SWINBURNE,ALGERNON CHARLES;BLAKE,WILLIAM

new edition 340pp [b/w frontis.] VG (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1906

KEYWORDS: history biography william blake algernon charles swinburne

DOENITZ,ADMIRAL;STEVENS,R.H.[TRANSL.]

first uk edition 500pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london [1959]

KEYWORDS: military history biography doenitz

N/A

355pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.black dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,title browned,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1879

KEYWORDS: biography literature history club cameos

BRASSEY, LADY [ANNIE]

first edition inscribed by author 490pp ills.[b/w w.col.fold-out map at front] VG (blue cloth w.gilt border to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,bevelled edges sl.worn and chipped,lower half of cloth on spine is now a flap due to split at lower hinge,author's inscr.tipped-in to ffep gutter - signed Brassey most likely Lord Brassey given date (Lady Brassey died on last voyage) ,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,prelim.section loosening slightly,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1889

KEYWORDS: travel geography nautical lady brassey signed biography

HAMMERTON,JOHN

first edition 343pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macdonald london [nd]

KEYWORDS: literature biography john hammerton

GOETHE;LEWES,GEORGE HENRY

second impression 578pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.unevenly sunned boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: george routledge london [nd]

KEYWORDS: goethe literature history biography george henry clewes

CRAWLEY,AIDAN

first edition 318pp VG (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped,some internal tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1956

KEYWORDS: military history biography aidan crawley

GREENAWAY,KATE;ENGEN,RODNEY

first edition 240pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.w.internal reinforcements)

PUBLISHER: schocken new york 1981

KEYWORDS: literature arts kate greenaway biography

MCKILLOP,H.F.

first edition thus 275pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,some minor pencil marks to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover,sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography mckillop

BEGG, A. CHARLES; BEGG, NEIL C.

first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed/chipped and soiled,sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979

KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg

GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed

CHAPMAN,ROGER G.;DUVAL,CLEVELAND T.

first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)

PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval

GREENBLATT,STEPHEN;SHAKESPEARE,WILLIAM

first edition proof copy 406pp NF (in wrappers,v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies shakespeare biography stephen greenblatt

PLATTS, UNA

first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled, lightfading to spine)

PUBLISHER: avon fine prints christchurch 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts una platts biography history

EMIN,TRACEY

first edition limited [3000 copies] unpaginated ills.[b/w] FINE (paper front cover w.cloth spine and card rear board)

PUBLISHER: modern art oxford [2002-2003]

KEYWORDS: modern art tracey emin oxford biography

MILLER,HUGH

[first edition] 562pp+32pp catalogue VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black edinburgh 1865

KEYWORDS: biography history hugh miller

WAKLEY,B.J.;BRADMAN,DON

first edition 317pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head of spine,dealer's stamp to front pastedown w.owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w(mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.2cm loss to head of spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: nicholas kaye london 1959

KEYWORDS: sport cricket don bradman wakley biography

GRUNWALD,HENRY ANATOLE;SALINGER,J.D.

first commonwealth edition 287pp VG (beige cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,tape stains to eps w.owner's sign.to eps) in Vg d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,tape stains to flaps)

PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1964

KEYWORDS: literature biography salinger grunwald

LANGLEY,G.H.

first edition 135pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.foxing to prelims.) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: david marlowe london 1949

KEYWORDS: theology poetry literature biography sri aurobindo langley

BURDON, R. M.

first edition 236pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.foxed w.sunned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep [nz author dennis mceldowney]) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1948

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography julius vogel burdon