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xxeyc63314

Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters


WALSH, T. J.

ex library hardback octavo with d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: M.H. Gill and Son Ltd. 1959

KEYWORDS: specials nano nagle religion tj walsh biography

$10.00
xxeyc63324

Mabel Digby


RICHARDSON, M. K.

first edition, ex library hardback with d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: specials rmk richardson mabel digby biography religion

$28.50
xxeye63469

The Man on the Twenty-Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith


MCNALLY, WARD

Copy of NZ Aviation Author Ian Mackersey and biographer of Charles Kingsford-Smith, ASSOCIATION COPY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Ward McNally Charles Kingsford-Smith biography aviation history aviator Australian

$35.00
xxeye63499

Monty: The Field-Marshal 1944-1976


HAMILTON, NIGEL

First edition, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: hamish Hamilton 1986

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Nigel Hamilton Field Marshal Montgomery Monty biography military history WW2 Arnhem Ardennes

$10.00
xxkae63597

Bernard Shaw


Volume I: 1856-1898: The Search for Love

HOLROYD, MICHAEL

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1990

KEYWORDS: specials michael holroyd biography bernard shaw literary criticism

$8.50
xxeyf63555

The Unauthorized Biography


SIEGEL, BARBARA & SCOTT

paperback (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Avon 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Barbara Siegel Scott Siegel Jack Nicholoson biography moviestar hollywood

$10.00
xxeyd63425

Andrew of Galilee: Apostle of Christ


CAPALDI, I. G.

Ex library, first edition, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: specials first editoin IG Capaldi Andrew of Galilee biography religion gospels biblical events

$9.50
xxeyf63561

Sean Connery


PARKER, JOHN

softcover paperback (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1993

KEYWORDS: specials John Parker biography Sean Connery james bond 007

$15.00
xxezb63711

Every Kitchen Tells a Story


DE LORE, CLARE & BROOKE-WHITE, JULIA

oblong 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: Harper Collins 2000

KEYWORDS: specials clare de lore julia brooke-white cooking history women kitchen food biography interviews new zealand

$15.00
xxezc63765

David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-revolution


BONGIE, LAURENCE L.

ex library hardback octavo with plastic-wrapped d/w (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: Clarendon Press 1965

KEYWORDS: specials david hume politics philosophy laurence bongie biography history

$12.00
xxezc63776

Wrestling with the Angel - A Life of Janet Frame


KING, MICHAEL

hardback octavo with d/w (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: Viking 2000

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand michael king history biography literature janet frame

$42.50
2f41a/18

From Venus to Antarctica: The Life of Dumont d'Urville


DUNMORE, JOHN

Super octavo, blue-ish boards with gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: John Dunmore Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville biography history explorer exploration navigator

$185.00
1b41/19

A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen with Numerous Authentic Portraits


Volume 1 ABE-HUM, Volume 2 HUM-YOU plus Supplement

CHAMBERS, ROBERT & THOMSON, THOMAS (Eds)

Complete in two volumes including supplement, small quarto, half bound, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to black leather spine, gilt-decorated raised bands to spine & decorative red leather title label between two raised bands, marbled page edges, frontispiece, vi + 689pp in two vols, illus, VG (scuffing to boards & spines, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2pages of prelims torn out in volume 2, heavy foxing to eps, light foxing elsewhere, some light insect damage to fep upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1875

KEYWORDS: Robert Chambers Thomas Thomson Scotland Scottish history biography Scotsmen reference

$60.00
1b41/44

Works of Frances Hodgkins in New Zealand


MCCORMICK, E. H.

Inscribed by Colin McCahon (C=Colin, A=Anne), first edition, super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, upper page edges stained red, xvi + 278pp + 32pp black& white photos, VG+ (slight fading to spine, v slight rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Auckland City Art Gallery 1954

KEYWORDS: first editoin EH McCormick Frances Hodgkins New Zealand art painting biography

$85.00
1b42/2

Gisborne Exposed: The Photographs of William Crawford 1874-1913


ROBINSON, SHEILA & BERRY, JOHN (Eds)

Oblong quarto, light greay faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus,VG+ (prev owner's name in pen to fep), in d/w, VG (slight tanning fading & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Te Rau Press Ltd / Gisborne Museum 1990

KEYWORDS: Sheila Robinson John Berry William Crawford New Zealand Gisborne photography photographer biography pictorial photographic history art

$75.00
1b42/8

The Annals of the Addington Family


BELFIELD, E. M. G. & WARREN, DOROTHY

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 191pp, illus + large folding genealogical tree, VG+ (v. v. slight fading to spine & board edges, v light foxing to page edges) in d/w (VG+, light foxing & light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Published privately by Warren & Son 1959

KEYWORDS: EMG Belfield Dorothy Warren Addington Family Viscount of Sidmouth Northamptonshire Oxfordshire biography history

$650.00
1b41/12

The Scottish Nation; or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland


Three Volumes: Vol 1 ABE-CUR, Vol 2 DAL-MAC, Vol 3 MAC-ZET

ANDERSON, WILLIAM

Three-volume set, small quarto, half-bound, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & five gilt-decorated raised bands to blue leather spine, mounted brown leather gilt-titled panel to upper spine, marbled page edges, xiii + 752pp, ii + 752pp, frontispiece + iii + 736pp (vols 1 to 3 respectively), illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & chaffing to spines with some loss of colour, vol 1 brown leather title panel missing & that of vol 2 half-detached, some soiling to boards, moderate foxing but heavier to eps, creasing to eps)

PUBLISHER: A Fullarton & Co 1863

KEYWORDS: William Anderson Scotland Scottish history biography families surnames literature

$18.50
xxhsd63818

The Many Lives of Elton John


CRIMP, SUSAN & BURSTEIN, PATRICIA

Super octavo hardcover (fine) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Carol Publishing Group 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Susan Crimp Patricia Burstein Elton John biography music

$30.00
1b42/26

A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar


BEAGLEHOLE, TIM

Super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, ilus eps, frontispiece, 559pp, illus, near fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: John C Bealehole Tim Beaglehole New Zealand biography writer critic historian James Cook

$35.00
xxezd63987

Women of the Waimakariri


WOOD, P.J. (ED.)

Softcover super octavo (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: The Waimakariri District Women's Suffrage Centennial Committee 1993

KEYWORDS: specials P J Wood New Zealand history biography Waikmakariri women

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