Books - "biography"
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The Roughrider: The Story of Lance Skuthorpe
Octavo, orange heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's v sm label to front pastedown, sm patch of correction fluid to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading, chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1962
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Lance Skuthorpe British horse racing riders jockies equine horseracing
J J's Dunedin: Episodes in the Making of James John Marlow
Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to covers only, frontispiece, 120pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, slight foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Tablet Printing & Publishing 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography biographies memoir JJs Dunedin James John Marlow
Olga
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) heavy gouge to rear cover of jacket; 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: Peter Halban 1990
KEYWORDS: Olga Benario Brazil South American history biography biographies memoir revolutionaries revolution politics political
Jane Austen at Home
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: Hodder & Stoughton 2017
KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Jane Austen literature
Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of a Country Neighbour
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: Readers Union / Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Evelyn Waugh
The Press Baron and the Kiwi
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: Springwood Books 1985
KEYWORDS: Sandy Copland biography biographies memoir New Zealand Zealanders agriculture English
Alone in the Sky
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed
Winston S Churchill: Volume I Companion Part I 1874-1896
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political
Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 3 1911-1914
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 1374-2159, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence
Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 2 1907-1911
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 677-1373, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence
William Henry Fox Talbot
Quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & boards, photographic plate to front board, printed eps, 15pp + plates to rear, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & front board)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2008
KEYWORDS: photography art history photographers William Henry Fox Talbot biography biographies memoir
The Girlhood of Mary Queen of Scots
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xliv + 471pp, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1908
KEYWORDS: history Mary Queen of Scots biography biographies memoir royal family France 16th sixteenth century
Dynamite For Hire
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Werner Laurie 1956
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Hein Fehler maritime nautical
Boy George and Culture Club
Quarto 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: Coombe Books / Colour Library Books 1984
KEYWORDS: British pop popular music icons 80s eighties bands singers performers Boy George Culture Club biography
New York Dolls: Photographs
LACKS D/W, oblong fuschia pink boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 158pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & rubbing/soiling to spine & boards/edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Abrams Image 2008
KEYWORDS: rock music bands New York Dolls photos photography Bob Gruen biographies biography
The Importance of Being Edward: King in Waiting 1841-1901
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: John Murray 2000
KEYWORDS: British royal family monarchy history biography biographies memoir Edward 19th nineteenth century
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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: Fleet 2017
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Laura Ingalls Wilder
Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse
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: Papermac / Macmillan 1986
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Edmund Backhouse
The Jordan Rules
Paperback (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: Pocket Books 1993
KEYWORDS: sport sportsmen basketball players Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls biography biographies memoir
Pope John Paul II: The Biography
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: Lisa Drew / Scribner 1995
KEYWORDS: religion religious biographies biography memoir Pope John Paul 2nd ii 2 second catholic church