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My Mission to Russia and Other Diplomatic Memories


BUCHANAN, Sir GEORGE

2 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, FRONTIS TO VOL 1 LOOSE, super octavo, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 253pp, vol 2- viii + 280pp + folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, usual library markings/stamps, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout with some pgs loose but attached, frontis to vol 1 completely loose)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1923

KEYWORDS: Sir George Buchanan Russia autobiography memoir politics

$40.00
1w44b/1

The Memoirs of Captain Liddell Hart (2 Vol Set)


HART, Capt. LIDDELL

2 VOLUME SET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, vol 1- 433pp, vol 2- 334pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, price clipped, moderate foxing & tanning, light fading to spine of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1965

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography Liddell Hart military history ww1 first 1st world war

$50.00
1w44b/5

Josephine E. Butler: An Autobiographical Memoir


BUTLER, JOSEPHINE E. & JOHNSON, GEORGE W. & JOHNSON, LUCY A. (Eds) & STUART, JAMES (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp rule to boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 318pp, illus/photos- not counted presumed all present, VG (light scuffing to extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x ex-libris plates to front eps, light closed tearing & creasing to some page edges & tissue guard)

PUBLISHER: J. W. Arrowsmith 1909

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir first edition Josephine E Butler feminist feminism Victorian England English women's rights

$75.00
1w47a/28

Masa Jepun: Sarawak Under the Japanese1941-1945


REECE, BOB

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 254pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sarawak Literary Society n/d c.1998

KEYWORDS: Sarawak history military Japan Asia Malaysia autobiography memoir Bob Reece 2nd second world war two 2 ww2

$50.00
1w47a/31

Dennis 'Hurricane' David


DAVID, DENNIS (Group Capt. W. D. DAVID)

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sm. numerals in ink to ffep) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2000

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Dennis Hurricane David raf British royal air force military aviation history

$45.00
2i32a/32

There's Gold in Rocky


BOYER, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jack Boyer 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated autobiography memoir Jack Boyer gold hunting prospecting

$15.00
xxstg1722037

Two Shepherds Who Lost Their Sheep


A True Historical Story Surrounding the Importation of Four New Breeds of Exotic Sheep from Great Britain and Republic of Ireland to New Zealand 1972

DIACK, ALAN R.

Octavo softcover Nr. FINE; 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: Montana Reflections 2007

KEYWORDS: sheep farming animal welfare new zealand history autobiography alan diack oldenburg german white headed mutton oxford down finnish landrace east frisian

$22.50
xxste172103

People Who Lead to My Plays


KENNEDY, ADRIENNE

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: Knopf 1987

KEYWORDS: biography autobiography playwright adrienne kennedy cleveland

$24.50
xxstf172191

Edmund Wilson, the Man in Letters


WILSON, EDMUND & CASTRONOVO, DAVID (Ed & Intro) & GROTH, JANET (Ed & Intro)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Ohio University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Edmund Wilson correspondence letters autobiography literature

$42.50
2i42a/3

Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki


HAKUSEKI, ARAI & ACKROYD, JOYCE (Trans)

Super octavo, cream cloth boards with blue buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 347pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's v sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping ot edges, 1cm loss to lower spine extrem, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press & University of Tokyo Press 1979

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arai Hakuseki Japanese literature philosophy Confucius

$15.00
xxstg172231

Just Who Does He Think He Is? A Theatrical Life


WEBBY, GEORGE

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: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: george webby memoir autobiography biography nz actor theatre drama new zealand

$16.50
xxstg172235

Best Foot Forward: The Autobiography of Colin Hodgkinson


HODGKINSON, COLIN; MCINDOE, SIR ARCHIBALD (forew.)

Jacket torn at rear. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Odhams 1957

KEYWORDS: colin hodgkinson autobiography biography memoir pilot flying airplanes fleet air arm airforce

$17.50
xxsth172246

Adventures by Sea and Land


MOFFATT, HARRY LOUIS

Imperial 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Nelson Historical Society 1979

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir New Zealand Harry Louis Moffatt exploration travel Nelson regional history

$20.00
xxsth172249

Scrambles Amongst the Alps


WHYMPER, EDWARD & TYNDALE, H. E. G. (Revised & Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (tatty); 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: John Murray 1948

KEYWORDS: British mountaineering exploration climbing mountain mountains Edward Whymper autobiography memoir pioneer

$45.00
2i45a/41

Treasured Islands: The Memoirs of Colleen Turbet Williams


WILLIAMS, COLLEEN TURBET & COX, BARBARA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, 110pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & peeling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Colleen Williams 2004

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography Colleen Turbet Williams illustrated Fiji British colony colonies New Zealand

$40.00
2i48a/41

Kinross Writings


KINROSS, BESSIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 84pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Wickliffe New Zealand Ltd 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers autobiography Bessie Kinross settlers Central Otago memoirs

$45.00
2i48a/67

Ata Girl: Memoirs of a Wartime Ferry Pilot


DU CROS, ROSEMARY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 105pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: military history aviation war pilots Rosemary du Cros autobiography memoir women Air Transport Auxiliary raf air force British ww2 world war two 2 second 2nd politics

$45.00
2i51a/15

Reminiscences of Arthur Dudley Dobson; Engineer 1841-1930


DOBSON, ARTHUR DUDLEY, LESTER, G. M. L. (Preface)

1984 RE-PRINT OF SECOND EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, rubbed title plate to spine, black lettering to title plate to front board, frontispiece, 225pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate rubbing to title pate to spine, light bruisin gto extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl tape staining to pastedowns) in mylar cover- taped

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1984 (Reprint of Second Edition by Whitcombe & Tombs)

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arthur Dudley Dobson New Zealand history pioneers settlers

$20.00
xxstj172339

The Big Huey: An Inmate's Candid Account of Five Years Inside New Zealand's Prisons


NEWBOLD, GREG

Revised, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand justice law legal true crime prison system autobiography Greg Newbold inmates jail

$15.00
xxstj172377

Wandering Girl


WARD, GLENYSE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Magabala Books 1987

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian autobiography memoir Aborigines Glenyse Ward

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