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$45.00
1y36/44

My Silent War


PHILBY, KIM & GREENE, GRAHAM (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 164pp, VG (light creassing to top spine extrem, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, spine sl cocked, sm adhesive owner's name label to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & covers, light staining & foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1968

KEYWORDS: first edition Brtiish secret service espionage autobiography memoir Kim Philby spy

$40.00
1y37/17

Mickey Mantle's: Behind the Scenes in America's Most Famous Sports Bar


LIEDERMAN, WILLIAM

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red heavy card boards with black spine, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 222pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press 2007

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir signed Mickey Mantle's William Liederman entertainment sports bar business

$225.00
1y39/11

Nothing Venture, Nothing Win


HILLARY, EDMUND

SIGNED BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY- ALSO UNCOMMONLY INSCRIBED BY HIM, LOOSELY ENC. PHOTO OF SIR EDMUND WITH THIS COPY OF HIS BOOK, super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt signature of Sir Edmund Hillary to front board, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light indentations to board edges, light scuffing to page edges, bookseller's label to fep, inscription in ink to copyright page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges, light discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: signed Sir Edmund Hillary autobiography memoir exploration climbing Everest Antarctic New Zealand

$20.00
xxscx148149

The Ordinary Life of a Ten Pound Pom


OWLER, CLIFFORD FORREST

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: Clifford Forrest Owler 2018

KEYWORDS: history migration England New Zealand voyage autobiography

$20.00
xxsdb148168

Ship Ahoy and Hallelujah! or From Fo'c'sle tp Pulpit


MACDIARMID, D. N

Inscribed and signed by the author; 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: D.N. MacDiarmid 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel autobiography

$24.50
xxsdc148178

Calder, An Autobiography with Pictures


CALDER, ALEXANDER & DAVIDSON, JEAN

Imperial 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: Pantheon Books 1969

KEYWORDS: autobiography sculpture art America

$80.00
1y41/47

The Murmansk Venture


MAYNARD, Maj.-Gen. SIR C.

BOOKPLATE & OWNERSHIP OF Brig.-Gen. H. S. SEWELL, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xii + 322pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, inscription in ink to fep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1928

KEYWORDS: military history illustrated maps Russia Murmansk autobiography memoir raf British air force

$40.00
1y42/33

Redeployment


KLAY, PHIL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, printed eps, 291pp, VG+ (light creasing/bruising & scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Canongate Books 2014

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir Phil Klay US Marine corps military Iraq returned soldiers servicemen

$55.00
1y43/25

Alone in the Sky


BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L. R. (Illus) & RAMSDEN, J. M. (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 197pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history first edition signed flying pioneer Jean Batten autobiography memoir illustrated

$40.00
1y43/33

Russian Clown


POPOV, OLEG & KOENIG, MARION (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy card boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG (light creasing to lower spine extrem, moderate discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, bookseller's adhesive label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light scufifng & chafing to covers, light tanning to flaps, sm orange price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition illustrated autobiography memoir Oleg Popov Russian circus performer clowns

$45.00
1y44/13

Trees, Timber and Tranquility


POOLE, LINDSAY

SIGNED HOLOGRAPH NOTE FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light staining to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: C. Rex Monigatti Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature illustrated forestry botany autobiography memoir Lindsay Poole

$8.50
xxsep148480

Bury My Heart at W.H.Smiths


ALDISS, BRIAN

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: Coronet 1991

KEYWORDS: Autobiography Aldiss Brian

$48.50
1y44/45

Archangel 1918-1919


IRONSIDE, EDMUND

Octavo, green buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, top page egdes stained green, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Coompany 1953

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Field Marshal Lord Ironside illustrated

$16.50
xxsgq148716

Men of the Lanes; The Autobiography of the Tramps' Parson


JENNINGS, FRANK

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: Oldbourne 1958

KEYWORDS: autobiography tramp homelessness

$18.50
xxsgq148718

A Private Battle


RYAN, CORNELIUS & RYAN, KATHRYN MORGAN

FIRST EDITION, 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: New English Library 1980

KEYWORDS: cornelius ryan autobiography memoir cancer

$15.00
xxsgv148753

Turning Point: The Making of a Captain


FITZPATRICK, SEAN & JOHNSTONE, DUNCAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, small quarto 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: Penguin 1998

KEYWORDS: rugby New Zealand autobiography memoir sports

$9.00
xxsgv148755

It's not about the bike: my journey back to life


ARMSTRONG, LANCE & JENKINS, SALLY

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: Allen & Unwin 2002

KEYWORDS: cycling autobiography sports cancer recovery Tour de France

$22.50
xxshl148818

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine


KIDD, SUE MONK

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: Harper Collins 1996

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality Christianity autobiography

$13.50
xxshl148829

The Gate


BIZOT, FRANCOIS & CAMERON, EUAN (trans)

FIRST EDITION, uncorrected proof copy, 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: The Harvill Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Cambodia Khmer Rouge genocide autobiography Bizot

$45.00
1y48/38

No Fixed Abode: A Jewish Odyssey to Africa


FRAENKEL, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 249pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light soiling to rear board, previous owner's name in ink to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chippping to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2005

KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history anthropology Africa autobiography memoir Peter Fraenkel diaspora holocaust persecution

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