Books - "biography"
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Kenneth Grahame: An Innocent in the Wild Wood
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: Allison & Busby 1996
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Kenneth Grahame
Tambimuttu: Bridge Between Two Worlds
Tidy ex-library, 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: Peter Owen 1989
KEYWORDS: Tambimuttu literature literary biography biographies memoir letters letter writing
Kafka's Milena
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: Condor / Souvenir Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Milena Jesenska Czech literature literary inspiration Franz Kafka biography biographies memoir
Dorsey
INSCRIBED & 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: Mountain Wusa 2006
KEYWORDS: Dorsey McDaniel Canada Canadian immigrants history biography biographies memoir signed Wendy Marie Bush
Geoffrey Keyes: Royal Scots Greys
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions Geoffrey Keyes biography biographies memoir military history
Lucian Freud: Paintings
Imp. 8vo, pp. 135; illus. llight card covers; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges with some light chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1989
KEYWORDS: Lucian Freud 20th century art artists painting painter paintings life lives biography criticism history
An Eye for Nature: The Life and Art of William T. Cooper
4to, pp. x + 278; illus. heavy card boards; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; gift inscription in black ink to ht; adhesive residue exposed to ht from ffep at gutter); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: NLA Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: Penny Olsen William T Cooper wildlife art artists Australia Australian painting painter birds ornithology ornithological illustration life lives biography
The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
8vo 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 2022
KEYWORDS: C J Hauser life lives biography memoir autobiography
The Island
8vo 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: Hale & Iremonger 1984
KEYWORDS: Antigone Fefala New Zealand Europe life lives biography memoir autobiography
Peter Pears: A Biography
Super 8vo 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: Faber and Faber 1992
KEYWORDS: Christopher Headington Peter Pears life lives biography
Percy Grainger
Super 8vo 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: Faber and Faber 1982
KEYWORDS: John Bird Percy Grainger 19th 20th century life lives biography
Alan Pearson: His Life and Art
Signed, inscribed & dated by Alan Pearson. Imp. 8vo, pp. viii + 159; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to base of ffep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Alan Pearson 20th century New Zealand art artist life lives biography criticism Denys Trussell
Philip Roth: The Biography
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 898; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in white; plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; some sl water damage; sl tanning).
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2021
KEYWORDS: Blake Bailey Philip Roth life lives American literary biography 20th century
Mendelssohn: A Life in Music
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: Oxford University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: classical music composers biography biographies memoir history Felix Mendelssohn
The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
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: Thames & Hudson 2002
KEYWORDS: biography memoir biographies Michael Ventris linear b code breakers historical artefacts history
Bishop Monrad in Aotearoa: Ditlev Gothard Monrad's Life and His Legacy to New Zealand
Square 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: Karere Publications 2011
KEYWORDS: Ditlev Gothard Monrad history New Zealand biography biographies early settlers pioneers
Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth: Frank Lloyd Wright
Lg 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: Macdonald & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: architecture architects Frank Lloyd Wright buildings design biography biographies history
Letters to Monica
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: Faber and Faber 2011
KEYWORDS: Philip Larkin Monica Jones literature literary biography biographies letters correspondence
Swedenborg: Life and Teaching
Paperback (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: Pillar Books / Swedenborg Foundation Inc. 1976
KEYWORDS: Emanuel Swedenborg natural science history philosophy biography biographies
Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening
Paperback (G+) scruffy 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: Avon 1976
KEYWORDS: spirituality teachers Krishnamurti biography biographies history religion religious leaders