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

BLEDISLOE,LORD

first edition inscribed by author 319pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt borders and dec.stamp,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep,paste action to eps,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1935

KEYWORDS: history biography politics new zealand lord bledisloe

RICKETTS,CHARLES

first edition 442pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1939

KEYWORDS: biography arts charles ricketts

GORDON,C.G.;HAKE,A.EGMONT [INTRO.]

ex-lib.first edition 587pp [b/w frontis.portrait w.fold-out map at rear] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned w.libr.mark,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from reps,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)

PUBLISHER: kegan paul,trench london 1885

KEYWORDS: history biography general gordon kartoum egmont hake

KIPPIS,A.;COOK,JAMES

404pp ills.[11 b/w + frontis.] G (reading copy,blue cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps and borders,rubbed and stained,30% loss to foot of spine,chipping and wear to bevelled extrems.,lower board barely attached,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,plates all present w.some minor soiling to margins,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)

PUBLISHER: bickers london 1878

KEYWORDS: nautical travel biography captain james cook kippis

KIPPENBERGER,HOWARD

third impression 371pp ills.[b/w] octavo brown cloth boards VG- (rubbed and stained, sunned spine, bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, dealer's stamp to ffep,frontis cracked at gutter, foxing to page edges and contents, spine sl cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1951

KEYWORDS: military history biography kippenberger

JOSEPHINE;FORESTER,C.S.

first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1925

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography history josephine napoleon forester

NASH,PAUL;EATES,MARGOT [ED.]

first edition 80pp+plates [b/w and col.] VG+ (teal cloth w.white dec.stamp to top board,spine and lower edge v.sl.sunned,content edges v.sl.foxed o/w clean and tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/browned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: lund humphries london 1948

KEYWORDS: arts biography paul nash margot eates

VOLLARD,AMBROISE;JOHNSON,UNA E.

ex-lib.first edition limited [300] 214pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,v.sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,minor soiling to content edges) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some losses)

PUBLISHER: wittenborn new york 1944

KEYWORDS: arts biography ambroise vollard history una johnson

MELLY,GEORGE

first edition proof copy 208pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1984

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography music proof copies george melly

VAN DER ROHE,MIES;NEUMEYER,FRITZ

first edition 386pp ills.[b/w] NF (cream paper boards w.blue cloth spine,owner's inscr.to half-title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of dealer's label to rear cover,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: MIT press cambridge 1991

KEYWORDS: arts architecture biography mies van der rohe fritz neumeyer

CARTER,G.G.

first edition thus signed by author 245pp+appendix ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled,owner's stamp to ffep,author's sign.to title,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sub title handwritten on spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: wesley historical society auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: history new zealand biography carter theology