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Douglas Mawson: The Life of an Explorer


HALL, LINCOLN

4to 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: New Holland 2000

KEYWORDS: Australia explorer Antarctic expedition Ernest Shackleton pictorial history biography

$15.00
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Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend


NICHOL, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2020

KEYWORDS: RAF air force military British England biography history

$25.00
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The Life of John Middleton Murry


LEA, F A

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: biography life lives John Middleton Murry 19th 20th century

$16.50
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Lives and Letters: A. R. Orage, Beatrice Hastings, Katherine Mansfield, John Middleton Murry, S.S. Koteliansky


CARSWELL, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1978

KEYWORDS: English literature letters lives biography 20th century

$16.50
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Sextet: T. S. Eliot & Truman Capote & Others


BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1982

KEYWORDS: portrait biography life lives T S Eliot Truman Capote 20th century

$19.50
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Beloved Quixote: The Unknown Life of John Middleton Murry


MURRY, KATHERINE MIDDLETON

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1986

KEYWORDS: John Middleton Murry biography life lives literary literature

$10.00
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My Steve


IRWIN, TERRI

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2007

KEYWORDS: Steve Urwin biography Australia wildlife conservation

$17.50
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The Man who was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave


BISHOP, PATRICK

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Willaim Collins 2019

KEYWORDS: Airey Neave soldier politician politics biography life lives

$25.00
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Crossing the Line: The Autobiography of a Thief


REYNOLDS, BRUCE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Virgin Books 2003

KEYWORDS: Bruce Reynolds autobiography biography life lives

$8.50
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Katherine Mansfield


CURNOW, HEATHER

Sm 8vo 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed

KEYWORDS: Katherine Mansfield New Zealand biography life lives

$32.50
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Who's Who in Pacific Navigation


DUNMORE, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1991

KEYWORDS: voyages exploration navigation pacific ocean Oceania discovery biography explorer

$40.00
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The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork


TOWNSHEND, DOROTHEA

Super 8vo, grey/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontis. & plates with tissue guards, xvi + 531 pp., plates, VG- (light to moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, moderate 2cm tear to front joint, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, moderate tanning to plate tissue guards, sporadic light soiling & foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, bgd sl sloppy).

PUBLISHER: Duckworth and Company 1904

KEYWORDS: 16th century Earl of Cork England renaissance social history biography life lives esquire gentlemen

$40.00
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Ruling Passions


DRIBERG, TOM; FOOT, MICHAEL (post) & HIGHAM, DAVID (fore)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edges stained red, yellow eps, x + 271 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, sl tanning to fore & bottom pg edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w VG (light scuffing & light to moderate fading & tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems, 2cm cloed tear to top spine extrem at fold).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first editions England English 20th century literature journalism essays autobiography biography

$40.00
2s2b/11

Rita Angus


BARR, MARY (ed)

Sq 8vo, purple heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, frontis., 214 pp., illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, minor soiling to pg edges) in d/w VG- (light scuffing & soiling, light to moderate creasing to edges, light bruising to extrems, 3cm closed tear to front bottom extrem at fold, light tanning).

PUBLISHER: National At Gallery 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artist exhibition biography criticism 20th century portrait landscape sketchbook

$40.00
2s2b/15

The Writings of Erik Satie


SATIE, ERIK; WILKINS, NIGEL (ed & transl)

Ex-library. 4to, heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 178 pp., VG (light adhesive residue to head & tail to front & back boards, light minor fading, light wear & brusing to spine & board eges/extrems, library stamps in black ink & light tanning/foxing to pg edges, usual library markings to eps with minor adhesive residue, pgs light creased throughout esp to prelims/terminals) in d/w VG (light soiling/tanning, light creasing to edges, light bruising/chipping to extrems).

PUBLISHER: Eulenburg Books 1980

KEYWORDS: Erik Satie biography criticism essays music musician literature 19th century authors composer

$125.00
2s2b/23

Roger Fry: A Biography


WOOLF, VIRGINIA

FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION. 8vo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 307 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards & spine, light scuffing & rubbing, light soiling/bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm tear to hinge at rear gutter, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & tanning, some fading, light to moderate bruising & chipping to edges & extrems, moderate tear to head of spine with loss, encased in a plastic wrapper).

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1940

KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf Roger Fry biography life lives author 20th century art criticism literature

$45.00
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Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood


GARNETT, ANGELICA

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy green card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, [10] + 181 pp., illus/photos, NF (v sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading, sl curling to edges, light bruising to extrems).

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1984

KEYWORDS: first edition Bloomsbury Group memoir biography life lives 20th century literature

$45.00
2s2b/33

Flush: A Biography


WOOLF, VIRGINIA

FIRST EDITION. brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontis., 163 pp., plates, VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tear & fraying to rear joint, moderate bruising & chipping to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owner's inscription ink black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1933

KEYWORDS: first edition Virginia Woolf biography 20th century authors literature Bloomsbury Group

$40.00
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Without Stopping: An Autobiography


BOWLES, PAUL

8vo, heavy brown card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, tp covering 2 pgs, 379 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & light to moderate fading to boards & spine, light bruising to spine & board extrems, light soiling & sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light tanning & scuffing/soiling, light bruising & chipping to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1972

KEYWORDS: Paul Bowles autobiography biography life lives 20th century author America Morocco

$45.00
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Don't Look Round


TREFUSIS, VIOLET; JULLIAN, PHILIPPE (illus)

8vo, red buckram boards, black lettering & double rules to spine, stamp to front board, frontis., illus tp, 240 pp., illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, light wear to joints, light tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev bookseller's sm green pricing sticker to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout), lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1952

KEYWORDS: Violet Trefusis autobiography memoir biography life lives 20th century literature

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