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$150.00
ak1/15a/30

Pages from the Memory Log of G M Hassing: Sailor, Pioneer, Schoolmaster


HASSING, G M

SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 74pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- page block partially detached, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Southland Times Co N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history autobiography autobiographies memoir G M Hassing

$145.00
ak1/15a/34

Diary of E R Chudleigh 1862-1921 Chatham Islands


RICHARDS, E C (Ed)

UNCOMMON, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 474pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Simpson and Williams (Printer) 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chatham Islands E R Chudleigh diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir

$95.00
ak1/18a/8

Eighty Years in New Zealand: Embracing Fifty Years of New Zealand Fishing


MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light staining to top edge of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history G E Mannering autobiography autobiographies memoir

$15.00
xx189pol208444

The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity


VONNEGUT, MARK; VONNEGUT, KURT (forew)

8vo 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: Seven Stories Press 2002

KEYWORDS: life lives memoir biography autobiography Mark Vonnegut mental healthy

$10.00
xx188pol208530

Stalking Tom Waits: The Adventures of a Fan in Search of a Ticket


RAYMY

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Raymy 2008

KEYWORDS: rock music musicians Raymy quests concerts fandom autobiography Tom Waits

$19.50
xx187pol208590

Recollections: Mainly of Writers & Artists


GRIGSON, GEOFFREY

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: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press 1984

KEYWORDS: literature art literary recollections autobiography autobiographies Geoffrey Grigson

$30.00
xx187pol208620

I Will Arise and Go Now


McGRATH, PATRICK and PATSY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (VG+) staining to page edges; 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: Patrick & Patsy McGrath 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Patrick McGrath New Zealand Irish immigration migration migrants autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
ak1/19a/4

A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson


ECCLES, ALFRED (Ed) & SKINNER, Dr H D (Fore)

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece. 120pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to frontispiece & photographic pages, light scuffing to top edges of rear eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history historical accounts autobiography autobiographical Murray Gladstone Thomson pioneers

$200.00
ak1/19a/26

The Way Out (Italian Intermezzo)


KRIGE, UYS

Octavo, teal/aqua buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 384pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, light soiling & pencil annotation to ffep, light foxing & newspaper articles glued in to rear eps, light cracking to gutter of pg32/33) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1946

KEYWORDS: Uys Krige autobiography autobiographies memoir military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war

$40.00
ak1/19a/27

Comrades in Bondage


FOSTER, FRANK & Fiel-Marshal Lord BIRDWOOD OF ANZAC AND TOTNES (Fore)

SIGNED, DATED & WARMLY INSCRIBED, WITH MODERATE WATER DAMAGE, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, moderate but faint water damage/staining top edges of spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light damp wrinkling to frontispiece) in d/w, VG- (in fully adhesive plastic wrap- fully affixed, price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light rubbing to spine, minor tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Skeffington and Son N/D (c.1946)

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Foster military history autobiography autobiographies memoir

$60.00
ak1/19a/30

It's Further via Gibralter


GIBBS, PATRICK

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss, moderate tanning to spine & joins/folds, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1961

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs British armed forces

$40.00
2g13a/70

Printer and Playground: An Autobiography


SIMON, OLIVER

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 156; grey cl bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to front pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; price clipped to front flap, price drawn over with black ink; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1956

KEYWORDS: Simon Oliver printing printer typography type publishing history book arts design life lives biography autobiography

$40.00
ak1/20a/3

Adventures of a Waterboy


SCOTT, MIKE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, orange lettering to spine, illus eps, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to boards & edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to spine & edges, sm patch of label residue to front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Lilliput Press 2012

KEYWORDS: British rock stars bands The Waterboys Mike Scott autobiography autobiographies memoir music musicians

$40.00
ak1/25/9

Time Out: American Airmen at Stalag Luft I


VIETOR, JOHN A

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (covers in fully adhesive plastic- fully affixed, light wrinkling & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & label residue to rear cover, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war camps Stalag Luft nazi Germany John Vietor autobiography autobiographies memoir

$48.50
ak1/25/13

From Many Angles: An Autobiography


SYKES, Major-General The Right Hon Sir FREDERICK

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking & tanning/discolouration to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Major-General the Rt Hon Sir Frederick Sykes royal flying corps military history

$40.00
ak1/25/36

Early Days in Murchison: Unfinished Journal of George McNee 1880-1946


McNEE, GEORGE

Quarto, green spiral bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 25pp, illus, VG (light creasing & wrinkling to covers, sm patch of adhesive residue to front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society Inc 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Murchison journals diaries George McNee autobiography memoirs

$15.00
xx187pol208639

Just As I Am


GRAHAM, BILLY

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: HarperCollins 1997

KEYWORDS: Billy Graham autobiography autobiographies memoir evangelists religion

$20.00
xx186pol208706

The Fall and Rise of Derryn Hinch: How I Hit the Wall and Didn't Bleed


HINCH, DARRYN

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: Hardie Grant Books 2004

KEYWORDS: Derryn Hinch autobiography autobiographies memoir New Zealand Zealanders media

$17.50
xx186pol208715

Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Hoess


HOESS, RUDOLF & FITZGIBBON, CONSTANTINE (Trans) & LEVI, PRIMO (Intro) & NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Press 2000

KEYWORDS: military history autobiographies autobiography memoir nazi war criminals Rudolf Hoess Poland Polish concentration camps holocaust Auschwitz

$22.50
xx148pol208873

The Shifting Point: Forty years of theatrical exploration 1946-1987


BROOK, PETER

Super 8vo 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: Methuen 1988

KEYWORDS: Peter Brook life lives biography autobiography memoir theatre drama theatrical

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