Books - "autobiography"
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Single-Minded
Octavo softcover, in plastic wrap (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: Hodder and Stoughton 1989
KEYWORDS: music autobiography pop music memoir Cliff Richard entertainment
Howard: The Life and Times of Sir Howard Morrison
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: Moa Beckett 1992
KEYWORDS: entertainment music Howard Morrison New Zealand autobiography memoir
A Traveller's Life
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: Collins 1982
KEYWORDS: travel memoir autobiography Eric Newby exploration humour adventure
Adventures in Turkey & Russia
Colour folding maps at rear, first edition, Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 240pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards with light staining to upper rear board, light scuffing to board corners, light bruising to spine edges, moderate damp staining to edges of first few pages & eps, sporadic foxing to pages, moderate browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges, 2 small nicks to front board edges, previous owner's name in pencil to fep)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1924
KEYWORDS: E H Keeling history Prisoners prisons Turkish World War One autobiography Britian Russia
Living My Dream
Signed by author, Super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 270pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges, light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: GKR Karate Admin Services 2009
KEYWORDS: signed autobiography sports Robert Sullivan Martial artists Australia Karate history
Prison Scenes; and Narrative of Escape from France, During the Late War
Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 298pp, illus, VG- (front hinge delicate - sllightly cracked & front board shaky, binding cocked, moderate fading to spine, light bruising & slight fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light staining to boards, light soiling to eps, owner's name to f.e.p.,moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to plates, tissue guard opp p96 torn)
PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1838
KEYWORDS: France prison escape prisoner of war POW military history autobiography memoir
Kars and Our Captivity in Russia: Withe Letters from Gen. Sir W.F. Williams, Bart., of Kars, K.C.B.; Major Teesdale, C.B.; and The Late Captain Thompson, C.B.
First edition, Octavo, Red boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece, xv + 367pp + 4pp adverts, VG (bookshop label to fep, bounding label to lower rep, previous owner's name & date in ink to half title page, moderate soiling to boards, ligth rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1856
KEYWORDS: Russia Prisonsers history Blockades military Crimean War autobiography Atwell Lake
A Journal of a Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771
Super octavo, white & beige boards with gilt lettering to spine, 133pp, VG+ (very light soiling to boards) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing, 8cm closed tear to rear cover, 7cm tear with loss & 3cm tear with loss to bottom of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Endeavour Ship nautical Voyages travel Cook James autobiography history H M S Endeavour
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
Inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 330pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, ligth bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges, moderate browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Maston & Co. 1917
KEYWORDS: signed Henry C Mahoney Autobiography World War ONe WW1 Concentration camps Germany POW Prisoner of war history
Interned in Germany
Ownership dated 1920, First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with dark green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 278pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to spine, light rubbing to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to page edges, light browning to eps, previous owners name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Ruhleben Concentration camp history World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Germany POW autobiography
My Experiences as a German Prisoner
Very Scarce, Ownership date of 1915, octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board with gilt border to front board, VG (moderate browning to page edges, very light foxing to first few pages, light rubbing to boards, previous owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's label to bottom of fep)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1915?
KEYWORDS: World War One prisons Lorimer John Austin WW1 Prisoners of war POW military history autobiography
Comrades in Captivity: A Record of Life in Seven German Prison Camps
First edition, Super octavo, dark orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, front board with black ruling, frontispiece, xi + 319pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & light browning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to half title page, light browning to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1920
KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Germany Harvey Frederick Williams autobiography British POW prisoners of war military history
Outwitting the Hun: My Escape From a German Prison Camp
Scarce UK First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black motif to boards, xii + 266pp, 6pp adverts, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, two small patches of fading to boards, light foxing & moderate browning to page edges, light browning to eps, very light sporadic foxing thoughout)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1918
KEYWORDS: Autobiography World War One WW1 history military Germany Prisons prisoner of war POW
Flying Years
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, red motif to front board, green eps, frontispiece,top page edges coloured blue, xii + 315pp, illus, VG (ligth bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light fading to boards, light foxing & light browning to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling, light rubbing, light browning to spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)
PUBLISHER: John Hamilton (n/d)
KEYWORDS: C H Keith Great Britain Royal Air Force RAF aviation Aerial operations Airmen history autobiography
I Live Again: Travel, Secret Service and Soldiering in India and the Near East
Scarce in d/w, super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG (v slight soiling to boards, some rubbing to board edges & spine extrems, light bruising to upper spine extrem, v light foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, poor (several large chips & tears repaired with archival tape, light foxing, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: Arthur Rowan travel autobiography Egypt India Bulgaria prison escape drugs magic ritual
On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign
First edition, ex-library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & moderate rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, library label to fep & top of front board, light foxing to first few pages, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1917
KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Campaigns Iraq Al Kut History Siege British military history autobiography
The Mikado's Guests: A Story of Japanese Captivity
octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 171pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing to boards, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Patersons Printing Press (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Burma Siam Railroa World War Two WW2 autobiography Australian Prisoners of war POW military history
British Soldier in India; The Letters of Clive Branson
octavo illus light card covers, illus 119pp VG
PUBLISHER: communist party 1944
KEYWORDS: history letters military india autobiography clive branson british army
Chronicle of the Unsung
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: auckland university press 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand autobiography martin edmond
The Memoirs of Millicent Baxter
first edition octavo orange boards, illus, 144pp VG in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: cape catley 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography autobiography millecent james k baxter archibald