Books - "biography"
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Marsden And The Missions - Prelude To Waitangi
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 295pp., illus, TATTY (severe soiling to boards and spine, severe scuffing to boards and spine, severe wear to spine extrems, moderately severe cracking to rear hinge, mild browning to page edges, previous owners inscription in green ink to front pastedown, moderate browning and foxing to eps and prelims, light foxing to page interiors, moderate cracking to rear gutter.)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1936
KEYWORDS: first edition history nz new zealand aotearoa biography
A Dysfunctional Success: The Wreckless Eric Manual
FIRST EDITION; small octavo purple cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 283pp+adverts at rear, VG (moderate tanning and light foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and soiling, original retail sticker to rear)
PUBLISHER: Do-Not Press 2003
KEYWORDS: music stiff records label reckless eric goulden biography autobiography memoir ian dury elvis costello nick lowe damned british uk
Flaming Creature Jack Smith, His Amazing Life And Times
Imperial Octavo Softcover, illus light card covers w/ french flaps, illus eps, frontipiece, 266 pp., illus, NEAR FINE (v. slight bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Serpents Tail 1997
KEYWORDS: biography history photography
Self-Portrait Of Percy Grainger
Super Octavo hardcover, grey buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xxxi + 284pp., illus, VG+ (moderately severe bruising and curling to upper page edge corner) in d/w VG+ (mild curling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: biography criticism fine art illustrated
James Agee Rediscovered - The Journals Of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men And Other New Manuscripts
Super Octavo hardcover, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlv + 437pp., NEAR FINE, in d/w NEAR FINE (v. slight rubbing to wrapper)
PUBLISHER: The University Of Tennessee Press 2005
KEYWORDS: biography literature literary criticism
Visual Planning and the Picturesque
Imperial octavo, heavy card boards, yellow printed lettering to front board, black printed lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 221 pp, illust, Near Fine ( light fading to spine, v slight chaffing to boards )
PUBLISHER: Getty Research Institute Publications Program 2010
KEYWORDS: biography Nikolaus Pevsner architecture design visual planning photos black & white
Barker's Of Geraldine - 50 Years Preserved - Our Story Of Industry And Innovation On The Family Farm
Super Octavo hardcover, illus buckram boards, white and red lettering to boards and spine, illus eps, illus title page, 295pp., illus, NEAR FINE
PUBLISHER: Barker Fruit Processors 2019
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa food preservation industry barkers buisness biography
Carolina Herrera - Portrait Of A Fashion Icon
Quarto hardcover, cream heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, 186pp., illus, NEAR FINE, in d/w, NEAR FINE (mild soiling to protective plastic layer)
PUBLISHER: Assouline Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: biography fashion industry modeling design photography
The Private Life of Kim Philby: The Moscow Years
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: St Ermins 1999
KEYWORDS: Biography Kim Philby Russia defector KGB eastern bloc Cuba Moscow American security
St. Augustine of Hippo: Essays dealing with his Life and Times and some features of his Work
Tidy ex library 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: Image 1961
KEYWORDS: Biography history works St Augustine of Hippo spiritual social treatise Augustinian church
A Scrapbook of my Life in Island Bay, Wellington 1906 - 1994
EX LIBRARY, oblong 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: Atkinson Family 1994
KEYWORDS: Memoir scrapbook biography Atkinson Island Bay Wellington New Zealand
Bragge's Wellington and the Wairarapa
Ex library large oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Millwood 1974
KEYWORDS: Wellington New Zealand photographs 1860 to 1890 Bragge biography Wairarapa
Martin Buber's Life and Work: The Later Years, 1945 1965
Tidy ex library 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: E P Dutton 1983
KEYWORDS: Biography Martin Buber Israel U.N Jung Heidegger
W.H. Hudson A Bibliography
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY. Super octavo hardcover (nr fine); 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: Archon Books 1977
KEYWORDS: John Payne biography bibliography works
Allen Curnow:Simply by Sailing in a New Direction: A Biography & Allen Curnow Collected Poems
2 VOL BOXED SET, FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo black cloth boards with blind embossed lettering to front boards, patterned eps, Biography volume: xiv+717pp, illus, Nr FINE, (v slight scratch to front board, page 1 has dog eared bottom corner due to manufacturing fault, poem loosely enclosed) in d/w Nr FINE (v. v. slight soiling to front cover) Collected Poems volume: 384pp FINE in d/w NR FINE (v. v. slight rubbing to extrems). Slipcase VG+ (light rubbing to boards and extrems)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: poetry biography Allen Curnow illustrated New Zealand NZ
Queer Latino Testimonio, Keith Haring, And Juanito Xtravaganza - Hard Tails
Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, coloured lettering to covers and spine, xiii + 227pp., VG+ (mild curling to covers and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: biography criticism culture linguistic analysis lgbt lgbtq
Towards A Promised Land - On The Life And Art Of Colin McCahon
Imperial Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, stamped lettering to front boards, 209pp., NEAR FINE, in d/w, NEAR FINE
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: biography art photography painting nz new zealand aotearoa colin mccahon
Lee Boo of Belau: A Prince in London
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Daniel Peacock pacific island history colonisation britain british crown biography
Keith Till I Roll Over Dead
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: Headline Book Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: Stanley Booth rolling stones memoirs first-hand rock music musician biography keith richards
The Years Sisters: A biography of Susan and Elizabeth Yeats
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: Pandora 1996
KEYWORDS: Joan Hardwick biography yeats feminism feminist