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Bob Dylan: An Intimate Biography


SCADUTO, ANTHONY

Reprint; 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 1972

KEYWORDS: bob dylan dylanology rock american music biography american folk

$18.50
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Hanly: A New Zealand Artist


HALEY, RUSSELL

Ex-library, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Patrick Hanly biography memoir

$16.50
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The Secret of Chanel No 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume


MAZZEO, TILAR J

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: perfume Chanel history biography fashion France French perfumeries

$25.00
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The Claws of the Dragon; Kang Sheng - The Evil Genius Behind Mao - And His Legacy of Terror in People's China


BYRON, JOHN & PACK, ROBERT

Super octavo hardcover (VG-, binding slightly shaky and prelim. pages starting to come loose, but all present) 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: Simon & Schuster 1992

KEYWORDS: john byron robert pack kang sheng biographies biography china chinese history 20th twentieth century political revolutionaries cultural revolution politics politicians communism mao zedong

$20.00
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Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL


ORANGE, VINCENT & SHORES, CHRISTOPHER (introd.) & [PARK, SIR KEITH]

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: Grub Street 2001

KEYWORDS: sir keith park no. 11 number group figher command new zealand big wing burma biography military history vincent orange

$15.00
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The Architect of Kokoda; Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Trail


KIENZIE, ROBYN & MCDONALD, NEIL (foreword)

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: Hachette Australia 2013

KEYWORDS: robyn bert kienzle neil mcdonald kokoda trail campaigns australian military veterans biography biographies history papua new guinea japanese conflicts warfare world war two 2 second wwii

$25.00
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Friday On My Mind; the life of George Young


APTER, JEFF

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: Allen & Unwin 2020

KEYWORDS: jeff apter george young music musicians biographies biography ac/dc easybeats flash and & the pan australian rock n roll popular history

$35.00
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Never Enough; The Story of the Cure


APTER, JEFF

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 2009

KEYWORDS: jeff apter the cure music musicians musical biography biographies history histories memoirs post-punk popular english england britain british robert smith

$32.50
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The Secrets of Great Botanists and What They Teach Us About Gardening


BIGGS, MATTHEW

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mitchell Beazley 2018

KEYWORDS: biography botany botanist botanists gardening joseph banks asa gray marianne north

$30.00
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Madame de Maintenon


CRUTTWELL, MAUD

FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG-, moderate foxing); 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: J. M Dent and Sons Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: madame marquise de maintenon francoise d'aubigne scarron maud cruttwell biography biographies french france european history monarchy monarchies monarchs royals royalty king louis xiv

$20.00
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Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself; A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace


LIPSKY, DAVID

Super octavo softcover (VG, heavy discolouration/tanning to covers, but good clean reading copy); 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: Broadway Books 2010

KEYWORDS: david lipsky david foster wallace literary biographies biography journalism interviews road trips

$22.50
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The Private Life of Louis XV


D'ANGERVILLE, MOUFFLE & MEYRAC, ALBERT (annotated by) & MINGARD, H. S. (trans)

LACKS FEP; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, boards slightly shaky, cracking to gutters, light foxing); 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 Bodley Head Limited 1924

KEYWORDS: mouffle d'angerville king louis xv biography biographies french france european history royalty monarchs monarchy

$20.00
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A Daughter of the Medicis; The Romantic Story of Marguerite de Valois


MARIEJOL, JEAN H. & PEILE, JOHN (trans)

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, front gutter moderately cracked and wobbly, boards still attached); 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 & Brothers Publishers 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions marguerite de valois jean h mariejol biography biographies queen of navarre france medicis french royal history monarchs monarchy monarchies royalty

$15.00
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A Life of Science; A Tribute to Charles Alexander Fleming


N/A

Super octavo stapled illus. light card covers (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: Royal Society of New Zealand 1988

KEYWORDS: royal society of new zealand tribute to charles alexander fleming science scientists natural history biographies biography

$27.50
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The Moneymaker


GLEESON, JANET & [LAW, JOHN]

FIRST EDITION; 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: Bantam Press 1999

KEYWORDS: janet gleeson john law finance history credit scottish biography scotland economics politics money

$22.50
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Damn Right I've Got The Blues; Buddy Guy and the Blues Roots of Rock-and-Roll


WILCOCK, DONALD E. & GUY, BUDDY (with) & SICILIANO, RICK (photog)

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: Woodford Press 1993

KEYWORDS: buddy guy blues rock and roll popular music biography biographies chicago louisiana country united states american u.s.a. guitar

$20.00
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Washington; The Indispensable Man


FLEXNER, JAMES THOMAS

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, price-clipped); 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: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: george washington james thomas flexner biographies biography united states of american u.s.a history founding fathers

$30.00
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The Life and Works of Robert Burns: Volume 1


BURNS, ROBERT & CHAMBERS, ROBERT (ed.) & WALLACE, WILLIAM (revised by)

THIS VOL. ONLY; 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: W & R Chambers Ltd. 1896

KEYWORDS: robert burns chambers william wallace biography literature scotland scottish robbie literary history culture

$14.00
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Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916


DE COURCY, ANNE & [ASQUITH, MARGOT]

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014

KEYWORDS: anne de courcy margot asquith downing street st britain british england h.h. biography first world war one ww1 wwi

$39.50
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Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life


PITE, RALPH & [HARDY, THOMAS]

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: Yale University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: thomas hardy england english britain british literature writer biography victorian literary ralph pite history culture

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