McCORMICK, E H (SARGESON, FRANK)

ASSOCIATION COPY- INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY NZ AUTHOR FRANK SARGESON, FROM THE LIBRARY OF HELEN SHAW, dated Christmas 1981- one of the last books he signed, as he does in March 1982, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to board edges/extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Sargeson association copies Helen Shaw art history biography biographies memoir Frances Hodgkins New Zealand

BEATTIE, H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to verso of half title page, occasional cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T B Kennard Otago pakeha biography biographies memoir first editions

HALL-JONES, F G

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, WITH LETTER TIPPED IN, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 144pp, VG (plastic protective cover taped to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tape staining to eps, light foxing to prelims, light tanning/tape staining to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Southland Historical Committee 1943

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tuhawaiki biography biographies memoir F G Hall-Jones signed Maori

DOUGHERTY, IAN

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: Exisle Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: Ian Dougherty Arawata William James O'Leary gold prospector life lives biography

FISHER, MURIEL & FORDE, MARGARET

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: David Bateman 2005

KEYWORDS: Muriel Fisher life lives biography plants wildlife garden gardening native conservation

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

OLDS, HANA

Sm 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: Hana Olds 2012

KEYWORDS: Swee Tan New Zealand Malaysia medicine medical research life lives biography

ROHDE, SHELLEY & ROTHENSTEIN, JOHN (Fore)

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: William Collins Sons & Co 1979

KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies memoir L S Lowry

ADAMS, BRIAN

Quarto 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: Hutchinson 1983

KEYWORDS: art biography biographies memoir William Dobell history artists

PARHAM, W T

Quarto, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 24pp + illus/photos to rear, folding map to rear, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning & foxing to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, photo pages tanned)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lakes District Milford Sound Donald Sutherland biography biographies memoir pioneers

McCRAW, JOHN

Quarto, illus light card covers, pale yellow lettering to spine & covers, 146pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & covers/edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history gold mining miners prospectors Central Otago John Ewing biography biographies memoir

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

LUDVIGSEN, KARL & HERD, ROBIN (Fore)

Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Haynes 2002

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports Bruce McLaren racing cars car drivers grand prix f1 formula 1 one biography biographies memoir history

MACMILLAN, NORMAN

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 491pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owners' details in coloured pencil & ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1935

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Sir Seefton Brancker British armed forces raf royal air force pilots

ARENDRUP, M E (Trans)

Ex-library, octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xii + 171pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1923

KEYWORDS: religion religious history figures historical Mere Marie de Jesus biography biographies memoir carmel carmelite

GRUBB, NORMAN P

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: Lutterworth Press 1962

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Rees Howells religion religious figures

STODDART, THOMAS TOD; STODDART, ANNA M

Crown 8vo, pp. x + 324 + 2 advts; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, border & lettering in red & gilt moitf to front board; top & fore edge deckled; frontis., VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1889

KEYWORDS: Thomas Tod Stoddart angling angler fishing fish songs verse poetry poems memoir life lives biography

O'BRIEN, Sister MARY MILDRED

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ex-library- minimal markings, 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: The Sisters of Mercy of the Australian Union 1976

KEYWORDS: signed Sister Mary Mildren O'Brien religion religious biographies biography memoir Mother Mary Patricia O'Neill sisters of mercy

FLEISCHMANN, HECTOR

FIRST EDITION, 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: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1914

KEYWORDS: history Pauline Bonaparte first editions biography biographies memoir politics political relationships

BENSTOCK, SHARI

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: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 1994

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Edith Wharton history historical