Books - "biography"
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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
Duveen
Imperial 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: Hamish Hamilton 1972
KEYWORDS: Lord Joseph Duveen Millbank biography history
The Life of Proclus or Concerning Happiness, being the Biographical Account of an Ancient Greek Philosopher Who Was Innately Loved by the Gods
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: Phanes Press 1986
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek philosophy philosophers Proclus history historical biography biographies
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
The Reign of King Henry: How Graham Henry Transformed the All Blacks
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport sporting coaches rugby union ABs All Blacks Graham Henry biography
Tunis is Mad Tonight: The Life and Times of New Zealand Journalist Douglas Brass
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: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2025
KEYWORDS: New Zealand journalism history journalists biography memoir Douglas Brass
Crowded House: Something So Strong
Ex-library, 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: Pan Macmillan 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musicians Australian bands Crowded House Neil Finn biography
The Quentin Blake Book
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to red cloth spine, illus eps & prelims, 255pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to top edge of rear board)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2022
KEYWORDS: children's literature artists artwork Quentin Blake anthology biography literary art
Vivid: The Paul Hartigan Story
SIGNED BY PAUL HARTIGAN, imperial octavo, black cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to front board only, illus eps, frontispiece, 333pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: RF Books 2015
KEYWORDS: signed Paul Hartigan art artists biography New Zealand
Adidas: The Story as Told by Those Who Have Lived and Are Living It
COMPLETE! INCLUDES 'SHOE BOX' STYLE PRESENTATION BOX & TWO LOOSELY ENCLOSED POSTERS, quarto, black leatherette heavy boards, white adidas stripes to spine & boards, gilt lettering to front board, illus eps, 643pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in presentation box, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems, heavy cracking/tearing to joins/corners, one flap potentially removed, posters inside are in great condition though)
PUBLISHER: Adidas 2011
KEYWORDS: sport history footwear Adidas sports shoes history biography
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
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: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster 2000
KEYWORDS: vince lombardi italian american immigrant biography football