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$14.00
xxsek93025

The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein and Her World


BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1960

KEYWORDS: specials John Malcolm Brinnin Gertrude Stein biography

$25.00
xxsel93086

The Cinema of Robert Gardner


BARBASH, ILISA (ed) & TAYLOR, LUCIEN (ed)

Super Octavo Softcover (Nr 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: Berg 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Lucien Taylor Ilisa Barbash Robert Gardner Cinema film making biography

$23.50
xxsel93101

Self Portrait with Friends: The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton 1926-1974


BUCKLE, RICHARD (ED)

First edition hardcover super octavo (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson 1979

KEYWORDS: Specials Cecil Beaton Richard Buckle diaries war biography

$75.00
2s3/15

Men of The Battle of Britain: A Biographical Directory of the Few


WYNN, KENNETH G.

Folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 606pp, illus, VG+ (front & rear hinges reinforced with archival tape) in d/w, VG+ (creasing to rear, 2cm closed tear repaired with archival tape to upper rear edge, light creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2015 (Revised & updated edition)

KEYWORDS: Kenneth G Wynn World War Two Battle of Britain military aviation history biography reference pilots aviators air crew airmen

$95.00
2s3/19

The Kiwi's First Wings: The Story of the Walsh Brothers and the New Zealand Flying School 1910-1924


MULGAN, DAVID

Octavo, brown heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 150pp, illus, VG (inscription in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy staining & soiling, light creasing to edges, moderate browning to inside)

PUBLISHER: The Wingfield Press 1960

KEYWORDS: David Mulgan Leo Walsh Vivian Walsh Brothers biography New Zealand Kohimarama Flying School aviation World War One WW1 pilots

$37.50
os2/39

John Clark Hoyte: Early New Zealand Landscapes


STUPPLES, PETER & COLLINS, ROGER

Elephant folio, illus light card covers with black lettering to front cover, unpaginated (aprox 50pp), illus, VG+ (label residue staining to front cover, some tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mural Books / JM McGregor 1987

KEYWORDS: Peter Stupples Roger Collins John Clark Hoyte New Zealand landscape paintings art painter biography

$34.50
xxsem93127

Guillaume Apollinaire and the Cubist Life


MACKWORTH, CECILY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Cecily Mackworth Guillaume Apollinaire biography art cubism impressionism surrealism art history

$29.50
xxsen93152

Madame Tallien: Notre Dame de Thermidor from the Last Days of the French Revolution until her Death in 1835


GASTINE, L. & MAY, J. LEWIS (Trans)

Ex library, super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Lane 1913

KEYWORDS: L Gastine Madame Tallien biography French revolution history Robespierre specials

$13.50
xxsen93165

Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders who won the Victoria Cross


BRYANT, G.

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: Collins 1972

KEYWORDS: specias G Bryant New Zealanders soldiers military history Victoria Cross biography

$15.00
xxseo93217

Gilkes and Dulwich 1885-1914: A Study of a Great Headmaster


LEAKE, W. R. M. ET AL

Small quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alleyn Club (n/d)

KEYWORDS: WRM Leake Arthur Herman Gilkes Dulwich College education school headmaster biography

$15.00
xxseo93230

The Story of a New Zealand Writer: Jane Mander


MCGREGOR, RAE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Rae McGregor New Zealand literary criticism biography

$25.00
xxseo93239

Funny Things that Happened on the Way to Rimini


BORRIE, DR ALEX

Octavo softcover (VG) inscription in ink to fep; 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: Dr Alex Borrie 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Dr Alex Borrie memoir biography Regimental Medical Officer 24 New Zealand battalion Second World War Two WW2 Italy

$60.00
2s3/46

Josiah Wedgwood FRS: His Personal History


SMILES, SAMUEL

Octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt urn motif & gilt rule to front board, patterened eps, frontispiece with tissueguard, xi + 304pp + 13pp book ads, VG (slight fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, two small scratches to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges and eps, owner's name in ink to fep, 4cm closed tear to upper corner of pages 9/10 & 11/12 of book ads at rear)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1894

KEYWORDS: Samuel Smiles Josiah Wedgwood biography

$12.50
xxsep93269

A Mother in History


STAFFORD, JEAN

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: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Jean Stafford Mrs Oswald biography Lee Harvey Oswald

$10.00
xxsep93283

John Shaw Neilson


ANDERSON, HUGH & BLAKE, L. J.

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: Rigby Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Anderson LJ Blake John Shaw Neilson biography literary criticism Australian poet

$45.00
xxsep93309

Man of the Mist: A Biography of Elsdon Best


CRAIG, E. W. G.

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: specials EWG Craig Elsdon Best New Zealand biography

$30.00
xxseq93323

Shackleton's Argonauts: The Epic Tale of Shackleton's Voyage to Antarctica in 1915


HURLEY, FRANK

Quarto 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: Collins 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Hurley Ernest Shackleton Antarctica exploration biography history

$25.00
xxseq93335

The Silver Chanter and Other Piper Tales


MCHARDY, STUART

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: Birlinn Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Stuart McHardy bagpipes bagpiping biography history short stories fiction

$10.00
xxseq93356

Black and White: A Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley


BROPHY, BRIGID & BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (Illus)

Ex library, scruffy copy, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Brigid Brophy Aubrey Beardsley biography artist art criticism first edition

$19.50
xxses93469

An Introduction to Barth's Dogmatics for Preachers


COME, A. B.

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: SCM Press Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: specials A B Come religion Barth biography

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