BATEMAN, SOMERSET

Octavo black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing & soiling to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Cornish Brothers 1923

KEYWORDS: Simon de Montfort life lives biography 13th century English French medieval mediaeval history

HUNT, SAM

Super octavo, illus. card boards, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, bookplate to ffep), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt life lives biography New Zealand literary poet poetry

PHILIPS, JOCK

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black and white lettering to front wrapper, black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to page edges, minor warping to structure, minor rolling/creasing to upper edge of front wrapper, minor creasing to extrems) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Inscribed & Signed by Author New Zealand biography Jock Phillips

MASTERS, A O 'CAPPY'

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor tanning to page edges, minor creasing to head of front hinge) in d/w, VG+ (minor foxing and soiling to flaps, minor creasing to edges of flaps, minor soiling to rear wrapper, minor creasing to head of spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Janus Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: memoirs biography A O 'Cappy' Masters aviation navy military New Zealand

PARRY, GORDON

Octavo hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand history business Arthur Barnett department stores biography memoir retail retailers

HARRIS, JONATHAN GIL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Aleph 2026

KEYWORDS: first editions biography memoir autobiography literature Jonathan Gil Harris

PAWLE, GERALD

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: George Allen & Unwin 1985

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers biography memoir R E S Wyatt

GARDINER, JOHN ELIOT

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Alfred A Knopf 2015

KEYWORDS: music history biography J S Johann Sebastian Bach classical composers

N/A

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Usher Gallery N/D (c.1996)

KEYWORDS: William Billingsley art pottery ceramics china porcelain biography history antiques collectables collectibles

WALCOTT, DEREK

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+), in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1998

KEYWORDS: Derek Walcott essay essays life lives biography biographies poets criticism interpretation history

HASSETT, JOSEPH M

Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: The Lilliput Press 2020

KEYWORDS: W B Yeats poetry criticism literature literary biography

FIELDING, K J & TARR, RODGER L (eds.)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Vision 1976

KEYWORDS: Thomas Carlyle 19th century life lives biography history

RILKE, RAINER MARIA; LINTON, JOHN (transl.)

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PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1972

KEYWORDS: Rainer Maria Rilke life lives biography biographical fiction 20th century literature

TILLEY, ARTHUR

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PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Francois Rabelais life lives biography

JOHN, AUGUSTUS

FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; Photos available on request. 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: Pellegrini & Cudahy 1952

KEYWORDS: Augustus John life lives biography autobiography

MORSE, SAMUEL FRENCH

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Pegasus 1970

KEYWORDS: Wallance Stevens literary biography life lives

TRILLING, LIONEL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977

KEYWORDS: 19th century literary biography Matthew Arnold life lives

LEWIS, EDITH; MURPHY, JOHN J (introd.)

Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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 Nebraska Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Willia Cather 19th 20th century author life lives biography

GESSEL, VAN C

Paperback (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Kodansha International 1993

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature life lives literary biography

FADIMAN, ANNE

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Farrar, Straus and Grioux 2018

KEYWORDS: life lives biography autobiography memoirs wine making family