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$20.00
xxsgo215169

Captivity: 44 Months in Red China


HARBERT, MARY ANN

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (G+) in d/w (VG-) binding v weak; 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 1974

KEYWORDS: former Chinese prisoners China autobiography autobiographies memoir Mary Ann Harbert

$22.50
xxsiq215302

The Captain's Wife: The South American Journals of Maria Graham 1821-23


GRAHAM, MARIA & MAVOR, ELIZABETH (Compiled & Ed)

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1993

KEYWORDS: journals diaries Maria Graham exploration history autobiography

$35.00
xxsjo215337

His Story: 1860 to 2010


MAHONEY, MAURICE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: Maurice Mahoney 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Maurice Mahoney autobiography autobiographies memoir New Zealand Zealanders

$15.00
xxsjp215352

The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill


MELVILLE, Sir JAMES & DONALDSON, GORDON (Ed & Intro)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1969

KEYWORDS: folio society history autobiography autobiographies memoir Sir James Melville Halhill

$25.00
xxsjt215376

The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds


SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON & GROSSKURTH, PHYLLIS (Ed & Intro)

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: The University of Chicago Press 1986

KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay men homosexuals homosexuality autobiography autobiographies memoir John Addington Symonds 19th nineteenth century history

$12.50
xxsmd215454

Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts


MILLIGAN, SPIKE & FARNES, NORMA (Ed)

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: Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: humour humor comedy comedians Spike Milligan autobiography autobiographies memoir

$15.00
xxsmf215460

Willie: An Autobiography


NELSON, WILLIE & SHRAKE, BUD

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: Simon & Schuster 1988

KEYWORDS: country music stars Willie Nelson musicians autobiography autobiographies memoir

$10.00
xxsmg215477

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?


WINTERSON, JEANETTE

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: Vintage 2012

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Jeanette Winterson literature literary

$30.00
xxsmi215494

Ake: The Years of Childhood


SOYINKA, WOLE

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: Rex Collings 1981

KEYWORDS: first editions Africa African children childhood autobiography autobiographies memoir Wole Soyinka

$12.50
xxsml215508

Gather Together in My Name


ANGELOU, MAYA

Paperback (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: Bantam Books 1975

KEYWORDS: literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Maya Angelou literature

$9.50
xxsml215509

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas


ANGELOU, MAYA

Paperback (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: Bantam Books 1977

KEYWORDS: literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Maya Angelou literature

$10.00
xxsne215530

Mom & Me & Mom (Large Print)


ANGELOU, MAYA

LARGE PRINT COPY, ex-library, 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: Random House (Large Print) 2013

KEYWORDS: LARGE PRINT Maya Angelou autobiography autobiographies memoir literature literary

$15.00
xxsne215532

Mary Quant: Autobiography


QUANT, MARY

Ex-library, 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: Headline 2012

KEYWORDS: fashion icons designers Mary Quant autobiography autobiographies memoir mini skirt skirts

$15.00
xxsne215534

Knock on the Nursery Door: Tales of the Dickens Children


McHUGH, STUART DICKENS

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 1972

KEYWORDS: literature Charles Dickens Stuart Dickens McHugh autobiography literary autobiographies memoir household childhood

$285.00
ak5/7/25

Memoirs of Montparnasse


GLASSCO, JOHN & EDEL, LEON (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 241pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soilingb/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions signed John Glassco literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir France French

$65.00
ak5/8/15

James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters (Third Impression)


LOVETT, RICHARD

Octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & cover, teg, page fore-edges deckled, frontispiece, 511pp + 9 plates + folding map at rear, VG (heavy fading & rubbing to spine, heavy scuffing to spine extrems- material flapping, minor bruising to board corners, gift inscription in ink to ffep, several gutters wityh moderate cracking- terminals partially detached, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light to moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, several pages uncut)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1902

KEYWORDS: james chalmers autobiography biography christian missionary scottish christianity history travel writing

$15.00
xxsph215596

Yes, Minister: Attorney-General 2008-2017


FINLAYSON, CHRISTOPHER

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: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir New Zealand politics attorney-general Christopher Finlayson

$100.00
ak5/9/40

Frangipani's Ring: An Event in the Life of Henry Thode


THODE, HENRY & J F C L (Trans) & THOMA, HANS (Marginal Designs)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, beige buckram boards, red & black lettering to front board, gilt ring illus to front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims, 179pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, prev owner's name in coloured pencil to prelims, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Macqueen 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Henry Thode art history historians German

$600.00
ak5/10/18

Recollections of a Happy Life, Being an Autobiography of Marianne North (2 Vol Set)


NORTH, MARIANNE & SYMONDS, Mrs JOHN ADDINGTON (Ed)

2 VOL SET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- viii + 351pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 343pp, illus/maps, VG (light fading to spines, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning/soiling & light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 1, sporadic light tanning & foxing throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: biology botany botanists Victorian England autobiography autobiographies memoir Marianne North

$40.00
ak5/11/6

Journey into a Fog


BERGER-HAMERSCHLAG, MARGARETA

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254pp, illus, VG (moderate bruise to extrems/board edges, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning & foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & folds/edges, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions art autobiography autobiographies memoir Margareta Berger-Hamerschlag

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