Books - "biography"
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Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph
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: Grove Press 1995
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Emperor Francis Joseph
Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Verso 2012
KEYWORDS: first editions Ryszard Kapuscinski biography biograhies memoir Polish journalists journalism
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Square 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: PRC Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: sport history legends boxing boxers Muhammad Ali biography
Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence
Ex-library, 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: John Murray 2016
KEYWORDS: Elizabeth Jane Howard literature literary biography biographies memoir
The Precious Mackenzie Story
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY PRECIOUS MACKENZIE, 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: Pelham Books 1975
KEYWORDS: weightlifters sport history biography biographies memoir Precious Mackenzie signed Coomonwealth medallists
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Square 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2002
KEYWORDS: movie directors cinema Stanley Kubrick biography
Wine, Women and Song: A Spitfire Pilot's Story
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stayer 2011
KEYWORDS: first editions military history fighter pilots Doug Brown biography letters correspondence spitfire New Zealand
Burning to Speak: The Life and Art of Henri Gaudier Brzeska
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: Phaidon Press 1978
KEYWORDS: art artists biography biographies Henri Gaudier Brzeska
Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) top half of ffep missing; 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1995
KEYWORDS: music biographies biography rock pop bands Depeche Mode musicians
Colonel Jack Hays: Texas Frontier Leader and California Builder
SIGNED, LACKS D/W, octavi, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, illus/printed eps, frontispiece, 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelim)
PUBLISHER: E P Dutton & Company 1952
KEYWORDS: signed James Kimmins Greer biography biographies memoir history Colonel Jack Hays
Tigrero!
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey heavy boards, yellow lettering to green buckram spine, top page edges stained green, deckled page fore-edges, illus/maps at eps, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 266pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning to board edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1953
KEYWORDS: travel writing adventure hunting Joaquim Guato biography first editions South America
Frau Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 587pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate soiling to rear cover, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil markings)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: Frau Lou biography biographies memoir literature philosophy psychology Friedrich Nietzsche students
The Path of Mercy: The Life of Catherine McAuley
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + (6) + 419pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Catholic University of America Press / Four Courts Press 2012
KEYWORDS: Catherine McAuley biography biographies memoir Sisters of Mercy founder charity history
I'll Be Gone: Mike Rudd, Spectrum and How One Song Captured a Generation
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MIKE RUDD, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 261pp, illus/photos, VG+ (mino rwrinkling/creasing to spine & front cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne Books 2020
KEYWORDS: signed Mike Rudd Spectrum Australia Australian music bands biography
The Life and Contributions of Walter Bradford Cannon 1871-1945: His Influence on the Development of Physiology in the Twentieth Century
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 264pp, illus, VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling to boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center 1975
KEYWORDS: health medical biography physiology Walter Bradford Cannon
Otfrid Foerster: Physician and Naturalist, November 9 1873-June 15 1941
Super octavo, grey stiff card wrappers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 96pp + photos to rear, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag 1969
KEYWORDS: Otfrid Foerster medical health biography biographies physicians physiology anatomy neurosurgery nervous system
Lord Randolph Churchill, Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 564pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, minor fading to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, 1x single library plate to front pastedown- no others detected, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1906
KEYWORDS: Lord Randolph Churchill history biography biographies memoir
Sir George Grey KCB, 1812-1898: A Study in Colonial Government
Ex-library, octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 709pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, jacket taped to boards, tape residue to board edges & eps, light fading to boards edges, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, blurb from jacket glued in to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (jacket in protective plastic cover & taped to boards- staining to edges likely, moderate staining/soiling, front flap removed with blurb glued in to front pastedown, fore-edge of rear flap heavily trimmed but all text seems present)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history government Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir politics
Take Me to a Circus Tent: The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual
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: Infinity Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: music Jefferson Airplane bands entertainment biography biographies
Issigonis: The Official Biography
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: Icon Books 2006
KEYWORDS: automotive motoring history industry Sir Alec Issigonis British biography