BALL, GORDON & MEKAS, JONAS (intro)

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PUBLISHER: Coffee House Press 1998

KEYWORDS: autobiography Gordon Ball art artist film maker writer photography teacher photos black & white

LESSING, DORIS

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PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1992

KEYWORDS: autobiography Doris Lessing Zimbabwe Africa

WIZENBERG, MOLLY

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PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster 2014

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Molly Wizenberg restaurant

WILKES, REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES & MORGAN, WILLIAM JAMES ET AL (Eds)

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PUBLISHER: Dept. of the Navy, Naval History Division 1978

KEYWORDS: US America military navy naval history autobiography Charles Wilkes illustrated

IHIMAERA, WITI

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PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed memoir autobiography illustrated

DE CHIRICO, GIORGIO & CROSLAND, MARGARET (Trans & Intro)

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PUBLISHER: Peter Owen 1971

KEYWORDS: art Italian painters Giorgio de Chirico memoir biography autobiography

ADAMS, JOHN & BUTTERFIELD, L. H. (Ed) & FABER, LEONARD C. & GARRETT, WENDELL D. (Asst Eds)

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PUBLISHER: Belknap Press/Harvard University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: John Adams autobiography memoir diary journal US history Massachusetts politics adams papers

VAUGHAN, ROD

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Rod Vaughan journalism journalist investigative investigation illustrated reporting

HILLARY, EDMUND

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PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: Autobiography memoir expeditions Hillary Everest 1951 1953 Nup La mountaineering

JAMET, FABIENNE & COLTMAN, DEREK (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1977

KEYWORDS: first edition literature bordello erotica Fabienne Jamet autobiography French France

MOSS, Sir STIRLING & TAYLOR, SIMON & HAMILTON, LEWIS (Fore)

Quarto, green heavy boards, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Evro 2015

KEYWORDS: motorsports motoring cars sport motor history automotive automobile illustrated autobiography memoir Stirling Moss racing

GRANATH, BO

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PUBLISHER: Bo Granath 2015

KEYWORDS: motor racing motorcycles bikes illustrated history culture Europe photos photography sports sport autobiography Bo Granath signed

EKEROLD, JON

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PUBLISHER: Text&Technik Verlag 2002

KEYWORDS: motorcycles signed limited numbered racing autobiography illustrated Jon Ekerold motor racing sport

NOYES, KENNY

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PUBLISHER: Trebolsports 2021

KEYWORDS: motorcycling motorcycles illustrated Kenny Noyes autobiography memoir motor sport

HAILWOOD, MIKE & HAILWOOD, PAULINE BARBARA (Fore) & REDMAN, JIM (Captions)

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PUBLISHER: Text & Technik Verlag 2008

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Mike Hailwood illustrated motorcycle racing motor bikes sport

BALLINGTON, KORK

Oblong imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 250pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Redline Books 2007

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Kork Ballington illustrated motorcycle road racing motor sport

BELL, DEREK & HESELTINE, RICHARD

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, 276pp, illus, FINE (still in plastic wrap), in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Porter Press 2018

KEYWORDS: porsche racing car motor sport illustrated Derek Bell autobiography

WALKER, MICK & MINTER, DEREK (Fore)

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PUBLISHER: Redline Books 2012

KEYWORDS: motorcycle racing motor sport autobiography memoir Mick Walker illustrated

WILLIAMS, JONATHAN

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PUBLISHER: Autosports Marketing Assoc. 2014

KEYWORDS: sport motorsport car racing autobiography memoir Jonathan Williams illustrated grand prix formula 1 one

FAHEY, PAUL & RICHARDS, JIM (Fore)

Oblong imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus prelims, 179pp + appendices, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Imagination Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport sport car racing autobiography memoir Paul Fahey illustrated photos