Books - "autobiography"
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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
A Tear For the Dragon
Octavo, black buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, illus front eps, 211pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm numerals in ink to top corner of ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arthur Barker 1958
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir John Stericker China Japan Asia
Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-Mile Trek From a Japanese Prison Camp
Octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 144pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy tape repairs to edges, some heavy loss, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1944
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan concentration camps Japanese Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir civilians
Captive in Shanghai
Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, strip of tanning to half title page, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Hugh Collar autobiography memoir
No Time For Geishas
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 217pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (in adhesive clear mylar covering, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese concentration camps British army soldiers Geoffrey Pharaoh Adams autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Rice and Salt: A History of the Defense and Occupation of Mindanao During World War II
Octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xviii + 242pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company N/D (c.1962)
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir John Hugh McGee Davao Penal Colony pows prisoners of war politics communism
Black Monastry
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 409pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1934
KEYWORDS: pows prisoners of war military history Aladar Kuncz France French autobiography memoir
The Lonely Path to Freedom
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1980
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Derek Thrower pows prisoners of war survival escapes escapees nazis
True Riches
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, square 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: Copyfast Timaru (Printer) 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Alison Neill Moreh Home signed
Realising a Vision Through Faith
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: Christian Ministries Charitable Trust 2013
KEYWORDS: religion spirituality autobiography memoir India Christianity Colleen M Redit ministry
The Peenemunde Wind Tunnels: A Memoir
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, x + 187pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w & removable protective cover, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: first edition Peter P Wegener autobiography memoir supersonic wind tunnels Peenemunde ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 history aerodynamics science
Memoirs of a Slave-Trader
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D
KEYWORDS: Theodore Canot autobiography memoir slavery slave trade history traders
A Hand to Obey the Demon's Eye: The Life and Work of the Painter Norman Douglas Hutchinson
Sm folio, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 150pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, lg signature/inscription in ink to full title page, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with 2cm closed tear to lower extrem, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 2000
KEYWORDS: art Norman Douglas Hutchinson autobiography biographies criticism
Don't Try This at Home
Square 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: HarperCollins 2004
KEYWORDS: rock music musicians Dave Navarro autobiography memoir Jane's Addiction Red Hot Chilli Pepeprs guitarists
The Last Hurrah: From Beijing to Arnhem 2005
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Panther Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: signed Des Molloy Dick Huurdeman motorcycles auto exploration travel autobiography memoir