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$100.00
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Never Say Die


HAWKINS, COLONEL JACK

First edition, octavo, black buckram boards wit red lettering to spine, 196pp, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some fading to spine, some bruising & creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Dorrance & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: Colonel Jack Hawkins autobiography US Marine Corps military history

$40.00
xxeoc126786

The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and its Engineering Legacy


BREER, CARL & YANIK, ANTHONY J. (Ed)

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: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc 1994

KEYWORDS: engineering history Chrysler business economics autobiography Carl Breer Fred M Zeder Owen Skelton

$12.00
xxrnc126806

Because Each Life is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch


AL-REHAIEF, MOHAMMED ODEH & COPLON, JEFF

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: HarperCollins 2003 approx

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief military modern history Iraq US America Jessica Lynch

$10.00
xxrnc126819

Sorcerer's Apprentice


SHAH, TAHIR

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998

KEYWORDS: travel exploration religion spirituality India godmen autobiography Tahir Shah culture

$12.00
xxaqv126840

Pele: My Life and the Beautiful Game


PELE & FISH, ROBERT L.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: New English Library 1978

KEYWORDS: Pele memoir autobiography sport soccer football Brazil

$9.00
xxrnc126849

Humping My Bluey


MCINNES, GRAHAM & HUMPHRIES, BARRY (Intro)

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: The Hogarth Press 1986

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Graham McInnes Australia literature

$12.00
xxrnc126865

A Song to Sing and a Tale to Tell


BROWN, JEAN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Thule Press 1981

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Jean Brown Scotland Hebrides culture

$10.00
xxrnc126876

A Year of Space: A Chapter in Autobiography


LINKLATER, ERIC

Octavo hardcover (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: The Reprint Society 1954

KEYWORDS: travel exploration culture Korea pacific autobiography Eric Linklater

$12.00
xxrnc126879

A Gift From the Gallowgate: An Autobiography


DAVIDSON, DORIS

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: Birlinn 2008

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Doris Davidson Aberdeen Scotland literature author writer novelist

$195.00
2i34/5

Escape From France


CLAIRE

Very scarce in d/w, first edition, octavo, red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 117pp, VG (slightly cocked, sl scuffing to lower spine extrem & board edges, light crease to top rear board, light tanning to eps and all pages & edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy fraying & chipping to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling & tanning, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1941

KEYWORDS: first edition ww2 second world war autobiography memoir Claire France Germany military history

$100.00
2i34/6

Five Months on a German Raider: Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the Wolf


TRAYES, F. G.

First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 187pp + 4pp adverts, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners with sl surface loss, light tanning to page edges & eps, owner's ex-libris labels to pastedowns, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, bookseller's label to back pastedown, 3cm tear with loss to upper corners of pgs 83-86, 1cm closed tear to bottom pg 83/84)

PUBLISHER: Headley Bros 1919

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir F. G. Trayes ww1 first world war military history prisoner of war maritime nautical

$60.00
2i34/8

The Diary of Peter Bussell (1806-1814)


BUSSELL, PETER & TURNER, G. A. (Ed & Pref)

Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, plates, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning to page edges & page 232, light foxing to prelims, v light staining & rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1931

KEYWORDS: diary journal autobiography memoir Peter Bussell maritime navy British military history nautical

$8.50
xxrnd126908

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: Luo Ye Gui Gen: TheTrue Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter


YEN MAH, ADELINE

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: Penguin Books 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Adeline Yen Mah China culture families

$8.50
xxrnd126929

Boy


DAHL, ROALD

Paperback (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: Penguin Books 2011

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Roald Dahl childhood author literature

$10.00
xxrne126983

The Point of Departure


COOK, ROBIN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2003

KEYWORDS: British politics autobiography memoir Robin Cook foreign secretary

$14.00
xxrne126991

Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing up Scieszka


SCIESZKA, JON

Quarto 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: Viking 2008

KEYWORDS: chidlren's fiction autobiography Jon Scieszka memoir pictorial literature

$9.50
xxrnf127022

A Small Place in Italy


NEWBY, ERIC

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: Picador 1995

KEYWORDS: travel exploration Italy lifestyle memoir autobiography Eric Newby

$320.00
2i35/6

FOr You THe War is Over


BOWES, BILL & HORNER, GORDON (Illus)

Signed by author, small oblong quarto, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges & heavier to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (some fading, light bruising to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to front flap fold, some creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Privately Published 1948

KEYWORDS: Gordon Horner Bill Bowes autobiography POW prisoner of war Second WOrld War Two

$60.00
2i35/8

Captured at Kut: Prisoner of the Turks: The Great War Diaries of COlonel W C Spackman


SPACKMAN, TONY (Ed)

Super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 206pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2008

KEYWORDS: FIrst World War One WW1 Mesopotamia INdian INfantry battalion Colonel Bill SPackman autobiography POW prisoner of war

$47.50
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Forty Years in Constantinople: The Recollections of SIr Edwin Pears 1873-1915


PEARS, SIR EDWIN

Octavo, grey cloth boards with title lettering to spine, page edges stained black, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 390pp, illus, very tatty (heavy staining to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, lacks fep, owner's name & date in ink to half-titleage, moderately heavy foxing & some staining to feps, heavy tanning & staining to rear eps, occasional soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1916 (2nd edition)

KEYWORDS: Constantinople travel SIr Edwin Pears autobiography history

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