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$985.00
1y75/36

Life and Reminiscences of a Nineteenth Century Gladiator


SULLIVAN, JOHN L. & SARGENT, DR. DUDLEY A.

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BOARDS (spine rebacked, with modern (rather unsightly) label attached); small octavo illus. (boxer squaring up) yellow heavy card boards with adverts. to rear (Van Houten's Chocolate), adverts. to pastedowns, ix+294pp+adverts. to front and rear, illus., VG- (rebacking as above; cocked; heavy scuffing & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling, prev. owner's stamp to fep. rear endpapers and elsewhere within (excessively fond of this stamp, they were), front and rear hinges tape reinforced, heavy to moderate soiling within, light tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge and Sons 1892

KEYWORDS: boxing sports sporting scarce rare original boards pugilist pugilism martial arts nineteenth 19th c century fighting john l sullivan boxer biography autobiography

$25.00
xxzfd161994

My Lives


WHITE, EDMUND

FIRST EDITION. super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Bloomsbury 2005

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir edmund white modern first edition

$175.00
1y76/45

Lady Sings the Blues


HOLIDAY, BILLIE & DUFTY, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, black and silver lettering to spine, illus., 250pp, VG- (scruffy: heavy scuffing to boards with moderate fraying to top of spine, moderate soiling to boards; moderate tanning to edges, light tanning within; main detraction: pages 99-102 have closed tears with prev. owner's tape repairs, unsightly, leaving tape stains to adjacent pages also) in d/w G+ (substantially complete, back section split from front; heavy scuffing creasing and rubbing; moderately large sections missing to top and bottom of spine, with small triangular sections missing from corner of front, which is, otherwise, substantially complete)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company, 1956

KEYWORDS: lady day billie holiday jazz music autobiography memoir singer classic american america united states us usa blues popular african black

$10.00
xxkbe162026

The Autobiography of a Super - Tramp


DAVIES, W.H. & BERNARD SHAW, G. (pre)

small 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: Jonathan Cape 1927

KEYWORDS: autobiography W H Davies traveller travels

$9.00
xxkcb162045

Lost Years : A Memoir 1945 - 1951


ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER & BUCKNELL, KATHERINE (ed & intro)

EX LIBRARY 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: Vintage 2001

KEYWORDS: autobiography Christopher Isherwood writer Hollywood

$12.00
xxkcf162068

The Grieving Times


HOLCROFT, M.H.

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: John McIndoe 1989

KEYWORDS: autobiography M H Holcroft loss bereavement journey

$14.00
xxkcg162073

In the Centre of Things


DUNNE, PETER

super octavo softcover (Near Fine); 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: Dunmore Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: autobiography Peter Dunn member parliment New Zealand

$32.50
ak3/11/1608

You Have A Lot To Lose: A Memoir 1956-1986


STEAD, C. K.

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: new zealand poet novelist activist c. k. stead memoir autobiography literary australia

$9.00
xxkeg162141

The Forging of a Rebel: The Clash


BAREA, ARTURO & BAREA, ILSA (illus)

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: Fontana Paperbacks 1984

KEYWORDS: autobiography Barea Spanish civil war

$9.00
xxkfb162152

A Voice From the Chorus


TERTZ, ABRAM (SINYAVSKY, ANDREY)

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 1977

KEYWORDS: Biography autobiography prison literature Tertz Russia Soviet

$10.00
xxkhj162244

God's Camgirl - One Woman's Incredible Journey From The Convent To The Massage Parlour


VAN RAAY, CARLA

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: Index Books 2007

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography

$15.00
xxkja162291

Never Mind


WILLIAMS, ELDRED

Paperback (NEAR FINE); 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: Melrose Books 2006

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography

$8.50
xxktm162315

So Much Love, So Little Money


IRVINE, LYN

ex-library Octavo hardcover (VG-) with 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: Faber & Faber 1957

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography

$15.00
xxkxc162377

Quitting The Nairobi Trio


KNIPFEL, JIM

FIRST EDITION Super Octavo Hardcover (VG+) with 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: Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam 2000

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography author writer

$16.50
xxkxk162390

The Memoirs Of Dennis Wheatley - 1897-1914 The Young Man Said


WHEATLEY, DENNIS

FIRST EDITION, single vol. 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: Hutchinson & Co 1977

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoirs modern first edition

$40.00
1y79/13

A Way With Words: A Memoir of Writing & Publishing in New Zealand


MACLEAN, CHRIS

Quarto illus. white heavy card boards, 210pp, illus., nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2018

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature literary publishing book books industry buisness memoir autobiography chris maclean print printing publisher

$18.50
xxkpe162430

Journeyman : An Autobiography


MACCOLL, EWAN & SEEGER, PEGGY

super octavo hardcover (Near Fine) 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: Sidgwick & Jackson1990

KEYWORDS: autobiography Ewan McColl theatre workshop folk music photos black & white

$10.00
xxkwh162488

The Spiral Straircase - A Memoir


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

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. photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Harper Perenial 2005

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir

$12.00
xxrhi162681

My Life - The Untold Story Of An Underworld Survivor


WILLIAMS, ROBERTA

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: HarperCollins 2009

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography crime

$150.00
ak3/12/1798

A Boy at the Hogarth Press


KENNEDY, RICHARD & HILLIER, BEVIS (intro.)

FIRST LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED & NUMBERED at rear; quarto illus. green cloth boards, purple endpapers, complimentary slip loosely enclosed, illus. w/ folding illus. at rear, VG+ (sl. soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (sl. fading to spine, prev. owner's clear tape repair to closed tear reverse of jacket (unobtrusive))

PUBLISHER: Whittington Press 1972

KEYWORDS: richard kennedy hogarth press literature literary history printing publishing memoir autobiography modern first edition limited signed

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