NASMYTH, JAMES & SMILES, SAMUEL (ed.)

octavo hardcover, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative rule and motif stamped on front board, decorative rule tooling to read board, frontispiece, postcard stuck to front and rear pastedown, xviii + 456pp., VG- (heavy scuffing and brusing to board and spine extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate creasing to hinges, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate splitting to gutters, moderate tanning to page interiors)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1883

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir history engineering

BROWN, JAMES & TUCKER, BRUCE

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.

PUBLISHER: Fontana Paperbacks 1988

KEYWORDS: James Brown Bruce Tucker autobiography soul music musician rock

JOSEPH, MICHAEL

Oblong super octavo hardcover (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.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd. Publishers

KEYWORDS: Michael Joseph autobiography memoirs

COCHRAN, JACQUELINE & ODLUM, FLOYD

Octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., xv+274pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, light tanning and occassional foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's ink catalogue number to fep.) in d/w VG (light scuffing and chipping, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: aviation world air speed record records flight civil jacqueline cochran us american united states america usa memoir autobiography wasps women's air force service pilots

CALDWELL, DOUG & SHIELS, ROSA

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, blue lettering to covers and spine, 210pp., VG+ (moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Polytechnic 2010

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir jazz music nz new zealand aotearoa

PLATT, MAURICE

SIGNED, CORRESPONDANCE WITH CADILLAC HISTORIAN MAURICE HENDRY ENCLOSED. Octavo hardcover (G+) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne, 1980

KEYWORDS: automobile car history cadillac autobiography signed with corresponende between author and historian maurice hendry

PANKHURST, EMMELINE & CRAIGIE, JILL (intro)

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.

PUBLISHER: Virago 1979

KEYWORDS: autobiography Emmeline Pankhurst British politics woman womans rights vote voting photos black & white

FIELD-MARSHAL KESSELRING [ALBRECHT]; MACKSEY, KENNETH (intro.)

Octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 319pp, illus., VG (moderate tanning and light foxing to edges and within, light adhesion damage to illus.) in d/w VG+ (sl. fading to spine, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 1988

KEYWORDS: luftwaffe world war two second ww2 2 nazi germany field marshal field-marshal albrecht kesselring autobiography memoir translation

CAPOTE, TRUMAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 64pp., VG (moderate scuffing and bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate tanning and foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to page interiros) in d/w, VG (moderate curling and scuffing to edges, mild soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition memoir autobiography

CHESSMAN, CARYL

Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Longmans Green and Co. Ltd. 1956

KEYWORDS: Caryl Chessman criminology criminal autobiography death row

YOUNG, GEOFFREY WINTHROP

ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED BY MAVIS DAVIDSON, THE AUTHOR, AND HIS WIFE ELEANOR WHO OFTEN ACCOMPANIED HIM, super octavo hardcover, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 22 plates, xii + 352pp., VG- (heavy bruising to board and spine extrems, mild scuffing to board and spine extrems, moderate rubbing to boards and spine, heavy fading to gilt lettering, mild soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, mild foxing to page interiors, mild splitting to binding)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography exploration hiking mountaineering alps

BALDWIN, DAVE

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.

PUBLISHER: Random House 2016

KEYWORDS: memoirs autobiography travel adventure

COLES, INGRID

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.

PUBLISHER: Wild Side Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography ww2 wwii

COLLINS, JUDITH

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.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2020

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography politics nz new zealand aotearoa national party

DURANT, PHILIPPE

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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

PUBLISHER: Favre ND

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography french language

ORME, EVE

Small octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (TATTY); 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

PUBLISHER: Rich & Cowan (undated) Second Impression

KEYWORDS: autobiography Eve Orme travel adventure exhibtion Himalayas Ladakh photos black & white

SEDGWICK, STANLEY

OCCASIONAL PEN ANNOTATIONS, super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: autobiography Stanley Sedgwick President Bentley Drivers Club UK photos black & white

FOWLES, JOHN & RELF, JAN (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1998

KEYWORDS: John Fowles collated essays commentaries autobiography memoirs

VASCONCELOS, JOSE & CRAWFORD, W. REX (transl.)

FIRST EDITION THUS, tidy ex-library; octavo brown cloth boards, 288pp, VG- (usual stamps and markings, tape stains to eps., moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning and soiling within) NB this is an abridgement

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: mexican literature translation modern first editon mexico central america american latin autobiography jose vasconcelos literary

GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND; octavo blue faux leather boards, 384pp, VG (light tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's details in pen to title - tidy rebind)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1932

KEYWORDS: modern russian russia history revolution grand duke alexander autobiography memoir emigree rasputin tsarist imperial kerensky tsarkoe-selo aristocracy monarchy royalty