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Student at the Gates


LOCKE, ELSIE

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Elsie Locke autobiography memoir

$20.00
xxrfh175140

Leaves from the Life of a Colonial Parson


FITZGERALD, O.

Lacks d/w, previous owner's replacement wrapper taped to boards. Super octavo (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: Simpson & Williams Ltd 1943

KEYWORDS: memoir history autobiography colonial parson minister religion christian christianity settler missionary new zealand aotearoa

$10.00
xxrgd175182

Delinquent Days


LEE, JOHN A.

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: Whitcoulls 1978

KEYWORDS: autobiography john a. lee burnham industrial school memoir crime new zealand alexander leigh mt eden jail

$20.00
xxric175235

Sanders: Sextant, Sea and Solitude


SCHMITT, HUGH & SANDERS, JON

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: St George Books 1988

KEYWORDS: Hugh Schmitt autobiography memoir sailing maritime nautical

$10.00
xxric175237

Splendours and Miseries


SITWELL, SACHEVERELL

LACKS D/W, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1943

KEYWORDS: Sacheverell Sitwell autobiography memoir literature literary

$13.50
xxrif175270

Such Absolute Beginners: A Memoir


CROSS, IAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Ian Cross New Zealand autobiography memoir broadcaster journalism media

$16.50
xxrjd175287

Bwana Game: The Life Story of George Adamson


ADAMSON, GEORGE

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) light cracking to some gutters; 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: Collins & Harvill Press 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir George Adamson hunting Africa game wardens Kenya

$12.00
xxrjd175300

The Tartan Pimpernel


CASKIE, DONALD C. & HUGHES, MIKE (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Birlinn Ltd 2006

KEYWORDS: Donald Caskie autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 nazis

$15.00
xxrjd175304

Breaking the Habit: Life in a New Zealand Dominican Convent 1955-67


GRAHAM, JUDITH

SIGNED BY 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Judith Graham Sister Stephen religion religious history signed autobiography memoir nuns convents

$15.00
xxrjf175311

Pimpernel in Prague


CAMPBELL-SHAW, DONALD

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: Odhams Press 1959

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Donald Campbell-Shaw espionage spies Czechoslovakia Czech Russian

$15.00
xxrkj175341

My Russia


USTINOV, PETER

Imperial 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: Macmillan 1983

KEYWORDS: Peter Ustinov autobiography entertainment Russia travel exploration history culture

$15.00
xxrkj175344

Back in the Wild


HART, SUE & VOIGT, LEIGH (Illus) & ADAMSON, GEORGE (Fore)

Imperial 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: Collins and Harvill Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Africa wild animals history Susan Sue Hart autobiography memoir

$40.00
1y27a/19

Arminus Vambery: His Life and Adventures Written by Himself


VAMBERY, ARMINUS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 350pp, illus, VG (light chipping & scuffing to extrems, light staining to front board, presentation plate to ffep, light foxing to prelims, some moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin N/D (c.1890s)

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arminus Vambery travel exploration

$50.00
1y27a/20

The Life of Charles James Mathews; Chiefly Autobiographical With Selections From His Correspondence and Speeches (in Two Volumes)


MATHEWS, CHARLES JAMES & DICKENS, CHARLES (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to front board, frontis with tissue guards to both vols, vol 1- ix + 324pp + 40pp catalogue, vol 2- viii + 336pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout to vol 2 particularly)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1879

KEYWORDS: Charles J Mathews autobiography memoir literature Charles Dickens edited history

$40.00
1y30a/31

I Talk of Dreams: An Experiment in Autobiography


WALKER, KENNETH

Octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, 219pp, VG (spine cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, occasional markings in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1946

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Walker literature psychology autobiography

$20.00
xxpcb175684

Twenty Years A-Growing


O'SULLIVAN, MAURICW

Lacks d/w, first edition, second impression. Super octavo (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: Chatto& Windus 1933

KEYWORDS: autobiography irish ireland coming of age youth travel

$215.00
1y41a/2

Recollections of an Amateur Soldier


TREADWELL, C. A. L.

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, red textured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership stamps/names in ink to ffep) in d/w (VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate foxing to covers, light water stain to front)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand military war history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 C A L Treadwell infantry Great War autobiography memoir

$225.00
1y41a/10

Tu Fu: The Autobiography of a Chinese Poet A.D. 712-770 (Vol 1: 712-759)


FU, TU & AYSCOUGH, FLORENCE (Arranged & Translated)

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP AT REAR, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & Chinese lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, deckled page edges, 450pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1929

KEYWORDS: Tu Fu literature poets Chinese literature literary autobiography memoir antiquity history first edition

$125.00
1y41a/27

Children of the Poor


ANONYMOUS [LEE, JOHN A.]

TRUE FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, red lettering to black patch on spine & board, 255pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate cracking to hinges, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & staining to boards, light fading & foxing to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: John A Lee memoir autobiography depression era New Zealand first edition

$15.00
xxpeh175772

One Man's Meat


LONG, RICK

STAINING TO FIRST FEW PAGES, 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: Fraser Books 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Rick Long butchers business owners

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