MATHEWS, CHARLES JAMES & DICKENS, CHARLES (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to front board, frontis with tissue guards to both vols, vol 1- ix + 324pp + 40pp catalogue, vol 2- viii + 336pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout to vol 2 particularly)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1879

KEYWORDS: Charles J Mathews autobiography memoir literature Charles Dickens edited history

WALKER, KENNETH

Octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, 219pp, VG (spine cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, occasional markings in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG- (all corners clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1946

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Walker literature psychology autobiography

O'SULLIVAN, MAURICW

Lacks d/w, first edition, second impression. Super octavo (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: Chatto& Windus 1933

KEYWORDS: autobiography irish ireland coming of age youth travel

TREADWELL, C. A. L.

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, red textured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, sl discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership stamps/names in ink to ffep) in d/w (VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate foxing to covers, light water stain to front)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand military war history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 C A L Treadwell infantry Great War autobiography memoir

FU, TU & AYSCOUGH, FLORENCE (Arranged & Translated)

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP AT REAR, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & Chinese lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, deckled page edges, 450pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1929

KEYWORDS: Tu Fu literature poets Chinese literature literary autobiography memoir antiquity history first edition

ANONYMOUS [LEE, JOHN A.]

TRUE FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, red lettering to black patch on spine & board, 255pp, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate cracking to hinges, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & staining to boards, light fading & foxing to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: John A Lee memoir autobiography depression era New Zealand first edition

KNIGHT, CAROLINE JANE

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: The Greyfriar Group 2017

KEYWORDS: jane austen heritage ancestry chawton house estate family jane austen literacy foundation autobiography

LONG, RICK

STAINING TO FIRST FEW PAGES, 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: Fraser Books 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Rick Long butchers business owners

SWALLOW, RONA

Quarto, spiral bound illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 68pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing & soiling to clear covers)

PUBLISHER: Rona Swallow 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Rona Swallow autobiography memoir settlers pioneers

WATERHOUSE, FRANCIS A. & WIMBUSH, ROGER L.

Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, vii + 248pp, scruffy (moderate warping to boards, heavy cracking to top spine extrem/front hinge, moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, some foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir Francis Waterhouse legionnaires french foreign legion soldiers history war military service

HAWEIS, REV. H. R.

Super octavo (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: Longmans, Greens & Co. 1912

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir reverand historian of musical instruments

McKENNA, DENNIS

Super octavo, illus ligth card covers, cream lettering to spine, illus title page, xx + 508pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges & corners, discreet tape reinforcement to cover corners, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc. 2012

KEYWORDS: biography autobiography Terence Dennis McKenna counterculture philosophy

CERUTTY, PERCY WELLS

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering, 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, sm ink marking to front flap, moderate tanning.foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition sport Percy Wells Cerutty athletics coaching coaches memoir autobiography

LARKIN, MARGARET

LACKS D/W, 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: Reader's Union/Victor Gollancz 1960

KEYWORDS: true crime autobiography memoir Margaret Larkin bombing

BERTSCHINGER, CLAIRE & BLAKE, FANNY

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: Bantam 2006

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Claire Bertschinger red cross aid Lebanon Sudan Afghanistan Ethiopia Live Aid

KOESTLER, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, 306pp, VG (light scuffing & discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 2x 2cm closed tears to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins/Hamish Hamilton1952

KEYWORDS: first edition Arthur Koestler autobiography memoir literary literature

STREET, RICHARD & FLANIGAN, GARY

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green/brown lettering to spine, 171pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Tate Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: music entertainment Richard Street motown soul autobiography

BAILEY, Lieut.-Col. F. M. & HOPKIRK, PETER (Intro & Epilogue)

IN VG+ SLIPCASE, super 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: The Folio Society 2000

KEYWORDS: folio society autobiography war military history Lt Col F M Bailey

GODWIN, PETER

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: Picador 1997

KEYWORDS: Rhodesia Africa Peter Godwin autobiography memoir civil war

SCHRANK, ROBERT

SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERLINING, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) boards sl warped; 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 MIT Press 1998

KEYWORDS: US America American history autobiography memoir Robert Schrank socialism socialist movement politics political labour labor radicalism