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

GRIMBLE, ARTHUR

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: John Murray 1953

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir travel exploration Arthur Grimble

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

LOWNDES, CRAIG & FOGARTY, MARK

SIGNED BY CRAIG LOWNDES, super octavo, illus light card covers, 248pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: ABC Books/HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: Australia motorsport racing Craig Lowndes autobiography memoir cars signed

ANONYMOUS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, black/red lettering to spine & front board, illus half title page, 255pp, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate discolouration & split to binding at spine, light bruising & soiling to board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature first edition poverty autobiography memoir

WATSON, WILLIAM

super octavo with red, illus. cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine, with black line illus on spine & fr. cover; frontis; viii+324+3ads pp, five illus. plates, VG- (nice for its age; cover has mod. rubbing, chipping & sl. soiling; spine faded to brown/red with small surface loss to top edge & 2cm closed tear; gutters torn; page edges, plates, prelims & eps sl. browned/foxed; sl. cocked; deckled edges)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1892

KEYWORDS: autobiography America confederates union gunboats sharpers log books adventure sailing seafaring 1860s