Books - "biography"
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John Surtees ; Motorcycle Maestro
first edition, imperal octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 22pp, illus, (NF) small owners sticker to fep, d/w (NF) light wear to d/w SIGNED by John Surtees
PUBLISHER: Breedon Books
KEYWORDS: biography signed motorcycles motorsport transport sport mick walker
John Britten
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 496pp, illus, VG (slight creasing and curling to cover extrems, sl soiling to covers, sl warping to text block, v sl tanning to page edges, creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Craig Potton
KEYWORDS: new zealand motorsport motorcycles transport sport biography tim hanna
Burt Munro Indian Legend of Speed
super octavo, illus light card covers , 200pp, illus, (VG+) slight tanning to edges of pages small sticker to inside cover with marks to extermities, SIGNED by Author
PUBLISHER: Begg & Allen
KEYWORDS: new zealand sport transport motorsport signed biography george begg
Life and Work of Samuel Marsden
octavo, green card boards, black lettering to cover and spine, x+232pp, illus, (VG) tanning and creasing to spine, moderate wear to covers, owners signature in ink to fep, sl soiling to page edges.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1913
KEYWORDS: biography the rev j b marsden
The Other Man ; Conversation with Graham Greene
first edititon , octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 187pp, (NF) slight tanning to pages light marks to extermities , d/w (VG) wear amd moderate tanning to d/w
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head
KEYWORDS: biography marie francoise - allain
Fast Freddie ; Double World Champion Freddie Spencer , The Man and his Machines
first edition, imperal octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 143pp, illus, (VG+) light wear to extermities slight tanning to edges of pages with small owners sticker to fep, d/w (VG) tanning and brusing to d/w
PUBLISHER: MRP
KEYWORDS: biography motorsport transport sport motorcycles nick harris peter clifford
Reflection on the Atomic Bomb ; Volume One of The Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein , How Writing is Written Volume Two of The Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein
two volume set, volume one ,octavo, illus light card covers, 181pp, (NF) slight tanning to extermities volume two, octavo, illus light card covers, 161pp, (NF) slight tanning to extermities with small owners name sticker to fep
PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press
KEYWORDS: literature biography robert bartlett haas
Evolution's Captain ; The Dark Fate of the Man who Sailed Charles Darwin around the World
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: Harper Collins
KEYWORDS: biography specials peter nichols
The Letters of John Cheever
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+), 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: Simon & Schuster
KEYWORDS: biography autobiography letters specials
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Two 1870-1900
THIS VOL ONLY, Reprint, quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 664pp, VG+ (slight tanning to edges of pages, prev owners inscription to fep), in d/w VG+ (slight scuffing, slight sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history dictionary reference
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume One 1769-1869
This vol. only, quarto octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 674pp, (NF) slight tanning to edges of pages names to other side of fep and small owners name to fep , d/w (NF) slight brusing to d/w
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin
KEYWORDS: dictionary new zealand biography history reference
The Last Englishman; The Double Life of Arthur Ransome
uncorrected proof copy, octavo, illus light card covers, 381pp, (NF) slight wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber
KEYWORDS: proof copy history biography roland chambers
Ohimurenga # 11 ; Conversations with Poets who Refuse to Speak
octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 95pp, illus, (NF)slight wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: N/A
KEYWORDS: literature biography poetry
Everest ; The Unfinished Adventure
super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 360pp, illus, (VG) moderate tanning to pages spine is cracked book shop stamp to fep, d/w (G+) major wear and damage to d/w has been tried to be fixed by red tape
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton
KEYWORDS: history mount everest autobiography travel hugh ruttledge biography
Albert Speer; His Battle with Truth
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+), 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: MacMillan
KEYWORDS: biography specials gitta sereny
In Excited Reverie A Centenary Tribute W.B. Yeats 1865-1939
hardcover octavo (VG), 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: MacMillan
KEYWORDS: biography specials a norman jeffares k g w cross
Soldiering On; The stories of Two Former Kiwi SAS Men and Their Continuing World-wide Careers of Adventure
first edition octavo illus light card covers, 336pp, illus VG
PUBLISHER: Tees 2003
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history biography sas alan brosnan duke henry bob taubert
John Dafte Gunsmith And the Horrid Conspiracy of 1683
first edition small folio marbled boards with three quarter maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 80pp, illus Near FINE (light rubbing to extremities, owners details to fep) #38, one of only 100 copies produced, this copy is even scarcer being ISCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors. Promotional flier loosely inserted
PUBLISHER: cooper and westwood 1989
KEYWORDS: history biography gunsmithing weapons antiques firearms gun pistols military john dafte john s cooper kenneth j westwood signed
Len Lye: A Personal Mythology
paperback square octavo (good+); 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: Auckland City Art Gallery
KEYWORDS: Arts New Zealand Len Lye Biography Memoir Catalogue Auckland City Art Gallery specials
Grant Batty
signed copy octavo hardback (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: rugby press
KEYWORDS: grant batty sports rugby biography new zealand specials