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$30.00
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The Life of Mozart: Including His Correspondence


HOLMES, EDWARD & HOGWOOD, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1991

KEYWORDS: ludwig amadeus mozart classical music biography memoir

$40.00
ak2/21a/8

My Father Who is on Earth


WRIGHT, JOHN LLOYD

Octavo, light green cloth boards, red lettering & rule to spine & front board, 195pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to board extrems & edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ffep missing, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine, moderate soiling to spine, other minor general soiling)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1946

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir John Frank Lloyd Wright architecture architects

$40.00
ak3/8a/3

Fashion & Peversity: A Life of Vivienne Westwood and the Sixties Laid Bare


VERMOREL, FRED

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 245pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl adhesive staining to board edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in blue felt pen to ffep) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- cover edges likely stained if removed, sl discolouration/fading)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1996

KEYWORDS: first editions fashion icons designers Vivienne Westwood 60s sixties modern history biography

$15.00
xxsmj219804

Solon and his Political Theory: [The Contemporary Significance of a Basic Contribution to Political Theory by One of the Seven Wise Men]


REXINE, JOHN E

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: The William-Frederick Press 1958

KEYWORDS: Solon political theory historical biography history politics ancient Greece

$20.00
xxsrd219836

Ferry Porsche: 100 Jahre / Years


PORSCHE AG HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Oblong octavo hardcover (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: Dumont 2009

KEYWORDS: Ferry Porsche car manufacturer business motoring biography cars text in German and English

$35.00
xxsrm219839

The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling


GILMOUR, DAVID

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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002

KEYWORDS: Kudyard Kipling literary biography colonial history British India

$20.00
xxsrm219840

George Silvertop of Minsteracres


DOBSON, FRANK

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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: Browne Burton & Associates 2004

KEYWORDS: signed George Silvertop historical biography Reformation England British history Catholicism Minsteracres

$16.50
xxckb219888

George Washington: Citizen-Soldier


WALL, CHARLES CECIL

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: The Mount Vernon Ladies' Asssociation 1988

KEYWORDS: George Washington historical military political biography United States president American history Mount Vernon

$20.00
xxhcg219934

John Lennon Is His Own Words


LENNON, JOHN & MARCHBANK, PEARCE & MILES

Imperial 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: Omnibus Press 1980

KEYWORDS: John Lennon interviews biography b&w photos the Beatles

$22.50
xxzdc219970

Crowded House: Something So Strong


BOURKE, CHRIS

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: MacMillan 1997

KEYWORDS: Crowded House New Zealand pop music biography

$25.00
xxaug219982

Charles George Gordon


BUTLER, COLONEL SIR WILLIAM F

Octavo hardcover (VG- cracking at gutter to rear); 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: Macmillan 1892

KEYWORDS: Charles George Gordon British military colonial biography Crimea China Sudan English Men of Action series

$35.00
xxauf219989

Wellington's Campaigns Peninsula-Waterloo 1808-15 Part I: 1808-9-10-11 Roleia to Albuhera [Fifth Edition]: also Moore's Campaign of Corunna (for Military Students)


ROBINSON, MAJOR-GEN. C W

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (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: Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1914

KEYWORDS: Wellington military biography campaigns history battles

$35.00
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Wellington's Campaigns Peninsula-Waterloo 1808-15 Part III: 1815: Waterloo [Fourth Edition]: also Moore's Campaign of Corunna (for Military Students)


ROBINSON, MAJOR-GEN. C W

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (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: Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1911

KEYWORDS: Wellington military biography campaigns history battles Waterloo

$45.00
3a4/11

What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years


RICCARDI, RICKY

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black spine, frontispiece, xxii + 369pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing to front board, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 2011

KEYWORDS: music musicians Louis Armstrong jazz biography biographies memoir

$10.00
xxzai220126

McMeekan: A Biography


MCLAUCHLAN, GORDON

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1982

KEYWORDS: dr campbell mcmeekan new zealand scientist memoir biography

$27.50
xxzei220138

James Boswell: The Earlier Years 1740-1769


POTTLE, FREDERICK A

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1966

KEYWORDS: james boswell history memoir biography

$50.00
3a4/24

Ans Westra: A Life in Photography


MOON, PAUL

Super octavo, light blue soft covers, white lettering to front cover, 326pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to cover edges, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2024

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir Ans Westra art photos photography

$110.00
3a4/44

Dare to Dream: The John Britten Story


PRICE, FELICITY

Oblong quarto, blue heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, 5cm loss to middle of spine- archival tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir John Britten motorsports motorcycle legends motorcycles motorbikes

$120.00
3a4/46

The Inner Man: The Life of J G Ballard


BAXTER, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 377pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor soiling to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2011

KEYWORDS: first editions J G Ballard biography biographies memoir literature literary

$245.00

The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones


BOOTH, STANLEY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 383pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1985

KEYWORDS: rock stars musicians bands The Rolling Stones biography biographies music

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