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$9.00
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Working Vice


The True Story of Lt. Lucie J. Duvall - America's First Woman Vice Squad Chief

HOSANSKY, TAMAR & SPARING, PAT

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: Harper 1993

KEYWORDS: specials tamar hosansky pat sparling lucie j duvall police america usa biography vice crime

$10.00
xxscb87985

Training A Tiger


A Father's Guide to Raising A Winner in both Golf and Life

WOODS, EARL & MCDANIEL, PETE

softcover octavo (NF); 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: Harper Perennial 1997

KEYWORDS: specials tiger woods sports golf training earl pete mcdaniel biography autobiography memoir family

$9.50
xxscb88009

The Shadow Man


A Daughter's Search For Her Father

GORDON, MARY

softcover 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: Bloomsbury 1997

KEYWORDS: specials mary gordon family autobiography biography

$12.50
xxscd88024

Lord Lloyd and the Decline of the British Empire


CHARMLEY, JOHN

hardcover octavo w 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: St. Martin's Press 1987

KEYWORDS: specials lord lloyd britain history empire john charmley biography

$12.00
xxscd88039

La Stupenda


ADAMS, BRIAN

softcover 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: Vintage 1993

KEYWORDS: specials brian adams joan sutherland biography singing music opera entertainment

$9.00
xxscd88043

Hitler


Military Commander

MATTHEWS, RUPERT

softcover 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: Lifetime Distributors 2004

KEYWORDS: specials rupert matthew adolf hitler biography war ww2 nazis

$8.50
xxscd88049

Michael Jackson


The Magic and The Madness

TARABORRELLI, J. RANDY

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: Headline 1991

KEYWORDS: specials biography michael jackson pop music entertainment j randy taraborrelli

$28.50
xxscc88141

Buñuel


BAXTER, JOHN

hardcover octavo w d/w (VG+); all 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: Carroll & Graf 1998

KEYWORDS: specials luis buñuel spain films directors movies biography john baxter

$25.00
xxscf88211

Sunshine and Shadow


BLACK, HELEN

Singed by author, octavo hardcover (VG) illus; all 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: John McIndow 1947

KEYWORDS: specials helen balck signed by author new zealand biography women

$65.00
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Goldminer and Stockman: Memoirs of Cyril Beer


SMITH, SHIRLEY

Signed by subject of the book, quarto, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 83pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Shirley Smith (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Shirley Smith Cyril Beer biography memoirs goldminer local history Otago goldmining agriculture farming

$9.00
xxscg88244

The Way Back


BROME, VINCENT

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1959

KEYWORDS: specials Vincent Brome Pat O'Leary Dr Albert Guerisse biography

$47.50
1t19c/30

New Zealand and The Distinguished Service Order


Being a record o New Zealanders, and those associated with New Zealand, appointed as Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

HAIGH, J. BRYANT & POLASCHEK, ALAN J.

Signed by A.J. Polaschek, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 468pp, illus, nr fine (v slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading to to spine, light soiling, slight bruising to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: J Bryant Haigh & Alan J Polaschek 1993

KEYWORDS: Alan J Polaschek J Bryant Haigh New Zealand Distinguished Service Order military history biography signed

$75.00
1t19d/33

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn in Two Volumes


BISLAND, ELIZABETH & HEARN, LAFCADIO

First edition, 2-volume set, imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt letter & gilt ruile to spine & front board, red circular motif to front board, teg, frontispiece + viii + 475pp (vol.1), frontispiece with tissue guard + 554pp + illus (vol.2), VG (some bruising & chaffing to spine extrems & board edges, light scuffing to boards, ta)nning to page edges, prelims & terminals, owner's name in pencil to fep, label residue to front pastedown of vol.2, some underlining & annotation in pencil throughout, heavy annotation in pencil to terminals of vol.2

PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: first edition Lafcadio Hearn Elizabeth Bisland biography literary criticism letters correspondence

$47.50
1w9a/5

Taka: A Vignette Life of William Tucker 1784-1817


Convict, Sealer, Trader in Human Heads, Otago Settler. New Zealand's First Art Dealer

ENTWISLE, PETER

SIGNED by author, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to blue spine, 157pp, illus,VG (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Peter EntwisleWilliam Tucker New Zealand biography history

$185.00
1w9a/16

Smeaton and Lighthouses: A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel


N/A

Duodecimo, dark blue cloth boardswith blind rule & decoration to boards, gilt lettering & decoration to brown spine, pages unopened (uncut). 120pp + 8pp ads, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, 0.5cm of upper spine extrem missing, light rubbing to boards & board edges, 1cm fraying to upper rear board edge, 5cm closed to cloth of rear outer hinge, bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, slight soiling to eps, light tanning to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: John W. Parker 1844

KEYWORDS: John Smeaton Smeaton's Tower Eddystone lighthouse engineering biography history

$45.00
1w9a/21

Bikala Faet: Olketa Solomon Aelanda Rimembarem Wol Wo Tu / The Big Death: Solomon Islanders Remember World War II


BENNETT, WILLIAM et al

Dual language, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to green spine, x +242pp, illus, VG (v light soiling rubbing & foxing to covers, 1cm tear to lower spine extrem, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Solomon Islands College of Higher Education, and the University of the South Pacific 1988

KEYWORDS: Solomon Islands Islanders second world war two II ww2 wwII military history memoirs biography

$77.50
1w9a/24

A Good Place to Be: Auckland Museum People 1929-89


THWAITES, IAN

Quarto, patterned white & blue light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to front & spine, black illus to front cover, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus, nr fine (v v slight soiling to front cover & lower page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: Ian Thwaites New Zealand Auckland Museum biography biographies history

$15.00
xxsch88305

Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann


SEAMAN, BARBARA

Super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Barbara Seaman Jacqueline Susann biography

$17.50
xxsch88306

The Life of Kingsley Amis


LEADER, ZACHARY

First edition, super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Zachary Leader Kingsley Amis literary biography first edition

$28.50
xxsci88359

The Life and Work of Reginald John Delargey Cardinal


REID, NICHOLAS

Octavo softcover (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: Catholic Diocese 2008

KEYWORDS: specials nicholas reid religion cathlocism reginald john new zealand biography

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