Books - "biography"
Showing 1961 to 1980 of 9725 results.
Cutten; Letters revealing the life and times of William Henry Cutten, the forgotten pioneer
limited numbered edition (of 200), duodecimo, illus light card covers, 80pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Robertson McBeath 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography william henry cutten stuart w. greif hardwicke knight
Catherine de Medici
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: Phoenix 2005
KEYWORDS: history catherine de medici europe biography leonie frieda specials
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
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: Virago Press 2001
KEYWORDS: janis joplin musician biography alice echols specials
Woody Allen: Beyond Words
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pavilion Books 1987
KEYWORDS: woody allen biography film comedy robert benayoun specials
So Worthy a Friend: William Shakespeare (a new, revised edition)
paperback (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: Collier Books 1961
KEYWORDS: biography literary criticism william shakespeare charles norman specials
Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and A Racehorse
paperback (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: Fourth Estate 2003
KEYWORDS: biography racehorse seabiscuit laura hillenbrand specials
Mr. Capone: The Real - And Complete - Story of Al Capone
hardcover super 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: Robson Books 1993
KEYWORDS: biography al capone robert j. schoenberg specials
Robert Laws of Livingstonia (new and enlarged edition)
hardback (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Pickering & Inglis
KEYWORDS: biography james johnston robert laws livingstonia religion specials
Samuel H. Walker's Account of the Mier Expedition
imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 109pp, illus, near fine (some pen marks in text) in VG+ (wear to extremities including large closed tear)
PUBLISHER: The Texas State Historical Association 1978
KEYWORDS: american texan history mier expedition texas ranger samuel h. walker biography marilyn mcadams sibley
The Life of Tolstoy
First edition Hardcover octavo (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1911
KEYWORDS: leo tolstoy biography russian literature paul birukoff specials
Colette: A Taste for Life
Ex-library Hardcover imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: colette french author biography yvonne mitchell specials
James K. Baxter: A Portrait
first edition, hardcover imperial octavo (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: The Port Nicholson Press 1983
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography literature literary criticism james k. baxter w.h. oliver specials
No Passing Glory; The Full and Authentic Biography of Group Captain Cheshire V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C
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: Collins 1955
KEYWORDS: biography group captain cheshire andrew boyle aviation specials
Painted Shadow: A Life of Vivienne Eliot
first edition, uncorrected proof copy, softcover octavo (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: Constable 2001
KEYWORDS: proof copies biography vivienne eliot carole seymour-jones specials
The Teller of Tales; in search of Robert Louis Stevenson
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: Sinclair-Stevenson 1994
KEYWORDS: biography literature literary criticism robert louis stevenson hunter davis specials
Alexander Turnbull: His Life, His Circle, His Collections
octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt emblem to front board, illus eps, xvi + 324pp, VG+ in VG+ d/w (v light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library 1974
KEYWORDS: biography alexander turnbull new zealand history e.h. mccormick
Beyond the Pale; Sir Oswald Mosley and family 1933-1980
first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ix + 323pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1983
KEYWORDS: biography sir oswald mosley nicholas mosley politics history world war II
Skymen: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying
hardback octavo, lacks 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: collins
KEYWORDS: specials flying history planes transport aviation pilots biography
Being A Prostitute; prostitute women and prostitute men
octavo, illus light card covers, xx + 318pp, VG+ (light wear to extremities, small ink owner's name to fep)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1985
KEYWORDS: sociology sexuality prostitution biography roberta perkins garry bennett
The Unknown Mayhew
selections from the Morning Chronicle 1849-50
paperback (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: Penguin Books 1973
KEYWORDS: history henry mayhew journalism morning chronicle biography london england e.p. thompson eileen yeo specials