Books - "biography"
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With the Cambridgeshires at Singapore
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., xii + 115 pp., illus., plates, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light fraying, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, front gutters sl loose--bdg sloppy, moderate tanning throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling with some loss of colour, moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Trevor Allen Bevis 1971
KEYWORDS: memoir biography life lives war warfare military history 20th century conflict Far East Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II England Great Britain British
Diary of Life in a Stalag: A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story
SCARCE. SIGNED. Sm 8vo, illus. light card covers, 69 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling/tanning/fading to covers, minor bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to pg edges, light tanning to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlings n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II war warfare conflict memoir biography life lives Egypt Italy 20th century military history
Prisoner of War and Fugitive
Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, front board lettered in silver gilt, top edge stained red, [6] + 70 pp., plate to front, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & minor tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1947
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II prison prisoners prisoner of war Egypt Italy war warfare military history memoir biography life lives
Shakespeare's Lives (New Edition)
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: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Shakespeare history historical
George William von Zedlitz: A Brief Memoir / Sir Charles Cotton: A Brief Memoir
Octavo stapled 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: Wai-te-ata Press 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biographies memoirs biography George William von Zedlitz Sir Charles Cotton
Mario Lanza: Tenor in Exile
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: Amadeus Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Mario Lanza classical music opera singers biography biographies memoir tenors
Great Ocean: An Authorized Biography of the Buddhist Monk Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
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 1990
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso spiritual leaders Buddhist monks spirituality
I am My Brother: Autobiography II
8vo 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: Longmans 1960
KEYWORDS: John Lehmann life lives autobiography biography
The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I
8vo hardcover (VG), lacking in d/w; 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: Longmans 1956
KEYWORDS: John Lehmann life lives autobiography biography
William Caxton: A Quincentenary Biography of England's First Printer
Super 8vo 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: Chatto & Windus 1976
KEYWORDS: William Caxton England printer printing incunabula 15th century book history publishing life lives biography
'Grenville': The story of a great New Zealand jockey
8vo 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: Cassell 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand racing horse Grenville Hughes 20th century biography life lives
Memories and Hallucinations
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Abacus 1989
KEYWORDS: D M Thomas life lives autobiography biography
A Memoir of Thomas Bewick
Ex-library. Sm 8vo 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: The Cresset Press 1961
KEYWORDS: Thomas Bewick memoir life lives biography autobiography wood engraving engraver
Cleopatra
Super 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2000
KEYWORDS: Cleopatra Rome Egypt 1st century AD Ptolemy Pompey Rome ancient history biography life lives
Oi Jimmy Knacker: A Memoir of an East Ender's Childhood
Oblong Imp. 8vo 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: Silver Link Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: East Ender memoir biography autobiography life lives 20th century
W B Yeats: A Life II: The Arch-Poet 1915-1939
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: Oxford University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: W B Yeats literature literary biography biographies memoir poets
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote 'Lord fo the Flies': A Life
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Faber and Faber 2009
KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography memoir William Golding literature authors
The World of George Orwell
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism appreciation George Orwell biography biographies memoir
And It's Goodnight From Him... The Autobiography of the Two Ronnies
Super 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 2006
KEYWORDS: life lives autobiography biography The Two Ronnies BBC 20th century Television
The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes Volume 1
Ex-library. 8vo 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: Michael Joseph 1973
KEYWORDS: Chester Himes autobiography biography life lives