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$16.50
xxrme175460

George Stubbs: Anatomist and Animal Painter


EGERTON, JUDY

Imperial 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: The Tate Gallery 1976

KEYWORDS: art history biography George Stubbs anatomy animals

$35.00
xxrmi175482

The Mozart Compendium: A Guide to Mozart's Life and Music


LANDON, H. C. ROBBINS (Ed)

Imperial 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: Thames and Hudson 1991

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Mozart biography

$15.00
xxrmi175487

The Remarkable Life Story of Sir Joseph Ward


LOUGHNAN, R. A.

Sm 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: New Century Press N/D (c.1929)

KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Ward biography memoir

$25.00
xxrnc175496

Crockett and Grey Galloway: The Novelist and His Works


HARPER, MALCOLM McL. & COPLAND, JOHN (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (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: Hodder and Stoughton N/D (c.1907)

KEYWORDS: literary biography memoir literature Galloway

$22.50
xxpab175518

Journey to the Centre of the Cramps


PORTER, DICK

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: Omnibus Press 2015

KEYWORDS: The Cramps music entertainment rock roll kitsch horror biography memoir stage

$35.00
xxpac175523

Andrea Palladio: The Architect in His Time


BOUCHER, BRUCE & MARTON, PAOLO (Principal Photography)

FIRST EDITION, imperial 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: Abbeville Press 1998

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings Andrea Palladio biography memoir art first edition

$35.00
xxpac175524

Becoming Dracula: The Early Years of Bela Lugosi: Volume One


RHODES, GARY D. & KAFFENBERGER, BILL

Imperial 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: BearManor Media 2020

KEYWORDS: Bela Lugosi film horror Dracula screen movies biography memoir

$15.00
xxpae175545

Christopher Marlowe: A Biography


ROWSE, A. L.

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: The Macmillan Press 1981

KEYWORDS: literary biography Christopher Marlowe literature history

$18.50
xxpba175595

The Art of W. C. Fields


EVERSON, WILLIAM K.

EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo hardcover (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: George Allen and Unwin 1968

KEYWORDS: W C Fields art film movies entertainment biography Hollywood

$25.00
xxpbb175608

John Eales: The Biography


FITZSIMONS, PETER; EALES, JOHN

SIGNED BY JOHN EALES, 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: ABC Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Australian Australia rugby union biography memoir signed John Eales

$50.00
1y30a/41

Martin Travers 1886-1948: An Appreciation


WARRENER, RODNEY & YELTON, MICHAEL

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, viii + 343pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruisin g& scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Martin Travers biography memoir history ecclesiatical art religion religious

$95.00
1y33a/24

Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor


CUNNINGHAM, G. H.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges inc. flaps, attempts at tape repairs to closed tearing at edges, heavy chafing & staining to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military biography memoir squadron leader McGregor aviation history first edition

$15.00
xxpel175806

The Life of Nansen


STARRITT, S. STUART

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (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 Religious Tract Society N/D

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Fridtjof Nansen exploration explorers adventure adventurers history

$750.00
1y46a/13

Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper


KING, MICHAEL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, ASSOCIATION COPY RARE! Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, with other ephemera enclosed, 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history biography memoir Dame Whina Cooper Michael King leaders protests politics Maori Land March Maori Women's Welfare League

$40.00
1y46a/19

Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand 1841-68


LIMBRICK, WARREN E. (Ed)

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, illus title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges & corners, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges & eps, 2cm crack/separation to front pages at gutter)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir pioneers settlers Bishop Selwyn religion Christianity religious history

$40.00
1y46b/8

The Maorilander: A Study of William Satchell


WILSON, PHILLIP

OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history

$120.00
1y46b/12

History of Captain John Going: His Ancestrs and Descendants


GOING, KEITH & GOING, CYRIL M. C.

Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)

PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers

$75.00
1y46b/16

Mary McKay: Towards the Light


McKAY, MARY & NEMESH, VJEKOSLAV (Fore)

Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art collection biography Mary McKay

$38.50
1y46b/17

The Gentle Griffin: A Biography of Ron Holloway - My Brother As I Knew Him


BRADFIELD, ANN

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (of100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history

$75.00
1y46b/22

The Letters of John Constable, R.A. to C. R. Leslie, R.A.


LESLIE, PETER (Ed) & HOLMES, Sir CHARLES (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxv + 174pp, deckled page edges, VG (moderate fading & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1931

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence John Constable art biography collection artists first edition

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