New Zealand - Biographies

1991. New Zealand regional biography and history.

2002. SIGNED. Biography of Chris Long who grew up in the remote West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountain.

2012. Biography of New Zealand's most awarded wine-industry leader.

2003. 1st edition. This book follows Ian Bradley's career from Cadet Midshipman to his final disgrace, his battle to clear his name, and his subsequent career in politics and industry.

1961. 1st edition. The Shepherd's Calendar' has been a regular page in the New Zealand 'Listener' for many years.

1927. 1st edition. A New Zealander’s impression of his visit to England in 1926.

1986. 1st edition. A selection of verses, limericks, sketches and articles by Bryce Hart together with reminiscences by his contemporaries.

1975. 1st edition. Biography.

1968. 1st edition. Past President of Rotary International tells his life-story from early days as a boy in the far, far North of New Zealand to the present.

1985. 1st edition. The third book of Janet Frame's three-volume autobiography, described by Michael Holroyd as 'One of the greatest autobiographies written this century'.

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

2013. A stunning, fully illustrated guide to the country and times that shaped our greatest short story writer.

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.

2008. 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.

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

1974. 1st edition. The kingdom was two historic Canterbury sheep runs, Grasmere Station and the adjoining Cora Lynn, over 60,000 acres of high country in the Waimakariri basin.

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

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

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

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

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

1968. 1st edition. Growl You May But Go You Must is an (unofficial) motto of the medical and nursing professions - a motto of service before Self.

1986. 1st edition. A biography on Professor Blaiklock, OBE, was a classical scholar and author of world renown, and an active and gracious propagandist for the Christian faith.

1984. 1st edition. This is the second volume in Janet Frame's autobiography.

1981. 1st edition. The third and final episode in the autobiography of one of New Zealand's most treasured and respected writers and scholars, Professor E.M. Blaiklock.

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

1968. Biography of one of New Zealand's pioneering aviators.

2010. Anecdotes from the life of Jack Baker.

1978. 1st edition. Profile of a remarkable New Zealander and a serious attempt to answer what makes the man and politician tick.

1968. 1st edition. The autobiography of Sir Gordon Bell, the doyen of New Zealand surgery.

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

1965. 1st edition. SIGNED. 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.

1962. 1st edition. An autobiography by Denis Glover, one of New Zealand's leading poets.

1971. Who's Who In New Zealand was founded in 1908 and is the only complete and authoritative work of contemporary biography of prominent people in New Zealand.

1966. 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.

1883. A fascinating account of the time Lady Mary Anne Barker lived on a sheep station on the south island of New Zealand.

1966. 1st edition. Home is at the sharp end of the ridge which bends northward from Mt Atkinson, part of the last splaying of the Waitakere Range, which makes jointed fingers all along the north coast

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

1974. 1st edition. Biography of Frances Preston, one of New Zealand earliest women doctors, graduating from the Otago Medical School, Dunedin in 1922.

1978. 1st edition. Arthur Moody was one of the first doctor-surgeons trained in New Zealand.

1970. 1st edition. Gordon McShean at age twenty-nine learned of the advances in heart-repair medicine, and that operations were being conducted with great success in New Zealand.

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.

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

1984. Biography of Shelia Horton. SIGNED.

1977. 1st edition. Biography of Mabel Howard who was a politician and household name in New Zealand.

1981. Biography of Peter Wilson, who in 1841 he and his wife and one child arrived in New Zealand from Great Britain.

1964. 1st edition. The dramatic, often amusing story of Sir Edmund Hillary's return to the Himalayas in March 1963, to fulfill a promise.

2014. Signed by the author. An account of the author's life centred mainly around the Pukekohe area.

1997. Signed by author. Best-selling author Richard Prebble is back with a hard-hitting, insightful and highly amusing account of the first year of the new Parliament.

2007. Tim Wallis's life story is told by the author.

1960s. The story of a Country Doctor's wife and her travels in New Zealand and other countries.

1950. A fascinating account of the time Lady Mary Anne Barker lived on a sheep station on the south island of New Zealand.

1944. 1st edition. A memoir of Lieutenant Sergeant. Percy L. Titchener, collated from close friends, and letters written while he was at war.

2015. 1st edition. Biography of yachting commentator Peter Montgomery.

1984. 1st edition. SIGNED. Autobiography of Lance Cairns who was once of the most famous members of the New Zealand cricket team during the 1980s.

2010. Signed by both Meads and Quinn. Sir Colin Meads continues to be a fascination for the New Zealand sports public.

1998. 1st edition. The autobiography of New Zealand TV and film actress Dame Patricia Evison.

1984. 1st edition. A biography of New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange.

1982. 1st edition. Biography of Samuel Ironside who left England to seek missionary work in the South Seas and arrived at Hokianga, New Zealand, in 1839.

1952. Written in the mid-19th century, this book provides valuable insight into the exploration of the New Zealand wilderness during the colonial period.

1969. One in the New Zealand Profiles series, based on New Zealanders who have contributed to the growth of their country.

1964. 1st edition. A biography of the runner who won a Gold Medal for New Zealand in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

1983. 1st edition. The autobiography of Temple Sutherland, who moved from Britain to New Zealand where he became a farmer and novelist.

1980. 1st edition. The author's experiences on Grasmere Station from World War II until his retirement in 1970, incorporating his work as leader of the High Country Committee.

1985. Peter Mahon Q.C. a name known in every home in New Zealand as the result of his findings on the Mt Erebus air disaster.

1951. An autobiography/memoirs of Oscar Thorwald Johann Alpers.

1966. A self published autobiography by Joseph Melling.

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

2009. This is the true story of Ben and Mark Smith, aged eight and six, who live with their parents on Mount White Station, near Arthurs Pass.

1997. The autobiography of one of New Zealand's preeminent journalists.

1981. Attempts to unravel the tragic aspect of the life and death of William Larnach, builder of New Zealand's famous Larnach Castle overlooking the Otago Harbour, and Chief Colonial Manager of the Ba

2003. 1st edition. One hundred years ago, Havelock Williams bought an Underwood Studio Camera and set himself up as a professional photographer.

1974. 1st edition. Signed by author. A dive into the Turakina River near Wanganui changed Chris Lethbridge's life forever, when he hit a sandbank and broke his neck.

1983. 1st edition. Signed by author. This is the illustrated biography of Francis Aloysius Weld (1823-1891), a colonial adventurer, pastoralist and politician who was New Zealand prime minister in 186

1998. 1st edition. Signed by author. The story of Bob Sell and his restaurant empire, culminating with his work on Expo '88.

1979. 1st edition. An absorbing account of twenty-three New Zealand women who have won fame in public life or outstanding achievement in private endeavour - most of them household names, all of them a

1964. 1st edition. A story of pioneering in the lonely Mackenzie country.

1969. 1st edition. A tribute to Sir Ernest Marsden from his friends and colleagues on his 80th birthday.

Undated circa 1965. 1st edition. The story of a long and adventurous life of R. Campbell Begg who was born in 1886 in Dunedin and died in 1971 at Johannesburg.

1979. 1st edition. The blind Invercargill journalist and broadcaster tells his life story and introduces us to the hobby of DX radio listening.

2006. 1st edition. The authors memoirs, including the disappearance of her husband Pat.

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.

1995. This book tells the story of a conservative viewpoint from the point of view of Patricia Bartlett and her associates.

1950. 1st edition. The full story of the tramping expedition made by Mr Reed and his nephew from Manapouri to the head of Dusky Sound, the subsequent launch journey from Dusky to Milford, and the comp

1986. 1st edition. The autobiography of New Zealand All Black, Murray Mexted.

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.

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.

1929. 1st edition. A book about life and travel in New Zealand by the author.

1953. Angus of Windylea is the star of this book, a black Cocker Spaniel. He came into the lives of Temple Sutherland and his wife Sam when they lived in the Buller area during the 1930s.

1959. The account of a journey which Temple Sutherland and his wife made through New Zealand with car and caravan.

1962. Vintage chronicle of the Maori in text and monochrome images, illustrating the life of a large Maori family in the city.

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

1974. Sir Colin Earl Meads, KNZM, MBE (born 1936), is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer.

2007. The history of New Zealand motor racing legend Denny Hulme.

2005. The history of New Zealand motor racing legend Bruce McLaren.

1981. 1st edition. Signed by Bryan Williams. This is the story of one of the most exciting footballers in the history of the game of rugby, Bryan Williams.

1963. 1st edition. Biography of New Zealand lighthouse keeper Tom Clarke.

1990. Amateur publication being a collection of recollections from Jim Eder who had a column in the North Canterbury Newspaper.

2000. 1st edition. Helga Tiscenko was born in Germany in 1929, the elder daughter of a warm, close-knit, middle-class family.

1984. Signed by author and limited to 200 copies. The memoirs of A. L. Austin 1928 to 1953.

1963. 1st edition. This is the story of a remarkable woman and of her life-long campaign for better homes.

1981. 1st edition. Signed by author. A delightful portraiture of a Methodist Minister's family in New Zealand.

2001. 1st edition. Signed by author. An autobiography of the author, with opinions on the current social events of the time.

1974. 1st edition. William Thomas must be the most colourful figure in any New Zealand school assembly of remarkable headmasters produced between the two world wars.

1980. 1st edition. After losing one boat in the West Indies, Johnny Clougher returned to New Zealand on Christmas Eve, 1968, with no assets, trade skills or even any knowledge of boatbuilding.

1976. 1st edition. Soldier is the story of one man's war, of a New Zealand private who won the DCM for gallantry in action and later, when his nerves had become shell-shocked, had his arm shattered by

1953. The memoirs of the New Zealand author's escape in 1944 from a Japanese P.O.W. Camp after nearly three years of captivity.

1990. 1st edition. AWOL is the remarkable, true story of a young couple's marriage strained by separation and the harsh experience of Army and prison life.

1964. 1st edition. An author and surgeon who has described his experiences in widely different countries.

1933. 1st edition. A biography on Katherine Mansfield by a close friend, with her husband and critic, John Middleton Murry.

1958. 1st edition. This book contains full text of Sir Joseph Bank's journal for the period during which the Endeavour was in New Zealand waters, together with his account of New Zealand.

1956. An unexpected and interesting view of life on New Zealand farms is given in 'Rouseabout Jane', which relates the experiences of an English girl who worked as a landgirl during the war years.

1973. 1st edition. A reflective journey through the countryside of the author's childhood.

1963. 1st edition. Signed by author. Edith Rudd (nee Lewis) served in World War 1 and World War 2 and was matron of Wairau Hospital for 20 years between the wars.

1963. 1st edition. The story, told by his daughter, of Arthur George Harvey, an able and passionately dedicated doctor and a brave, wise, humorous, engagingly eccentric man.

1961. 1st edition. This is the story of Grace Neill, told by her son.

1964. 1st edition. The biography of pioneer New Zealand surgeon Sir Harold Gillies, who was the founder of modern plastic surgery.

1935. 1st edition. An autobiography by journalist Pat Lawlor, with character portraits of leading Australian and New Zealand writers the author has met.

1972. A fictional story loosely based on the life of Captain Bollons, the captain of the ships Tutanekai and Hinemoa in the 1920s.

1998. 1st edition. Biography of James Brendan Bolger.

1969. 1st edition. A new and entertaining look at New Zealand political life, from the wife of an M.P.

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

1978. 1st edition. From the day when he had his first flight in the mid 1950's in an Auster aeroplane, spraying noxious weeds on a back-country New Zealand farm, Roger Crow was determined to be an agr

2003. 1st edition. The first about all of New Zealand’s 37 premiers and prime ministers with cartoon drawings.

1975. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer.

1959. 1st edition. Biography of the great NZ naturalist, author of Tutira and other books; a man of great insight and a pioneer conservationist.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.