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$65.00
3v4/1203

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Student's Memoir


WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG & REDPATH, THEODORE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor foxing to wrappers) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1990

KEYWORDS: First Edition biography memoirs education Ludwig Wittgenstein

$50.00
3v4/1205

Martin Heidegger: Letters to his Wife 1915-1970


HEIDEGGER, MARTIN & HEIDEGGER, GERTRUD (annotated & ed) & GLASGOW, R D V (transl)

Super octavo, wheat beige heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos, FINE in d/w, FINE (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Polity Press 2008

KEYWORDS: biography memoirs Martin Heidegger german philosophy

$65.00
3e1/31

The Life of Thomas More


ACKROYD, PETER

Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in yellow, illus to front board, 456 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2017

KEYWORDS: Thomas More life lives literary biography Folio Society

$60.00
3e1/38

Dredging the Past: The Life of Alex C. McGeorge


HOUSTON, LOIS

Imp. octavo, illus light card covers, 256 pp., VG (light bruising, sl soiling & scuffing to covers, some warping, light soiling to pg edges, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Lois Houston 2011

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history life lives biography Alex C McGeorge gold mining dredging

$100.00
3e1/44

Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh


FYSH, HUDSON

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 296 pp., VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate tanning & foxing, price clipped). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: ww1 First World War I One 1 Australia Australian military biography life lives

$75.00
3e2/53

Talleyrand


COOPER, DUFF

Octavo, illus card boards, black cl spine lettered in gilt, 326 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: Duff Cooper life lives biography Talleyrand Folio Society

$60.00
3d3/57

Coal in My Blood


CAIRNS, JOHN

Quarto, illus light card covers, 185 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, dampstaining to edges, light to moderate soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: John Cairns 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography autobiography local history

$90.00
3d5/41

Church: A Life


GILBERT, MARTIN

Two volume set. Super octavo, cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 568, 1198 pp., VG+ (light bruising), in slipcase, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill life lives biography politics

$50.00
3e4/53

The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes


HIMES, CHESTER

FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, 351 pp.,VG- (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, fading, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing & tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973

KEYWORDS: Chester Himes life lives biography autobiography

$40.00
3u1/1295

O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance


STIEGLITZ, ALFRED & O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA & EISLER, BENITA

Super octavo, white heavy boards quarter bound in white cloth boards, gilt copper lettering to spine, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1991

KEYWORDS: biography memoirs Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz

$75.00
3u1/1302

Colonial Landscape Gardener: Alfred Buxton of Christchurch, New Zealand 1872-1950


TIPPLES, RUPERT

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, loosely enclosed related newspaper ephemera to fep, loosely enclosed folded photos to rear pages, illus/photos/maps/diagrams, VG (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Lincoln College 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch gardening landscaping colonialism Alfred Buxton biography memoirs

$245.00
3u2/1346

The Rich and Macandrew Families 1280-1993


LE CREN, DENIS J

NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION (45 COPIES ONLY), Quarto, dark brown leather boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, 238pp + Family trees + Wills illus/photos/tables/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Denis J Le Cren nd

KEYWORDS: Numbered Limited Edition biography memoirs Macandrew Rich

$40.00
3u2/1356

Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries


HARRIS, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1986

KEYWORDS: First Edition Hitler biography memoirs books diaries

$40.00
3u2/1360

My Story


DALTREY, ROGER

Uncommon, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white, red and blue lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: 2018

KEYWORDS: biography memoirs Roger Daltrey

$55.00
3u3/1376

Forbs Carlile on Swimming


CARLILE, FORBS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Pelham Books 1963

KEYWORDS: swimming exercise sports biography memoirs Forbs Carlile

$40.00
3u3/1380

Events in the Life of Philip Tapsell


ADAMS, JONATHAN (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, green, dark blue and white lettering to front wrapper, green and white lettering to spine, illus/photos, enclosed related media ephemera to fep, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Oratia 2021

KEYWORDS: Philip Tapsell biography memoirs New Zealand

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