KOURNAKOFF, SERGEI

Ex-library. Super octavo hardcover (G); 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: George G. Harrap & Co. 1936

KEYWORDS: military social history life lives biography autobiography memoir war wartime

CHURCHILL, WINSTON

First edition, second state (12 works by the same author listed, front board blank). Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; 392 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscr to fr pastedown & ffep; some tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1930

KEYWORDS: life lives biography autobiography memoir Winston Churchill social history 19th 20th century

OTTONE, LEONARD

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: Real Film and Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: crime addiction life lives biography autobiography memoir

ASKWITH, ROBIN

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, red heavy boards, unpaginated prelims + 261pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, jacket affixed to boards, light bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (jacket affixed to boards, moderate fading to spine, moderate wrinkling/creasing)

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 1999

KEYWORDS: first editions adult entertainers memoir autobiography Robin Askwith British confessions of a window cleaner actors soft porn

PASHA, Admiral HOBART

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & red flag illus to front board, deckled page edges, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 282pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, gift inscription to half title page, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1887

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir history historical Admiral Hobart Pasha

BERESFORD, ADMIRAL LORD CHARLES

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering and illus to spine and front boards, gilt border to front boards, teg, frontispieces with tissue guards, xxviii+577pp+31pp of ads to rear of vol 2, illus plates [not counted presumed all present], VG- ( heavy soiling/tanning to spines, 4cm crack to upper front hinge of vol 1, moderate fraying to spines, moderate soiling and scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to board extrems, moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to page edges, signature of previous owner on fep of vol 1, annotation throughout, light & moderate foxing throughout, minor crack to rear gutter of vol 1, minor creasing of gutter throughout).

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: Lord Charles Beresford military history navy war Britain UK England autobiography memoir

LIDDELL HART, B H

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in black; illus., maps; 327 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light to moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, esp & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; some foxing & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1928

KEYWORDS: First World War One I 1 life lives biography autobiography memoir history 20th century milirary

MOTE, FREDERICK W

Provenance of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, character to front board in blind; plates; xxxviii + 270 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: China Chinese 20th century intellectual history life lives memoir biography autobiography sinologists historiography

BELL, COLL

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Coll Bell 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa military history Coll Bell 20th twentieth century autobiography memoir

ROBERTSON, GEOFFREY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Knopf / Penguin Random House 2018

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Robertson autobiography memoir Australian law barristers

HUGHES, ANNETTE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2008

KEYWORDS: rural living Annette Hughes Australia countryside life autobiography

AHMED, QANTA A

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks 2008

KEYWORDS: women gender medical Saudi Arabia Middle East autobiography memoir Qanta A Ahmed

KIRKPATRICK, ANDY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, x + 223pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to wrappers & spine, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Earnshaw Books 2024

KEYWORDS: signed Andy Kirkpatrick autobiography memoir China

CLARK-HALL, R H & J L

SIGNED, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red & blue lettering to spine, xii + 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & wrapper edges, sl chafing to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Raven Press (Printer) 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Air Marshal Sir Robert Clark-Hall military history autobiography biography memoir RFC Royal Flying Corps aviation

THE PADRE

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black; frontis., plates; 284 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light to moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges; prev ownership inscr to ffep; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to fr, central & rear gutters; light pencil markings throughout); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1917

KEYWORDS: letters diary correspondence war wartime life lives biography autobiography memoir ww1 First World War I One 1

METCALFE, THOMAS WASHINGTON

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., 295 pp.; VG (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; fading to spine; spine sl cocked; moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; light cracking to central gutters; tearing to fore edge of pp. 250-60).

PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson and Watson 1936

KEYWORDS: life lives military history biography autobiography memoir first edition

GURDJIEFF, G

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis.; xii + 303 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping; heavy water damage).

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1963

KEYWORDS: Gurdjieff life lives memoir biography autobiography 20th century intellectual history first edition

MULGAN, JOHN & WHITEFORD, PETER (Selected & Ed)

Super octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xxv + 317pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & wrappers, light creasing & scuffing to wrapper edges- particularly to rear, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence John Mulgan autobiography New Zealand NZ Aotearoa

WEES, MARSHALL PAUL & THORNTON, FRANCIS BEAUCHESNE (Related to)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + [4] + 128pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate staining to boards, sl scuffing & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine & edges, minro creasing & heavy chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1950

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 wwii second 2nd world war two ii 2 Dr Marshall P Wees Pacific Ulithi autobiography biography memoir

BUTLER, BENJ. F

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spines, blind stamp flag illus & rule to front boards, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, 1154pp total, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor scuffing to gilt on page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Archive Society 1997 (Facsimile of 1892 edition)

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir facsimile reprints Benjamin F Butler history