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

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)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union sport history players ABs All Blacks Jock Hobbs biography anecdotes posthumous

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

BEGG, GEORGE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Begg & Allen 2019

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Bruce McLaren car racing high performance history biography biographies memoir

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

APTER, JEFF

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 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musicians Split Enz Crowded House Neil Finn biography biographies memoir

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

KEYWORDS: signed biography biographies memoir Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky 19th nineteenth century explorers exploration south America history

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