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$40.00
1t19b/26

Random Recollections of my Life


CLARKE (NEE GILLETT), IERE AGNES

Large quarto, blue illus light card stapled wrappers, 64pp, illus, VG+ (some lifting of plastic to front cover fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: Pat Turnbull 2003

KEYWORDS: Iere Agnes Clarke Gillett Iere Patricia Turnbull memoir autobiography COrnwall New Zealand

$10.00
xxscg88247

Our Own Country: Leading New Zealand Writers Talk About Their Writing and Their Lives


KEDGLEY, SUE

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Sue Kedgley Marilyn Duckworth Lauris Edmond Patricia Grace Keri Hulme Fiona Kidman Rachel McAlpine Sue McCauley Margaret Mahy New Zealand women's literature writers authors autobiography memoirs

$50.00
1t19d/31

Going Uphill Backwards: Foote-notes from a Storied Life


FOOTE, W. J. & REEVES, PAUL (Foreword)

Octavo, dark blue illus card covers with orange lettering, 128pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Philip Garside Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: Will Foote New Zealand autobiography

$8.50
xxscg88279

The World Regained


MCELDOWNEY, DENNIS

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: specials dennis mceldowney autobiography

$16.50
xxsch88296

All Blacks Don't Cry: A Story of Hope


KIRWAN, JOHN

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2010

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand John Kirwan autobiography memoir depression mental health illness self help

$16.00
xxsch88334

Doctor Down Under


GORDON, DORIS

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) illus; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber ND

KEYWORDS: specials doris gordon new zealand autobiography history medicine politics

$50.00
1w9a/49

Tales of Two Women


BAYLEY, ANN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 576pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Awaruku Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Ann Bayley autobiography USA New Zealand

$175.00
1w9b/17

Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger


With maps, illustrations, and plans

VANDELEUR, SEYMOUR & GOLDIE, SIR GEORGE T. (Intro)

Folding maps at p148 & p303 & p266 all present, folding plate also present & complete, previous ownership of Captain W. P. Morgan MBE, octavo, dark green cloth boads with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxvii + 320pp + 40pp book catalogue, illus, VG (bookseller's label to front board, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, slight rubbing to boards, light tanning to eps, light foxing & tanning to page edges, tear repaired with tape to p148 map, v light sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1898

KEYWORDS: Seymour Vandeleur Upper Nile Niger military history autobiography memoir

$45.00
1w9b/32

An Englishman's Recollections of Egypt 1863 to 1887 with an Epilogue dealing with the Present Time 1914


DE KUSEL, BARON (BEY)

Ex library, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xiv + folding map + 352pp + 16pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (usu library markings incl. label to front board, moderate staining & soiling to boards, slight fraying to spine sides45 & board edges, browning to page edges & eps, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane 1915

KEYWORDS: Baron de Kusel BEY Egypt history autobiography

$75.00
2c12d/26

My Railway Life


MCGRATH, LAURIE

Quarto, illus light card covers, 213pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to covers & page edges, slight bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Laurie McGrath 2011

KEYWORDS: Laurie McGrath Australia Australian railways trains autobiography memoir history

$40.00
2c13a/17

The Voyages & Travels of Captain Nathaniel Uring


DEWAR, ALFRED (Ed)

Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxiii + 253pp, illus, VG (browning to page edges, slight bruising to spine extrems, foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co / Seafarers' Library 1928

KEYWORDS: Seafarers Captain Nathaniel Uring autobiography sailing nautical maritime history exploration

$9.00
xxaje88584

Amateur Hobo


TOWNSEND, PAUL

First edition, octavo hardcover (G+, scribbles to eps, soiling & fraying to boards); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1953

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Townsend autobiography America travel memoir travelogue first edition

$24.50
xxalaa88596

Samuel Kelly: An Eighteenth Century Seaman


GARSTIN, CROSBIE (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Frederick A Stokes Co 1925

KEYWORDS: specials Crosbie Garstin Samuel Kelly autobiography seafaring history sailor travel

$27.50
xxalaa88603

The Unveiling of Lhasa


CANDLER, EDMUND

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials Edmund Candler Lhasa Tibet travel autobiography memoirs journals exploration history

$24.50
xxalaa88605

Southern Cross and Evening Star: Reflections and Recollections


WILFORD, JOHN RUSSELL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Martini Pubications Ltd 1949

KEYWORDS: specials John Russell Wilford New Zealand Canterbury autobiography memoir history

$22.50
xxaoa88642

Waikaremoana, The Jewel of the Ureweras: A New Zealand Stillwater Flyfisher's Paradise


An Account of a 30 Year Love Affair Between a Pantheon of Anglers and Possibly New Zealand's Finest Still Water Fishery

GIACON, JOHN

Imperial octavo softcover (fine); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: John F Giacon 2010

KEYWORDS: specials John Giacon New Zealand stillwater flyfishing fishing angling Waikaremoana autobiography memoir

$28.50
xxscl88662

Sunshine and Surf: A Year's Wanderings in the South Seas


HALL, DOUGLAS B. & OSBORNE, LORD ALBERT

Lacks folding map, octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1901

KEYWORDS: specials Douglas B Hall Lord Albert Osborne nautical autobiography memoir travel exploration

$22.00
xxapf88796

My Game


HOOD, LEW & POLLARD, JACK

Signed by Terry McLean (NZ sports writer), octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1958

KEYWORDS: specials Lew Hood sport tennis autobiography memoir

$26.50
xxaqy88860

Behind the Scences of Motor Racing


GREGORY, KEN & MOSS, STIRLING (Foreword)

First edition, octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: MacGibbon & Kee 1960

KEYWORDS: specials Ken Gregory Sirling Moss motor racing motorsport cars autobiography memoir first edition

$16.50
xxscq89130

Hard Men: True Stories from the New Zealand Heartland


HOLDEN, PHILIP

Oblong quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Philip Holden New Zealand memoirs autobiography anthology

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