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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MAILLART, ELLA K. & RODKER, JOHN (Trans)

FIrst edition, octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 307pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, some soiling to board edges, light tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1934

KEYWORDS: Ella K Maillert autobiography memoir travel Turkestan

CHALMERS, JAMES

Octavo, teal buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, black tree-hut illus to front board, frontispiece with tissueguard, iv + 312pp, illus, VG- (heavy foxing & browning, front hinge loosening, inscription in ink to fep, heavy browning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: The REligious Tract Society (n/d) but pre-1911)

KEYWORDS: New Guinea history anthropology James Chalmers travel autobiography

HAMILTON, A. M.

Lacks d/w, Octavo, cream cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, 331pp, illus plus folding maps at rear, VG (some browning to page, some staining & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1937 (1st ed 2nd impression)

KEYWORDS: AM Hamilton travel memoir autobiography Iraq Kurdistan

SUMMERS, JOHN

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: Pisces Print 1991

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir John Summers literature books New Zealand

PARKS, TIM

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: Minerva/Mandarin 1996

KEYWORDS: travel Italy autobiography memoir Tim Parks

HARING, BERNARD

Super octavo hardcover, in clear contact (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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968

KEYWORDS: theology religion Vatican Catholic church catholicism autobiography memoir Bernard Haring

CLEESE, JOHN

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: Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir John Cleese entertainment humour comedy Monty Python Fawlty Towers

DOG, MARY CROW & ERDOES, RICHARD

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: HarperPerennial 1991

KEYWORDS: autobiography Mary Crow Dog native American woman women studies

FORSTER, MARGARET

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: Viking/Penguin 1995

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography Margaret Forster women's studies culture British