Books - "biography"
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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
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
Before Leonard The Early Suitors of Virginia Woolf
first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: peter owen london 2006
KEYWORDS: biography literature virginia woolf sarah hall
JV Barry: A Life
first edition 322pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2007
KEYWORDS: biography law barry finnane
Over My Dead Body
ASSOCIATION COPY first edition SIGNED by author 265pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,author's sign.to title page,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,short splits to head/foot of hinges) association copy - June Opie was a New Zealander who courageously and famously battled polio - the ownership signature is that of NZ author Dennis McEldowney who wrote The World Regained based on his survival as a blue baby - NZ's two most highly respected and famous survivors
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1957
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography june opie dennis mceldowney signed medicine
Dickens and Crime
second edition 371pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1964
KEYWORDS: literature crime dickens collins biography
Seasons of a Hunter
ex-lib.first edition 134pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (beige cloth,mod.wear to extrems.,dustwrapper taped to pastedowns,usual libr.stamps,content edges sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (in plastic cover which is taped to pastedowns,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1977
KEYWORDS: hunting new zealand philip holden biography
The Spirit of Liberty
second edition 285pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD+ (blue paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: knopf new york 1954
KEYWORDS: history biography sociology irving dilliard