Books - "biography"
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New Guinea Engineer
first edition inscribed by Shadbolt 271pp ills.[b/w] FINE in glossy wrappers (inscr.of Gillian Shadbolt to title page)
PUBLISHER: rosenberg dural 2002
KEYWORDS: australia biography military history les bell gillian shadbolt signed
Around the World on a Whistle
first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] FINE in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: blackbird publications silverdale 1998
KEYWORDS: history biography ronnie ronalde whistle arts
Italian Novelists Since World War II, 1965-1995 [Dictionary of Literary Biography - Volume One Hundred Ninety-Six]
first edition [this vol.only] 367pp ills.[b/w] FINE (blue cloth)
PUBLISHER: gale research detroit 1998
KEYWORDS: literature biography history arts pallotta
Matilda and the Chickens
first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in POOR dustwrapper (in 2 pieces and lacking the spine,mod.soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dent london 1950
KEYWORDS: biography history henrey matilda chickens
Bruce Mason
first edition inscribed and signed by Bruce Mason 53pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,inscr.and sign.of Mason to title page)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1976
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature arts biography mason mcnaughton signed
D'Arcy Cresswell
first edition signed by author inscribed by F[rank] S[argeson] 132pp FINE (burgundy cloth,publisher's invoice loosely inserted,associaition inscr.to ffep - Rod and compliments on a most interesting book FS August '73 - author's sign.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) association copy
PUBLISHER: twayne publishers new york [1972]
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography literature d'arcy cresswell roderick finlayson signed
The Falling
first edition 130pp VG+ octavo softcover
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography alan loney new zealand
The Letters of D'Arcy Cresswell
first edition association copy [inscribed to Roderick Finlayson from Helen Shaw] 256pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (cream cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,label to ffep with inscr.from Helen Shaw to Roderick Finlayson,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,2x1cm loss to head of front cover,small tears to foot of hinges)
PUBLISHER: university of canterbury christchurch 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography new zealand d'arcy cresswell helen shaw roderick finlayson
Margaret McMillan A Memoir
first edition inscribed by the author to his own biographer Roderick Finlayson 160pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,slc.cocked) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: biography literature new zealand d'arcy cresswell roderick finlayson margaret mcmillan
All My Lives
first edition inscribed by author 185pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (dk.grey cloth,author's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1980
KEYWORDS: biography autobiography mervyn thompson new zealand literature signed
The Howards of Norfolk
first edition 96pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,content edges ls.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: franklin watts london 1972
KEYWORDS: howards norfolk genealogy history biography
Bernard Shaw A Life
first edition 554pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2005
KEYWORDS: biography literature bernard shaw gibbs
Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett
first edition 785pp NEAR FINE (green cloth,fore-edge sl.soiled) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2005
KEYWORDS: journalism wilfred burchett literature biography
Te Kooti Rikirangi
first edition 196pp VG (green cloth,eps sl.foxed) in VG dustwrapper (light scuffing and soiling, sl foxing)
PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1966
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography te kooti rikirangi hugh ross
Through Ninety Years 1826-1916
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (octavo green cloth,sl.soiled,newspaper clipping pasted to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd c 1939]
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history biography frederic wanklyn williams
Extracts From a Diary kept by the Rev. R.Burrows during Heke's War in the North in 1845
first edition 58pp POOR (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,most of spine missing,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to inside front cover along with a b/w photo of a drawing by General Robley,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.edges sl.chipped and worn) Bagnall 803
PUBLISHER: upton auckland 1886
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography diary burrows military
John Elmslie 1831-1907 He Came From Bennachie
second impression 97pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems, eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1963
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history john elmslie
The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844
first edition 120pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,owner's sign.[NZ historian Alison Drummond] to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: peabody museum of salem 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history williams kenny
Charles Dickens and New Zealand A Colonial Image
first edition numbered/limited [/750] 184pp+64pp Dickens catalogue ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography charles dickens ryan
A Directory of Titled Persons for the Year 1898
470pp+ads. VERY GOOD- (red cloth boards w.black leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.few losses to spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: whitaker london 1898
KEYWORDS: history biography titled persons whitakers