OSBORNE, CHARLES

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: literature crime novelists literary biography biographies memoir Agatha Christie

BABYAK, JOLENE

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ariel Vamp Press 2011

KEYWORDS: signed Jolene Babyak biography biographies memoir Birdman Robert Stroud criminal psychology Alcatraz psychopaths true crime

HENDERSON, KATHERINE USHER

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co 1981

KEYWORDS: Joan Didion biography literature literary biographies memoir

BELL, QUENTIN

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + (3) + 230pp, vol 2- ix + (3) + 300pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals of both vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1973

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Virginia Woolf Quentin Bell

LOVETT, RICHARD

Octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & cover, teg, page fore-edges deckled, frontispiece, 511pp + 9 plates + folding map at rear, VG (heavy fading & rubbing to spine, heavy scuffing to spine extrems- material flapping, minor bruising to board corners, gift inscription in ink to ffep, several gutters wityh moderate cracking- terminals partially detached, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light to moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, several pages uncut)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1902

KEYWORDS: james chalmers autobiography biography christian missionary scottish christianity history travel writing

LANGMEAD, DONALD

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, xvi + 280pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front & rear covers, minor soiling & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 245-264)

PUBLISHER: Crossing Press 1994

KEYWORDS: George Strickland Kingston architects architecture buildings history biography biographies memoir

BAGNALL, A G & PETERSEN, G C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate creasing to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir William Colenso history early settlers pioneers first editions

DUGDALE, LESLEY N

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Captain William Crush Daldy history biography biographies memoir history New Zealand early settlers pioneers

MOLKENTIN, MICHAEL

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2019

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Anzacs anzac soldiers Sir Ross Smith air race history biography biographies memoir

VON HAAST, H F

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blu etextured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 1142pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light insect damage to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & foxing to folding maps at rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss/tape repairs to edges, light tanning & moderate wrinkling to spine- minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: H F von Haast 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers Sir Julius von Haast biography biographies memoir history first editions

DUGDALE, LESLEY N

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, light creasing to edges & flaps, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir maritime nautical Captain William Crush Daldy 19th nineteenth century

SHAW, ALON

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Timaru High School Old Boys' Foundation 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools Mervyn Ansley Bull biography biographies memoir TBHS Timaru Boys High School history

HOWITT, BOB

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand All Blacks coaches rugby union Graham Henry biography biographies memoir

BERGREEN, LAURENCE

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1998

KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians biography biographies memoir Louis Armstrong

VENNELL, JOCK

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers biography biogarphies memoir Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone

CELLIER, FRANCOIS & BRIDGEMAN, CUNNINGHAM

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1914

KEYWORDS: classical music opera Gilbert Sullivan Richard D'Oyly Carte history biography biographies memori

KIERNAN, R H

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1938

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir T E Lawrence of Arabia history

MORTON, K P

SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton

RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/insect damage to edges, moderate tanning & fading to spine, light chafing & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Sir Apirana Ngata Maori culture biography biographies memoir

OFFENSTADT, PATRICK & CASTAIS, NICOLE (Research) & SAURISSE, PIERRE (Research)

FIRST EDITION, TEXT IN ENGLISH, heavy sm folio, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 378pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing & adhesion to rear pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, moderate fading to front cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 1999

KEYWORDS: Jean Beraud art artists history appreciation biography