Books - "autobiography"
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A Life in the 20th Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950
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: Houghton Mifflin Company 2000
KEYWORDS: arthur schlesinger biography memoir autobiography historian the great depression second world war two wwii
A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman
COLONIAL EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 365pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & bruising to spine & board extrems with some sl surface loss, moderate discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some plates sl loosened)
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1899
KEYWORDS: Charles Neufeld India Indian colonies history autobiography memoir captivity prison colonial edition
Richie McCaw 148
Lg oblong quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 312pp, illus/photos, VG+, in d/w, VG (light marking)
PUBLISHER: Mower/Upstart Press 2016
KEYWORDS: sport rugby union Richie McCaw 148 all blacks autobiography memoir illustrated pictorial 7 New Zealand
Infantry Brigadier
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, scruffy/v delicate (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, some valiant attempts at archival tape repairs, moderate foxing & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger New Zealand ww2 second2nd world war 2 two 2 NZ Division
Secret and Personal
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ink markings to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tape repairs to top spine extrem- 2cm closed tear, price clipped, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1969
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir F W Winterbotham military history secret service intelligence air
Camille Pissarro: Letters to His Son Lucien
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 367pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership stamps in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1943
KEYWORDS: autobiography biography Camille Pissarro Lucien letters correspondance art history
My Mission to Russia and Other Diplomatic Memories
2 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, FRONTIS TO VOL 1 LOOSE, super octavo, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 253pp, vol 2- viii + 280pp + folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, usual library markings/stamps, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout with some pgs loose but attached, frontis to vol 1 completely loose)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1923
KEYWORDS: Sir George Buchanan Russia autobiography memoir politics
The Memoirs of Captain Liddell Hart (2 Vol Set)
2 VOLUME SET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, vol 1- 433pp, vol 2- 334pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, price clipped, moderate foxing & tanning, light fading to spine of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1965
KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography Liddell Hart military history ww1 first 1st world war
Masa Jepun: Sarawak Under the Japanese1941-1945
Quarto, illus glossy card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 254pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sarawak Literary Society n/d c.1998
KEYWORDS: Sarawak history military Japan Asia Malaysia autobiography memoir Bob Reece 2nd second world war two 2 ww2
Dennis 'Hurricane' David
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sm. numerals in ink to ffep) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2000
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Dennis Hurricane David raf British royal air force military aviation history
Two Shepherds Who Lost Their Sheep
A True Historical Story Surrounding the Importation of Four New Breeds of Exotic Sheep from Great Britain and Republic of Ireland to New Zealand 1972
Octavo softcover Nr. FINE; 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.
PUBLISHER: Montana Reflections 2007
KEYWORDS: sheep farming animal welfare new zealand history autobiography alan diack oldenburg german white headed mutton oxford down finnish landrace east frisian
People Who Lead to My Plays
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Knopf 1987
KEYWORDS: biography autobiography playwright adrienne kennedy cleveland
Edmund Wilson, the Man in Letters
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: Ohio University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Edmund Wilson correspondence letters autobiography literature
Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki
Super octavo, cream cloth boards with blue buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 347pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's v sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping ot edges, 1cm loss to lower spine extrem, light to moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press & University of Tokyo Press 1979
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arai Hakuseki Japanese literature philosophy Confucius
Just Who Does He Think He Is? A Theatrical Life
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006
KEYWORDS: george webby memoir autobiography biography nz actor theatre drama new zealand
Best Foot Forward: The Autobiography of Colin Hodgkinson
First Edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+, torn); 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: Odhams 1957
KEYWORDS: colin hodgkinson autobiography biography memoir pilot flying airplanes fleet air arm airforce
Adventures by Sea and Land
Imperial 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: Nelson Historical Society 1979
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir New Zealand Harry Louis Moffatt exploration travel Nelson regional history
Scrambles Amongst the Alps
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: John Murray 1948
KEYWORDS: British mountaineering exploration climbing mountain mountains Edward Whymper autobiography memoir pioneer
Treasured Islands: The Memoirs of Colleen Turbet Williams
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, 110pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & peeling to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Colleen Williams 2004
KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography Colleen Turbet Williams illustrated Fiji British colony colonies New Zealand
Kinross Writings
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 84pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Wickliffe New Zealand Ltd 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers autobiography Bessie Kinross settlers Central Otago memoirs