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| ALAGIAH, GEORGE A Passage to Africa London, Little, Brown & Co, 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316855545) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Powerful, passionate, thought-provoking account - an autobiography not so much of George Alagiah, but of Africa itself. Good, tight hardback in an unclipped d/w and SIGNED across title page '' George Alagiah Oct '01'' Some light sunning to page edges - 286pp including index. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 | JP¥ 2134] Book number: 040748 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| BAKEWELL, JOAN The Centre of the Bed London, United Kingdom, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340823100) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautifully written autobiography giving an absorbing, often moving insight into the beliefs and personality of a remarkable woman. 322 pages including index. Very Good +/Very Good +. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 023362 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| CLARKE, NICK Alistair Cooke : The Biography London, United Kingdom, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited, 1999, Fourth Impression. (ISBN: 0297643789) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Drawing on a rich variety of sources this biograhy shows how Cooke came from modest origins to carve out for himself, with dogged determination, a unique position as a commentator on Americal life and politics. Clean, crisp copy in price-clipped dustjacket. 548 pages including index. Illustrated with both colour and b&w photographs. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 | JP¥ 1423] Book number: 029536 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| COOKE, ALISTAIR Memories of the Great and the Good London, United Kingdom, Pavilion Books, 2000. (ISBN: 1862054525) Soft Cover . As new, unread copy which has been poorly stacked resulting in light creasing to rear cover. 266 pages. Very Good. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 021347 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| DARROW, SIOBHAN Flirting with Danger: Confessions of a Reluctant War Reporter London, United Kingdom, Virago Press Ltd, 2000. (ISBN: 1860498167) Card Covers , 8vo. Candid account of the work of CNN war reporter Siobhan Darrow. Clean, bright, uncreased copy. Near Fine. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 023158 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| DYKE, GREG Greg Dyke: Inside Story London, United Kingdom, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2004. (ISBN: 0007192339) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy which shows signs of light shelf wear. Greg Dyke tells his side of the story and his abrupt departure from the BBC after the Hutton report. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 017000 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| HECHT, BEN Gaily, Gaily London, Elek Books, 1963. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Ex-Library, Ex-library copy with usual markings. The memoirs of a cub reporter in Chicago. 227 pages. Reading Copy/Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 026817 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| JAMES, CLIVE Unreliable Memoirs London, Jonathan Cape, 1980, Reprint. (ISBN: 033026463x) Soft Cover . Clean, uncreased copy of Clive James's memoirs of his boyhood growing up in Australia. Very Good. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 023271 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| JAMESON, DEREK Last of the Hot Metal Men: From Fleet Street to Showbiz London, United Kingdom, Ebury Press, 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0852237979) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 2 of the popular journalist's autobiography telling of the ten years in which he managed to edit three national newspapers, ended up broke and unemployed and then bounced back as a Radio 2 DJ. Clean, bright copy in un-clipped d/w. 224 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 031712 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP A Hack's Progress London, Jonathan Cape, 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0224043994) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Revealing and very funny account of the author's career in journalism. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w - 267 pages. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 028174 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| MIALL, L. Richard Dimbleby Broadcaster London, BBC, 1966, First Edition. Paperback . A biography of the BBC's foremost broadcaster written by his colleagues. 172pp. Illustrated in b&w. Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 | JP¥ 854] Book number: 000398 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| MILNE, ALASDAIR Dg: The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster United Kingdom, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340427728) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Square, tight copy in unclipped jacket which shows signs of light shelf wear. xi + 237 pages. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine. Bump to top edge of rear board. Pages yellowing with age. Previous owner's name on front end paper. The memoirs of the former Director General of the BBC - Alasdair Milne. Good +/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 018925 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| NASH, KNOWLTON History on the Run : The Trenchcoat Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent Toronto, ON, Canada, McClelland & Stewart, 1985, First Paperback Edition. (ISBN: 0771067011) Card Covers , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nash's candid and highly personal account of his time as a news correspondent at a time of the phenomenal growth of television journalism - from 1951-1969 he covered the rise and fall of McCarthyism, presidencies of Eisenhower to Nixon and the careers of the Kennedy brothers as well as the Mau Mau uprising and Vietnam. A good clean copy which appears unread though slight tanning to pages. 349 pages including index. Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 034755 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| NICHOLSON, MAVIS Martha Jane and Me : A Girlhood in Wales London, Vintage, 1999. (ISBN: 0099288540) Soft Cover , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mavis Nicholson's beautiful memoirs of life growing up in South Wales with her parents and grandparents. A very good clean copy with light reading creases to spine. 248 pages. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 040563 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| PRIESTLAND, GERALD Something Understood: An Autobiography London, Andre Deutsch, 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233975004) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Autobiography of the well-loved BBC religious affairs broadcaster whose popularity was epitomised by his leaving present from the BBC - a tall-backed chair newly inscribed with the words "More popular than the Pope". 287 pages. A very good, clean copy in unclipped dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 028159 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| PRIESTLAND, G. Something Understood London, United Kingdom, Arrow Books, Limited, 1988. (ISBN: 0099523809) Soft Cover . "The autobiography of the hugely popular journalist, broadcaster and religious affairs correnspondent Gerald Priestland". Pages a little sunned. Reading creases to spine. Illustrated with mono plates. A good clean reading copy. Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 031345 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| REYBUN, WALLACE Frost - Anatomy of a Success London, Macdonald, 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Covers David Frost's early career up to the age of twenty-nine. A very good clean copy in very good unclipped jacket. 154 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 002009 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| ROLPH, C.H. Living Twice : An Autobiography London, Victor Gollancz, 1974, Second Impression. (ISBN: 0575017503) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The remarkable story of a double life - a writer and broadcaster who was also a Chief Inspector in the City of London Police. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w - 287 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 | JP¥ 711] Book number: 029506 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| O'ROURKE, P.J. Age and Guile Beat Youth,Innocence and a Bad Haircut London, United Kingdom, Macmillan General Books, 1995. (ISBN: 0330335820) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Traces the development from radical hippie to staunch conservative of America's funniest political humorist. 341 pages including index. A very good, clean copy in very good price-clipped dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 US$ 11.58 | JP¥ 996] Book number: 028151 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| SERGEANT, JOHN Give Me Ten Seconds Basingstoke, United Kingdom, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333904494) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Memoirs of the respected political correspondent John Sergeant. A very good, clean copy in unclipped dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 023674 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| SIMPSON, JOHN Days from a Different World: A Memoir of Childhood London, Pan Books, 2006. (ISBN: 0330435620) Soft Cover , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Compelling new volume of memoirs by one of our best-loved and most distinguished journalists. Unread paperback - 401 pages. As New. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 | JP¥ 569] Book number: 025623 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| SIMPSON, JOHN News from No Man's Land. : Reporting the World. London, Pan Books, 2003. (ISBN: 0330487353) Paper Back , 8vo. Unread copy with some signs of being poorly stacked. Internally clean and bright - 471 pages including index. The author's third bestselling volume of autobiography. Very good reading copy. Reading Copy. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 | JP¥ 498] Book number: 015056 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| VITALIEV, VITALI Dateline Freedom : Revelations of an Unwilling Exile London, Hutchinson, 1991. (ISBN: 0091746779) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the Soviet investigative journalist who put his life at risk by exposing miscarriages of justice that no other reporter was brave enough to touch. Also notes how new repressive laws have been passed to 'protect the honour and dignity of the President'. Tanning to page margins. Good, square hardback in an unclipped d/w - 210 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 035956 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. | ||
| WATTS, MARK The Fleet Street Sewer Rat London, United Kingdom, Artnik, 2005. (ISBN: 1903906156) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The remarkable true story of a Benji the Binman whose bin rifling antics over a four year period led to a flurry of major news stories being told by Fleet Street. As new, unread copy. Fine/Fine. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 | JP¥ 1138] Book number: 018286 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books. |
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