Books - "biography"
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Introducing Shakespeare
paperback, 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 keeps postage costs down.
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KEYWORDS: literature specials g b harrison william shakespeare criticism biography
The Birth of a Story
first edition 122pp VERY GOOD+ (grey cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1972
KEYWORDS: literature history william sansom biography
Borstal Boy
first edition 343pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (mauve cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1958
KEYWORDS: biography history brendan behan borstal literature
Sunshine and Wattlegold
first edition 256pp VERY GOOD (green cloth w.blind stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: lothian book publishing melbourne [nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography wattlegold australia norwood
John Oliver North Queensland
[first edition] 240pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: diocese of north queensland [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography theology religion james norman john oliver
Rude Assignment
reprint 231pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.stains to head/foot of spine,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in POOR dustwrapper (upper third of front cover torn off but present,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several small loss and tears)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1951
KEYWORDS: literature biography arts wyndham lewis
The Scottish Nation [3 volumes]
first edition thus 3 vols.752/752/736pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (vols.1 and 2 have matching burgundy cloth boards w.burgundy half leather,vol.3 has brown cloth boards w.brown half-leather,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,spine of vol.3 sunned,marbled eps and edges to vols.1/2 w.gilt edges to vol.3,prelims.sl.foxed) heavy set
PUBLISHER: fullarton edinburgh 1863/1864
KEYWORDS: scotland history geography william anderson biography
To Brave Every Danger The Epic Life of Mary Bryant
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KEYWORDS: literature specials judith cook mary bryant biography australia
Billy
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KEYWORDS: biography arts pamela stephenson billy connolly specials
De Gaulle
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KEYWORDS: biography history politics world war two military general charles de gaulle alexander werth specials
The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
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KEYWORDS: literature specials biography john goldsmith john forster
Memoirs of Paul De Kock
first edition 294pp VERY GOOD+ (blue embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: leonard smithers london 1899
KEYWORDS: history biography paul de kock
Sporting Reminiscences
first edition 284pp GOOD+ (pale blue cloth,rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.andcontent edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1919
KEYWORDS: sport biography history dorothea conyers
Moral and Political Dialogues between Divers Eminent Persons
second edition 384pp POOR (full leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.leather coming away from lifting edges,owner's stamp to ffep and inscr.to title page,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed/browned,spine cracked,contents sprung)
PUBLISHER: millar london 1760
KEYWORDS: history biography politics literature
Testimony to Hilaire Bellox
first edition 172pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (teal cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1956
KEYWORDS: history literature biography hilaire belloc jebb
The Spice of Life
first edition [signed by author's daughter] 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's daughter's inscr.to half-title) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974
KEYWORDS: biography military history harold mitchell signed
Face with Fortitude
first edition 192pp ills.[b/w] FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: ianswork publishers auckland 2005
KEYWORDS: nautical military history biography johnston
Quiet With The Hills
first edition 211pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,4x3cm loss to head of ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch [1970]
KEYWORDS: history biography constance gray
Henry Fielding A Memoir
first edition 326pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled,wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london 1910
KEYWORDS: henry fielding biography literature godden
Remarks on New Zealand, in February 1846
ex-lib.facsimile edition 67pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual lib.stamps and labels) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled w.lib.marks to spine,sl.stained edges)
PUBLISHER: hocken library dunedin 1969
KEYWORDS: new zealand history robert fitzroy biography hocken