Books - "biography"
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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
Queen Te Atairangikaahu The First Twenty-five Years
first edition 141pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: [np,nd 1991]
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori biography queen history
The Man With No Arms & Other Stories
first edition 276pp ills.[b/w] super octavo softcover (VG+)
PUBLISHER: dinard press lyttelton 2007
KEYWORDS: biography glenn busch new zealand
The Spice of Life
first edition inscribed by author's daughter 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,author's daughter's inscr.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974
KEYWORDS: biography history harold mitchell signed
Lawrence of Arabia
reprint 1188pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and bookplate to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) heavy item
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1990
KEYWORDS: biography military history lawrence arabia wilson
The Scientific Life
first edition 154pp VERY GOOD (tan cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper - scarce first edition
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1942
KEYWORDS: science biography baker
A Story Teller's Story
ex-lib.first edition 442pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,one page detached but present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925
KEYWORDS: literature history biography sherwood anderson
Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power
first edition 240pp VERY GOOD (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,spine separating at title gutter) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1984
KEYWORDS: history julius caesar politics biography ernle bradford
Douglas Haig 1861-1928
first edition 441pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,owner's bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: unwin hyman london 1988
KEYWORDS: biography history military de groot douglas haig
Lives of English Poets, from Johnson to Kirke White
first edition 419pp [b/w frontis.] GOOD+ (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and blind borders,gilt.dec.stamps to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,stain to frontis.,some sl.foxing to contents,aeg)
PUBLISHER: bohn new york 1846
KEYWORDS: biography literature francis cary poetry
The Life of George Cruikshank
new edition 392pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.soiling to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1883
KEYWORDS: biography history literature arts cruikshank jerrold
I Crossed The Minch
first edition 248pp ills.[b/w by Nancy Sharp] VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper - scarce first edition
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1938
KEYWORDS: literature minch louis macneice biography
Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand
fifth edition 361pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sands london 1912
KEYWORDS: biography history australia ferguson
An Australian Girl in Germany
[first edition] 372pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges foxed,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: specialty press melbourne [nd]
KEYWORDS: biography history australia freeman germany
The Diary of a Country Parson: The Reverend James Woodforde 1758-1781
ex-lib.second impression 364pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper title label to spine with a spare one tipped-in at the rear,usual lib.stamps and labels,lacks ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1924
KEYWORDS: biography history woodforde beresford theology
Foreign Devil
reprint inscribed by author 320pp VERY GOOD+ (orange cloth,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: deutsch london 1975
KEYWORDS: journalism biography richard hughes signed
Life in the Law
first edition 224pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,boards faded,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: werner laurie london [nd]
KEYWORDS: law politics history biography witt
'A439' Being the Autobiography of a Piano
first edition 256pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,owner's stamp to title page,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sands london 1900
KEYWORDS: music arts biography piano
George Frederic Handel His Personality & His Times
first edition 378pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD (rebind in blue cloth w.half-leather,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,new eps,owner's stamps and inscr.to prelims.,content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: waverley book co.london 1923
KEYWORDS: music arts biography handel flower