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

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

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

BROOKING, TOM

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, illus title page, 363pp, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, slight bruising to cover corners, v v slight soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Tom Brooking John McKenzie New Zealand biography highland colonisation history

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

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

ENTWISLE, PETER

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

PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Peter EntwisleWilliam Tucker New Zealand biography history

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

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

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

MCNEISH, JAMES

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: Vintage 2004

KEYWORDS: specials James McNeish New Zealand James Bertram Geoffrey Cox Dan Davin Ian Milner John Mulgan biography biographies memoirs letters diaries interviews history Hitler Mao Tse-Tung war military history Rhodes scholars

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

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

AMIS, MARTIN

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 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Martin Amis Kingsley Amis biography autobiography memoir first edition

HUTCHING, MEGAN & MCGIBBON, IAN & PARR, ALISON (Eds)

Imperial 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: HarperCollins 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Megan Hutching Ian McGibbon Alison Parr New Zealand Pacific War biography memoirs interviews military history

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

MASTERS, ANTHONY

First edition, 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: Basil Blackwell 1984

KEYWORDS: specials first edition anthony masters maxwell knight MI5 agent ww2 second world war great britain biography

ASHTON, JENNIFER

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: Auckland University 2015

KEYWORDS: specials jennifer ashton new zealand history john webster maori politics culture biography

FLEMING, CHARLES & MCEWEN, MARY (Ed)

Inscribed & signed by editor, first edition, super octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (tiny stain to front cover)

PUBLISHER: McEwen Assoc 2006

KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Alexander Fleming Mary McEwen New Zealand biography Auckland Islands geology ornithology entomology science natural history

RICE, GEOFFREY & RYMAN, FRANCES

Octavo, illus light card covers, 328pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, slight bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Rice Frances Ryman New Zealand Canterbury William Guise Brittan Joseph Brittan local history biography