Cull Mervyn (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Worn. The pages are lightly browned and the cover has scuffed edges.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The author describes "the pleasure, fun, humour, kindness and poignancy" he found during his two-year stay in China. Signed. Inscription from author. 200 pages.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.…

softcover octavo (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 costs.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 202 pages. page edge foxed, nice clean copyFor most of his half-century in journalism Mervyn Cull worked in back offices of the New Zealand Herald, sub-editing, editing feature pages, writing editoria ls. But he loved challenges and, when opportunities arose for secondment to othe r duties requiring a senior journalist's touch, he grabbed them. He sent daily c olumns from Wellington, two series of articles from the Soviet Union, and numero us dispatches from Asian countries. His byline became well-known. Whether recall ing his experiences with the KGB or recounting the rescue of a waterlogged hawk with a broken leg, he writes with clarity, perceptiveness and wit, and his sense of fun is always close. During his career Mervyn Cull was invited by David Lang e, then Prime Minister, to become his chief press secretary. He wryly describes his brief tenure of the office as one of the less glorious episodes of my career but is grateful for it because it led indirectly to a contract in Beijing with the Chinese state news agency Xinhua and two of the happiest years of my life, d espite the interruption of the Tiananmen massacre.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 202 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned. For most of his half-century in journalism Mervyn Cull worked in back offices of the New Zealand Herald, sub-editing, editing feature pages, writing editorials. But he loved challenges and, when opportunities arose for secondment to other d uties requiring a senior journalist's touch, he grabbed them. He sent daily colu mns from Wellington, two series of articles from the Soviet Union, and numerous dispatches from Asian countries. His byline became well-known. Whether recalling his experiences with the KGB or recounting the rescue of a waterlogged hawk wit h a broken leg, he writes with clarity, perceptiveness and wit, and his sense of fun is always close. During his career Mervyn Cull was invited by David Lange, then Prime Minister, to become his chief press secretary. He wryly describes his brief tenure of the office as one of the less glorious episodes of my career bu t is grateful for it because it led indirectly to a contract in Beijing with the Chinese state news agency Xinhua and two of the happiest years of my life, desp ite the interruption of the Tiananmen massacre.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 200 pages. Text lightly tanned The author describes the pleasure, fun, humour, kindness and poignancy he foun d during his two-year stay in China.

octavo, illus light card covers, 200pp, VG (light wear and rubbing, v light soiling, tanning to pages).