musicians musical biography biographies history histories memoirs post-punk popular english england britain british robert smith
Behind Dark Eyes; The True Story of Jon English
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: Woodslane Press Pty Ltd 2021
KEYWORDS: jeff apter jon english biographies biography music musicians musical history australian jesus christ superstar rock popular
The Secrets of Great Botanists and What They Teach Us About Gardening
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Mitchell Beazley 2018
KEYWORDS: biography botany botanist botanists gardening joseph banks asa gray marianne north
Madame de Maintenon
FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG-, moderate foxing); 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: J. M Dent and Sons Ltd 1930
KEYWORDS: madame marquise de maintenon francoise d'aubigne scarron maud cruttwell biography biographies french france european history monarchy monarchies monarchs royals royalty king louis xiv
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself; A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace
Super octavo softcover (VG, heavy discolouration/tanning to covers, but good clean reading copy); 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: Broadway Books 2010
KEYWORDS: david lipsky david foster wallace literary biographies biography journalism interviews road trips
The Private Life of Louis XV
LACKS FEP; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, boards slightly shaky, cracking to gutters, light foxing); 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 Bodley Head Limited 1924
KEYWORDS: mouffle d'angerville king louis xv biography biographies french france european history royalty monarchs monarchy
A Daughter of the Medicis; The Romantic Story of Marguerite de Valois
FIRST EDITION; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, front gutter moderately cracked and wobbly, boards still attached); 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: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions marguerite de valois jean h mariejol biography biographies queen of navarre france medicis french royal history monarchs monarchy monarchies royalty
Too Many Spears
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: Angus & Robertson Publishers 1978
KEYWORDS: peter pinney estelle runcie frank jardine biography biographies australian early settler colonialism history northern frontier somerset cape york peninsula torres strait
A Life of Science; A Tribute to Charles Alexander Fleming
Super octavo stapled illus. 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: Royal Society of New Zealand 1988
KEYWORDS: royal society of new zealand tribute to charles alexander fleming science scientists natural history biographies biography
The Moneymaker
FIRST EDITION; 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: Bantam Press 1999
KEYWORDS: janet gleeson john law finance history credit scottish biography scotland economics politics money
Damn Right I've Got The Blues; Buddy Guy and the Blues Roots of Rock-and-Roll
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: Woodford Press 1993
KEYWORDS: buddy guy blues rock and roll popular music biography biographies chicago louisiana country united states american u.s.a. guitar
Washington; The Indispensable Man
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, price-clipped); 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 Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: george washington james thomas flexner biographies biography united states of american u.s.a history founding fathers
In Extremis; The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
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: Vintage 2019
KEYWORDS: marie colvin lindsey hilsum biography biographies journalists journalism foreign war correspondents correspondence media
The Life and Works of Robert Burns: Volume 1
THIS VOL. ONLY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers Ltd. 1896
KEYWORDS: robert burns chambers william wallace biography literature scotland scottish robbie literary history culture
Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014
KEYWORDS: anne de courcy margot asquith downing street st britain british england h.h. biography first world war one ww1 wwi