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Islands of Queen Wilhelmina


CLIFTON, VIOLET & DUNSANY, LORD (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 288pp + folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light cracking to hinges, light fading & tanning/foxing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to gutter at title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions history exploration Violet Clifton autobiography memoir literature

$16.50
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I Remember Tomorrow: An Autobiography


DUNMORE, JOHN

Inscribed & 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: Heritage Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed autobiography memoir John Dunmore

$27.50
xxzae172040

Farewell Shiraz: An Iranian Memoir of Revolution and Exile


KADIVAR, CYRUS

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: American University of Cairo Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Iran travel literature writing history memoir autobiography Cyrus Kadivar

$15.00
xxzba172079

Tangaroa's Godchild


RUHEN, OLAF

Sm 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: Horwitz Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: south pacific Olaf Ruhen memoir autobiography New Zealand

$55.00
1i33a/5

A Dorset Soldier; The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence


LAWRENCE, Sergeant WILLIAM & HATHAWAY, EILEEN (ed) & GRANT, Major General S. C. (foreword)

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus. maps & photo plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges/eps/prelims/terminals, light soiling to first & last page of photo plates) in d/w (light rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Spellmount Ltd 1993

KEYWORDS: sergeant william lawrence eileen hathaway dorset soldier autobiography 1790 1869 military memoirs napoleonic wars peninsular north south american expeditions waterloo campaign warfare combat conflict history dictations

$200.00
1i33a/30

The Fishing Diary 1809-1819 of The Rev Richard Durnford of Chilbolton, Hampshire


DURNFORD, The Rev RICHARD

FRONTISPIECE LOOSE, octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 112pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration & chafing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece & tissue guard detached but presentheavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Warren & Son / Simpkin & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: diary journals hobbies flyfishing fly fishing autobiography Richard Dumford history angling

$30.00
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Days and Ways of a Scottish Angler


LAMOND, HENRY

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: Philip Allan 1932

KEYWORDS: Henry Lamond angling autobiography memoir Henry Lamond fishing hobbies

$18.50
xxzfe172334

An Essay in Autobiography


PASTERNAK, BORIS & CRANKSHAW, EDWARD (intro) & HARARI, MANYA (trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins and Harvill Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions boris pasternak autobiography memoirs literary biographies russian soviet union writers authors

$17.50
xxe3aa172340

Pushing The Limits; Life, Marathons & Kokoda


FEARNLEY, KURT & GREEN, WARWICK

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 2014

KEYWORDS: kurt fearnley warwick green sports athletes disability disabilities paralympics paralympians wheelchair track field road racing biographies biography autobiographies autobiography memoirs

$30.00
xxe3aa172348

An Autobiography (Volume 1: 1880-1911 & Volume 2: 1911-1969)


WOOLF, LEONARD & BELL, QUENTIN (intro)

2 VOL. SET; Sm. 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: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: leonard woolf quentin bell literary autobiographies autobiography english british england great britain united kingdom intellectuals figures memoirs bloomsbury group hogarth press virginia

$15.00
xxe3aa172377

My Father's Son


O'CONNOR, FRANK

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, 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 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography memoir Frank O'Connor literature literary

$19.50
xxe3ac172422

Journeys in the Wild: The Secret Life of a Cameraman


THURSTON, GAVIN & ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID (Fore)

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: Seven Dials 2019

KEYWORDS: Gavin Thurston autobiography memoir media journalism

$30.00
xxe3ac172424

A Child From the Village


QUTB, SAYYID & CALVERT, JOHN (Ed, Trans & Intro) & SHEPARD, WILLIAM (Ed, Trans & Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: first editions middle east studies autobiography memoir Sayyid Qutb

$25.00
xxe3ac172440

My Three Years in Manipur


GRIMWOOD, ETHEL ST. CLAIR

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: Vibek Publishing House 1975

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Ethel St Clair Grimwood Manipur India travel writing literature

$16.50
xxe3ac172452

The Farm by Lough Gur: The Story of Mary Fogarty (Sissy O'Brien)


CARBERY, MARY & LESLIE, SHANE (Intro) & CORSELLIS, ELIZABETH (Decorations)

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: The Lilliput Press 2010

KEYWORDS: autobiography biographies memoir Mary Fogarty Sissy O'Brien history

$18.50
xxe3ad172461

Coasting


RABAN, JONATHAN

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 Harvill 1986

KEYWORDS: Jonathan Raban travel writing literature British Isles sailing nautical adventure maritime autobiography memoir first editions

$15.00
xxe3ad172480

What I Believe


RAMADAN, TARIQ

Sm 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: Oxford University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Tariq Ramadan Islam religion faith muslim beliefs muslims

$39.50
xxe3ag172571

By Dancing Streams


McCRAITH, DOUGLAS

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: Philip Allan & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: hobbies fishing Douglas McCraith autobiography memoir angling

$40.00
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Dan Carter 1598


CARTER, DAN & McCAW, RICHIE (Fore)

Lg quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Mower / Upstart Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport rugby union ABs All Blacks players player profiles Dan Carter 1598 autobiography games game statistics

$80.00
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The Pioneering Days of Southern Maoriland


PRATT, M A RUGBY

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus/photos, scruffy (v heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- above author's signature, heavy cracking to gutters, tape reinforcements to photo pages, light staining to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy tape staining & repairs to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press 1932

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history autobiography memoir pioneers settlers M A Rugby Pratt Maori culture signed

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