Books - "biography"
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Kesu: The Art and Life of Doug Kramer
Quarto 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: D & M Publishers 2012
KEYWORDS: Doug Kramer art biography biographies memoir artists
C E Montague: A Memoir
Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1929
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir C E Montague literature literary journalism
Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian
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: William Heinemann 1958
KEYWORDS: Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian biography biographies memoir
Doctors Monro: A Medical Saga
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: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library 1964
KEYWORDS: 17th 18th century medical history surgeons doctirs John Monro Sir AlexanderMonro biography biogarphies memoir
Anne Sexton: A Biography
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: Virago Press 1992
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Anne Sexton poets literature literary
Never Break the Chain: Fleetwood Mac and the Making of Rumours
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: Unanimous Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: rock pop bands music musicians Fleetwood Mac Rumours albums biography
Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein
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: Arena / Arrow Books 1986
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Gertrude Stein
Isaac Rosenberg: The Making of a Great War Poet, A New Life
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: Phoenix 2009
KEYWORDS: literature poets literary biography biographies memoir Isaac Rosenberg war
Pushkin: A Biography
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Victor Gollancz 1951
KEYWORDS: Russian literature literary biography writers authors biographies memoir Alexander Pushkin
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie
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: William Collins Sons & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: literature crime novelists literary biography biographies memoir Agatha Christie
Birdman: The Many Faces of Robert Stroud
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Ariel Vamp Press 2011
KEYWORDS: signed Jolene Babyak biography biographies memoir Birdman Robert Stroud criminal psychology Alcatraz psychopaths true crime
Joan Didion
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: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co 1981
KEYWORDS: Joan Didion biography literature literary biographies memoir
Virginia Woolf: A Biography 1882-1941 (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + (3) + 230pp, vol 2- ix + (3) + 300pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals of both vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1973
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Virginia Woolf Quentin Bell
James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters (Third Impression)
Octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & cover, teg, page fore-edges deckled, frontispiece, 511pp + 9 plates + folding map at rear, VG (heavy fading & rubbing to spine, heavy scuffing to spine extrems- material flapping, minor bruising to board corners, gift inscription in ink to ffep, several gutters wityh moderate cracking- terminals partially detached, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light to moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, several pages uncut)
PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1902
KEYWORDS: james chalmers autobiography biography christian missionary scottish christianity history travel writing
Accidental Architect
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, xvi + 280pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front & rear covers, minor soiling & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 245-264)
PUBLISHER: Crossing Press 1994
KEYWORDS: George Strickland Kingston architects architecture buildings history biography biographies memoir
William Colenso: Printer, Missionary, Botanist, Explorer, Politician
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate creasing to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir William Colenso history early settlers pioneers first editions
Captain William Crush Daldy 1816-1903
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Captain William Crush Daldy history biography biographies memoir history New Zealand early settlers pioneers
Anzac & Aviator
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: Allen & Unwin 2019
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Anzacs anzac soldiers Sir Ross Smith air race history biography biographies memoir
The Life and Times of Sir Julius von Haast: Explorer, Geologist, Museum Builder
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blu etextured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 1142pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light insect damage to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & foxing to folding maps at rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss/tape repairs to edges, light tanning & moderate wrinkling to spine- minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: H F von Haast 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers Sir Julius von Haast biography biographies memoir history first editions
Captain William Crush Daldy 1816-1903
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, light creasing to edges & flaps, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir maritime nautical Captain William Crush Daldy 19th nineteenth century