MEYNELL, FRANCIS

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Super octavo softcover (VG) prev owners tape reinforcement to spine; Photos available on request. 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 Bodley Head 1971

KEYWORDS: first edition Francis Meynell autobiography biography memoir history

EGER, EDITH & WEIGAND, ESME SCHWALL

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Rider 2017

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WALSH, STEPHEN

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Jonathan Cape 2000

KEYWORDS: Igor Stravinsky classical music Russian composer biography modernism musicology Stephen Walsh first edition

SEIDENSTICKER, EDWARD

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ROY STARRS. Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Stanford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: literature collection biography Nagai Kafu Edward Seidensticker Japan Japanese Asia

BAILEY, DAVID & FOX, JAMES

Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Pan Books 2021

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir biography photography celebrity culture photographs David Bailey

DAVIES, ALAN

Super octavo softcover, (VG+) ; Photos available on request. 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: Little, Brown 2020

KEYWORDS: Alan Davies comedy autobiography biography memoir comedian qi

LEONOWENS, ANNA HARRIETTE & DUKE, ROBIN (intro)

Octavo hardcover, (VG), lacks slipcase ; Photos available on request. 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: Folio Society 1980

KEYWORDS: Bangkok illustrated history memoir biography Anna Harriette Leonowens Siam literature

WEINSTOCK, HERBERT

Tidy ex-library. Octavo hardcover (VG), in d/w (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1972

KEYWORDS: Vincenzo Bellini Herbert Weinstock music biography opera theatre illustrated photographs

ZOFFNESS, COURTNEY

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (Near FINE); Photos available on request. 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: McSweeneys 2021

KEYWORDS: Courtney Zoffness memoir autobiography biography

WHEELER, C M

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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. and A. W. Reed

KEYWORDS: C M Wheeler New Zealand military history life lives biography

VAN VELZEN, MARIANNE

Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 2023

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian outback life lives biography

DOUGLAS-HOME, CHARLES; LORD CHALFONT (introd.)

Ex-library. Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-).Photos available on request. 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1973

KEYWORDS: Second World War II 2 Two Germany German life lives Rommel biography

n/a

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered & ruled in black & gilt, xvi + 968 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, loss to cl from rubbing to front board fore edge, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, light cracking to rear gutter). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Longmans & Co. 1879

KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history life lives biography

BRODRIBB, GERALD

LIMITED, SIGNED FIRST EDITION, NO. 104/220. Octavo, black card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, plates, VG (light bruising to extrems, prev owner's stamp to pg edges & ffep soiling & tanning), in d/w, VG (bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, rubbing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: J. W. McKenzie 1985

KEYWORDS: 19th century life lives biography art artist first edition Nicholas Felix

JOLLY, ROSLYN

Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+, in d/w, VG. Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Henry James life lives biography literary criticism

BATEMAN, SOMERSET

Octavo black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing & soiling to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Cornish Brothers 1923

KEYWORDS: Simon de Montfort life lives biography 13th century English French medieval mediaeval history

HUNT, SAM

Super octavo, illus. card boards, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to ffep), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt life lives biography New Zealand literary poet poetry

PHILIPS, JOCK

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black and white lettering to front wrapper, black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to page edges, minor warping to structure, minor rolling/creasing to upper edge of front wrapper, minor creasing to extrems) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Inscribed & Signed by Author New Zealand biography Jock Phillips

MASTERS, A O 'CAPPY'

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor tanning to page edges, minor creasing to head of front hinge) in d/w, VG+ (minor foxing and soiling to flaps, minor creasing to edges of flaps, minor soiling to rear wrapper, minor creasing to head of spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Janus Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: memoirs biography A O 'Cappy' Masters aviation navy military New Zealand

PARRY, GORDON

Octavo hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand history business Arthur Barnett department stores biography memoir retail retailers