Books - "biography"
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Colin McCahon The Man and the Teacher
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
A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (2 Vol Set)
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
Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand
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
Diary for 1941-2
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
Diary Beginnings 1939
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
New Zealand Novels and Novelists 1861-1979
first edition 71pp VG (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography literature james burns
At Omatua's Fireside
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
Through Ninety Years 1826-1916
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
Medical Advice From a Backblock Hospital
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
Brasshat
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
Through Arctic Lapland
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
Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing
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
Letters From France
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
The Collector
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
Behind Closed Doors
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
Sir George Grey
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
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
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
In Order to Die
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
Booking Passage
We Irish & Americans
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
Author, Author
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