Books - "biography"
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Mason: The Life of R A K Mason
Ex-library, 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: Victoria University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary biographies biography memoir literature poets poetry R A K Mason
John Buchan and His World
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: Thames and Hudson 1979
KEYWORDS: John Buchan biography biographies memoir history
Newman's Journey
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: Fount / HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman history religion religious leaders biography biographies memoir
No. 747. Being the Autobiography of a Gipsy
Post 8vo, tan cl bds, spine & front board lettered/ruled & decorated in blue/red & black/white, black eps, frontis., iv + 459 pp., chapter initals, VG (light scuffing & soiling to spine & bds, light to moderate bruising & sl soiling to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to pg edges & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to front gutter).
PUBLISHER: J. W. Arrowsmith [1890]
KEYWORDS: Gispy Gypsies Gipsies Gypsy Romani Romany life lives autobiography biography 19th century social history
Vita di S. Giovanni Battista de Rossi
TEXT IN ITALIAN. Ex-library. Imp. 8vo, full-bound in green leather with patterned gilt panel, spine lettered & decorated in gilt, illus. eps. frontis., [8] + 294 pp. + [2 (index)] pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & fading to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with fraying of leather & some loss of colour, moderate tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate open tear to ffep extrem & library stamps in black & red inkk to ffep, closed tears to tp at gutter, library stamps to tp in grey & red ink,)
PUBLISHER: Artigianelli di S. Giuseppe 1881
KEYWORDS: Italy Italian 19th century biography life lives literature
Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science
Octavo softcover (G+) scruffy 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: University of Chicago Press / Phoenix 1966
KEYWORDS: Louis Agassiz biography biographies memoir history
The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA and the Hidden History of Hollywood
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: Crown Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: Lew Wasserman biography biographies memoir Hollywood MCA business movie industry
Thomas Love Peacock
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: Macmillan & Co 1927
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Thomas Love Peacock
The Marquis of Pombal (Second Edition)
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: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer 1871
KEYWORDS: Marquis of Pombal biography biographies memoir history historical
Queen Victoria: Her Life and Reign, a study of Monarchial Institutions in British Countries and Her Majesty's Imperial Influence
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Linscott Publishing Company n/d (circa 1900)
KEYWORDS: queen victoria empire imperial biography colonialism history politics empress britain british
Letters to a Friend: The Spiritual Autobiography of a Distinguished Writer
Super octavo (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Atheneum: New York 1962
KEYWORDS: spiritual literay biography autobiography memoir
Wife to Mr Milton: The Story of Marie Powell
Octavo hard cover (G+) in d/w (scruffy); 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Creative Age Press, Inc 1944
KEYWORDS: historical novel robert graves marie powell john milton poet britain england history literature fiction biography
Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-hsi
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974
KEYWORDS: china emperor k'ang-hsi history biography
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
Super octavo hardcover (NR FINE) 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2024
KEYWORDS: miles davis john coltrane bill evans jazz blues musicology music history biography memoir
The Game Player: Confessions of the CIA's original political operative
Super 8vo, brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, ix + 294 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping to spine, minor tanning & foxing to pg edges, light tanning to eps), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing/scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 1989
KEYWORDS: CIA espionage biography spy spies military World War 2 WW2 WWII II
Shakespeare: The Man and His Achievement
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: J M Dent & Sons 1977
KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare literature literary biography biographies memoir history
Caxton's Own Prose
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: Andre Deutsch 1973
KEYWORDS: literature literary history biographies biography memoir English language printing printers Caxton
A Biography of William Caxton: The First English Editor Printer, Merchant and Translator
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) minor water staining to jacket & base of page block; 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: Frederick Muller 1976
KEYWORDS: printers printing history biography biographies memoir William Caxton literature literary
Arrows of Fortune
Supe 8vo, black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, [10] + 259 pp., plates, VG+ (light rubbing/scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev bookseller's sticker to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling, light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping to spine, price clipped to front flap at tail, sl tanning).
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1992
KEYWORDS: World War II WW2 WWII II Dunkirk military army memoir biography war warfare conflict
Life is a Twisted Path: A time of imprisonment, escape, evasion and final refuge with the Mattei of Montecelio and Bishop Alois Hudal of Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome
Super 8vo, blue illus light card covers, 147 pp., loose errata slip, illus., photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor cracking to rear gutter).
PUBLISHER: J. and S. A. Burns 2002
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II memoir biography life lives prison prisoner prisoners of war POW military history New Zealand army