COBBETT,WILLIAM;CARLYLE,E.I.

ex-lib.first edition 318pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.libr.labels to spine and top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.to mod.foxing of contents,spine cracked and cocked)

PUBLISHER: archibald constable london 1904

KEYWORDS: history biography william cobbett e.i.carlyle

OAKLEY,LENORE;ELL,HARRY

first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,minor soiling to extrems, light tanning to end pages.) in VG d/w (light creasing, tanning, soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: caxton press london 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography harry ell lenore oakley

PEREZ,JOSE GESTOSO Y;LEAL,JUAN DE VALDES

ex-lib.[first edition] 242pp+index [text in spanish] + ills.[63 b/w plates] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,contents browned w.some sl.foxing,many sheets unopened at upper edge,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,plates clean)

PUBLISHER: oficina tipografica de juan p girones sevilla 1916

KEYWORDS: biography history juan de valdes leal literature arts

STOFFREGEN,RUTH

ex-lib.[first edition thus; exhibition catalogue] xxix+62 col.plates+index NF (in glossy wrappers w.french flaps,one libr.stamp to title page o/w clean)

PUBLISHER: becker munich [2000]

KEYWORDS: ruth stoffregen arts biography

HEARN,LAFCADIO;BISLAND,ELIZABETH

second impression 2 vols.475/560pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,gilt borders w.red stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spines cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: archibald constable london 1907

KEYWORDS: lafcadio hearn biography literature elizabeth bisland

STEWART, W. DOWNIE & WILLIAMS, JOSHUA STRANGE

first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.paste action to eps,owner's sign.to ffep)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs wellington 1945

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography joshua strange williams downie stewart law

WOOD,AGNES;MCCAHON,COLIN

first edition 160pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG square super octavo softcover

PUBLISHER: david ling auckland 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts colin mccahon biography agnes wood

SCHOLEFIELD,G.H. [ED.]

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- xxxii + 512pp, vol 2- vi + 571pp, VG (light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minro foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & tanning/foxing to edges & soines, generalised moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1940

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography scholefield literature

CRUISE,RICHARD A.

first edition thus, octavo hardcover 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1974

KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography richard cruise

FROST,E.T.

uncommon, first edition 90pp ills.[b/w] ocatvo stapled heavy card boards, VG (moderate rubbing to covers with small patches of surface loss, light tanning and foxing)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1947

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history travel biography frost

MARJORIBANKS,ALEXANDER

first edition thus 174pp+appendix [map at frontis.] NF (owners sig on fep) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography biography alexander marjoribanks

GORMACK,R.S.

first edition limited [135] 111pp F in NF d/w (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1988

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature biography modern first edition gormack

GORMACK,R.S.

first edition limited [135] 98pp F in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: nag's head press christchurch 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand biography gormack

BURNS,JAMES

first edition 71pp VG (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography literature james burns

HUTCHINSON,FRANCIS

first edition 133pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,prelims.sl.foxed,sl.creasing to fore-edge of one ill.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography omatua francis hutchinson

WILLIAMS, FREDERIC WANKLYN

first edition 360pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears and external tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd c 1939]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history theology biography williams wanklyn

LAWRENCE,T.E.

first edition 206pp VG (blue cloth w.gilt stamp and blind stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,school presentation bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.losses to head/foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1955

KEYWORDS: literature biography military history modern first edition lawrence

COLLIER,BASIL;WILSON,HENRY

first edition 362pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1961

KEYWORDS: military history biography basil collier henry wilson

HYNE,CUTCLIFFE

first edition 284pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (paper boards w.half vellum,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses to spine,prelims.and untrimmed content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1898

KEYWORDS: lapland biography travel cutcliffe hyne arctic

GREY, ZANE

first uk edition [f-c] 277pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.blind borders and gilt.fishing rod stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.darkened,sl.bumps to extrems.,ill.eps,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled o/w clean,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1928

KEYWORDS: fishing sport travel zane grey biography