Moore Eisdell (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no markings, 231pp, B&W portrait frontis. Good uncipped DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1965. Reprinted. 231 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Minor sunning to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Worn. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn. Reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A near fine copy with just a gift inscription in front. The dust jacket is bright, tiny tears to the corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint . The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing and browning along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with light scuffing. The binding is secure. Marks on the paste downs. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. Protected in cellophane. r*25/02/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

Paperback (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.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Memories of a New Zealand surgeon. Owner's Name inside. "perfect" binding starting to loosen.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 231 pages. Cover worn.

1st edn signed by author (Moore) and huntsman (Coles) on front endpapers. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (scuffed at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiii + 213, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w photos (no other inscriptions).

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine, vignette on front board, colour frontis, b&w illstns. SIGNED BY EISDELL MOORE & BINGLEY ON THE HALF-TITLE. Fine but for light toning on the half-title where a newspaper cutting was held. Intact bright dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Near Fine condition SO OLD SO QUICK is the story of a remarkable life, told with charm, honesty and insight. It is a book about children, war, Pakeha, Maori, medicine, murder, hunting and horses by someone who first wanted to write and draw but was convinced to become a surgeon. Born in 1918, son of Alice and surgeon Arthur Eisdell Moore, Patrick Eisdell Moore grew up in Auckland, attended Auckland Grammar School and graduated in medicine from Otago University in 1941. He served in World War II as medical officer with the 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, the only Pakeha in the Maori Battalion. After the war, Sir Patrick travelled to England to obtain the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons and gain practical experience in ENT surgery. He then returned to New Zealand and practised in Auckland until his retirement, pioneering community health initiatives, treatment of the deaf, cochlear implants and the establishment of Auckland's Hearing House. Published in the author's 97th year. A Rampart Publishing title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Very Good condition. Clean pages and tight binding. Inscription on fly. Slightly cocked. Clean boards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Operation Lifetime: The Memoirs of a New Zealand Surgeon by A. Eisdell Moore. Publisher: Collins, Auckland, 1964. Very good hardback with fair jacket. Some rubbing and bumping to boards. Light foxing , no inscriptions. Price-clipped jacket is rubbed, chipped and marked, abrasion to front where sticker removed.

Inscribed & signed by author, super octavo, black boards with silver lettering to spine, 413pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to board lower edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. pp213, nice copy in dustjacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Great Run. One Hundred Years With the Pakuranga Hounds 1872-1972 a History in Two Parts Part I the Story of the Run, Part II Facts Figures and Fancies. Author is Bingley D.A. Eisdell Moore P.W. Hardback, very good condition, rubbed edges, minor abrasion to first end paper, minor tanning, and marks mainly to end papers. Dust jacket minor shelf wear Publisher: Auckland: Tonson Publishing House, 1972. Describes the story of the run while part 2 by Captain Bingley is entitled Facts, Figures and Fancies. A fascinating history of riding to hounds of interest to all in the sport. Illustrated with black and white photographs.