TSCHICHOLD, JAN & DE JONG, CEES W et al

Sm folio, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp motif to front board, 351pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to boards & spine, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2008

KEYWORDS: typography typographers Jan Tschichold biography memoir biographies printing history

HOROWITZ, FREDERICK A & DANILOWITZ, BRENDA

SOFTCOVER, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (sl scuffing/creasing to cover edges, light creasing at spine, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2009

KEYWORDS: art artists designers Josef Albers biography biographies memoir

BANKES, ARIANE & SCOTT, JAMES et al

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue spine, frontispiece, 104pp, illus, Near FINE (light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Pallant House Gallery 2018

KEYWORDS: art artists painters Julian Trevelyan biography biographies memoir

McDONALD, ANNE

Lg quarto, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to spine & cover edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Publications Department of the National Gallery of Australia 2001

KEYWORDS: art artists biography memoir biographies Douglas Annand

WEAVER, IRIS et al

Square octavo, illus heavy boards & eps, frontispiece, 64pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to base of boards) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: St Judes / Random Spectacular 2018

KEYWORDS: art artists Edward Bawden biography biographies memoir

KING, MICHAEL

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 331pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, 3cm crack to base of rear hinge, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil annotation)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history signed Michael King Maori biography biographies memoir leaders Te Puea Herangi

CHAPMAN, DAVID L

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1994

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir sport bodybuilding bodybuilders Eugen Sandow

SPIELMAN, ED

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xv + 236pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, ligh tchafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to red text on front cover, light tanning, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1980

KEYWORDS: biography memoir biographies Joseph L Greenstein The Mighty Atom famous strongmen

SMITH, GEORGE

Ex-library, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 652pp, G (spine almost detached & flapping loose, usual library markings, moderate to heavy scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, moderate glue damage to front eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional soiling/foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878

KEYWORDS: history John Wilson biography memoir biographies philanthropists

FOX, ROBIN LANE

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: Penguin 1986

KEYWORDS: classical history Alexander the Great biography biographies

BROOKS, E St 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: The Batchworth Press 1954

KEYWORDS: Sir Hans Sloane history biography memoir biographies

GREENE, RICHARD

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) occasional pen markings, light; 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 2011

KEYWORDS: Edith Sitwell literature literary biography memoir biographies

MAYS, ROBERT & ADDISON, Sir WILLIAM (Fore)

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: Precision Press 1978

KEYWORDS: history biography memoir Henry Doubleday biographies naturalists

HUNTER, MICHAEL

Super octavo softcover (VG+) gift inscription in ink to title page; 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: Yale University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Robert Boyle history biography biographies memoir religion science scientists

BREDNICH, ROLF W & NOLDEN, SASCHA (Chapter)

Oblong elephant folio, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, 123pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, 2x signatures in ink to full title page [authors])

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biographies memoir biography Augustus Koch artists designers maps cartography cartographers history

TEBBUTT, SIMON & ALMOND, MARC (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 136pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & fading to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1984

KEYWORDS: pop bands duos Soft Cell Marc Almond biography biographies memoir

HOCKING, JENNY

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: The Miegunyah Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian prime ministers government politics political biography Gough Whitlam Labor Party

HYDE, ROBIN

Ex-library, 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: A H & A W Reed 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Charles Baron de Thierry sovereign chief biography memoir

LADURIE, EMMANUEL LE ROY & GOLDHAMMER, ARTHUR (Trans)

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: University of Chicago Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Thomas Platter family history biography Switzerland Swiss

NELSON, JANET L

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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2019

KEYWORDS: Charles the Great Charlemagne history biography