SWINBURNE,ALGERNON CHARLES;LAFOURCADE,GEORGES

ex-lib.first edition thus 314pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,usual libr.stamps and labels o/w contents clean) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1967

KEYWORDS: literature history biography algernon charles swinburne lafourcade

HOLLOWAY,KAY

first edition signed & inscribed by author 283pp VG+ (hardback copy bound in black cloth w.paper title label to spine,author's inscr.to ffep and sign.to title)

PUBLISHER: griffin press auckland 1992

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history kay holloway signed

TAHMANKAR,D.V.

first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,tape stains and sl.foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1958

KEYWORDS: history military india biography tahmankar

GOWING,T.

first edition 628pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth w.gilt/blind stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.sl.foxed,aeg)

PUBLISHER: gowing nottingham 1906

KEYWORDS: military history biography gowing

TOLSTOI,LEON L.

ex-lib.first edition 229pp VG- (blue cloth w.libr.labels to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1924

KEYWORDS: history biography tolstoi tolstoy literature

CORK,BARRY JOYNSON

first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1958

KEYWORDS: history military biography barry joynson cork

HAYWARD,PAT [ED.]

ex-lib.first edition 281pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (brown cloth,soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from pastedowns,ffep missing,content edges sl.foxed) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses,internal tape stains)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970

KEYWORDS: military history biography pat hayward

SRIVASTAVA,C.P.

first edition [inscribed by author to former NZ prime minister David Lange] 448pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's warm inscription to ffep,sl.shaky spine) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press delhi 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics biography lal shastri india srivastava david lange

SUMMERS,JOHN

first edition vol.1 only 351pp NF (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep [nz author dennis mceldwoney],sl.cocked) in Fine dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: pisces print christchurch 1991

KEYWORDS: biography history new zealand john summers

TURNBULL,ALEXANDER;MCCORMICK,E.H.

first edition 324pp ills.[b/w] VG in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface losses to spine due to insects,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: alexander turnbull library wellington 1974

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature history biography alexander turnbull library

KOESTLER,ARTHUR

first edition 432pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cerise cloth,sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins hamish hamilton london 1954

KEYWORDS: biography history arthur koestler politics sociology

THOM,CHRISTIANA LOUISA;COBBIN,INGRAM;THOM,GEORGE

first edition 100pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (marbled paper boards w.half leather,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: nisbet london 1822

KEYWORDS: history biography christiana thom ingram cobbin

VAUGHAN,KEITH;YORKE,MALCOLM

first edition 288pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,v.sl.soiling to extrems.,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,two small tears to head of spine,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: constable london 1990

KEYWORDS: arts biography history keith vaughan malcolm yorke

SOUSA,JOHN PHILIP

first edition inscribed by author 384pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp several times to eps,author's inscr.to half-title dated 1929,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: hale cushman & flint boston 1928

KEYWORDS: music arts biography john philip sousa band

HARRIS,SIMON

first edition inscribed by author 175pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: rooke publishing clenchwarton 2004

KEYWORDS: military history biography simon harris signed

HUNT,T.J.

third edition signed by author 58pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (green cloth,sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's dated sign.to portrait - feb 1937)

PUBLISHER: hunt [np] 1937

KEYWORDS: biography history hunt signed

BUCKLE,HENRY THOMAS;TAYLOR,HELEN [ED.]

ex-library first edition [3 vols.] 598/704/708pp VG- (library rebinds,vols.1/2 in blue cloth,vol.3 in green cloth w.half leather,sl.rubbed and soiled vols.1/2,vol.3 rubbed w.rear board detached but present,spine of vol.3 chipped and worn,usual libr.stamps and labels)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1872

KEYWORDS: history biography literature henry thomas buckle

DAVIES,MARION;GUILES,FRED LAWRENCE

first edition 419pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiling to extrems.,owner's inscr.to half-title) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine sunned)

PUBLISHER: allen london 1973

KEYWORDS: arts biography literature marion davies fred lawrence guiles

BROUGHAM,LORD

11 volumes various editions uniformly bound in half leather 492/438/442/497/444/456/424/424/445/462/469pp VG+ (rebound in marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands to spines w.gilt stamps and gilt-on-red/black title labels,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.chipping to head of spine on one volume,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.to mod.foxing of contents but generally in very tidy condition) scarce complete 11 volume set attractively rebound in half leather; comprises - Lives of Philosophers / Men of Letters / Sketches of Statesmen [3 vols.] / Natural Theology / Dissertations and Addresses / Historical and Political Dissertations / Speeches [2 vols.] / British Constitution - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: griffin london 1857-1862

KEYWORDS: lord brougham history biography literature politics

YEATS,W.B.;TYNAN,KATHARINE;MCHUGH,ROGER [ED.]

first edition 190pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed,owner's inscr.and dealer's stamp to ffep) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,6cm tear to front cover)

PUBLISHER: clonmore and reynolds dublin 1953

KEYWORDS: literature biography letters yeats tynan