GOUGH, SIR HUBERT & BRYANT, ARTHUR (intro)

first edition; super octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; blind decoration on cover; illus/maps on eps; 260pp; illus; VG (sl. browning to eps & page edges; mod. rubbing to covers, with mod. surface loss; sl. bruising & very sl. fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; covers have lost some colour; gutters a little shaky; newspaper clipping stuck to prelim with sellotape),

PUBLISHER: Arthur Baker 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Ladysmith Curragh Mutiny Operation Michael offensive World War I Boer history

BRERETON, MAJOR C. B., GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed), MILLWARD, PETER (Intro), PUGSLEY, DR. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red heavy card board, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson ww1 first world war illustrated military history autobiography memoir

ADAMS, CINDY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 324pp, illus, VG (moderate staining & light creasing/scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to eps, crack to full length of gutter to pg 157) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with heavy archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to covers & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Gunung Agung 1966

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir President Sukarno communism Asia politics

BOWIE, ANGIE & SHORT, DON (Ed)

Paperback, black lettering to spine, viii + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & tanning to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mushroom Publishing 1981

KEYWORDS: Angie Bowie autobiography memoir music entertainment

DAVIDSON, SARA

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1978

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography sixties America California

HATHAWAY, SIBYL

FIRST EDITION THUS, SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board edges, moderate denting to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate discolouration to spine & edges, light tanning to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition thus autobiography memoir Sibyl Hathaway Channel Islands Sark

DOMVILLE-FIFE, CHARLES W.

five volume set, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & illustrations to spine & cover; xvi+264/xi+256/xi+276/x+246/xi+245pp; illus, well read so a little scruffy but complete (mod. rubbing & scuffing to boards, with some surface loss; mod. foxing to page edges & eps; spines sl. shaky; vol 3: fr. gutter detached; vols 3 & 4 have name of previous ower, in ink, on feps; all are a little cocked)

PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co.

KEYWORDS: autobiography world travels history culture

WIESE, ERNEST

octavo with tan cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 191pp, illus, VG+ (very sl. browning to eps & page edges) in d/w VG (sl. browning to interior, sl. bruising to edges, sl. rubbing to surface & bruising to edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography travel Arabia oil King Faisal Mukalla Baihan oil Kuwait Beirut Red Sea

JACOBS, HARRIET A. & CHILD, L. MARIA (Ed) & YELLIN, JEAN FAGAN (Ed & Intro)

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: Harvard University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Harriet A Jacobs autobiography memoir slavery US America

MILLAR, DAVID & WHITTLE, JEREMY

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: Orion 2011

KEYWORDS: David Millar autobiography memoir cycling sport

HAMMOND, RICHARD

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2009

KEYWORDS: Richard Hammond autobiography memoir Top Gear cars

MABBETT, H.

octavo, textured green leather boards with gilt lettering on spine, 171pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to top page edges) in d/w VG (light foxing and soiling to covers, spine tanned, sl. chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history autobiography journey New Zealand townships farming industry travel society culture

FORCE, JOHN & WALDRON, STEVE (Ed)

Oblong octavo, spiral bound, black illus card covers, illus eps, 78pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: National Hot Rod Assoc. 1995

KEYWORDS: John Force illustrated hot rod car motor sport autobiography memoir racing

BOWIE, DAVID & ROCK, MICK (Photos)

Quarto, purple heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 320pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, light label residue to top corner)

PUBLISHER: doppelganger 2005

KEYWORDS: David Bowie Ziggy Stardust illustrated music entertainment autobiography memoir rock

WOHLERS, J. F. H. & HOUGHTON, JOHN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, page edges stained red, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 216pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & board corners with some surface loss, sl water damage to buckram of front board, moderate fading to staining on page edges, moderate chafing to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing & soiling to pages sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Company 1895

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand autobiography memoir J. F. H. Wohlers Ruapuke history religion Christianity

CHURCHILL, CLIVE

paperback, green illus. covers with yellow writing on spine; photos. on eps & rear cover, illus, VG (covers sl. rubbed & faded, sl. browning to pages, first page has 4x1cm & 1x1cm closed tears, 4x2cm adhesive tape residue on bottom of fr. cover)

PUBLISHER: Percival 1962

KEYWORDS: autobiography sport Australia rugby league football Australian

BANKS, SIR JOSEPH & CHAMBERS, NEIL (edit)

imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, illus prelims, xliii+419pp, illus, VG+ (very sl. bruising to spine extrems, superficial scratch along both covers, ink inscription and prev owners signature to pastedown and fep) in d/w, VG+ (sl. rubbing, with sl. bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Imperial College Press 2000

KEYWORDS: autobiography Banks history New Zealand letters correspondence culture

PEARY, ROBERT E. & ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (Intro)

Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & cream bear motif to spine, cream lettering & author's portrait motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 326pp, large folding map before index at rear, illus, VG- (2cm closed chip to head of spine, heavy scuffing to base of boards, moderate soiling to edge of rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, heavy cracks to full length of rear gutter & full title page, light sporadic foxing & staining to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1910

KEYWORDS: North Pole exploration illustrated travel arctic autobiography memoir Robert E Peary

BALLARD, ROBERT D.

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1995

KEYWORDS: Autobiography Ballard Robert exploration diving oceanography shipwreck

GORDON, BRIG.-GEN. J. M.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1921

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir J M Gordon military history illustrated