Books - "biography"
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W. A. Mozart
VERY HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial otavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 1515pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w & protective wrap, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: classical music composers Mozart history biography
Jane Welsh Carlyle and Her Victorian World: A Story of Love, Work, Friendship and Marriage
Super octavo, grey heavy boards with black spine, gilt lettering to spine, blind publisher's stamp to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 398pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w & plastic cover, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Overlook Duckworth 2017
KEYWORDS: Jane Welsh Carlyle literature Thomas Carlyle biography literary memoir
Isolation is no Barrier: The Memoirs of Harry Leonard Riley OBE JP
Square octavo, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to front cover, 147pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine, newspaper clippings affixed to inside front coversl cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: F Bruce King 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Harry Leonard Riley Nelson Golden Bay
Claude Reilly and His Valley of Enchantment
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine extrems, sm newspaper clipping affixed to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Tony and Kathy Reilly 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography memoir Claude Page Reilly Nelson Golden Bay
Geoffrey Allen: Librarian, His Life & Work
Inscribed and signed by author. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: geoffrey allen librarian libraries new zealand biography zealander nz national library service all black blacks rugby
Toss Woolstaton: An Illustrated Biography
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: National Art Gallery / Random Century 1992
KEYWORDS: painting art history biography toss woolstation portraits landscapes landscape new zealand nz aotearoa zealander
The Notorious Life of Gyp: Right-Wing Anarchist in Fin-de-Siecle France
Super octavo hardcover (N. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford 1995
KEYWORDS: gyp biography right-wing anarchist fin-de-siecle french culture
People Who Lead to My Plays
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Knopf 1987
KEYWORDS: biography autobiography playwright adrienne kennedy cleveland
Haydn in England 1791-1795
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 640pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges with sl loss to top edge, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976
KEYWORDS: music classical composers Haydn quartets string biography memoir
Wolfgang Amade Mozart: Essays on his Life and his Music
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 512pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: classicla music composers biography memoir Mozart essays prose collection literature
Haydn: His Life and Music
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 383pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to corners)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1988
KEYWORDS: Haydn classical music composers biography memoir
Franz Schubert: A Biography
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 362pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Schubert classical composers music biography memoir history
The Empress Wu
LACKS FEP, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 263pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep missing- otherwise VG+) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: F.W. Cheshire Publishing 1968
KEYWORDS: Wu Chao China Chinese rulers ancient history antiquity 7th seventh century biography
Politics and Conservatism in Northern Song China: The Career and Thought of Sima Guang (A.D. 1019-1086)
Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xi + 253pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm closed tear to base of front cover, light fading to spine, prev. seller's price label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Chinese University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics northern Song dynasty Sima Guang biography history ancient
Ned's Girl: The Life of Edith Evans
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: Elm Tree Books 1977
KEYWORDS: edith evans biography theatre actress shakespearan the english stage love marriage
Churchill and Empire
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill politics history biography memoir
Diana Ross: An Unauthorized Biography
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: Sidgwick & Jackson 2007
KEYWORDS: music popular pop Diana Ross motown legend biography memoir entertainment
A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton
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: Fourth Estate 2003
KEYWORDS: Joseph Paxton horticulture urban planning architecture business buildings biography memoir
A Long Time Away
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: Cheryl E. Grubb 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography memoir W G McConnochie ww2 world war two 2 second fighter pilots air force rnzaf
The Green Leaf: A Tribute to Grey Owl
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: Lovat Dickson Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: grey owl the green leaf philosophy biography humanitarianism first peoples canada indigenous collection