ALLAN, ANDREW

Andrew Allan, a Self-Portrait.

Canada: MacMillan of Canada, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 077051202X. Brown glossy covers with gilt titles to the spine. Glossy covers, a tighlty bound bbok with bright, unmarked pages. In Near Fine condition. The DJ is Very Good, a small piece missing off of the front cover bottom edge. Protected by a clear plastic covering. A black & white photo section in the book. ""Andrew Allan... CBC... brought to broadcasting in Canada an excellence that was renowned." "..made up of two parts. The first is a straightforward autobiography... The second part is a collection of his witty, satirical, or serious essays..."; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26715

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Radio, Media

Keywords: 077051202x Media > Autobiography Radio

BECKWITH LILLIAN

About My Father's Business

Arrow Books, 1978. Mass_Market. ISBN: 0099077809. Illustrated by Douglas Hall. A Very Good+ Mass Market with a tight binding, one name to the front end paper otherwise clean & unmarked. "Lillian Beckwith takes us back to her childhood; to the years before the Second World War, when her father ran a small grocer's shop in a Cheshire town." ; B&W & color Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27200

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, England

Keywords: 0099077809 Autobiography England Autobiography & Memoirs England

BENNETT ALAN

Untold Stories

London, England: Faber and Faber, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0571228305. Large green hardcover book with gilt lettering on spine, and a small dent on top edge of front cover. DJ is unclipped with chipping on top of spine and small tear on top edge of back cover. A creasing along the cover top edge." Untold Stories" brings together some of the finest and funniest writing by one of England's best-known literary figures. Bennett's first major collection since "Writing Home" contains previously unpublished work, along with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996 to 2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews, and comic pieces." ; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 658 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 2238

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Playwrights

Keywords: 0571228305 Dramatists Biography Autobiography & Memoirs Literary & Literary Citicism Family & Relationships Plays

BURNEY, DEREK

Getting It Done a Memoir

Toronto, Ont: Mcgill-Queens University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773529268. Black hardcovers / gitl titles to the spine. In Fine condition, tightly bound with a bright, unmarked text. Black & white photo sections through the book. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "Whether it was organizing Canada's first G-7 Summit, directing the Prime Minister's Office or concluding the Free Trade agreement, Derek Burney fused politics, public policy, and diplomacy into a fine art. His memoir is a vivid and revealing account of his remarkable career. At the heart of "Getting it Done" are Burney's colourful vignettes about key politicians. "; 9.30 X 6.10 X 1 inches; 208 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19715

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Politics

Keywords: 0773529268 Foreign Relations Politics Canada Autobiography & Memoirs Government United States Prime Ministers

CHESTERTON G. K.

Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1954. Hardcover. Bright yelllow hardcovers, red titles to the spine, author signature to the front cover. Tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. An ex-library book with the pocket and stamps, stain on the front end paper. Spine end & corner bumping. The DJ is clipped and shrink wrapped, heavy rubbing to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27925

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Authors, Christianity,Catholic

Keywords: Autobiography Authors Christianity > Catholic

GREENE, GRAHAM

Ways of Escape

Garden City , New York: Penguin Canada, 1981. Paperback. ISBN: 014005801X. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Tightly bound, with a clean and unmarked text. Spine creasing with light cover edgewear and scuffing. "First published in 1980, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his long and extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary, he has travelled like an explorer seeking out people and political situations at the dangerous edge of things. He writes about people and places, faith, doubt, fear and the trials and crafts of writing. "; 7.10 X 4.30 X 0.60 inches; 237 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 21293

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Novelists

Keywords: 014005801x Autobiography & Memoirs Travel Literary & Literary Citicism Literature

HOWARD ELIZABETH JANE

Slipstream

Toronto, Ont: Pan Macmillan, 2003. Paperback. ISBN: 0330484052. Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition with a tight binding and clean, unmarked pages. Some age tanning to the page edges and cover edgewear and light scuffing. Black & white photo sections through the book. "Born in London in 1923, Elizabeth Jane Howard was privately educated at home, moving on to short-lived careers as an actress and model, before writing her first acclaimed novel, "The Beautiful Visit", in 1950. Her Cazalet Chronicles have become established as modern classics and have been filmed by the BBC." ; 7.72 X 4.96 X 1.50 inches; 528 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19858

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Woman Authors

Keywords: 0330484052 Woman Authors Women Autobiography & Memoirs Literary & Literary Citicism

MCCOURT, FRANK

Teacher Man ** Signed** a Memoir

Scribner, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0743243773. Cream colored hard boards with red titles to the spine. A Signed First Edition in Near Fine condition. Light spine end bumping with a light stain to the spine top. Signed on the titles page. The DJ is also Near Fine with light cover rubbing. "Now, here, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. "Teacher Man" is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere." ; 1.18 x 9.29 x 5.98 Inches; 258 pages; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 12478

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy

Keywords: 0743243773 Personal Memoirs Autobiography & Memoirs Education

REISS, TOM

Orientalist, the Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

Random House, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1400062659. Black hardcovers in As New condition, tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and in As New condition, protected by a clear palstic covering. "Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, "The Orientalist" traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a bestselling author in Nazi Germany. "; B&W Photographs; 9.20 X 6.40 X 1.60 inches; 433 pages. As New in As New dust jacket .

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Book number: 15784

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Holocaust

Keywords: 1400062659 Holocaust Judaic German Authors Anthropology History Germany & German Language

ROY, GABRIELLE, FRANCOIS RICARD

Pays de Bonheur D'Occasion Et Autres Récits Autobiographiques épars Et inédits

Boréal, 2000. Paperback. ISBN: 2764600747. A Fine Trade Paperback in a Near Fine unclipped DJ. "Over the course of her lengthy and prolific career, Gabrielle Roy received many honours, including three Governor General's Awards (1947, 1957, 1978) , the Prix Fémina (1947) , the Companion of the Order of Canada (1967) , the Medal of the Canada Council (1968) , the Prix David (1971) , and the Prix Molson (1978). "; 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches; 159 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 24361

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Authors, French Canadian

Keywords: 2764600747 Autobiogaphy > Authors French Canadian Authors Politics History Graphic Novels & Comics

SPICER, KEITH

Life Sentences ** Signed ** Memoirs of an Incorrigible Canadian

Toronto,: McClelland & Stewart, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771082223. Grey hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author, in an inscription, on the title page. Tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is unclipped, glossy and in Near Fine condition. "Keith Spicer, well-known defender of national unity from the 1960s to the 1990s, has had an extraordinary career. He was Canada’s first commissioner of official languages, CRTC chairman, and chairman of the Citizens’ Forum on Canada's Future – the 1990-91 odyssey during which 700,000 Canadians were consulted on our country’s shape, values, and priorities." ; B&W Photographs; 9 X 5.90 X 1.10 inches; 356 pages; Signed by Author. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 13964

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, Journalists

Keywords: 0771082223 Immigrants Newspaper Editors Politics Canada Autobiography & Memoirs Journalism

TROYAT HENRI

Le Fils Du Satrape

1998. Paperback. ISBN: 2246564913. Yellow Paperback in New conditon. A Near Fine DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages. New in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 24236

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy

Keywords: 2246564913 French Books > Autobiogaphy Autobiography & Memoirs French Books Livres de Langue Française

ZIMMERMAN, BILL

Troublemaker a Memoir from the Front Lines of the Sixties

Anchor, 2012. Paperback. ISBN: 0307739503. Trade Paperback in As New condition. Tight, bright & unmarked. "In this spellbinding memoir, Bill Zimmerman relates his many adventures in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the sixties and offers invaluable lessons on the art of effective protest for today's activists." ; 7.90 X 5.20 X 1 inches; 464 pages. As New .

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Book number: 19633

Catalogue: Autobiogaphy, 20th Century

Keywords: 0307739503 20th Century Politics Autobiography & Memoirs Government History United States