Books - "biography"
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W.B. Yeats: His Poetry and Thought
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: Cambridge University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: Stock poetry poet biography irish ireland analysis
Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper
FIRST EDITION, super octavo turquoise cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, xii+516pp., illus., VG (sl. cocked, light soiling and scuffing to boards; light tanning soiling and foxing within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and chipping with archival tape repairs to small lost segment base of spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Schrimer Books 1979
KEYWORDS: art pepper jazz biography american music alto saxophone saxophonist autobiography history
By His Own Merits: Sir John Hall - Pioneer, Pastoralist and Premier
Octavo blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 362pp, illus.., nr. FINE (occasional sl. soiling, prev. owner's stamp to fep.) in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Dryden Press 1995
KEYWORDS: john hall new zealand history politcs womens suffrage parihaka biography canterbury christchurch
Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR (signed twice: once (with inscription) on the fep, and also on numbered page denoting limited exta-illustrated deluxe edition); octavo blue faux leather boards, blind stamp lettering to front, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, illus., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning foxing and soiling within, prev. owner's occasional pencil annotations (interesting in their own right); with some loss to rear pastedown (minor))
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed [n/d, c. 1937]
KEYWORDS: squadron leader mcgregor mac moth new zealand royal airforce air force military history aviation combat memoir biography great war first world one ww1 1
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (5 volume set)
5x VOLUME SET, VERY HEAVY; tidy ex-library first editions, usual stamps and markings thus; all tall quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering; vol. one: 1769-1869 / vol. two: 1870-1900 / vol. three: 1901-1920 / vol. four: 1921-1940 / vol. five: 1941-1960; all VG+ (stamps & occasional v. sl. foxing tanning or soiling, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (nr. FINE if not for stamps/stickers)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Department of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams Books / Auckland University Press 1990 - 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand dictionary national biography reference history
Saddam Hussein : A Political Biography
Super octavo, hardcover (Near Fine) 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: Brassey's 1991
KEYWORDS: biography Saddam Hussein President Iraq Gulf war dictator
Apolinario Mabini Revolutionary
Imperial octavo, light card covers, black printed lettering to front cover & spine, frontispiece, x + 223 pp, illust, VG ( slight bruising, chipping & tanning to page edges, light crease to front cover, v slight chaffing & scuffing to covers, 2 cm tear with loss to fep, moderate foxing to prelims, slight foxing to rear eps )
PUBLISHER: National Heros Commission 1970
KEYWORDS: biography Apolinario Mabini revolution revolutionary Phillipines Jose Rizal photos black & white
LeMay: A Biography
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (NF) : 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: Palgrave, 2007
KEYWORDS: military history war usa american biography
Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (NF): 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: Brassey's, 2003
KEYWORDS: usa american military history biography world war 1 2 II I second first airforce
Marlene Dietrich: Eine chronik ihres Lebens in Bildern [a chronicle of her life in pictures]
Text in German, Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Nymphenburger, 1984
KEYWORDS: text in german photography pictoral biography marlene dietrich german-american actress
Cocaine - An Unauthorised Biography
Super Octavo hardcover, grey buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, x + 486pp., VG (moderate bruising to board edges, moderate foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, prelims, and terminals) in dw VG (moderate creasing, moderate curling, mild fading)
PUBLISHER: Virgin Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: biography cocaine drugs history
Samuel Steward And The Pursuit Of The Erotic
Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white and black lettering to covers and spine, viii + 238pp., NEAR FINE
PUBLISHER: Ohio State University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: sexuality literary criticism sex erotica biography
Glorious Catastrophe - Jack Smith, Performance And Visual Culture
Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xii + 240pp., illus, VG+ (moderate bruising and scuffing to board and spine extrems) in d/w VG+(moderate curling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: history lgbt lgbtq gay performance dance drama drag biography
Living By The Words Of Bhagavan - An Account Of The Life And Teachings Of Annamalai Swami, An Early Direct Disciple of Bhaga Sri Ramana Maharshi
Super Octavo hardcover, orange cloth boards, blue lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, illus, 368pp., (mild soiling to boards and spine, moderate bruising and scuffing to boards and spine extrems, v. slight tanning to page edges, prelims and terminals lightly stuck together) in dw VG (moderate curling to edges, mild fading to spine, mild creasing to surface)
PUBLISHER: AHAM Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: biography religion theology hinduism
The King of California: J. G Boswell and the making of a secret american empire
FIRST EDITION, Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w with minor water stain (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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition north american history biography james griffin boswell california
Delorean: The Rise and Fall of a Dream-Maker
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton, 1983
KEYWORDS: biography john delorean general motors historical
The Life of Captian James Cook
Octavo hardcover (G+) major foxing: 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: John Murray, 1911
KEYWORDS: biography james cook colonial settler history
Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard - Part XVIII - I . Landscapes
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo hardcover, black cloth boards, titleplate to spine, 376pp., illus, VG+ (mild foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (moderate curling to edges, mild creasing, mild fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Harvey Miller Publishers c. 1982
KEYWORDS: fine art painting criticism history biography
Picturing Time - The Work Of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)
Square super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, coloured lettering to covers and spine, frontispiece, illus titlepage, VG- (heavy bubbling to covers, heavy creasing to covers, moderately heavy splitting to cover edges, moderately heavy scuffing and bruising to cover and spine extrems, moderate soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 1992
KEYWORDS: art history biography photography criticism
The Lodger : Shakespeare on Silver Street
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super 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: Allen Lane 2007
KEYWORDS: biography William Shakespeare Silver Street later life collaboration