Books - "autobiography"
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Steady, Old Man! Don't You Know There's a War On?
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: Leo Cooper 1990
KEYWORDS: military history Derek Bond autobiography memoir
Where Fate Leads
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: Ross Anderson Publications 1983
KEYWORDS: military history British army autobiography memoir Harry Howarth
The Odds Against Us
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Macgibbon & Kee 1950
KEYWORDS: military history literature fiction literary autobiography autobiographical novels German Hans Werner Richter
To the River Kwai: Two Journeys - 1943, 1979
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: Bloomsbury 1988
KEYWORDS: military history river kwai pows prisoners of war John Stewart autobiography memoir Burma Siam railway
Dare to be Free
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Allan Wingate 1951
KEYWORDS: W B Thomas military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees autobiography memoir
The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found the Way
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: Hyland House 1978
KEYWORDS: Albert Coates autobiography memoir military history Australia Australian
The Battle is the Pay-Off
EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty) heavy loss to jacket; 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: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1943
KEYWORDS: Captain Ralph Ingersoll autobiography memoir military history US America American soldiers
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1980
KEYWORDS: william manchester memoir autobiography biography world war two second wwii the pacific soldier
Shifting Sands
SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY, SECOND IMPRESSION, MAP VERSO OF HALF TITLE PAGE TORN IN HALF, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, folding map to prelims, frontispiece, xii + 312pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings/stamps, spine cocked, heavy scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spine, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to page edges, aforementioned folding map at prelims torn in half with 4cm closed tear, some moderate cracking to gutters- some reinforcements)
PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 1934
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 the great war 1st first world war 1 one Major Bray autobiography Persia Arabia
Round the Corner
Octavo, purple cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, 336pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to some pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, all corners sl clipped, moderate tanning/soiling to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1934
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Percy Brown literature
Flame Thrower
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light chipping & staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1956
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British army Andrew Wilson autobiography weaponry crocodiles tanks first edition
I Walked Alone
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to front pastedown, light wrinkling to pgs163/164) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1950
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Earl of Cardigan autobiography pows prisoners of war diary journal
The Escapes and Evasions of 'An Obstinate Bastard'
Octavo, yellow glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 238pp, occasional map illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & fading to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges, light cracking to guttes)
PUBLISHER: WILTON 65 2000
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Dominick Graham autobiography memoir
Forced March to Freedom: An Illustrated Diary of Two Forced Marches and the Interval Between - January to May, 1945
Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 98pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Canada's Wings 1984
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war diary journal Robert Buckham autobiography memoir rcaf Canada Canadian air force
The Endless Years
Octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & rule to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xxii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chantry Publications 1951
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Captain John T Barnard British officers pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese ww2
Operation Tombola
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & staining to edges, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 autobiography memoir Roy Farran Tombola sas operations British armed forces
The Jungle in Arms
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, 2cm peel to lower corner of pg 206) in d/w, VG (light to moderate staining to edges, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1962
KEYWORDS: Balfour Oatts military history autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Burma
Escape to Captivity
THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 210pp, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & staining)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1952
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese autobiography memoir Peter Hartley
The Hunter
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 299pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG, in removable protective plastic cover (price clipped, sl soiling & chafing, light adhesive staining to edges beneath wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Gibbs & Phillips 1961
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Tuvia Friedman military history ww2 holocaust war criminals Jewish persecution Adolf Eichmann
Clipped Wings
Octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light folding/creasing to page edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with internal reinforcement, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Stanhope Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British battle of Britain raf air force aviation autobiography memoir Donald Blair pilots