Search Results: Biography from Lawrence Jones

Auckland: Celebrity Books, 2006. 240pp, bw & col ills. Or boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. 16 players who filled the five eighth position with the New Zealand All Blacks rugby union team.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969. 616pp, index, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Tape stains to endpapers, very light toning and slight spotting to page edges, minor fading of spine. 100 short biographies of notable Australians from William Bligh to Lionel Rose. Presented in chronological order and covering a diverse range of characters.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Perth: Rio Bay Enterprises, 1999. x, 142pp + 4pp maps at rear, index, bibliography, mapsbw ills, adendum. Or card covers. Very light edge wear. The first discovery of Australia in 1606 and life of its discoverer, Willem Janszoon. Also explores the possible Dutch exploration of the East Coast of Australia, and of the Batavia being part of a fleet sent to take possession of the continent.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Perth: Rio Bay Enterprises, 1997. 111, 139pp + epilogue at rear, index, bibliography, maps, bw ills, adendum. Or card covers. Heavily foxed at bottom edge extending to lower portion of pages, underlining in foreword. The first discovery of Australia in 1606 and life of its discoverer, Willem Janszoon. Also explores the possible Dutch exploration of the East Coast of Australia, and of the Batavia being part of a fleet sent to take possession of the continent.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo.

New York: Abbeville Press, 187. 447pp, index, addenda, bw ills. Or white cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, some foxing to cloth. Audubon's efforts to have what is now the world's most valuable book-the double elephant folio Birds of America- published are detailed in this, his journal for 1826.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1924. 2 volumes-complete. vi, 351pp, index, frontis portrait; vi, 304pp, frontis portrait. Or blue cloth, no jackets. Spine slightly faded, endpapers toned, some foxing, page edges untrimmed. Biography of 19th century author Robert louis Stevenson. The second volume deals mainly with his time in Samoa.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Canberra: Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1987. 2 volumes-complete.xviii, 403, 429pp; occupational index. Or card. Light edge wear to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Surfers Paradise: The Gold Coast Arts Centre Press, 2000. HEAVY. 432pp, index, num bw ills. Or laminated pictorial boards. Near new. People from all walks of life on Queensland's Gold Coast through the 20th century.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

Inverell: The Augustine Fellowship, 2008. 289pp, bw ills. Or card covers. Very slight edge wear. SIGNED and inscribed (to Richard) by author inside front cover. The author tells of his 30 years droving cattle in the Outback.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Beaudesert, Qld: Church Archivists' Press (P & A Jackson), 2001. xiii, 256pp, b/w photos, facsimiles, three appendices, indexes of people and places. On the Copyright page a sticker giving the editors' details covers the publication details. SIGNED by the editors on the title page with an inscription from the editors dated 2001 on the dedication page. This is a collection of diaries and letters written by an Australian pilot and edited by his two children. John F Jackson was a Queensland grazier and businessman who joined the RAAF in 1939. He served with 3 Squadron in the Middle East. Returning to Australia, he was given command of 75 Squadron. He met his death leading that squadron in its heroic defence of Port Moresby early in 1942.. Signed. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback.

London: Everest Books, 1977. 154pp, bw ills. Or card covers. Page edges toned, light rubbing to covers. Contemporary account of one of the best loved groups of all time.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

London: Aurum Press, 2000. HEAVY. 263pp, discography, num col ills, pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Bumped at top corner. A celebration of one of the most successful and influential pop groups of all time.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson., 1995. 348pp, index, discography, bw & col ills. Or black cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest signs of edge wear to jacket. Tells the ABBA story, exposing cosy myths and revealing behind the scenes discord. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Harper Collins Publishers., 2009. HEAVY. 488pp,index, num bw & col ills, decorated endpapers. Or textured black boards titled in metallic silver and red. Some rubbing to edges and along edeg of spine. Australia's premier rock & roll band in depth.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 2000. 392pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, bw ills, maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new. Neville Howse was awarded his VC for heroism during the Boer War, the first time it had been conferred on a member of an Australian military unit. He remains the only Australian medical officer to have received the VC. He volunteered again in 1914 as was Senior Medical Officer at Anzac Cove where he was chiefly responsible for saving the lives of 2000 wounded men during the first three days of the landing alone. After the war he continued in the military medical services and in 1922 entered Parliament. He was knighted three times for his services.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

London: Millington Ltd, 1974. xvi, 238pp, biographical note, index. Prev owner's details on the toned front flyleaf. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket. This study describes the known life of Abelard, the medieval philosopher and explores the legend of Heloise.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Graz.: Verlag Styria, 1974. 316pp, index. Red cloth in jacket. Place/year written on half-title page, 2 line note in Hungarian on title page, few marginal notes. light edge wear to jacket. Text in German/auf Deutsch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Moscow: Progess Publishers, 1981. 343pp, sources, bw ills, errata slip. Or boards. Scuffed/bumped on fore-edge of front cover, corners slightly worn. Covers period from 1926-1975 in chronological order.. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1979. xi, 322pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, few bw ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Some fading to spine, light foxing. Biography of Swedish born journalist, judge and anthropologist who settled in Hawaii in 1884.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1992. 339pp, appendix, index. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The author describes Abu Nidal's organization, from its beginnings in Baghdad to its home in Libya.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.