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Kesu: The Art and Life of Doug Kramer


KRAMER, JENNIFER & WEBSTER, GLORIA CRANMER & ROTH, SOLEN

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

$20.00
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C E Montague: A Memoir


ELTON, OLIVER

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

$22.50
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Gulbenkian: An Interpretation of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian


LODWICK, JOHN

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

$25.00
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Doctors Monro: A Medical Saga


WRIGHT-St CLAIR, REX E

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

$15.00
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Anne Sexton: A Biography


MIDDLEBROOK, DIANE WOOD

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

$22.50
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Never Break the Chain: Fleetwood Mac and the Making of Rumours


CARROLL, CATH

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

$10.00
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Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein


HOBHOUSE, JANET

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

$15.00
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Isaac Rosenberg: The Making of a Great War Poet, A New Life


WILSON, JEAN MOORCROFT

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

$24.50
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Pushkin: A Biography


TROYAT, HENRI & WEAVER, RANDOLPH T (Trans)

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

$15.00
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The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie


OSBORNE, CHARLES

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

$20.00
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Birdman: The Many Faces of Robert Stroud


BABYAK, JOLENE

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

$16.50
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Joan Didion


HENDERSON, KATHERINE USHER

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

$50.00
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Virginia Woolf: A Biography 1882-1941 (2 Vol Boxed Set)


BELL, QUENTIN

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

$65.00
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James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters (Third Impression)


LOVETT, RICHARD

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

$50.00
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Accidental Architect


LANGMEAD, DONALD

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

$140.00
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William Colenso: Printer, Missionary, Botanist, Explorer, Politician


BAGNALL, A G & PETERSEN, G C

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

$40.00
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Captain William Crush Daldy 1816-1903


DUGDALE, LESLEY N

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

$17.50
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Anzac & Aviator


MOLKENTIN, MICHAEL

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

$130.00
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The Life and Times of Sir Julius von Haast: Explorer, Geologist, Museum Builder


VON HAAST, H F

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

$40.00
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Captain William Crush Daldy 1816-1903


DUGDALE, LESLEY N

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

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