LIDDELL HART, B H

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in black; illus., maps; 327 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light to moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, esp & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; some foxing & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1928

KEYWORDS: First World War One I 1 life lives biography autobiography memoir history 20th century milirary

STAR, PAUL

Super octavo, illus. light card covers; illus., photos, plates; 328 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to page edges; bookseller's sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Canterbury Thomas Potts colonial colonisation colonization life lives biography

MOTE, FREDERICK W

Provenance of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, character to front board in blind; plates; xxxviii + 270 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: China Chinese 20th century intellectual history life lives memoir biography autobiography sinologists historiography

BUCK, PEARL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1938

KEYWORDS: Pearl Buck literature literary biography memoir history

CARR, IAN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Thunder's Mouth Press 2007

KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians Miles Davis biography entertainment

FLASHOFF, RUTH & BENNETT, The Right Reverend MANUHUIA (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Central Hawke's Bay Printers and Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history Maori te ao Reremoana Hakiwai Hawke's Bay biography

SOUNESS, GRAEME & ALEXANDER DOUGLAS

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: Headline2018

KEYWORDS: football soccer biography Liverpool Britain UK England sports

DERY, MARK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, viii + 503pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning to head of page block) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: William Collins 2018

KEYWORDS: first editions biography memoir Edward Gorey literature literary

CLARK-HALL, R H & J L

SIGNED, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red & blue lettering to spine, xii + 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & wrapper edges, sl chafing to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Raven Press (Printer) 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Air Marshal Sir Robert Clark-Hall military history autobiography biography memoir RFC Royal Flying Corps aviation

WOOD, MICHAEL

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white & gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 191pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/creasing to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, pgs13-20 partailly detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2023

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography memoir Du Fu poetry poets China Chinese history historical

GEIGER, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, illus eps, 336pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Disinformation Company 2005

KEYWORDS: first editions Brion Gysin literature literary biography biographies memoir

MORGAN, BILL (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, cream heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 291pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges, vertical creasing to both flaps)

PUBLISHER: Paradigm Publishers 2014

KEYWORDS: first editions Peter Orlovsky biography memoir

SPRING, JUSTIN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xv + 478pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010

KEYWORDS: first editions Samuel Steward biography memoir biographies literature literary

PEAKE, TONY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt letteringto black cloth spine, vi + 613pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, minor creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Overlook Press 2000

KEYWORDS: first editions biography memoir Derek Jarman

CAREY, PETER

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, illus glossy boards, deep green lettering to spine, xlix + 381pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep, minor coffee staining to pgs xlii-xlv)

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers 2014

KEYWORDS: Indonesia history Prince Diponegoro Yogyakarta biography geopolitics

Torma, MINNA

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos; xxviii + 224 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: China Chinese art history life lives biography scholar

HUNTINGTON, RANIA

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. card boards; xxvi + 275 pp.; VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2018

KEYWORDS: China Chinese literature life lives biography 19th 20th century

THE PADRE

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black; frontis., plates; 284 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light to moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges; prev ownership inscr to ffep; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to fr, central & rear gutters; light pencil markings throughout); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1917

KEYWORDS: letters diary correspondence war wartime life lives biography autobiography memoir ww1 First World War I One 1

POWELL, GEOFFREY

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates; [14] + 362 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light foxing to eps; light cracking to fr gutters, esp at tp); in d/w VG (moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate chipping; light foxing).

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1990

KEYWORDS: Viscount Plumer of Messines life lives biography first edition

METCALFE, THOMAS WASHINGTON

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., 295 pp.; VG (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; fading to spine; spine sl cocked; moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; light cracking to central gutters; tearing to fore edge of pp. 250-60).

PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson and Watson 1936

KEYWORDS: life lives military history biography autobiography memoir first edition