REED, A H

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: A H W Reed New Zealand publishing book trade books life lives autobiography

GANDHI, M K; DESAI, MAHADEV (transl.)

Super octavo, illus cl boards, spine lettered in black, 444 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: M K Gandhi life lives biography autobiography Folio Society

GRAY, PATIENCE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light brown cloth boards, dark brown lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 434pp, illus/photos, Near Fine (sl foxing to fore-edges of page block) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Edizioni Leucasia 1999

KEYWORDS: First Edition autobiography memoirs Patience Gray

GILSON, ETIENNE & GILSON, CECILE (transl)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, red staining to upper page edges, VG (light soiling to boards) in d/w, VG- (light chipping and minor scuffing to extrems, minor chipping to heads and bases of hinges and spine, light creasing to front wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1962

KEYWORDS: First Edition religion philosophy theology autobiography memoirs Etienne Gilson

SCHECKTER, JODY

Square super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Hugh Keartland Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: Jody Scheckter autobiography biography memoir motorsports racing grand prix f1 formula 1

SEYMOUR, EDWARD H

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) some cracking to front gutter; Photos available on request. 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: Smith, Elder & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: first edition Sir Edward H Seymour history memoir autobiography royal British navy maritime

TROUP, MAJOR W

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) some cracking to gutters; Photos available on request. 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 1924

KEYWORDS: Major W Troup sports memoir autobiography biography cricket rugby hockey illustrated first edition

RICHARDS, FRANK

FIRST EDITION. Small octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 341pp, VG- (minor soiling & chafing to spine, moderate fraying to extrems of spine & board edges, light bruising to corners of boards, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges, large adhesive stain to front pastedown, minor cracking to front & rear gutters, light sporadic soiling to prelims, light tanning to page ends).

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition Frank Richards memoir India British empire autobiography

TOWNSHEND, CHARLES V F

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, blind publisher stamp to front board, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/maps & 8 folding maps (counted), VG (moderate fading & soiling to spine, minor bruising to board edges & corners, minor scuffing & soiling to boards, minor fading to board extrems, moderate soiling/tanning & scuffing to page edges, previous owners dated inscription in pen to fep, slight occasional foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Thornton Buttersworth Limited 1920

KEYWORDS: first edition Sir Charles Townshen history memoir biography autobiography war warfare Mesopotamia world war one ww1 wwi maps

HARRISON, MARGUERITE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, peach coloured cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, deckle dpage fore-edges, 664pp, VG (moderate fading & light soiling to spine, sl scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light to moderate cracking & staining to gutters, multiple page corners folded/creased)

PUBLISHER: Farrar & Rinehart 1935

KEYWORDS: first editions literature autobiography memoir Marguerite Harrison

KENNEDY, ROYD

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Cape Catley 1997

KEYWORDS: firefighter fireman New Zealand life lives biography autobiography

NEALE, TOM

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cloth boards, frontispiece, 255pp, VG+, in d/w G+ (moderate foxing & soiling throughout, multiple minor tears to extrems, 2cm open tear to front inner, 3cm closed tear to front outer, 10cm open tear loss to lower half of rear). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition Tom Neale travel memoir survival autobiography New Zealand

BECKH, HERMANN & STOTT, ALAN (transl)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Anastasi 2015

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoirs music Beckh Hermann

REVSON, PETER & MANDEL, LEON

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (minor damp staining to lower edge of wrappers and base of spine, minor fading to front hinge and spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1974

KEYWORDS: Autobiography Peter Revson racers racing cars Grand Prix

CAIRNS, JOHN

Quarto, illus light card covers, 185 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, dampstaining to edges, light to moderate soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: John Cairns 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography autobiography local history

HIMES, CHESTER

FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, 351 pp.,VG- (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, fading, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing & tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973

KEYWORDS: Chester Himes life lives biography autobiography

GRAHAM, DOM AELRED

FIRST EDITION, olive green cloth boards, stamped gilt copper lettering to spine, VG in d/w, VG (price clipped, light adhesion markings to front wrapper, minro soiling to spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971

KEYWORDS: First Edition religion autobiography Dom Aelred Graham

GRANT, ULYSSES S; MARSZALEK, JOHN F (ed.)

Super octavo, blue card boards, cl spine lettered in gilt, 784 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to pg edges, light scuffing/rubbing to boards, sl dampstaining to rear), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: Ulysses S Grant life lives memoir memoirs autobiography 19th century President

ALLEN, BUNNY & CLAASSENS, HARRY (illus)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Safari Press Inc 2002

KEYWORDS: Bunny Allen Kenya big game hunting poaching safari memoir autobiography

MARGOLYES, MIRIAM

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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: John Murray 2021

KEYWORDS: Miriam Margolyes life lives memoir autobiography