Books - "biography"
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The Life of Goethe
second impression 578pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.unevenly sunned boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: goethe literature history biography george henry clewes
Escape From Germany
first edition 318pp VG (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped,some internal tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1956
KEYWORDS: military history biography aidan crawley
Kate Greenaway
a biography
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.w.internal reinforcements)
PUBLISHER: schocken new york 1981
KEYWORDS: literature arts kate greenaway biography
Reminiscences of Twelve Months' Residence in New Zealand
first edition thus 275pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,some minor pencil marks to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography mckillop
The World of John Boultbee
first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed
Charles Darwin 1809-1882
a centennial commemorative
first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval
Will in the World
first edition proof copy 406pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies shakespeare biography stephen greenblatt
Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists
first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled, lightfading to spine)
PUBLISHER: avon fine prints christchurch 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts una platts biography history
This is Another Place
first edition limited [3000 copies] unpaginated ills.[b/w] FINE (paper front cover w.cloth spine and card rear board)
PUBLISHER: modern art oxford [2002-2003]
KEYWORDS: modern art tracey emin oxford biography
My Schools and Schoolmasters
[first edition] 562pp+32pp catalogue VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black edinburgh 1865
KEYWORDS: biography history hugh miller
Bradman The Great
first edition 317pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head of spine,dealer's stamp to front pastedown w.owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w(mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.2cm loss to head of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: nicholas kaye london 1959
KEYWORDS: sport cricket don bradman wakley biography
Salinger
first commonwealth edition 287pp VG (beige cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,tape stains to eps w.owner's sign.to eps) in Vg d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,tape stains to flaps)
PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1964
KEYWORDS: literature biography salinger grunwald
Sri Aurobindo
first edition 135pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.foxing to prelims.) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: david marlowe london 1949
KEYWORDS: theology poetry literature biography sri aurobindo langley
The Life and Times of Sir Julius Vogel
first edition 236pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.foxed w.sunned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep [nz author dennis mceldowney]) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1948
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography julius vogel burdon
Ideals of Nationhood
first edition inscribed by author 319pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt borders and dec.stamp,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep,paste action to eps,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1935
KEYWORDS: history biography politics new zealand lord bledisloe
Self-Portrait
taken from the letters & journals
first edition 442pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1939
KEYWORDS: biography arts charles ricketts
The Journals of Major-Gen.C.G.Gordon,C.B.,at Kartoum
ex-lib.first edition 587pp [b/w frontis.portrait w.fold-out map at rear] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned w.libr.mark,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from reps,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul,trench london 1885
KEYWORDS: history biography general gordon kartoum egmont hake
A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain James Cook
404pp ills.[11 b/w + frontis.] G (reading copy,blue cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps and borders,rubbed and stained,30% loss to foot of spine,chipping and wear to bevelled extrems.,lower board barely attached,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,plates all present w.some minor soiling to margins,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: bickers london 1878
KEYWORDS: nautical travel biography captain james cook kippis
Infantry Brigadier
third impression 371pp ills.[b/w] octavo brown cloth boards VG- (rubbed and stained, sunned spine, bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, dealer's stamp to ffep,frontis cracked at gutter, foxing to page edges and contents, spine sl cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1951
KEYWORDS: military history biography kippenberger