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$675.00
1y18/3

Reminiscences and Reflections


KREBS, HANS & MARTIN, ANNE (collab)

loosely enclosed cache of seven original photos of Krebs and original typed letter with holograph corrections & signature of Hans Krebs. Also, revealing letter from his biographer, Frederic Holmes; super octavo; black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine; pale blue eps; 298pp; VG+ (sl. rubbing & bruising to covers, sl. browning to pages, with sl. foxing to eps & page edges, fep is creased, name of former owner, in pencil, & tiny bookseller's label on fep) in d/w VG (sl. rubbing, soiling & sunning, partic. to spine; price clipped; sl. foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press 1981

KEYWORDS: autobiography Krebs science chemistry Hitler Cambridge Oxford university reminiscences

$52.50
1y18/8

77 Years among the Kowhais: Beyond Hunterville, 1896-1973


LEARY, NORMAN

inscribed & signed by author; super octavo; green cloth boards; brown lettering on spine and fr. cover; illus.eps; 103pp; illus, VG+ (sl. sunning/fading to spine extrems & board edges, sl. rubbing) in d/w, VG (sl. foxing to interior; spine v. faded; sl. scuffing; in protective mylar cover).

PUBLISHER: Service Printers 1977

KEYWORDS: history autobiography Hunterville New Zealand Leary Pohonui Valley block

$10.00
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life


PIPER, DON & MURPHEY, CECIL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Fleming H. Revell 2004

KEYWORDS: Autobiography Don Piper

$14.00
xxrah146175

Illalong Children


PATERSON, A. B. & LOVETT, ROBERT (illus)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne 1985

KEYWORDS: banjo paterson illustrated autobiography new south wales australia illalong

$9.00
xxgbb146262

Mao's Last Dancer: Young Readers' Edition


CUNXIN, LI

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Puffin 2005

KEYWORDS: autobiography dance ballet China

$8.50
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Once in a House on Fire


ASHWORTH, ANDREA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Picador 1998

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir coming of age

$10.00
xxgdd146287

The Burial Brothers


MAYLE, SIMON

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography road trip New York to Rio de Janeiro adventure hearse comedy humour

$9.00
xxgdd146288

From WImbledon to Waco


WILLIAMS, NIGEL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1996

KEYWORDS: autobiography road trip England USA adventure family comedy humour

$12.00
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The Hawke Memoirs


HAWKE, BOB

imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1994

KEYWORDS: autobiography Bob Hawke Australia history politics political memoir

$13.50
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They Say the Lion: Britain's Legacy to the Arabs: A Personal Memoir


PARSON, ANTHONY

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1986 (?)

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Middle East politics Britain Iraq Jordan Egypt Sudan Bahrain culture

$22.50
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The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some, 1976 - 1988


DUBERMAN, MARTIN

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Duke University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Autobiography Duberman Martin

$40.00
1y22/27

Bali, Sekala & Niskala: Essays on Religion, Ritual & Art


EISEMAN, FRED B. JNR. & EISEMAN, MARGARET ( two chaps)

two vol set, super octavo, illus, light card covers, black lettering on spine, vol 1: xv+376, vol 2: xv+383pp, illus, VG+ (sl. sunning to covers of vol. 1, mod. sunning to vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Periplus 1996

KEYWORDS: autobiography travel Bali Indonesia Balinese culture dance art geography gamelan Hinduism music pageants rituals ceremony

$40.00
1y23/17

The Story of Isaac Levinsohn, a Polish Jew, told by Himself


LEVINSOHN, ISAAC

small octavo; tan cloth boards; gilt lettering, with attractive gilt & black illus, on spine & cover; patterned eps; frontis; 112+8ads pp, illus, VG (mod. foxing to prelims; mod. browning to pages; sl. rubbing & soiling to covers; sl. bruising to edges; name of previous owner, in pencil & tiny bookseller's label on fep)

PUBLISHER: Alfred Holness n/d

KEYWORDS: autobiography Levinsohn Judaism Jewish Ploish Poland history culture

$145.00
1y23/20

Soldiering On being the Memoirs of General Sir Hubert Gough


GOUGH, SIR HUBERT & BRYANT, ARTHUR (intro)

first edition; super octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; blind decoration on cover; illus/maps on eps; 260pp; illus; VG (sl. browning to eps & page edges; mod. rubbing to covers, with mod. surface loss; sl. bruising & very sl. fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; covers have lost some colour; gutters a little shaky; newspaper clipping stuck to prelim with sellotape),

PUBLISHER: Arthur Baker 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Ladysmith Curragh Mutiny Operation Michael offensive World War I Boer history

$48.50
1y24/50

Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part Played by New Zealanders in the Great War


BRERETON, MAJOR C. B., GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed), MILLWARD, PETER (Intro), PUGSLEY, DR. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red heavy card board, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson ww1 first world war illustrated military history autobiography memoir

$40.00
1y25/24

Sukarno: An Autobiography


ADAMS, CINDY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 324pp, illus, VG (moderate staining & light creasing/scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to eps, crack to full length of gutter to pg 157) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with heavy archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to covers & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Gunung Agung 1966

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir President Sukarno communism Asia politics

$40.00
1y26/21

Free Spirit


BOWIE, ANGIE & SHORT, DON (Ed)

Paperback, black lettering to spine, viii + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & tanning to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mushroom Publishing 1981

KEYWORDS: Angie Bowie autobiography memoir music entertainment

$9.00
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Loose Change: the Story of Six Women


DAVIDSON, SARA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1978

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography sixties America California

$400.00
1y28/22

Dame of Sark: An Autobiography


HATHAWAY, SIBYL

FIRST EDITION THUS, SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board edges, moderate denting to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate discolouration to spine & edges, light tanning to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition thus autobiography memoir Sibyl Hathaway Channel Islands Sark

$120.00
1y30/34

World Travels: A Full Descriptive Narrative of Personal Travels in Almost Every Land and Sea and Among Most of the Peoples Both Civilised and Savage of the Entire World


DOMVILLE-FIFE, CHARLES W.

five volume set, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & illustrations to spine & cover; xvi+264/xi+256/xi+276/x+246/xi+245pp; illus, well read so a little scruffy but complete (mod. rubbing & scuffing to boards, with some surface loss; mod. foxing to page edges & eps; spines sl. shaky; vol 3: fr. gutter detached; vols 3 & 4 have name of previous ower, in ink, on feps; all are a little cocked)

PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co.

KEYWORDS: autobiography world travels history culture

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