Biography from Lawrence Jones

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. xi, 499pp, index, bibliography, notes, genealogies, col ills, maps. Green cloth in jacket. Extremely light edge wear to jacket, slight crease to front free endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Picador, 1992. 73pp, 20 woodcuts. several bw photographs. Blue cloth in jacket. Scuff to top edge of front board otherwise very nice. A series of 20 woodcuts Zofrea records the life of his parents from their first meeting to the family's eventual emigration to Australia. In between, the woodcuts trace the separate lives of Teresa and Giuseppe Zofrea, who… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. 192pp, num bw & col ills, decorative endpapers. Boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, tiny bump to bottom edge of front board, 1cm tear at front spine fold. Kelly Slater's story in his own words, and a visual tour of an unconventional and unparallelled life. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 1990. xx, 812pp, index, filmography, notes, bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, gift note on front free endpaper. Centred around the story of John Huston, one of the greatest ever film directors, are the stoies of a remarkable film dynasty from Walter to John to Anjelica. Draws on more than 200 interviews with… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Pictorial Press Australia, 2013. 245pp, index, notes, appendix, bw ills, maps. Pictorial card. As new. The true story of the Samoan-American girl (Emma Forsyth) who defied convention and founded a commercial empire in 19th century New Guinea.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1999. xiv,279pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, few bw ills. Maroon cloth in jacket. Minor foxing and small indent to jacket, minor foxing to page edges. Story of a celebrated nineteenth century Australian surgeon and his involvement in blackbirding- the kidnapping of Pacific Islanders (kanakas) to work in the Australian sugar fields.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 2002. xvii, 430pp, 16pp b/w photos, bibliography, index. Papered boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, sticker remanant to rear. The author leads the reader on a tour of the Paris of 1900-1930 and its hotbeds of artistic creation. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1993. 176pp, illustrated with b/w photos, index. Brown cloth in jacket. Light even toning to page edges.The story of John Flynn who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM), a number of outback hospitals and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, as well as being the founding editor of the Inlander magazine and its chief contributor.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press., 1996. xv, 376pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills. Pictorial blue card. Near new. In 1894 astronomer Percival Lowell set forth a theory of probable life on Mars based on his discovery of 'canals' on the planet's surface. This is the definitive study of Lowell's colourful and controversial career.. Second Paperback Edition. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2003. vii, 239pp, index, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. A few tiny spots of foxing to endpapers/prelims, otherwise excellent. Alumini of Nudgee College (Brisbane) in the Boer War and both World Wars. Includes Gallipoli, Light Horse, Bomber Command, and much more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

London: Angel Books, 1988. Translation, Introduction and Notes by Mary Fleming Zirin. xxxvii, 242 pages, two appendices, selective bibliography, index. Cloth boards in jacket. Tiny (approx 2mm) tear at top front of jacket, slight fading to spine. 'Disguised as a man, Nadezhda Durova (1783-1866) served nearly ten years in the Russian light cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. This is an… Read more about this item

Brisbane: P.E.P. Enterprises, 1976. xiv, 154pp, index, bw ills. Blue cloth in jacket. A couple of pages slightly miscut at top corner, minor discolouration of board edges, rear flap creased. Biography of a pioneer and elder statesman of civil engineering construction in Australia. His contribution is marked by monuments like the Storey Bridge, Hornibrook highway and many others through Queensland,… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 2008. xxix, 418pp, index, bibliography, notes, col plates, maps. Burgundy cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket-near new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: The Author, 2004. Unpaginated (approx 250pp), col ills. White card with title and map of Balkans to front. Bumped at top front corner, and less so to bottom front corner. Barbara Taylor served as a nurse with the UN Clinic in Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia from 1999 to 2003. Here she presents some 45 letters, that she called Kosovo Kapers,… Read more about this item

Perth: Hammersley Iron, 1971. 22pp, bw ills. Maroon boards. Green cloth tape reinforcement to spine which appears to be just precautionary as binding tight. Offset toning to endpapers. No date-c1970/71. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo.

Hollywood: Samuel French, 1981. 317pp, index, filmography, bw ills. Pictorial card. Slight edge wear. Autobopgraphy of Hollywood producer and director King Vidor (1894-1982) whose 40+ year career spanned the period from 1918-1959. . First Samuel French Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Warlpiri Media Association / ABC Books, 2006. 236pp, bibliography, endnotes, col ills, map, decorated endpapers, audio CD in rear pocket. Ochre cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket with single 1cm tear at top front. Darby Jampijimpa Ross's stories of his one hundred years of life. During that time he survived the 1928 Conniston massacre before travelling widely… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. xxiii, 501pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Slightest of edge wear. Cochise as said to be the most rescouceful, brutal and feared Apache. He and his warriors raided in Mexico and the US. When his brother was executed by Americans in 1861, Cochise declared war and fought relentlessly for a decade against… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1990. viii, 91pp, bibliography, endnotes, appendix, indexes, bw & col ills. Light foxing to page edges.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Rowan, Ellis.. 4to.

Sydney: William Heinemann, 2013. xviii,m 826pp, index, bibliography, notes/references, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or black boards in jacket. Very light even toning to page edges, 2mm tear at bottom front jacket spine fold. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.