Books - "biography"
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Guthrie-Smith of Tutira
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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders biography biographies memoir Guthrie-Smith Tutira
Sri Ramakrishna: A Biography
Sm 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: Sri Ramakrishna Math N/D
KEYWORDS: Sri Ramakrishna biography biographies memoir spirituality Hindu
J Krishnamurti: As I Knew Him
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: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir J Krishnamurti philosophy spirituality wisdom
The Happening of a Guru: A Biography of Ramesh S Balsekar
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: Yogi Impressions Books 2003
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Ramesh S Balsekar spirituality wisdom teachings
A Perfect Life: The Story of Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa
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: Siddha Yoga / SYDA Foundation 1996
KEYWORDS: spirituality teachers philosophy biography biographies memoir Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa
The Life of John Marshall 1755-1835 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, subject's signature in gilt to front boards, deckled/roughcut page fore-edges, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1916-19
KEYWORDS: history historical figures John Marshall biography biographies memoirs Americans
Andrew Jackson: Portrait of a President
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & rule plus raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, patterned/printed eps, frontispiece, 627pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1985
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series US American politics political leaders former presidents biography biographies memoir Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, red full leather boards, raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, aeg, illus/printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 1072pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1987
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series US American politics political leaders former presidents biography biographies memoir Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson: The Border Captain
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, red full leather boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, illus/printed eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 461pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1985
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series US American politics political leaders former presidents biography biographies memoir Andrew Jackson
John Adams 1735-1826 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, dark green full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, illus/printed eps, viii + 1170pp total, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1988
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series US American politics political leaders former presidents biography biographies memoir John Adams
Wilhelm von Humboldt 1767-1835: A Biography (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, illus eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiv + 307pp, vol 2- x + 572pp, illus/decorations, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tape staining/residue to eps of vol 2, light foxing to terminals of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (in protective clear plastic covers- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spines)
PUBLISHER: Ohio State University Press 1978-80
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Wilhelm von Humboldt Germany Germans history
Thomas Wolfe: A Biography
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: Doubleday 1960
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Thomas Wolfe
The Warden of English: The Life of H W Fowler
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 2001
KEYWORDS: H W Fowler literary biography biographies memoir
Blake
Super 8vo, heavy illus card bds, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontis., xii + 455 pp., plates, VG+ (v sl scuffing to bds, head of spine sl warped & soiled, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges), in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008
KEYWORDS: William Blake biography life lives 19th century authors Romantics Romanticism poets authors poetry poems The Folio Society illustrated
McCartney: Yesterday .... and Today
SIGNED BY RAY COLEMAN, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#722/750), super octavo, black cushioned heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, all page-edges silver gilt, sm illus plate to front board, marbled eps, xii + 191pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ slipcase (minor rubbing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications / Boxtree Ltd 1995
KEYWORDS: signed Ray Coleman limited special editions pop music Britpop The Beatles Paul McCartney bands biography biographies memoir British
Stuart: The Life and Art of Stuart Sutcliffe
SIGNED BY KAY WILLIAMS, PAULINE SUTCLIFFE & ASTRID KIRCHHERR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#1272/2000), quarto, brown illus cloth boards, black/blind lettering to black leather spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 232pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl discolouration to board edges) with smaller oblong duodecimo Near FINE book of illustrations inserted to VG+ slipcase (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1996
KEYWORDS: signed special editions Stuart Sutcliffe The Rolling Stones rock bands musicians art photography biography biographies memoir artists
Golden Dreams / Liverpool Days (Boxed 2 Vol Set)
AUTOGRAPHED BY ASTRID KIRCHHERR & MAX SCHELER, NUMBERED LIMITED EDITIONS (#1699/2500 & #1770/2500), imperial octavo, Golden Dreams- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, Liverpool Days- beige cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, both vols have sm illus/photos plate to front boards, illus eps & prelims, both vols are 122pp each, illus/photos, Near FINE (minor foxing to spine of Liverpool Days) in individual illus Near FINE slipcases, both presented in VG+ single box (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1994-96
KEYWORDS: signed special editions Astrid Kirchherr Max Scheler photos photography British pop memorabilia bands The Beatles history music musicians Britpop biography biographies biographical
The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait of James Cook to front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xi + 760pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to top corner of ffep, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1974
KEYWORDS: exploration history voyages Captain James Cook The Endeavour 18th eighteenth century discovery biography biographies memoir maritime nautical
Marcel Proust - A Life
Tidy ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) cracking to gutters; 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: Viking / Penguin 2000
KEYWORDS: literature French novelists literary biographies biography memoir Marcel Proust
Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia and Zion
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: Macmillan 2000
KEYWORDS: military history commanders Orde Charles Wingate ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memori