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

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

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

HARRISON, NOEL

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY SIR GRAHAM LATIMER, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xi + 228pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Huia 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Maori Sir Graham Latimer politics government biography signed biographies memoir

HOSKINS, ROBERT

Ex-library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers biography biographies memoir Charles R Thatcher goldfields history

HIMMLER, KATRIN & MITCHELL, MICHAEL (Trans)

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: Pan Books 2008

KEYWORDS: German biography biographies memoir Heinrich Himmler family nazi war criminals holocaust

WIEGAND, CHRIS

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, cream lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light tanning to spine, light creasing/bruising to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light soiling to prelims, moderate water damage to pgs10/11)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2003

KEYWORDS: film makers Federico Fellini 20th twentieth century entertainment history biography

WILSON, PETER NIKLAS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpagainted prelims + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & wrinkling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Berkeley Hills Books 1999

KEYWORDS: first editions Ornette Coleman music musicians entertainment jazz biography biographies memoir

MORTON, TEX & SPITTLE, GORDON (Intro)

SIGNED BY GORDON SPITTLE & TEX MORTON, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: GWS Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment Tex Morton signed autobiography biography memoir

STURM, TERRY & CASSELLS, LINDA (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature literary biographies biography memoir ALlen Curnow

WAKEHAM, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frotnispiece, xvi + 292pp, folding maps, VG (sl fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, minor soiling & foxing to eps, minor scuffing to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderdate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, sm patch missing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling, minor scuff to front)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies Sir Rollo Gillespie military history