New Zealand - Biographies

1973. 1st edition. Briography of Phyllis Brusey, director of the NZ Opera Company and chairman of the Maori Theatre Trust.

1979. 1st edition. Autobiography of Emeritus Professor Blaiklock during his days growing up around Titirangi, Auckland.

1974. A amateur published record of the family history of George and Isabella Farquhar.

1999. 1st edition. Stories about motoring and tramping in New Zealand first published in the 1930s to 1950s, throughout New Zealand from Invercargill to Ninety Mile Beach.

2000. New Zealand pioneering biography.

1996. 1st edition. Barry Brickell is the creator and director of Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, the uniquely personal theme park at Coromandel.

John Bisset's photographs have graced the Timaru Heralds pages for more than two decades. Here is a snap shot of his work.

1985. Story of Loweel Yerex, adventurer, aviation pioneer, multi-millionaire, New Zealander.

1980. 1st edition. Chronicles Ronald Lockley’s since he settled in New Zealand.

1928. The fifth edition of the personal reminiscences of E. Hewett, the widow of a New Zealand Pioneer Settler.

1959. Alan Christopher Deere is possibly New Zealand s most famous fighter pilot of the Second World War.

1959. 1st edition. Alan Christopher Deere is possibly New Zealand s most famous fighter pilot of the Second World War.

1939. 1st edition. A fascinating memoir of A.C. Hanlon, one of His Majesty's Counsel for the Dominion of New Zealand.

1991. A modest yet forthright account of the full and fascinating biography of Timaru born in 1911 George Brasell.

1987. 1st edition. Biography of New Zealander, Johnny Checketts - his career in the RNZAF and his service as a bomber pilot during the World War II.

1982. 1st edition. Harry Ayres was the greatest guide and ice climber in New Zealand during the 1940s and 1950s.

1976. Biography of New Zealand's leading jockey Bill Skelton.

1977. The story of the most electrifying, entertaining and successful rugby players of the time.

2018. Kim Workman is a central figure in the ongoing discussion of justice and prison policy in New Zealand.

1962. New Zealand’s greatest war hero, Charles Upham, was one of the few people in history to have won the Victoria Cross twice.

1947. This is a tale of men and their dogs, herding sheep close to the snow line of the Southern alps.

1973. The autobiography of Martin Sullivan, the Dean of St Paul's.

2024. The story of change and innovation in one of New Zealand’s notable industries and an important record of the people who made the world take notice.

1965. 1st edition. SIGNED. The very popular author's second book she writes the history of Mount Algidus station and of the men and especially women who founded it and who lived and worked there.

1952. An account of a World War II, New Zealand P.O.W. escape in North Africa.

1968. 1st edition. Biography of one of NZ pioneering aviators. Includes copy of booklet on Cecil Peak Station 1863.

1939. A fascinating memoir of A.C. Hanlon, one of His Majesty's Counsel for the Dominion of New Zealand.

1973. 1st edition. John Justin (a pen name) writes about his time in a New Zealand prison.

1982. 1st edition. SIGNED. This is a collection of letters to and from Sir Bob from 1970 through to 1982.

1980. 1st edition. Biography of Tom Skinner, a New Zealand politician and trade union leader.

1946. An autobiography covering the period 1888-1946.

1997. SIGNED. An account of the author's one-aeroplane charter company, its demise due to financial disaster and his subsequent return to New Zealand to work as an airline pilot for TEAL.

1957. The story of a great woman who has been the mainspring of maternity history in New Zealand.

1974. 1st edition. The story of George Bolt in New Zealand aviation.

1953. 1st edition. A rare author's account of mustering on this iconic high country station.

2007. 1st edition. From the 1920s, Davey Gunn lived for 30 years in Fiordland's rugged Hollyford Valley, where he had one of the most isolated cattle runs in New Zealand.

1981. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of former Prime Minister Norman Kirk.

1987. The lives of New Zealand women today are the focus of this book.

1993. 1st edition. Biographies of 50 women focusing on women living in a rural lifestyle in both the country and the urban areas of the Matamata district.

1961. A journey in a ketch across the Pacific Ocean.

1956. 1st edition. This is the story of Frank Clune's holiday trip around the New Zealand Islands.

1923. 1st edition. Born in 1809, George Augustus Selwyn was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand.

1987. 1st edition. The story of growing up in a small, sleepy, rural community just after the Second World War.

1983. 1st edition. The biography of the New Zealand pilot who led a raid on Amsterdam Power Station in 1943.

1981. 1st edition. Biography of Alfred Nesbit Brown, one of the most important figures in New Zealand missionary and pioneer history served in New Zealand from 1829 to 1884.

1983. 1st edition. This gentle autobiography tells the story of Douglas Stewart's youth in a New Zealand country town.

1981. 1st edition. Witty, thought-provoking, infuriating and entertaining – Bob Lowe is in good form as he follows up the success of his other book.

1955. 1st edition. Biography of premier of New Zealand for thirteen years, Lancashire born and bred, a 'West Coaster' by adoption, zealous imperialist while remaining a radical reformer.

1985. 1st edition. A biographical social history of the family of Robert Henry Harding, RN, DSM.

1983. 1st edition. The autobiography of Martin Sullivan, the Dean of St Paul's.

1977. 1st edition. John A. Lee is one of the most colourful characters to have appeared on the New Zealand political scene.

1944. 1st edition. The biography of New Zealander Harry Lyver's reminiscences of his time with the RAF.

1928. 1st edition. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, founder of colonies and reformer of England's colonial system.

1966. 1st edition. New Zealand history in the 19th century.

1991. New Zealand regional biography and history.

2012. In this entertaining bestseller, and with dry humour and fascinating insights, Catherine paints a vivid picture of her life at Gorge River and beyond.

2016. The true story of the rise of Marlborough and NZ Sauvignon Blanc, told by one of its pioneers, winemaker Allan Scott as both personal and professional memoir.

1965. 1st edition. Politician, historian, poet, newspaper editor, socialist and banker - William Pember Reeves is one of the most influential figures in New Zealand history.

1987. 1st edition. A record of personal tales of woe experienced over the years of the author's time playing golf at Dunduffin.

1999. 1st edition. This is the definitive biography of one of Southland's most successful business titans.

1974. 1st edition. Autobiography of soldier - Brigadier James Thomas Burrows, C.B.E., D.S.O. and bar, Order of Valour (Greece).

1975. 1st edition. Written at the request of the directors of A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd as a tribute to the Founder of the publishing house and to commemorate A.H. Reed's one hundredth birthday.

1967. 1st edition. Frederick Walter Gascoyne Miller was New Zealand's longest-serving journalist, born in 1904.

1987. A biography of the life of early New Zealand artist John Hoyte, and samples of his work.

2019. Biography of Dr. Paul Wood who spent 11 years confined in some of New Zealand's toughest jails.

2013. 1st edition. SIGNED. The personal battles of cricket star Martin Crowe.

2012. 1st edition. Includes a short history of the VC recipients. - Corporal Willie Apiata V.C. was awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan.

1997. Biography of William Larnach, one of New Zealand's enduring historical figures.

1964. 1st edition. The story of a couple on a high country farm as cook and shepherd in New Zealand.

1972. 1st edition. The First full length biography of the man who, within eight years of entering Parliament, became Leader of the the Opposition and the youngest leader of the Labour Party.

1977. 1st edition. Rob Muldoon describes this book as: "the personal memoirs of a New Zealander - who loves his country and believes that its intimate political history should be recorded".

1982. Covers fifty years of the New Zealand Women Writers' Society.

1977. Autobiography of Leonard Poulter ('L.P.') Leary, C.M.G., M.C., Q.C.

1975. 1st edition. Early New Zealand family biography.

1960. 1st edition. A Napier doctor writes his autobiography and reminiscences of his practice.

2002. Colin Meads is one of the greatest rugby players in New Zealand who attained living legend status.

2007. An exciting and original blend of personal memoir and war history.

1964. An interesting book about Peter Newton's experiences over forty years of mountain work mustering.

2017. The story of the man behind the behind the infamous Fortex meat business.

Undated. Local Ashhurst and Manawatu area biography. SIGNED.

1987. Beryl Te Wiata started this book while struggling with the first months and early years of widowhood.

1997. 1st edition. Comprises the memoirs of Margaret Thorn, an ardent New Zealand labour activist.

1997. The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks, Volumes one and two publish Katherine Mansfield's private notebooks in their entirety for the first time.

1974. 1st edition. Biography of Canon Bob Lowe.

1971. 1st edition. The autobiography of a New Zealand flying pioneer, a man who became a legend in his lifetime.

1990. Twelve essays celebrating the lives of particular families and a fascinating study of life in the New Zealand of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.

1964. 1st edition. Biography of the author's experience teaching schools in the rural Bay of Plenty in the 1960s.

1981. 1st edition. Autobiography of Robert Muldoon's years as Prime Minister of New Zealand.

1996. 1st edition. The only biography on Anne Stewart, it reveals the female perspective of what it meant to be a wife and mother during the greatest expansion of the British Empire.

2013. Tells the family story of renowned New Zealand photographer Andris Apse, who when middle aged, discovered that his father Voldemars, believed to be dead for 40 years, was still alive in Latvia.

1967. 1st edition. A remarkable and detailed record of life – and minutiae of day-to-day living n New Zealand from 1814 to 1865.

1993. 1st edition. A generous selection of letters written by New Zealand's most internationally well-known artist.

2008. Biography of Arthur Porritt, a multi-faceted New Zealander who achieved great things in several spheres.

1964. 1st edition. The case-history of a dedicated man of medicine, whose practice has been in the rugged and enormous ‘parish’ of the Lake Wakatipu district.

2010. 1st edition. Biography of Claude Stratford, founder of Comvita Ltd.

1962. 1st edition. Some of the people, characters of in the story of early New Zealand.

1981. 1st edition. The biography of Sir Geoffrey Roberts is, in many respects, a history of TEAL and Air New Zealand.

1969. 1st edition. Story of New Zealand author and publisher walking from Sydney to Melbourne, aged 90.

1976. 1st edition. Biography of the opera singer bass baritone, the Maori wood sculptor.

1974. 1st edition. Robert Muldoon's autobiography published a year before he became prime minister of New Zealand in 1975.

2006. 1st edition. New Zealand's top racing driver in the new century, competing in the high-risk Indy car racing.

1962. 1st edition. On foot at 86 - A. H. Reed invites readers to accompany him on his leisurely walk across the widest part of New Zealand.

1959. 1st edition. Highly popular syndicated newspaper columnist Susan Graham. A writer that looked at life at home & abroad with a sense of humour, sometimes serious but mostly lighthearted.

1981. 1st edition. A fascinating – if highly subjective – view of Labour's rise in the 1920s and 1930s.

1961. Mr A.H. Reed walking the whole length of New Zealand. SIGNED.

1966. 1st edition. Autobiography of the Kiwi great cricketer.

1981. 1st edition. Biography.

1987. The author's family immigrated from a cultivated Denmark to NZ in 1907 and faced years of hard work to tame their area of the NZ bush. SIGNED.

1981. 1st edition. Views of Bill Rowling, leader of the Labour opposition. SIGNED.

1999. Biography of Dave Russell.

1964. 1st edition. Autobiography of Air Vice-Marshall Cyril Eaton Kay (1902-1993) New Zealand-born aviator.

2011. SIGNED. New Zealand family biography.

1976. 1st edition. Biography of Sir Walter Nash (1882-1968) who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1957 to 1960.

2001. Many adolescent boys dream of running away to sea, but Peter Taylor is one of the few who actually did it.

2010. This is the story of Haane Manahi and his exceptional bravery in Tunisia during the Second World War.

1947. 1st edition. One of the small band of New Zealander's who have represented New Zealand at Cricket and Rugby.

1975. 1st edition. Biography of Walter Nash.

1988. 1st edition. Biography.

1960. 1st edition. Biography of the early life first as a child in Niue and Rarotonga where her father was administrator, later her days at the University of Auckland during the depression.

1977. 1st edition. Memoirs left by Spencer Westmacott and describes the difficulties of converting rugged bush country to farming on a property in the Rangitoto Range.

1975. 1st edition. Autobiography of New Zealand's most successful exile cricketer - Glenn Turner.

1975. 1st edition. Biography.

1997. Biography of William Larnach, one of New Zealand's enduring historical figures.

2010. 1st edition. Trevor had three distinct careers in aviation.

1990. Biography of New Zealand writer and educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner.

1963. 1st edition. Biography of Thomas Cawthron who was a Nelson pioneer who arrived in 1849.

1976. 1st edition. Short biography in a series of memoires of Thomas Gale 1892 - 1948.

1965. 1st edition. The story of Christopher Jarman, a child of extraordinary musical gifts - who at the age of two years, was struck down by encephalitis that deprived him of sight and speech.

1984. 1st edition. A frank and engaging book, written with good humour and total honesty by a father and son who do not always see eye to eye.

1978. 1st edition. Biography of one of the most controversial, as well as one of the most respected senior officers in the history of the New Zealand Police service.

1974. 1st edition. This is the true and powerful story of a young Mary Findlay during the bitter days of the Depression in New Zealand.

1964. Sir Edmund and Lady Hillary take their three children on a camping trip from Chicago through the West and Northwest to Alaska.

1980. An adventure novel that takes readers on an exciting journey around the world.

1992. The Chapman family was the first of New Zealand's legal dynasties.

1981. Chosen by the author this brings together the best of her ever popular earlier books and covers her move from Mt. Algidus to the down country town of Darfield.

1981. 1st edition. A Biography of the Australian naturalist Andreas Reischek (1845-1902), author of The Classic Yesterdays in Maoriland, who came to New Zealand in 1877.

1982. 1st edition. Campbell is now known as the father of Auckland and 'Poenamo' his biography of pioneering days is regarded as a New Zealand classic.

1989. 1st edition. Biography of Ross Meurant.

1984. 1st edition. Terry McLean described as 'that white pointer shark' among the minnows of rugby writing in New Zealand.

1987. 1st edition. The reputation of the Crowe brothers - Martin and Jeff - stands high throughout the cricketing world.

1934. Biography of an early New Zealand pioneer.

1971. Autobiography of a GP surgeon who in 1920 began a one-man practice in Lumsden, Southland.

2002. This selection of fully-illustrated biographical portraits of New Zealanders who have left their mark on our history and national character.

1957. 1st edition. A thesis for the degree of M.A. submitted by A G Coulan as submitted in 1935.

1985. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Captain Parsons who was born in 1900, and enlisted in The Royal Marine Artillery in 1918.

1974. 1st edition. Biography of Joe Driscoll who became a legend in South Westland during the Second World War.

1961. 1st edition. A biography of the author of The Greenstone Door.

1974. 1st Edition. John Macmillan Brown (1845-1935) was a Scottish-New Zealand academic, administrator and promoter of education for women.

1962. Directory of many prominent New Zealander's in 1962.

1963. Autobiography of G.W. Von Zedlitz, journey to New Zealand.

1991. 1st edition. The stories behind the statistics of why middle class Pakeha girls tend to do well at school and working class girls do not.

1987. Signed by Author. Stories in the lives of pupils, masters and headmasters of Auckland Grammar School 1921-1972

2009. Jane Mander grew up in the kauri milling settlements of the North.

1971. 1st edition. Twenty-three nuns and priests, mostly Australians and New Zealanders, write frankly about their lives, their wit, humour, compassion.

1913. 1st edition. Samuel Marsden (25 June 1765 – 12 May 1838) played a leading role in bringing Christianity to New Zealand. SCARCE

1997. Barry Crump MBE (1935-1996) was a titan of New Zealand writing.

1967. 1st edition. These are the lost years in John A. Lee's autobiography.

1991. The art and life of New Zealand cartoonist Tom Scott.

1933. 1st edition. After writing five novels in England, largely about her home country of New Zealand, Rosemary Rees decided to revisit her country.

2001. Katya, Katoushka, Kissienka and Katerina were just some of the names that Katherine Mansfield used at the height of her Russian pose.

1980. 1st edition. Biography of one of the 18th centuries most significant figures.

1971. Biography of Huia Mase who had crammed an unusual amount of career activity into her life.

2004. This is an illuminating autobiography, of Dick Scott with plenty of revelations about seminal events and national figures.

1997. The diary of Constance Astley (1851-1935) travels over the length of New Zealand during the late 19th Century.

1974. 1st edition. Biography of the New Zealand book collector, who bequeathed his extensive collection of books on New Zealand and the Pacific to form the nucleus of a New Zealand national collection

1991. Directory of many prominent New Zealander's in 1991.

1967. 1st edition. Biography of nautical exploration - by catamaran from England to New Zealand via the Straits of Magellan with children aboard.

1966. 1st edition. The autobiography of New Zealander Mary Scott, recalling her time as a farmer's wife, librarian and novelist.

1979. A season with The Whitbaiter of South Westland.

1980. 1st edition. SIGNED. A memoir by Mervyn Thompson, a New Zealand theatre director and playwright.

1987. The story of Sir John Logan Campbell, venerated in old age as the Father of Auckland, and presents a compelling portrait of Auckland.

1996. Biography of Eric McCormick who was from about 1940 until his death in 1995, one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers and scholars.

1998. A comprehensive biography of one of the most important figures in nineteenth century New Zealand.

1990. Biography of Fred Turnovsky, Czech immigrant, businessman and philanthropist.

1984. Biography of Shelia Horton. SIGNED.

2007. SCARCE Limited edition of 300 copies. A biography of William Swainson 1809-1884.

1983. Limited edition. Extracts from the letters of three English families of the mid-nineteenth century who were closely connected by bonds of friendship, common ideals and marriage.

1949. 1st edition. Biography of Gordon Watson, and a memorial volume to a New Zealander, Writer, Soldier and Communist.

2017. A first-class memoir of a highly memorable life. Here is an important (often hilarious) writer and immensely gifted cartoonist.

1963. 1st edition. A memoir from radical New Zealand politician John A. Lee, telling the behind the scenes story of a tempestuous career.

1967. 1st edition. The autobiography of Alfred Hamish Reed, MBE (1875-1975) who was a New Zealand publisher, author and entrepreneur.

1979. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Selwyn Toogood, a name familiar to every New Zealander.

1953. 1st edition. The story of Wilson and the development of his Ngaio station in the Manawatu and also his part in the establishment of the Farmers' Union.

1997. On St Patrick's Day, 1922, Bishop James Liston made a speech at the Auckland Town Hall. He intended to reassure his flock about recent events in Ireland.

2012. The story behind Sir Owen Glenn's global business success and major philanthropic contributions.

1974. 1st edition. Biography of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Mayor of Auckland for some 25 years.

1988. 1st edition. Letters between Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry who met in 1912 and married in 1918.

1958. The autobiography of Alan Mulgan, writer and journalist (1881-1962).

1985. 1st edition. Biography of Johnnie Houlton fighter pilot.

1978. 1st edition. Biography of Sid Going, one of the great All Blacks of all time.

1927. 1st edition. Excerpts from the Saunders 'Family Memoirs' from the author of an early 'History of New Zealand.

1964. 1st edition. Biography of Thomas E Taylor (16 June 1862 – 27 July 1911), a Christchurch mayor and Member of Parliament.

Circa 1960. Memoirs of a Sid W. Scott, former general secretary of the New Zealand Communist Party.

2003. Covers the author's walking 1000 miles over the Southern Alps in New Zealand to help Cancer Research UK raise important funds.

2006. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of New Zealand businessman Roderick Deane.

1971. One of the truly original characters in New Zealand's public life.

1992. Autobiography of one of New Zealand's greatest storytellers.

1961. 1st edition. The influence of Sir Robert Stout on the development of New Zealand began in the pioneering days and lasted till modern times.

1937. 1st edition. Biography of Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell (1851-1936) was an eminent NZ statesman, Prime Minister and respected lawyer.

1961. 1st edition. The life of first Chief Justice of New Zealand.

1991. 1st edition. A great autobiography of the world's leading wicket keeper and a dashing batsman. SIGNED

1986. Memoirs of a Victorian traveller and botanical illustrator through Australia and New Zealand in 1880-81.

1979. A comprehensive gazette for prominent New Zealanders in 1979.

1995. Directory of many prominent New Zealander's in 1995.

1990. SIGNED. The history of the authors family on the northern shores of the Manukau Harbour. NZ history collectors book.

1966. 1st edition. A searching examination of the author's homeland, made after an absence of fifteen years.

2001. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of missionary Thomas Chapman (1792-1876) who came to New Zealand as a cathechist for the Church Missionary Society in 1830.

1980. 1st edition. Brings to life the times when radio was little more than a gimmick and television was far in the future.

1970. Through three decades Dr. Lynch was consultant pathologist to the New Zealand Police.

1987. 1st edition. Glenn Turner was one of NZ's greatest batsmen as well as an outstanding fieldsman and tactician.

1975. 1st edition. An English couples account of how they plan to retire to Banks Peninsular, their unique experiences handled with humour.

1973. 1st edition. Biography of the author's grandmother and her life that spanned the Victorian era in New Zealand.

1972. 1st edition. With the same kindly humour and sympathy as in her previous book recalling life as a teacher, this is her experiences as a postwoman in Wellington.

1983. 1st edition. The memoirs of Sir John Marshall, a New Zealand statesman who served his country in Parliament from election in 1946 to retirement in 1976.

1950. 1st edition. A biography of the leading force behind the settlement of Canterbury.

1999. The Reverend Glenys Lewis has been in the forefront of changes for women in the Anglican Church in New Zealand for the past 40 years.

2012. Biography of New Zealander, Keith Harper.

2000. Biography of Keith Quinn - SIGNED

1966. 1st edition. This is Kiri's story.

1963. 1st edition. A short pictorial record of AH Reed travel memoir around the top of the South Island of New Zealand. SIGNED.

1967. 1st edition. Sir Douglas Robb was one of New Zealand's most eminent medical men; this autobiography is the story of the development of modern medicine in this country.

1976. The opera singer bass baritone, the Maori wood sculptor,

1976. 1st edition. The opera singer bass baritone, the Maori wood sculptor.

1982. The opera singer bass baritone, the Maori wood sculptor,

1974. 1st edition. New Zealand Biography, an entertaining tale about growing up on a High Country farm near Invercargill.

1973. It has been claimed that Richard Pearse, a South Canterbury farmer, actually flew before the Wright Bros in the US.

2008. Biography of Peter Leitch, aka the mad Butcher.

2000. 57 people originally featured in the weekly column 'Grady's People' in the Nelson Mail and Marlborough Express.

1991. The Legend is the story of a man who epitomises New Zealand rugby - Alex Wyllie. AUTOGRAPHED.

1977. 1st edition. The story of a great New Zealand jockey, Grenville Hughes including several newspaper clippings.

1993. The man once described as New Zealand's 'senior enfant terrible' has written a candid, witty auto-biography.

1987. Includes: Fiona Kidman, Merata Mita, Helen Melrose, Wendy Pye, Helen Clark, Elspeth Kennedy, Anne Audain, Mira Szaszy, Miriam Saphira.

1966. 1st edition. Home is at the sharp end of the ridge which bends northward from Mt Atkinson.

1964. The author documents her life as high country wife, mother and partner to a hard working country Member of Parliament Allan Dick.

2000. Robert Muldoon was Prime Minister of New Zealand for eight and a half years (1975 - 1984).

1985. 1st edition. Autobiography of Cliff Lyle Bishop 1899-1993.

1968. Biography of Frank Glen.

2012. After the All Blacks crashed out of the 2007 World Cup, humiliatingly at the quarter-final stage, Graham Henry thought his time as an international rugby coach was up.

1977. 1st Edition. A biography of Charles Thatcher, the famous balladeer of the New Zealand goldfields.

2001. Biography of a Bully, drug dealer; drunk, All Black.

1961. 1st edition. It is unlikely that there will ever be an older man than Mr A H Reed walking the whole length of New Zealand + various newspaper cuttings.

1992. 1st edition. The biography of the late Padre Robson, representing a significant era in Church and Military history in New Zealand.

1963. 1st edition. Biography of Josiah Firth, one of NZ's prominent pioneer businessmen.

1957. 1st edition. With illustrations, pen and ink fine line drawings by author's daughters Nora & Sylvia Lovell.

1966. 1st edition. This is a sensitive account of Ngaio Marsh's childhood and adolescence in Christchurch and the establishment of her theatre and writing careers both there and in the United Kingdom.

1950. The life of Mrs Helen Wilson, OBE, wife of the MP C.K. Wilson and sister of Sir Hubert Ostler.

1993. Great book on one of New Zealand's greatest adventurers.

1990. 1st edition. Autobiography from New Zealand's great opening batsman, John Wright.

2004. The story of two men, both named Robert James Kerridge. The elder, Sir Robert Kerridge, rose from humble beginnings to become one of this country's richest men.

1965. 1st edition. Richard Bentley (1662-1742) was the Turbulent, despotic, brilliant and most legendary Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

2004. 1st edition. This study of Helen Connon's life sheds new light on her early life, her professional career and her marriage.

1995. Biography of J G Coates - War Hero, Politician, Statesman, Joseph Gordon Coates, Prime Minister of NZ, 1925-1928

2000. 1st edition. The inspirational story of Christchurch builder Chas S. Luney.

1984. Biographies of 50 women recipients of the Mediawomen's Awards.

2004. Biography of Christchurch businessman and National MP Philip Burdon.

2000. Memoirs from one of New Zealand's best-known women novelists.

2008. This memoir covers the first 25 years of Brian Edward's life in Northern Ireland during the 1940s and 1950s.

1984. Autobiography of a New Zealand Labour Party activist.

1950. SCARCE.

2009. Debut work, a memoir of eighty years spent in England and New Zealand and the search for the author's birth family.

2008. In the 1930s the New Zealander Jack Lovelock was one of the world’s best-known athletes.

1955. 1st edition. Rugby tactical analysis by an All Black great.

2018. David Harbourne first stumbled across Oamaru more or less by chance while on a short visit to New Zealand from his home in Yorkshire.

2000. A biography of New Zealand author Janet Frame (1924-2004).

2006. A rollercoaster ride through AJ's life and a motivational story about following your passion and creating the perfect life.

2007. Lorraine Moller is one of New Zealand's greatest women distance runners.

1992. Illustrated Biographies from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume One 1769 - 1869.

2003. Biography of a famous New Zealand music icon.

2015. A personal account of a New Zealand sporting icon who became a world superstar - the greatest fly-half in international rugby.

2015. Random Tales from the Right Wing Jane takes the mickey out of everything - and everyone! - rugby.

1909. (110 years old) A biography of a significant figure in the life of early Christchurch and Canterbury. Rare and collectable.

1999. New Zealand businessman Robert Laidlaw was sort of an early 20th century version of Jeff Bezos with the new concept of catalogues and mail order purchase.

1965. 1st edition. The story of New Zealand runner Peter Snell.

1974. Long regarded as our greatest rugby player. Nice sports collectors book.

2005. Signed by Author. New Zealander Doris Coppell exploration of English canals.

1973. The life and times of Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand's famous mountaineer. Collectable

1965. 1st Edition. Reed takes to the roads of the Nelson District. Collectable.

1997. Self published biography of Ernest Kennedy.

1993. Great book on one of New Zealand's greatest adventurers.

2019. 1st edition. Biography of Shirley Smith was one of the most remarkable New Zealanders of the 20th century.

2003. 1st edition. In his heyday, Pascoe (1908-1972) was known as Man of the Mountains, an accolade he earned for climbing virgin peaks and as the author of numerous books on early exploration.

2011. The memoir of the characterful restaurateur and national treasure Fleur Sullivan.

2015. NZ's first elected woman prime minister and ranked among the most powerful women in the world.

1948. 1st edition. Allan Smith's Journeys with missionary launch In Paraguay & Peru.

1989. 1st edition. Sir Hamish was son of philanthropist James Lawrence Hay, founder of the well-remembered 'Hay's The Friendly Store'.

1968. Autobiography of famous Maori guide in Rotorua guide who retired in 1965 after a career of forty-five years.

1986. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Colonel Frank Rennie, CBE, MC.

1966. 1st edition. T Peter Hammond chronicles life with his father with a sense of comedy unequalled by any New Zealand writer.

1968. 1st edition. Tom Seddon's autobiography, from his earliest childhood in Kumara on the West Coast of the 1890s to the present day.

1977. Scarce worldwide

1969. 1st edition. Biography of Montague Harry "Monte" Holcroft OBE was a New Zealand essayist and novelist.

1988. 1st edition. Autobiography of famous New Zealand cricketer Ewen Chatfield.

1985. 1st edition. SIGNED Autobiography of cricketer Jeremy Coney.

1989. 1st Edition. Autobiography of famous New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee.

1957. 1st edition. SIGNED. Short biography of John Mellor.

1979. 1st edition. Biography of Jean Begg CBE who was a New Zealand welfare worker, educator, and YWCA administrator.

1973. 1st edition. The continuing saga of Temple Sutherland's life in New Zealand.

1982. 1st edition. Biography of Dr Campbell McMeekan 1908-1972.

1977. 1st edition. Biography including family life, serving in the Dental Corps in WWII, & working on the Manapouri Power Project.

1981. SIGNED. A biographical novel by the member of Parliament Norm Jones written in a strong, earthy, witty style.

1972. 1st edition. Autobiography of World speedway champion Barry Briggs.

1973. 1st edition. The author's record of his ten years of experience as a chaplain at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand.

1979. 1st edition. Bernard Ferguson, Lord Ballantrae of Auchairne, was the Governor General of New Zealand from 1962 to 1967.

1995. 1st edition. Pioneer, man of property, and founder of a famous New Zealand boarding school, James Dilworth is unquestionably a nineteenth-century Auckland notable.

1960. 1st edition. Biography of Dr. Agnes Bennett, O.B.E. - who studied nuclear physics, then went on to do her life's work at the St Helens Hospitals in maternity.

1983. Biography account of Janet Frame's childhood and adolescence in a New Zealand family in the 1920s and 1930s.

1954. Details four major walks undertaken by the author around NZ and his observations and encounters with locals.

2013. Biography of New Zealand's most successful exporter and its head, Bill Gallagher.

2006. Margaret Mahy's extraordinary young-adult novels are examined by leading scholars in this collection of critical essays.

1990. 1st edition. Biography of All Black Joe Stanley.

2015. Biography of one of the most successful caddies of the modern era, Kiwi Steve Williams.

1956. 1st edition. Sports biography of Kiwi rugby legend.

2012. 1st edition. A celebration of 50 New Zealanders who are extraordinary in their own fields, both locally and internationally.

2008. 1st edition. SIGNED. Autobiographical follow up to Bullshit and Jellybeans gives Tim's story of his political and public life including as Mayor of Waitemata and Invercargill.

2010. Sir Terry McLean, New Zealand's best-known journalist and sports writer, packed a lot of living into his 90 years.

1992. 1st edition. A collection of thirty-six well-known New Zealand women reveal their own - or in the case of fiction, their characters' - experiences and feelings.

2014. 1st edition. A veteran reporter's life of recording NZ history, war, tragedy, sporting greatness.