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$20.00
r34/95

The Howards of Norfolk


GRANT,NEIL

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

$30.00
r31/113

Bernard Shaw A Life


SHAW,BERNARD; GIBBS,A.M.

first edition 554pp ills.[b/w] FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: unsw press sydney 2005

KEYWORDS: biography literature bernard shaw gibbs

$45.00
r33/120

Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett


BURCHETT,WILFRED

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

$47.50
r31/165

Te Kooti Rikirangi


ROSS, W. HUGH

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

$38.50
r34/170

Through Ninety Years 1826-1916


WILLIAMS, FREDERIC WANKLYN

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

$125.00
s16/43

Extracts From a Diary kept by the Rev. R.Burrows during Heke's War in the North in 1845


BURROWS,R.

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

$20.00
s16/51

John Elmslie 1831-1907 He Came From Bennachie


ELMSLIE,JOHN; ELMSLIE,J.G. [COMPILER]

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

$35.00
s16/72

The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844


WILLIAMS,JOHN B.; KENNY,ROBERT W. [ED.]

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

$20.00
s18/34

Charles Dickens and New Zealand A Colonial Image


RYAN,J.S.

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

$30.00
s18/42

A Directory of Titled Persons for the Year 1898


N/A

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

$50.00
s18/59

Reminiscences of A Highland Parish


MACLEOD,NORMAN

reprint 421pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,2cm split to upper hinge w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges smod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: daldy isbister london 1877

KEYWORDS: history scotland highland parish macleod biography

$40.00
s18/62

The Inky Way


THOMAS,WILLIAM HEARN

first editiobn inscribed by author [association copy - A.H.Reed signature] 98pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,inscr.of NZ author A.H.Reed to ffep,author's inscr.to title page along with sign.of NZ author A.H.Reed,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: clark & matheson auckland 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history signed william thomas reed journalism

$20.00
s18/88

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Mountaineering


CREW,PETER

first edition 140pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: constable london 1968

KEYWORDS: travel biography peter crew mountaineering

$125.00
s23/36

Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn [2 volumes]


SELWYN,GEORGE AUGUSTUS; TUCKER,H.W.

first edition 2 vols.399/393pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (olive cloth w.gilt stamps to top boards,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,missing ffep both vols.,owner's inscr.to half-title both vols.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents) Bagnall 5644

PUBLISHER: william wells gardner london 1879

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history selwyn tucker theology

$75.00
s23/46

Soldier Settlers The Pratts and the Wrights from England to New Zealand


BOWATER,ERIC C.

first edition 104pp ills.[b/w] FINE (in wrappers w.spiral binding)

PUBLISHER: bowater auckland 2008

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history wright bowater pratt

$20.00
s23/63

Cave Men New and Old


CASTERET,NORBERT

first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: dent london 1951

KEYWORDS: history science cave biography casteret

$25.00
s24/42

Surgeon in the Crimea


BONHAM-CARTER,VICTOR [ED.]

first edition 209pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (brown cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: constable london 1968

KEYWORDS: history biography bonham-carter crimea surgeon medicine

$45.00
s24/44

The Brown Frontier


VENNELL,C.W.

first edition signed by author [association copy - inscribed by author to NZ historian Alison Drummond] 190pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to half-title verso) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1967

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography maori history vennell signed

$375.00
s24/48

The Blood Royal of Britain


RUVIGNY AND RAINEVAL,MARQUIS OF

first edition [from the collection of NZ historian/author T.W.Gudgeon] 621pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (blue cloth w.gilt armorial crests to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sign.of T.W.Gudgeon to front pastedown w.sign.of Beryl Gudgeon to ffep,small insect hole to prelims.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges mod.foxed) heavy item

PUBLISHER: jack london 1903

KEYWORDS: history genealogy royal blood gudgeon ruvigny biography

$100.00
u29/37

Outlaw of the Highlands: Rob Roy


TRANTER,NIGEL

first edition 182pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (tan cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some pencil underlining to contents) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: dennis dobson london 1965

KEYWORDS: scotland highlands nigel tranter rob roy biography

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