KENNETT, PETER

first edition 217pp octavo softcover VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: dunmore press palmerston north [1991]

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history politics peter kennett barzillai quaife

WELDON,FAY

first australian edition signed by author 367pp ills.[b/w] FINE (green cloth,author's sign.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: flamingo harpercollins [printed in australia] 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography fay weldon signed

DARK,ELEANOR

ex-lib.first edition 319pp VERY GOOD- (tan cloth,rubbed and stained,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.foxed/browned) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: collins sydney 1945

KEYWORDS: australia history eleanor dark biography modern first edition

SMARTYPANTS,MIMI

first edition 233pp FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography mimi smartypants

KELVIN,LORD; SMITH,CROSBIE; WISE,M.NORTON

first edition 866pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (black cloth,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and rear fep) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: cambridge university press cambridge 1989

KEYWORDS: history biography lord kelvin smith wise

RADHAKRISHNAN,S.[ED.]

second edition 557pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD+ (beige cloth,sl.sunned cloth,eps and content sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: george allen & unwin london 1949

KEYWORDS: biography india history radhakrishnan

ARCH,JOSEPH; O'LEARY,JOHN GERARD [ED.]

first edition 147pp NEAR FINE (paper boards,owner's bookplate to front pastedown) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1966

KEYWORDS: biography history autobiography joseph arch

MCINERNEY,JAY

first edition 243pp NEAR FINE (black cloth,sl.cocked) in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 2006

KEYWORDS: literature wine biography modern first edition jay mcinerney

ELLIOTT,R.N.

reprint 243pp VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: new classics library gainesville 1987

KEYWORDS: history biography economics elliott

LARKIN, PHILIP & BRADFORD, RICHARD

first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] octavo hardcover Near FINE in Near FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: peter owen london 2005

KEYWORDS: literature biography philip larkin richard bradford

WOOLF, VIRGINIA; HALL, SARAH M. (WOOLF, LEONARD)

first edition 304pp ills.[b/w], super octavo hardcover Near FINE in Near FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: peter owen london 2006

KEYWORDS: biography literature virginia woolf sarah hall

BARRY,J.V.; FINNANE,MARK

first edition 322pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2007

KEYWORDS: biography law barry finnane

OPIE,JUNE

ASSOCIATION COPY first edition SIGNED by author 265pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,author's sign.to title page,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,short splits to head/foot of hinges) association copy - June Opie was a New Zealander who courageously and famously battled polio - the ownership signature is that of NZ author Dennis McEldowney who wrote The World Regained based on his survival as a blue baby - NZ's two most highly respected and famous survivors

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1957

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography june opie dennis mceldowney signed medicine

COLLINS,PHILIP

second edition 371pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1964

KEYWORDS: literature crime dickens collins biography

HOLDEN,PHILIP

ex-lib.first edition 134pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (beige cloth,mod.wear to extrems.,dustwrapper taped to pastedowns,usual libr.stamps,content edges sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (in plastic cover which is taped to pastedowns,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1977

KEYWORDS: hunting new zealand philip holden biography

REEVES,WILLIAM PEMBER; SINCLAIR,KEITH

first edition 356pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed, sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history william pember reeves keith sinclair

DILLIARD,IRVING

second edition 285pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD+ (blue paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: knopf new york 1954

KEYWORDS: history biography sociology irving dilliard

GEE,MARGARET

first edition inscribed by author [to Sir Edmund Hillary] 351pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.soiled,author's warm inscr.to Sir Edmund and Lady Hillary on title page) association copy

PUBLISHER: margaret gee double bay 2000

KEYWORDS: margaret gee biography history literature

MEYNELL,LAURENCE

first edition 159pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,spine and upper edge sl.foxed,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses and tears,missing rear flap)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1953

KEYWORDS: biography motoring sport history rolls meynell

CUMMING,IAN

first edition signed by author 260pp [b/w frontis.] NEAR FINE (green cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title page) lacks dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography helvetius cumming signed