Books - "biography"
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Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, dark blue lettering to spine, x + 202pp + illus to rear, VG- (spine cocked, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1937
KEYWORDS: first editions military history biography biographies memoir Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Niels Bohr's Times, In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity
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: Clarendon Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Niels Bohr nuclear physics history biography
Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes
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: Helter Skelter Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: serge gainsbourg songwriter music french biography
Art Sex Music
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: Faber & Faber
KEYWORDS: cosey fanni tutti art artist memoir biography musician
Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams
UK FIRST EDITION, MUSIC CRITIC TREVOR REEKIE'S COPY, 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: Martin Secker & Warburg 1992
KEYWORDS: UK first editions Dean Martin music singers crooners biography biographies
El Sid: Saint Vicious
OWNERSHIP OF MUSIC CRITIC TREVOR REEKIE, 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: St Martin's Griffin 1998
KEYWORDS: Sid Vicious punk music biography biographies memoir rock Sex Pistols
The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley
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: Aurum Press 2003
KEYWORDS: first editions music rock and roll stars Elvis Presley Colonel Tom Parker biography
Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of The Ramones
OWNERSHIP OF MUSICIAN TREVOR REEKIE, 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: Omnibus Press 2005
KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands The Ramones biography biographies memoir
Factory: The Story of a Record Label
OWNERSHIP OF MUSIC CRITIC TREVOR REEKIE, 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: Virgin Books 2009
KEYWORDS: music history Factory Records record labels biography
Richthofen: Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron
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: Arms and Armour Press 1995
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war fighter pilots German Germany The Red Baron Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen biography
Rolling With the Stones
Heavy lg quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor tanning to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 2002
KEYWORDS: rock music bands musicians The Rolling Stones history biography autobiography Bill Wyman
Kepler
FIRST EDIITON, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 401pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, minor fading & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959
KEYWORDS: first editions Johannes Kepler astronomy science history biography physics
The Life and Times of Sir Julius von Haast: Explorer, Geologist, Museum Builder
LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, orange lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 1142pp, folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl fading to spine, sl rubbing to extrems, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: H F von Haast 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers Sir Julius von Haast biography biographies memoir
The Secret of the Sierra Madre: The Man Who Was B Traven
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: Doubleday & Company 1980
KEYWORDS: literature literary B Traven biography
Huxley in Hollywood
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: Harper & Row 1989
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Aldous Huxley first editions
Malcolm Lowry: 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: Oxford University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: biography memoir biographies Malcolm Lowry literature literary
The Illustrated Red Baron: The Life and Times of Manfred von Richthofen
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: Cassell & Co 2000
KEYWORDS: German fighter pilots Baron von Richthofen biography biographies memoir Red Baron luftwaffe military history
Sir William Jardine: A Life in Natural History
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, green & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Leicester University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: natural history historians biography biographies memoir Sir William Jardine
A Talent to Survive: The Wartime Exploits of Lt-Col Richard Lowther Broad, MC, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 205pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl rubbed/bruised, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. owner's fully adhesive covering to covers- tidy application)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escape stories biography biographies memoir Richard Lowther Broad Seaforth Highlanders
Hans Krebs: Architect of Intermediary Metabolism 1933-1937, Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 481pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to boards, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep with inscription) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor general wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: medical Hans Kreb biography memoir biochemistry history