Books - "biography"
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Bernard Shaw Volume II 1898-1918: The Pursuit of Power
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Chatto & Windus 1989
KEYWORDS: Bernard Shaw history biography memoir literary literature
Manganui: A History of the Stratford Mountain Club: Seventy-One Years of Progress February 4th 1929 to the Year 2000
Square imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & cream lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Stratford Mountain Club (Inc.) 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mountains mountaineering Stratford Mountain Club history biography skiing ski fields
The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robt. Sanderson
Duodecimo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt tooling & blind decoration to front board, aeg, frontispiece, 426pp, illus/portraits, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge 1857
KEYWORDS: biographies biography memoir John Donne Henry Wotton Richard Hooker George Herbert Robert Sanderson history religion theology
A Passion For Fsahion: The Life of Lindsay Kennett Master Milliner
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (HILARY HUNT), quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 191pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Ehn and Smith Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand fashion designers autobiography biography memoir Lindsay Kennett
Bonaparte
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, illus eps, 431pp, errata pg to pg 13, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters & damage/loss to upper rear pg edges- both with amateur attempts at repair- glue, paper etc)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1937
KEYWORDS: first edition Russia Russian literature Napoleon Bonaparte politics biography memoir
John and Betty Stam - Martyrs
SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 101pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, relevant ephemera affixed to ffep, gift inscription in ink to prelims, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Zondervan Publishing House 1935
KEYWORDS: Christian missionaries China John Betty Stam martyrs religion religious Christianity biography memoir
Cosima Wagner
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: Julia MacRae Books 1983
KEYWORDS: Cosima Wagner biography memoir music classical history Richard
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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: Victor Gollancz 1996
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Elisabeth Schwarzkopf classical opera singers soprano
Callas: Prima Donna Assoluta
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: W. H. Allen 1976
KEYWORDS: classical music opera singers biography memoir Maria Callas first edition
Montserrat Caballe: Casta Diva
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: Victor Gollancz 1994
KEYWORDS: opera singer music biography montserrat caballe freddie mercury soprano classical
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
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: Hamish Hamilton 2000
KEYWORDS: royalty monarchy history biography alice princess greece european english windsor prince philip
Mistress Anne: The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn
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: Summit Books 1984
KEYWORDS: anne boleyn biography history royalty henry VIII monarchy british crown
Nell Gwyn
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PUBLISHER: Atlantic Monthly Press 2005
KEYWORDS: nell gwyn king charles ii british english england britain crown royalty history biography mistress people's princess
Queen Elizabeth I
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: The British Library 2003
KEYWORDS: queen elizabeth i anne boleyn henry viii biography british english britain england europe history crown monarchy royalty
Napoleon's Road to Glory
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PUBLISHER: Brassey's 2003
KEYWORDS: napoleon emperor bonaparte french france history military ruler politics europe european biography
To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
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: Morrow 1991
KEYWORDS: marie antoinette queen of france french revolution crown monarchy royalty louis xv biography
Catherine of Aragon
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: Little, Brown and Company 1941
KEYWORDS: catherine of aragon history royalty henry VIII anne boleyn england spain english spanish europe european biography crown monarchy
Victoria De Los Angeles
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 1842
KEYWORDS: victoria de los angeles biography soprano opera singer new york spain
Mary Tudor: The First Queen
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: Portrait 2007
KEYWORDS: mary tudor i tudors monarchy british english crown history royalty philip ii of spain bloody england europe european britain biography
Solti on Solti: A Memoir
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: Chatto & Windus 1997
KEYWORDS: sir georg solti orchestra orchestral classical music director frankfurt opera history memoir autobiography biography