HADDRELL, CHARLIE (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: PQ Blackwell / MILK Tailor Made Books N/D (c.2014)

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CASTLE, DENNIS & PRINCE, HAROLD (Fore) & ASKEY, ARTHUR (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1984

KEYWORDS: Bruce Sensation Smith biography biographies memoir arts theatre theater stage art

MONRO, MICHELE & MOORE, RICHARD

2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, WITH DISC, super octavo, black heavy boards & glossy light card covers, red/white lettering to spines, illus eps to hardcover vol, mixed pagination, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Titan Books 2010

KEYWORDS: music biography biographies memoir Matt Monro crooners singers

BEAUMONT, ANTONY

Super octavo, teal/grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xvii + 524pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl creasing to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to guuters towards front) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to rear cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2000

KEYWORDS: classical music conductors composers biography biographies memoir Alexander Zemlinsky

CLARKE, ISABEL C & LAWLOR, P A (Intro)

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: The Beltane Book Bureau 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature literary biography biographies memoir Katherine Mansfield

TAYLOR, JUDY

Imperial 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: Frederick Warne 1986

KEYWORDS: children's literature literary biography biographies memoir Beatrix Potter

BOWKER, GORDON

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: Abacus

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir George Orwell

PARHAM, W T

SIGNED, scruffy ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, frontispiece, 221pp, illus, G+ (usual librray markings/pockets, v heavy scruffing & rubbing to spine & board edges- surface loss, heavy tape staining/residue to board edges, other more minor markings to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & tape staining to eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, binding sloppy) in d/w, G (considerable closed tearing to front hinge/fold, moderate fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, heavy folding/creasing to flaps, heavy water stain to rear flap & cover, moderate soiling, failed attempts at tape repairs to internal sides, long ink inscription in ink to rear)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

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PORTER, DARWIN & PRINCE, DANFORTH

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 734pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Blood Moon Productions 2020

KEYWORDS: entertainment biography biographies memoir Judy Garland Liza Minnelli Hollywood stage

HARRISON, NOEL

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY SIR GRAHAM LATIMER, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xi + 228pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Huia 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Maori Sir Graham Latimer politics government biography signed biographies memoir

HOSKINS, ROBERT

Ex-library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers biography biographies memoir Charles R Thatcher goldfields history

HIMMLER, KATRIN & MITCHELL, MICHAEL (Trans)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 2008

KEYWORDS: German biography biographies memoir Heinrich Himmler family nazi war criminals holocaust

WIEGAND, CHRIS

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, cream lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light tanning to spine, light creasing/bruising to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light soiling to prelims, moderate water damage to pgs10/11)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2003

KEYWORDS: film makers Federico Fellini 20th twentieth century entertainment history biography

WILSON, PETER NIKLAS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpagainted prelims + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & wrinkling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Berkeley Hills Books 1999

KEYWORDS: first editions Ornette Coleman music musicians entertainment jazz biography biographies memoir

MORTON, TEX & SPITTLE, GORDON (Intro)

SIGNED BY GORDON SPITTLE & TEX MORTON, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: GWS Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment Tex Morton signed autobiography biography memoir

STURM, TERRY & CASSELLS, LINDA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature literary biographies biography memoir ALlen Curnow

WAKEHAM, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frotnispiece, xvi + 292pp, folding maps, VG (sl fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, minor soiling & foxing to eps, minor scuffing to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderdate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, sm patch missing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling, minor scuff to front)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies Sir Rollo Gillespie military history

KING, 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: Raupo / Penguin 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Te Puea Herangi biography biographies memoir history Michael King

BERGREEN, LAURENCE

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1990

KEYWORDS: Irving Berlin biography biographies memoir music musicians

LASSIG, ANGELA & FENWICK, LYNDSAY

Oblong 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: Auckland Museum 1999

KEYWORDS: Mulvaney sisters biography biographies memoir weaving textiles