Books - "biography"
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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
Triumph, Tragedy, Longevity: The Story of Len Perry Champion Motorcycle Rider
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY LEN PERRY, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 114pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & tanning to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2002
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Zealanders biography biographies memoir Len Perry motorsports motorcycle riders
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
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