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$25.00
2d15/32

Colin McCahon The Man and the Teacher


WOOD,AGNES;MCCAHON,COLIN

first edition 160pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG square super octavo softcover

PUBLISHER: david ling auckland 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts colin mccahon biography agnes wood

$127.50
ak5/9/999

A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (2 Vol Set)


SCHOLEFIELD,G.H. [ED.]

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- xxxii + 512pp, vol 2- vi + 571pp, VG (light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minro foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning/foxing to edges & soines, generalised moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1940

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography scholefield literature

$29.50
xxkaa111666

Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand


CRUISE,RICHARD A.

Octavo hardcover VG in VG d/w; 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: capper press christchurch 1974

KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography richard cruise

$20.00
p11/27

Diary for 1941-2


GORMACK,R.S.

first edition limited [135] 111pp F in NF d/w (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1988

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography modern first edition gormack

$20.00
p11/28

Diary Beginnings 1939


GORMACK,R.S.

first edition limited [135] 98pp F in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand biography gormack

$14.50
p12/16

New Zealand Novels and Novelists 1861-1979


BURNS,JAMES

first edition 71pp VG (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography literature james burns

$25.50
2d14/9

At Omatua's Fireside


HUTCHINSON,FRANCIS

first edition 133pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,prelims.sl.foxed,sl.creasing to fore-edge of one ill.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography omatua francis hutchinson

$42.50
2d15/30

Through Ninety Years 1826-1916


WILLIAMS, FREDERIC WANKLYN

first edition 360pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears and external tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd c 1939]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history theology biography williams wanklyn

$25.00
p12/27

Medical Advice From a Backblock Hospital


SMITH, G. M.

first edition102pp+ index, octavo light card covers VG- (moderate foxing and tanning to eps and page edges, cracking to gutter at title page) in d/w (scuffing and 6cm closed tear to lower spine, light tanning and soiling to covers

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press Christchurch 1942

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history smith

$17.00
p13/21

Brasshat


COLLIER,BASIL;WILSON,HENRY

first edition 362pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1961

KEYWORDS: military history biography basil collier henry wilson

$85.00
p13/25

Through Arctic Lapland


HYNE,CUTCLIFFE

first edition 284pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (paper boards w.half vellum,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses to spine,prelims.and untrimmed content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1898

KEYWORDS: lapland biography travel cutcliffe hyne arctic

$100.00
p14/1

Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing


GREY, ZANE

first uk edition [f-c] 277pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.blind borders and gilt.fishing rod stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.darkened,sl.bumps to extrems.,ill.eps,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled o/w clean,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1928

KEYWORDS: fishing sport travel zane grey biography

$102.00
p16/2

Letters From France


BEAN,C.E.W.

reprint 232pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,paper separation at ep gutters,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked andsl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1917

KEYWORDS: military history biography bean france

$15.00
p16/6

The Collector


KING,MICHAEL;REISCHEK,ANDREAS

first edition, octavo hardcover,196pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,minor wear and soiling to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton auckland 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography andreas reischek michael king

$106.25
p17/7

Behind Closed Doors


PRESLEY,ELVIS;LICHTER,PAUL

limited/numbered edition [#3072] 121pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (purple vinyl w.col.photo to top board,v.sl.soiled w.minor chip to lower edge of rear board,v.minor foxing to prelims.)

PUBLISHER: jesse books huntingdon valley [1987]

KEYWORDS: arts music elvis presley paul lichter biography

$75.00
p17/27

Sir George Grey


RUTHERFORD,J & [GREY, SIR GEORGE]

first edition 709pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG+ (purple cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,spine sl.cocked, prev. owner's name in pen to fep, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1961

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history george grey rutherford

$65.00
2g8/33

Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist


GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

first edition numbered/limited [418/1000] signed by author 252pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,owner's inscr.and label to half-title,author's sign.to signed colophon in prelims.,errata slip intact,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in G d/w (rough,rubbed and stained,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses)

PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history biography guthrie-smith

$22.00
p18/23

In Order to Die


AINLEY,HENRY

ex-lib.first edition 224pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,libr.labels removed from eps,contents sl.foxed and soiled,spine cracked and cocked) in Vg d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: burke london 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography foreign legion henry ainley

$17.00
31506tl8

Booking Passage


We Irish & Americans

LUNCH,THOMAS

first edition proof copy 298pp NF (in ills. Wrappers, crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london [2005]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature travel ireland america immigration travel biography history autobiography memoir

$17.00
31506dl9

Author, Author


LODGE,DAVID

first edition proof copy 389pp F (in ills. Wrappers)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london [2004]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies literature biography henry james david lodge

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