Books - "biography"
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The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History
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: Pan Books 2008
KEYWORDS: German biography biographies memoir Heinrich Himmler family nazi war criminals holocaust
Federico Fellini: Ringmaster of Dreams 1920-1993
Imperial octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, cream lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light tanning to spine, light creasing/bruising to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light soiling to prelims, moderate water damage to pgs10/11)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2003
KEYWORDS: film makers Federico Fellini 20th twentieth century entertainment history biography
Ornette Coleman: His Life and Music
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpagainted prelims + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & wrinkling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Berkeley Hills Books 1999
KEYWORDS: first editions Ornette Coleman music musicians entertainment jazz biography biographies memoir
The Tex Morton Songbook
SIGNED BY GORDON SPITTLE & TEX MORTON, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: GWS Publications 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment Tex Morton signed autobiography biography memoir
Allen Curnow Simply by Sailing in a New Direction
FIRST EDITION, 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: Auckland University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature literary biographies biography memoir ALlen Curnow
The Bravest Soldier: Sir Rollo Gillespie 1766-1814: A Historical Military Sketch
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frotnispiece, xvi + 292pp, folding maps, VG (sl fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, minor soiling & foxing to eps, minor scuffing to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderdate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, sm patch missing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling, minor scuff to front)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1937
KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies Sir Rollo Gillespie military history
Te Puea: A Life
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: Raupo / Penguin 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Te Puea Herangi biography biographies memoir history Michael King
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1990
KEYWORDS: Irving Berlin biography biographies memoir music musicians
The Mulvaney Sisters: Weaving & Other Adventures
Oblong 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: Auckland Museum 1999
KEYWORDS: Mulvaney sisters biography biographies memoir weaving textiles
Can You Feel the Silence: Van Morrison, a New Biography
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: Viking / Penguin 2002
KEYWORDS: music biography biographies memoir musicians Van Morrison
Frank Zappa the Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play
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: Quartet Books 1994
KEYWORDS: art music radio Frank Zappa musicians rock entertainment biography biographies memoir
Here's to Life, and All That Jazz
DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Copy Press Books 2004
KEYWORDS: signed Dave MacCalman paralympians paralympics sport autobiography autobiographies memoir biography New Zealand Zealanders
Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
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: Fourth Estate 1997
KEYWORDS: biography science Sir Isaac Newton history physics
Proust's Overcoat: The True Story of One Man's Passion for all Things Proust
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: Portobello Books 2010
KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust literature literary appreciation biography
Adventure Heroes: Legendary Characters from Odysseus to James Bond
Quarto 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: Facts on File 1994
KEYWORDS: literature art biography reference superheroes mass media
Francois Truffaut
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: Papermac 1981
KEYWORDS: film studies movies directors Francois Truffaut cinema biography biographies memoir
George Ratcliffe Woodward 1848-1934: Priest, Poet and Musician
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 Canterbury Press 1996
KEYWORDS: biography biographies religion Christianity poetry music arts George Ratcliffe Woodward
C G Jung: His Myth in Our Time
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: Inner City Books 1998
KEYWORDS: C G Jung biography biographies psychology science jungian
Freud at Work
Quarto, black cloth boards, blind lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2006
KEYWORDS: art artists Lucian Freud interviews Sebastian Smee autobiography biography
Mana at Mangungu: A Biography of William White 1794-1875, Wesleyan Missionary at Whangaroa and Hokianga
SCARCE, quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 142pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss at spine/staples- sl tearing at bottom staple, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, sm adhesive label residue to frnt cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to inside front cover, occasional sl soiling/foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: M B Gittos 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography biographies memoir early settlers pioneers religion wesleyan missionaries William White