BROPHY, BRIGID

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape

KEYWORDS: art artists Aubrey Beardsley illustrator nouveau arts and crafts

BLACK, JOHN HENRY

Scarce, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 172pp, illus, VG+ (Covered in clear contact, light bubbling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John H. Black 2001

KEYWORDS: John Henry Black history Jewelers New Zealand autobiography arts Jewellery

ST. MAUR SHEIL, MICHAEL

Oblong quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, grey eps, 36pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: 2015

KEYWORDS: World War One Gallipoli WW1 history military arts photography Britain France New Zealand

HOLROYD, MICHAEL & JOHN, REBECCA & EVANS, MARK

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & cover, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to rear cover & spine)

PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries 1996

KEYWORDS: biography arts drawing history John Augustus

SCOTT, MAKOURE

black heavy boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, black eps, frontispiece, 95pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Paul Holberton 2006

KEYWORDS: arts New Zealand Scott Makoure

CHUIKOV, VASILY & RYABOR, VASILY

First edition, text in russian, inscribed & signed by Wladimir Bykow ( Russian Ambassador to New Zealand), Quarto, illus boards with red lettering to spine & front board, dark red eps, 391pp, illus, VG+ (two small gum stains to fep, 4cm closed tear to bottom spine)

PUBLISHER: 1984

KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 history Russia Soviet Union photography arts

UNDERHILL, JOHN

Imperial octavo, illus board with black lettering to spine & front board, light purple eps, illus title page, unpagenated, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: 2013

KEYWORDS: travel New Zealand history painting arts sketches

WHITTLE, TYLER

octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus, 281pp VG+ in VG d/w ; 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: ross anderson publications 1985

KEYWORDS: hymns religion christianity music history arts

MCKEOWN, CHARLES AND GILLIAM, TERRY

paperback 213pp, illus 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: mandarin 1989

KEYWORDS: literature film arts movies charles mckeown terry gilliam

MCKENNA, MARIAN

first edition octavo brown cloth boards, 319pp, illus VG+ in VG d/w ; 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: hamish hamilton 1976

KEYWORDS: music arts biography myra hess

ZEHME, BILL

octavo boards, illus, 368pp ex library with usual treatments VG in 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 d/w

PUBLISHER: delacorte press 1999

KEYWORDS: biography arts humour acting andy kaufman

HOUDIN, ROBERT

first edition blue illus boards, xix +373pp +6pp adverts G+ ( lacks all prelims i-iv incl title page and begins with Editor's preface) wear to extremities, soiling, binding sloppy). Adverts at rear dated 1878; A readable copy

PUBLISHER: george routledge and sons 1878

KEYWORDS: magic illusions robert houdin occult arts

HUMPHRIES, BARRY (THOMSON, KEN compiler)

first edition dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 95pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w limited numbered edition inscribed, dated and SIGNED by Barry Humphries

PUBLISHER: enitharmon press 1994

KEYWORDS: signed literature arts humour barry humphries biography

JAHN-WERNER, TARA

Quarto, cream boards with lettering to spine, illus eps, 312pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading, light soiling, light creasing to spine edges)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: dance arts history New Zealand Ballet

CROWE, J.A. & CAVALCASELLE, G.B.

Super octavo, red baords with brown spine & board corners, gilt lettering & gilt patterning to spine, patterned, t.e.p., frontispiece, xii + 383pp, illus VG (heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing to spine, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to first few pages, very slight sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857

KEYWORDS: Painting arts Gothic Flanders Painters Flemish history

FLINT, W.RUSSELL

limited numbered signed edition, Imperial octavo, yellow boards with blue spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g., 75pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, Previous owner's name with inscription to fep, light foxing to first few pages)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1951

KEYWORDS: models fiction literature arts drawing

YE, YUZHONG

Quarto, Red cloth board with black lettering to spine, yellow eps, 199pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine in slipcase (light fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Rong bao zhai chu ban she, 1993

KEYWORDS: Ye Yuzhong arts modern Chinese painting history

TREVELYAN, JILL

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Rita Angus Biography arts Women painters New Zealand Biography history Painting

BROWN, GORDON H.

Quato, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown eps, frontispiece, x + 238pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light creasing, small tear with loss to rear cover internally repaired clear tape)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1984

KEYWORDS: Colin McCahon arts Painting New Zealand biography

RAY, MAN

Text in English, Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 79pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1997

KEYWORDS: Man Ray exhibition arts photography