Books - "biography"
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The House of the Singing Winds: The Life and Work of T.C. Steele
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: Indiana Historical Society 1996
KEYWORDS: t.c. steele indiana art artist biography america american
G. A. Selwyn, D.D.: Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield
Octavo, green buckram boards, green lettering to title plate on spine, frontispiece, xi + 180pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religious history religion G A Selwyn bishop bishops biography memoir
Adolf Hitler: Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrer
TEXT IN GERMAN- GOTHIC SCRIPT, quarto, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to white buckram spine, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine & extrems, moderate bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, binding loose- boards shaky, heavy cracking to gutter of pgs 14/15, moderate tanning & occasional foxing to pgs throughout)
PUBLISHER: Herausgegeben vom Cigaretten/Bilderdienst/Altona/BahrenfeldN/D (c.1936)
KEYWORDS: text in German Adolf Adolph Hitler photography collection biographical biography memoir nazi leaders propaganda
Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
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: Harper Press 2009
KEYWORDS: literary criticism Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited literature biography
The Wu-Tang Manual
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: Penguin / Riverhead Freestyle 2005
KEYWORDS: hip-hop music wu-tang clan rza biography biographies discography lyrics
John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures
Square 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: John Murray 1984
KEYWORDS: literary biography memoir John Betjeman poet laureates poets literature
Van Morrison: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
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 & Co. 1996
KEYWORDS: van morrison biography musician music rock n roll and pop northern ireland irish
Kennaway Henderson: Artist, Editor and Radical
Super octavo, illus grey light card covers, dark grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 85pp, illus, VG (light creasing/curling with moderate tanning & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Publications 1988
KEYWORDS: Kennaway Henderson New Zealand Zealanders biography memoir
Jean-Pierre Melville: 'An American in Paris'
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, vii + 278pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: British Film Institute 2006
KEYWORDS: Jean-Pierre Melville film makers movies biography memoir French cinema
George Sand
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: W. H. Allen & Co 1883
KEYWORDS: eminent women series Bertha Thomas George Sand biography memoir literature literary
Lawrence of Arabia: A Triumph
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Robert Hale 1966
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia ww1 history biography memoir
Maurice Ravel: Variations on His Life and Work
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Calder and Boyars 1969
KEYWORDS: Maurice Ravel classical music composers biography memoir
Erskine Childers
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: John Murray 1996
KEYWORDS: Erskine Childers biography memoir literary
Napoleon: A Biographical Study
Super 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: Hutchinson & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte biography memoir military history politics
Shaw's Music: The Complete Musical Criticism in Three Volumes (Second Revised Edition) 1876-1950
3 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 925-986pp, VG (usual library markings & coverings, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spines & covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1989
KEYWORDS: classical music composers Bernard Shaw history biography memoir
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 654pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling & tanning, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1990
KEYWORDS: Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophy philosophers biography memoir
John McGuiness: T T Legend
Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & boards, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Blackstaff Press 2014
KEYWORDS: motorsports motorbikes motorcycles racing John McGuiness biography memoir
On the Bus: The Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and the Birth of the Counterculture
Square super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, orange & blue lettering to spine, xxvii + 195pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to covers, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thunder's Mouth Press 1996
KEYWORDS: travel literature popular culture Ken Kesey merry pranksters biography memoir autobiography swinging 60s sixties Ken Babbs psychadelic
Haeckel: His Life and Work (New and Revised Edition) / Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retropsect and Summary
REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER, octavo, red half leather bound green buckram boards, blank title plate to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, 128pp + 128pp, VG (light scuffing & surface loss to spine, light staining to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims & pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Watts & Co 1909 / 1910
KEYWORDS: Ernst Haeckel biography memoir philosophy evolution
Marsigli's Europe 1680-1730- The Life and Times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, Soldier and Virtuoso
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 356pp, illus, VG+ (sl brusiing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli Europe European science scientists military history warfare politics