Books - "autobiography"
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Bomber's Eye
Octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 265pp, illus (b&w plates), VG (moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, small closed tears & chips to edges, some repaired with archival tape, light rubbing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1959
KEYWORDS: radar bombing aviation military technology history second world war 2 ww2 Dudley Saward autobiography history
Rolling Stones in Their Own Words
Large 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: Omnibus Press 1980
KEYWORDS: autobiography Rolling Stones memoir music history rock and roll Mick Jagger
Around the World on a Whistle
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: Blackbird Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Ronnie Ronalde entertainment
Pavarotti: My World
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: Chatto and Windus 1995
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Luciano Pavarotti music entertainment opera singer theatre
Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied With String: My Autobiography
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: Century 1999
KEYWORDS: autobiography Michael Crawford entertainment music television comedy
Memory Slips: A Memoir of Music and Healing
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: HarperCollins 1997 (?)
KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography psychology music piano classical Linda Cutting
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
William Bligh of the Bounty in Fact and in Fable
Folding chart at rear, first edition, scarce in d/w, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 309pp, illus, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, folding chart is in excellent condition) in d/w, VG- (heavy soiling, creasing & small tears & chips to edges some repaired with tape inside, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate 1937
KEYWORDS: William Bligh Australia History autobiography Bounty Ship nautical exploration
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