Books - "autobiography"
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I Learned to Fly for Hitler
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: Kron Publications 1999
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter pilots Hitler Youth programme autobiography autobiographies memoir Joe Volmer Americans
Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander
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: Stackpole Books 2004
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation fighter pilots luftwaffe German forces Johannes Steinhoff autobiography
All-Weather Mac
FIRST EDITION, 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: Macdonald & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Wing-Commander R H McIntosh military history
Pyke: The Unknown Genius
FIRST EDITION, 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: Evans Brothers 1959
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Pyke autobiography autobiographies memoir military first editions
Bird Man
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket 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: Hutchinson & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: Leo Valentin autobiography autobiographies memoir aviation flight English translations
The Sieve of Time: The Memoirs of Leni Riefenstahl
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: Quartet Books 1992
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Leni Riefenstahl political anti-nazi activists
Red Horizon
PRESUMED FIRST EDITION, ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, vii + 248pp, G+ (v heavy scuffing to board edges & extrems- some surface loss, heavy fading/discolouration to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, usual library markings, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky, varying states of foxing & discolouration to pages throughout, more heavy cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D (c.1930s)
KEYWORDS: first editions (presumed) military history legionnaires soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Reginald R Forbes 9372 French Foreign Legion
Talling Times: Writing and Living, 1954 - 2008
FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: Bloomsbury
KEYWORDS: Nadine Gordimer life lives biography autobiography memoir author 20th 21st century
Freedom in Exile
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: Cardinal / Sphere Books 1991
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Dalai Lama spiritual leaders Tibet buddhism
The Adventures of Giuseppe Pignata, Who Escaped from the Prisons of the Inquisition of Rome 1693
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's inscription in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, light to moderate insect damage & loss to rear cover, light tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions history English translations Giuseppe Pignata prisoners prisoner escapees 17th seventeenth century inquisition Rome inquisition autobiography memoir
The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472
SIGNED BY RUBIN HURRICANE CARTER! Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & beige lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, ix + 339pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Rubin Hurricane Carter sport history boxing legends civil rights autobiography autobiographies memoir prisoners middleweight wrongful imprisonment homicide murder trials justice injustice
Freedom Ride: A Freedom Rider Remembers
Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue & white lettering to spine, xxii + 329pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to rear cover & page edges, top corners of pgs109-116 sl creased)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2002
KEYWORDS: freedom ride Ann Curthoys indigenous Aboriginal rights Australia Australian social history autobiography autobiographies memoir travel writing literature
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
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: Skyhorse Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: psychology mental health autism women female autobiography autobiographies memoir Jennifer Cook O'Toole
Stoned
Octavo softcover (VG) title page & copyright pages missing; 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: Not Available
KEYWORDS: Andrew Loog Oldham autobiography autobiographies memoir swinging sixties 60s
All in a Life: An Autobiography
Super 8vo 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: Macmillan 1991
KEYWORDS: Garret Fitzgerald life lives biography autobiography
The Good German of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe
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: Abacus 2000
KEYWORDS: history historical journals diaries John Rabe autobiography memoir Nanking China Japanese war conflict
Gold on Blue
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, x + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light staining/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Graham Hoskins 2022
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Graham Hoskins military history Royal Navy music band Royal Marines Band Service armed forces British servicemen
...a Sunny Day in the Himalayas
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 166pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tape residue/staining to boards & eps, minor water staining to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tape staining to covers & flaps)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1980
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Peter Hillary exploration Himalayas adventure mountain climbing Nepal autobiography autobiographies memoir
Inglorious Soldier
FIRST EDITION, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 333pp, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate tanning to flaps & rear)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: first editions military history soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Monk Gibbon British army armed forces defence defense
The Man who Loves Giants: An artist among elephants and engines
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo 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: Charles Scribner's Sons 1975
KEYWORDS: David Shepherd life lives biography autobiography artist 20th century