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Quartered Safe Out Here; A Recollection of the War in Burma


FRASER, GEORGE MACDONALD

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. prelims: partial map of Burma, xxii+225pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, light damp-staining to lower spine & rear board near spine, light soiling to page edges) in d/w (moderate sun-fading to spine, light damp-staining to lower extrems, mostly evident on reverse)

PUBLISHER: Harvill 1992

KEYWORDS: george macdonald fraser quartered safe out here recollection war burma military memoirs autobiography world war two wwii second border regiment nine section combat conflict warfare burmese japanese

$55.00
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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

$15.00
xxzbj172138

The Cancer Journals


LORDE, AUDRE

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: Aunt Lute Books c.1980

KEYWORDS: breast cancer patients health medical Andre Lourde autobiography poets literary

$32.50
xxzci172180

My Twenty Years of Racing


FANGIO, JUAN MANUEL & GIAMBERTONE, MARCELLO (Collaboration)

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: Temple Press 1961

KEYWORDS: Juan Manuel Fangio autobiography memoir racing car automotive history first editions

$200.00
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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

$55.00
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Bobby Locke on Golf


LOCKE, BOBBY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water staining to base of prelim pages, considerable cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & tidy archival tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Country Life 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions Bobby Locke sport golf autobiography memoir psychology courses players

$18.50
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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

$18.50
xxe3ad172469

The Joy of the Snow: An Autobiography


GOUDGE, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1974

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Elizabeth Goudge literature literary 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

$17.50
xxe3ad172488

The Words


SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL & FRECHTMAN, BERNARD (Trans)

FIRST US EDITION, 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: George Braziller 1964

KEYWORDS: literature Jean-Paul Sartre first US editions autobiography memoir literary

$39.50
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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

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