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$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

$80.00
ak5/9/33

Orientations


STORRS, RONALD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xvii + 624pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing/surface loss to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor patch of label residue to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to half title page, light to moderate patches of foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1937

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Ronald Storrs Jerusalem British foreign colonialism relations history first editions

$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

$45.00
ak5/10/10

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait


KAHLO, FRIDA & FUENTES, CARLOS (Intro) & LOWE, SARAH M (Essay & Commentary)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, illus prelims, 295pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges, occasional sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Abrams 1995

KEYWORDS: art artists Frida Kahlo diaries journals autobiography

$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

$65.00
ak5/11/4

Stuka Pilot


RUDEL, HANS ULRICH & BADER, Group Captain DOUGLAS (Fore) & HUDSON, LYNTON (Trans)

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 259pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, moderate staining to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing/chipping to spine & folds/creases of flaps, light to moderate staining/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Euphorian Books 1954

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter pilots German luftwaffe Hans Ulrich Rudel autobiography autobiographies memoir amputees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$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

$45.00
ak5/12/8

The Happy Hunted


CLIFTON, Brigadier GEORGE

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 392pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor staining to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (occasional heavy chipping with loss & archival repair to spine & edges, heavy cracking to folds of flaps/covers, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history signed autobiography memoir autobiographies Brigadier George Clifton

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