Books - "biography"
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George Stubbs: Anatomist and Animal Painter
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
The Mozart Compendium: A Guide to Mozart's Life and Music
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
The Remarkable Life Story of Sir Joseph Ward
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
Crockett and Grey Galloway: The Novelist and His Works
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
Journey to the Centre of the Cramps
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
Andrea Palladio: The Architect in His Time
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
Becoming Dracula: The Early Years of Bela Lugosi: Volume One
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
Christopher Marlowe: A Biography
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
The Art of W. C. Fields
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
John Eales: The Biography
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
Martin Travers 1886-1948: An Appreciation
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
Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
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
The Life of Nansen
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
Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper
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
Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand 1841-68
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
The Maorilander: A Study of William Satchell
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
History of Captain John Going: His Ancestrs and Descendants
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
Mary McKay: Towards the Light
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
The Gentle Griffin: A Biography of Ron Holloway - My Brother As I Knew Him
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
The Letters of John Constable, R.A. to C. R. Leslie, R.A.
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