Books - "biography"
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The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Four: 1921-1940
REPRINT. THIS VOL ONLY. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxii + 650; black heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography dictionary
Biographical Sketches 1852-1875
Crown 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 499 + 4 advts; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to rear hinge).
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1888
KEYWORDS: Harriet Martineau 19th century life lives biography biographies
Reminiscences of a Long Life
Obl 4to, pp. 334; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: David Ling 2017
KEYWORDS: John Logan Campbell life lives biography biographies 21st century
Egon Schiele: Almost a Lifetime
4to, pp. 301; illus. heavy card bds, spine & bds lettered in blue & white; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Hirmer 2015
KEYWORDS: Egon Schiele art artist painting photography 20th century life lives biography
Keith Richards: A Rock 'n' Roll Life
Quarto, illus heavy boards, green & grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, sl chafing/soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: WS White Star Publishers 2012
KEYWORDS: The Rolling Stones Keith Richards biography biographies memoir rock music musicians history entertainment
Peepholism: Into the Art of Morrissey
Quarto, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1994
KEYWORDS: pop popular music Morrissey art entertainment The Smiths biography biographies memoir
Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/map to front eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Carmelite Fathers, National Scapular Headquarters N/D (c.1960?)
KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands Papua New Guinea PNG religious biographies biography memoir Mother Marie-Therese Noblet catholic church missionaries history
The Works of That Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr Richard Hooker: With an Account of His Life and Death (Third Edition)
3 VOL SET, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates & gilt rule & raised bands to spines, red speckling to page edges, mixed pagination, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor loss to bases of spines, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plates to front pastedown, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims, heavy chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1845
KEYWORDS: religious biographies biography memoir Mr Richard Hooker religion
From Powder Monkey to Governor: The Life of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, Kt RN 1785-1860, First Governor of South Australia; Lieut. Governor of Heligoland
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to edges/extrems, sl chafing to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Access Press 1995
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir biography Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh Australian South Australia history early settlers pioneers Adelaide
The Life & Work of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929
Imperial octavo, deep brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: GMP Publishers 1987
KEYWORDS: Henry Scott Tuke art history British artists biography biographies memoir
The Music of Charles Wood - A Critical Study
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor glue staining seeping through to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning, chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames Publishing 1978
KEYWORDS: Charles Wood music biography biographies memoir criticism classical composers
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biographies memoir literature biography Robert Graves
Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir
Just who does he think he is? A theatrical life
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. 311; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006
KEYWORDS: George Webby 20th century life lives biography autobiography memoir New Zealand
The Collected Works of Paul Valery Volume 6: Monsieur Teste
THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, pp. ix + 167; cream cl bds, brown labels to spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in gilt; top edge stained grey; VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep; light annotation & underlining in pencil sporadic throughout).
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Paul Valery journal notebook diary Monsieur Teste life lives biography memoir 20th century fiction
Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [8] + 440; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & pencil markings to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate annotation & underlining in pencil throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl curling & chipping).
PUBLISHER: Verso 2016
KEYWORDS: Star Jeffries 20th century Frankfurt School philosophy life lives biography politics culture Europe Germany
Life and Letters of Thomas Hodgkin (Second Edition)
LACKS FEP, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 447pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to prelims, moderate cracking to guttes sporadically throughout, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1918
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir letters correspondence Thoams Hodgkin
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, with Selections from his Correspondence
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, gilt tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 600pp, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine/boards, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, remembrance plate tipped in & gift inscription in ink to recto of half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1848
KEYWORDS: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton biography biographies memoir autobiographies literature letters correspondence history
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold (Fifth Edition) (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, black rule & decoration to spines & boards, gilt initials in gothic script to front boards of both vols, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxiii + 440pp, vol 2- xvi + 448pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards, light soiling to page edges, numerous gift & ownership inscriptions in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: B Fellowes, Ludgate Street 1845
KEYWORDS: Thomas Arnold biography biographies memoir autobiographies history letters correspondence historical
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 547pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2019
KEYWORDS: art design history Walter Gropius biography biographies memoir