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John Rutherford: The White Chief


DRUMMOND, JAMES (Ed)

SPINE MISSING, octavo hardcover (G+); 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history John Rutherford Maori communities chiefs pakeha biography

$32.50
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Saint-Exupery: A Biography


SCHIFF, STACY

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 1994

KEYWORDS: Saint-Exupery aviation biographies biography

$15.00
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Alice: The Making of a Woman Doctor 1914-1974


HERCOCK, FAY

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: Auckland University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Alice Bush history medicine medical doctors women biography biographies memoir

$42.50
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One Kiwi Sailor's War: The Story of Lieutenant Douglas Hazard RNZNVR 1939-45


WRIGHT, GERRY (Compiled by)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 542pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Printstop (Printer) 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history navy naval officers Lieutenant Douglas L Hazard ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography memoir biographies signed Gerry Wright

$140.00
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The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa


WALDREN, MURRAY

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 432pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2009

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian pop art artists music musicians Reg Mombassa biography biographies memoir

$60.00
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Garfield Todd: The End of the Liberal Dream in Rhodesia


WOODHOUSE, SUSAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xli + 564pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Weaver Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Garfield Todd biography biographies memoir Rhodesia Africa African politics political history

$14.50
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Graham Henry: Final Word


HOWITT, BOB

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: HarperCollins 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union ABs All Blacks coaches biography biographies memoir Graham Henry sport

$30.00
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Burning Man: The Ascent of D H Lawrence


WILSON, FRANCES

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: Bloomsbury Circus 2021

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary biographies biography memoir D H Lawrence

$15.00
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Peter May: A Biography


HILL, ALAN & COWDREY, Sir COLIN (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: Andre Deutsch 1996

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket biography biographies memoir Peter May

$17.50
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C: A Biography of Clem Scott


SCOTT, DENNIS & SMOLENSKI, JACK (Fore)

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: Hazard Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir Clem Scott horseracing military amputees horses

$37.50
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Backroads: Charting a Poet's Life


HUNT, SAM

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: Craig Potton Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: Sam Hunt New Zealand poets literature literary biography autobiography

$30.00
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Parekura Horomia: Kia Ora, Chief!


GARDINER, WIRA

Ex-library, 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: Huia 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political leaders Parekura Horomia biography biographies Maori leaders

$22.50
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Check to Your King


HYDE, ROBIN

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: A H & A W Reed 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Charles Baron de Thierry biography biographies sovereignty

$37.50
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Letters to Lilburn: Douglas MacDiarmid's Conversations from the Heart


CAHILL, ANNA (Compiled by)

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY COMPILER, 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: Mary Egan Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Douglas MacDiarmid Douglas Lilburn biography letters correspondence

$16.50
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Bob Marley: The Untold Story


SALEWICZ, CHRIS

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 2009

KEYWORDS: reggae music musicians Bob Marley biographies biography memoir

$125.00
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Colours of a Life: The Life and Times of Douglas MacDiarmid


CAHILL, ANNA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, SIGNED NUMBERED BOOKPLATE (SIGNED BY ARTIST) LOOSELY ENCLOSED, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 470pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists biographies biography signed Anna Cahill Douglas MacDiarmid

$47.50
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Will Eisner Champion of the Graphic Novel


LEVITZ, PAUL & MELTZER, BRAD (Intro)

Square quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to blue cloth spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing/scuffing to fore-edge of front board)

PUBLISHER: Abrams ComicArts 2015

KEYWORDS: Will Eisner literary biography biographies memoir graphic novels

$125.00
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Churchill: A Life (2 Vol Boxed Set)


GILBERT, MARTIN

2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spines, frontispieces, xxiv + 1198pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl spotting & creasing to page edges) in slipcase, Near FINE (v sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004

KEYWORDS: folio society English former prime ministers Winston Churchill history British politics political leaders biography biographies memoir

$60.00
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Soul Catcher: Java's Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I 1726-95


RICKLEFS, M C

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, map to prelims, xix + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: NUS Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Java history historical figures leaders Prince Mangkunagara i 1st first kings rulers Indonesia Surakarta biography

$40.00
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Bernhard Karlgren: Portrait of a Scholar


MALMQVIST, N G D

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, brown/beige lettering to spine, 333pp, illus, VG (light to moderate chafing to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Lehigh University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Bernhard Karlgren scholars academics sinology Chinese language China

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