M h holcroft (75 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1968. Revised Edition. 139 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour and black and white photographs throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 8vo. Revised edition. Dedication to front pastedown. Dw has creasing to edges and some small tears. Book.

Zustand: Good. 1968. First Edition. 62 pages. Green dust jacket over green paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild tanning to spine. Sticker remnants to front panel. Light rubbing and marking all over.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Spine cracking. 206 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A Sea of Words is the second of the two volumes of autobiography of M. H. Holcroft, and the sequel to The Way of the Writer. These books give unparalled insights into New Zealand society, particularly the writing scene. As the longest serving editor of The Listener, he fostered writers and poets and presented them to a wide readership, thus helping to create a climate in which literature could develop. Here are many of the great names in New Zealand writing, people presented in the round as Holcroft knew them. Tanned. 221 pages.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ. DJ sunned. 136 pages.

Zustand: Good. 1968. 139 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water marks to edges and corners. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 206 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Includes approximately 30*b/w sketches of Auckland. 62pp. DJ has a 4cm closed tear to head of spine, a 1cm closed tear to upper front DJ edge and rubbing to edges. White, Unk (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 64pp, black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Patterned cloth-covered boards; white titles on spine; illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends with cloth starting to wear. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has some shelf wear and minor loss, small closed tears, chipping to edges, price clipped. White, Unk (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Pictorial endpapers. Small gift inscription in front, faint foxing in edges. Dust jacket is unclipped, light edge wear, rubbed at spine ends and corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Over 80 colour illstns by best know New Zealand artists. Very tidy, faint toning in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is intact, part faded at the spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. A good copy in a rather tatty jacket. . Contents; The land divided. Rivers to Cross. Tracks into roads. The iron pony. Connected by Marriage. A farmers life. Obedient servants. A bad night at Himatangi. The little towns. Advancing wheels. The Foxton endowment. A sense of direction.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. A hint of foxing and a little light edge wear to the jacket. A selection of eighty editorials examining New Zealand society and international affairs during the 1950s. The pieces range from serious questions such as capital punishment, the Suez crisis, politics and social change to lighter observations on everyday life, revealing a period when New Zealand was beginning to reassess its identity and place in the world. Thoughtful, independent and sometimes gently satirical, the essays place contemporary events in a wider cultural and historical context while encouraging readers to question conventional attitudes and reflect on the character of New Zealand society.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Illstd with b&w photos. Very tidy. Dust jacket is bright, one tiny edge tear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Illstd with b&w photos. Very tidy, just an ownership name in front. Dust jacket has minor edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very clean copy of the autobiography of NZ writer M H Holcroft.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small amounts of foxing to the closed page edges and two tiny closed tears to the jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Contents; The land divided. Rivers to Cross. Tracks into roads. The iron pony. Connected by Marriage. A farmers life. Obedient servants. A bad night at Himatangi. The little towns. Advancing wheels. The Foxton endowment. A sense of direction. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small pen name and signed by the author. Just light shelf wear to the jacket and one repaired closed tear. Contents; The land divided. Rivers to Cross. Tracks into roads. The iron pony. Connected by Marriage. A farmers life. Obedient servants. A bad night at Himatangi. The little towns. Advancing wheels. The Foxton endowment. A sense of direction.…

Zustand: Good. 1952. First Edition. 121 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with black lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Moderate sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Notable tanning, staining and soiling to DJ.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ; Large. DJ has small tears top edge. 159 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 208 pages. dj worn.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 159 pages. d/j has archive tape repairs to head of spineBook by Holcroft, Montague Harry.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Some chips to the jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. DJ. DJ as little worn top edge. 62 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 206 pages. tidy ex library.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 209 pages. Dj wornI did not want to be editor of the Listener. says the author. This was his re action when, in 1948, he was offered the editorship. Reluctance overcome, Mr Hol croft came north to Wellington from the editorial chair of the Southland Times, retiring in 1967 after eighteen years of Listener service. They earned him an en during reputation for adventurous and discriminating literary leadership; a devo ted audience for his own editorial essays; a name for a firm no-compromise polic y against outside interference with the paper; and a host of living friendships with the New Zealand writers, critics, and artists of the 1950s and 1960s. .-- Jacket.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 109 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 221 pages. tidy copyAutobiography of a New Zealand conscientious objector during World War I.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 56 pages. series -'NZ writers & their work' -tidy copy.