CALE,JOHN; MITCHELL,TIM

LIMITED, NUMBERED & SIGNED CD BY JOHN CALE, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 239pp, CD to rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: peter owen london 2003

KEYWORDS: biography history music arts john cale tim mitchell velvet underground rock underground art signed limited

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

first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] FINE in 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

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

ABRAHAM,KARL

reprint 527pp VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: hogarth press london 1949

KEYWORDS: biography literature karl abraham

BULLER, WALTER; GALBREATH, ROSS

first edition 336pp ills.[b/w and col.] octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: gp books wellington [1989]

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history walter buller ross galbreath

DIX,JOHN

first edition 213pp GOOD (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's initials to front pastedown w.white label to ffep,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)

PUBLISHER: partridge & oakey london 1851

KEYWORDS: literature biography poetry thomas chatterton dix

ELIOT,GEORGE; HARDY,BARBARA [ED.]

reprint 218pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1970

KEYWORDS: literature biography george eliot barbara hardy

ORR,PETER [ED.]

first edition 276pp NEAR FINE (burgundy cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1966

KEYWORDS: literature biography poetry orr

BARRIE, J M

hardcover,all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down

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KEYWORDS: literature specials j m barrie biography

BARRIE, J M (MEYNELL, VIOLA ed)

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KEYWORDS: literature specials biography letters j m barrie viola meynell

MASTERS,BRIAN

first edition 324pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1981

KEYWORDS: biography history brian masters duchess devonshire georgiana

PALMERSTON,LORD; JUDD,DENIS

first edition 165pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,owner's sign.and bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses)

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1975

KEYWORDS: biography history palmerston denis judd

WALKER,CHARLES T. [ED.]

first edition 253pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (tan cloth,owner's bookplate to ffep) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: mainstream publishing edinburgh 1988

KEYWORDS: legacy scots biography history scotland