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$275.00
t17/40

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1769 - 1960 FIVE VOLUME SET (vols one, two, three, four, five)


n/a

Five Volumes, vol 1 reprint 1998, vol 2 reprint 1993, vol 3 reprint 2000, Vol 4 reprint 1999, Vol 5 First Edition 2000. All five volumes black cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine xviii + 674pp; xix + 664pp; xxi + 649pp; xxii + 650pp; xxv + 679pp. All five volumes are FINE in FINE d/w VERY HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press et al Wellington and Auckland 1998

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography

$45.00
t19/6

Ad Reinhardt


REINHARDT,AD; CORRIS,MICHAEL

first edition 240pp, imperial octavo hardcover, Near FINE in Near FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: reaktion books london 2008

KEYWORDS: art biography history ad reinhardt michael corrie

$60.00
t20/23

Life and Labours of Mr. Brassey


HELPS,ARTHUR

ex-lib.fourth edition 386pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled/foxed,sl.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: bell and daldy london 1873

KEYWORDS: biography history arthur helps brassey

$100.00
t21/2

Journal & Drawings 1939-1965


VAUGHAN,KEITH

first edition 219pp ills.[b/w] quarto, black cloth boards, VG+ (sl.wear to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled, creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: alan ross london 1966

KEYWORDS: arts journal keith vaughan biography

$40.00
t22/6

Black Bread and Barbed Wire


MOYNIHAN, MICHAEL [ED.]

first edition 188pp VG+ in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: leo cooper london 1978

KEYWORDS: military history biography michael moynihan

$45.00
7909fw8

Auto da Fay


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

$15.00
9909ed4

The Little Company


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

$35.00
9909ms10

The World According to Mimi Smartypants


SMARTYPANTS,MIMI

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

PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography mimi smartypants

$375.00
t27/14

Energy and Empire A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin


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

$35.00
t28/21

Mahatma Gandhi


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

$15.00
u4/8

The Autobiography of Joseph Arch


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

$30.00
u4/24

A Hedonist on the Cellar Adventures in Wine


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

$45.00
u5/21

The Major Works of R.N.Elliott


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

$19.50
u7/16

First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin


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

$17.50
u8/2

Before Leonard The Early Suitors of Virginia Woolf


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

$45.00
u8/4

JV Barry: A Life


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

$345.00
u8/20

Over My Dead Body


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

$40.00
u9/5

Dickens and Crime


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

$18.00
u11/4

Seasons of a Hunter


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

$20.00
u11/16

The Spirit of Liberty


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

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