Books - "biography"
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Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait
Ex-library. Fol., ff. 62 + pp. 125-147; grey heavy card boards, white cl spine & front board lettered in black; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; tape & tape residue to boards & eps,; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps & ht verso; peeling to front pastedowm; light cracking to front gutters); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & extensive archival repairs; plastic wrapper taped to covers; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: The Metropolitan Musuem of Art 1997
KEYWORDS: Alfred Stieglitz Georgia O'Keeffe life lives biography portraits exhibitions 20th century art artist painting
Mendelssohn: A Life in Music
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 2003
KEYWORDS: classical music composers biography biographies memoir history Felix Mendelssohn
The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
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 & Hudson 2002
KEYWORDS: biography memoir biographies Michael Ventris linear b code breakers historical artefacts history
Bishop Monrad in Aotearoa: Ditlev Gothard Monrad's Life and His Legacy to New Zealand
Square 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: Karere Publications 2011
KEYWORDS: Ditlev Gothard Monrad history New Zealand biography biographies early settlers pioneers
John Lennon: The Life
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: Harper 2009
KEYWORDS: John Lennon British music icons musicians The Beatles biography biographies memoir pop britpop
The Last Tsar & Tsarina
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 1977
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian royal family Tsar Nicholas II Romanovs Romanov history biography biographies
Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth: Frank Lloyd Wright
Lg quarto 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: Macdonald & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: architecture architects Frank Lloyd Wright buildings design biography biographies history
Letters to Monica
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: Faber and Faber 2011
KEYWORDS: Philip Larkin Monica Jones literature literary biography biographies letters correspondence
John Lennon: The Life
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: Harper 2009
KEYWORDS: John Lennon British music icons musicians The Beatles biography biographies memoir pop britpop
Swedenborg: Life and Teaching
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pillar Books / Swedenborg Foundation Inc. 1976
KEYWORDS: Emanuel Swedenborg natural science history philosophy biography biographies
Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening
Paperback (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: Avon 1976
KEYWORDS: spirituality teachers Krishnamurti biography biographies history religion religious leaders
Lou Andreas-Salome
Super octavo, green cloth boards, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 255pp, Near FINE (sl tanning & foxing to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Gordon Fraser Gallery 1984
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Lou Andreas-Salome religion psychoanalysis sex
Living with Kundalini: The Autobiography of Gopi Krishna
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Shambhala 1993
KEYWORDS: Gopi Krishna Hindu India Leslie Shepard life lives autobiography biography
Bhagavan Ramana & Mother
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning 1995
KEYWORDS: Ramana Maharshi spiritual spirituality 20th century life lives biography
Voices in My Ear: The Autobiography of a Medium
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Futura Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: Doris Stokes Linda Dearsley medium spiritual spirituality life lives biography autobiography
The Life and Times of Sir George Grey
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration & rule to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, (6) + 496pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutter- boards shaky, moderate wrinkling to prelims, inscription in ink to title page, moderate foxing & pencil markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: H Brett of Lake Takapuna 1892
KEYWORDS: Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir history historical
Baryshnikov in Black and White
Imperial octavo, white cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl discolouration to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2002
KEYWORDS: Russian dancers ballet performers Mikhail Baryshnikov art photography performing arts biography
Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 274pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & scribbled out plus moderate patch of scuffing & adhesive residue to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning & fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: classical music composers Olivier Messiaen biography biographies memoir
Marcel Proust, 1871-1922: A Centenary Volume
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in torn 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971
KEYWORDS: Marcel Proust 19th century novelist life lives biography
The Olympian Soldier: G C Cooke
Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Kath Beatson 2008
KEYWORDS: Kath Beatson military history live lifes biography G C Cooke