ANONYMOUS

The Great American Ass; An Autobiography

New York, Brentano's, Inc.. 1926, 1st edition. (hardcover) Very good. [6], 316pp, [2]. Tall 8vo. Mauve smooth-cloth boards, lettering in gilt to spine and top board, publisher's device blindstamped in the bottom corner of the bottom board. Spine deeply-toned, lettering faded; head and tail chipped. Corners bumped. Top-edge coloured dark-green; bottom edge untrimmed. Starting at title page, not split. "The Great American Ass" written by anonymous.. So writ because the author truly wished to remain anonymous because they're an ass? Perhaps the title is best understood through the author's own words (taken entirely in-context, of course): "I wonder, recalling Aunt Annabelle's warning to me and the other children. She recounted scores of instances where our kinsfolk had died of locked bowels, due to neglect of purgatives. And we would each and all be stricken and perish if we didn't keep that one function in mind" (p.5). Surely that is the reason for this publication! To keep that one function of the Great American Ass in mind! The publisher's note states that "this is an authentic autobiography of a descendant of a Puritan family. The vibrant livingness of its pages it unfailingly conveyed to the reader"..I call rubbish. Hogwash. A load of drivel. Rather, this book was written "to control another bad American habit, an amendment to their venerable constipation" (p.6)! The Great American Ass, indeed. Please note: This is NOT a biography of that 45th Buffoon of the Great U. S. Of A.

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Book number: 117554

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography, Humour, Memoir, Puritan

BABUR, ZAHIRUDDIN MUHAMMAD; RUSHDIE, SALMAN (INTRODUCTION BY)

The Baburnama

London, The Folio Society NONE. 2013. (hardcover) Fine. lviii, maps, 540pp. 4to. Memoirs of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, written from his early years until a short time before his death. Originally recorded in the now extinct Turkic language of Chaghatai, this edition has been translated by Wheeler M. Thackston. Quarter leather binding, gilded decorated boards, gilt title and decoration stamped to spine. Maps. Full colour plates, reproduced, with permission, from the British Library manuscript of the Baburnama. No jacket. Housed, as issued, in sturdy, royal blue (plain) slip case. Fine and beautiful copy. Translated, edited, and annotated by Wheeler M. Thackston. Preface to the Illustrations by J. P. Losty. Introductin by Salman Rushdie.

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Book number: 131330

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs, Autobiography, Collectible Books, History - India, World History

BASS, RICK

Why I Came West

Boston New York, Houghton Mifflin Company 978-0-618-59675-1. (ISBN: 978-0-618-59675-1). 2008, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 238pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Memoir, 30 years of the journey of one of America's greatest naturalist writers and defenders of the wilderness. Fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective mylar wrap.

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Book number: 129886

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir, Autobiograohy, Collectible Books, Montana - Wilderness, Yaak Valley 9780618596751

BERTON, PIERRE

Starting Out 1920-1947

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart. (ISBN: 0-7710-1342-6). 1987. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 343pp. 8vo. VG / VG. White cloth, gilt title to spine. Black and white photographs.

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Book number: 125942

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir, Canadian History, Canadian Memoirs, Pierre Berton 0771013426

BITTLE, JILL DYANN

Song Over Silence; A Story About Finding My Voice While Healing Child Incest Abuse

Victoria, Friesenpress 978-1-5255-7042-1. (ISBN: 978-1-5255-7042-1). 2020, 1st Paperback Edition. (Mass market paperback) As new. viii, [4], 141pp. Short 8vo. Wrappers. Entirely unblemished; as new. Tight, bright, and clean.

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Book number: 128576

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir, Abuse, Canadian Prairies, Child Abuse, Prairie Memoirs 9781525570421

BONISTEEL, ROY; GLASS, DAMIAN V. [ILLUSTRATIONS]

There Was a Time. . .

Toronto, Canada, Doubleday Canada Limited. (ISBN: 0-385-25363-X). 1993. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xii, 257pp. 8vo. Signed. Memoir of one of Canada's most well-known journalists. A clean, solid copy. There is a full colour photograph of Roy Bonisteel and his wife pasted to the front free endpaper. Rich with scraperboard illustrations.

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Book number: 124958

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir, Autobiography, Canadian Journalism, CBC, Memoir 038525363X

BUCKLEY, JR., WILLIAM F.

Overdrive; A Personal Documentary

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc.. (ISBN: 0-385-18269-4). 1983, 1st edition. (hardcover) Very good in good to very good dust jacket. 262pp. 8vo. Clue cloth backstrip with blue paper boards, lettering in gold to spine. Bottom corners bumped. Spine ever so slightly cocked. Dust jacket rubbed with edgewear, not price clipped. B&W photo illus.

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Book number: 120204

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir, Autobiography, Humour 0385182694

CAMPBELL, MARIA

Halfbreed

Halifax, NS, Goodread Books. (ISBN: 0-88780-116-1). 1983. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 184pp. 12mo. Red card cover. A vital document on racial relations in Canada. and an essential read for any Canadian who supports and advocates for human rights and human dignity. Goodread Biographies / Canadian Lives.

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Book number: 126099

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography, Advocacy, Autobiography, Canadian History, Human Rights, Metis, Saskatchewan History 0887801161

CAMPBELL, MARIA

Halfbreed

Halifax, NS, Goodread Books. (ISBN: 0-88780-116-1). [no date]. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 184pp. Later reprint of the 1983 Goodread Biographies edition. 12mo. Red card cover. Entirely unblemished. As new. A vital document on racial relations in Canada. and an essential read for any Canadian who supports and advocates for human rights and human dignity. Goodread Biographies / Canadian Lives 16.

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Book number: 131348

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Autobiography, Advocacy, Autobiography, Canadian History, Human Rights, Metis, Saskatchewan History 0887801161

CAPUTO, PHILIP

Means of Escape

New York, HarperCollins. (ISBN: 0-06-018312-8). 1991, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. ix, 405pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. Fine / Fine copy; jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 130472

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs, Autobiographies, Collectible Books, Military History, Signed Editions 0060183128

CAPUTO, PHILIP

Means of Escape

New York, HarperCollins. (ISBN: 0-06-098402-3). 1991, 1st Paperback Edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine in fine dust jacket. ix, 405pp. 8vo. Signed. First paperback edition. Fine copy.

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Book number: 130473

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs, Autobiographies, Collectible Books, Military History, Signed Editions 0060984023

CAPUTO, PHILIP

A Rumor of War

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (ISBN: 0-03-017631-X). 1977, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Near fine in fine dust jacket. xix, 346pp. 8vo. Author's memoir about his service in the early years of the Vietnam war as a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. First US edition. There is a pencilled notation made to the last page, small and neat; else is fine. Jacket, fine, protected in loose, mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 130467

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoir, Autobiography, Collectible Books, Military History, Signed Editions, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War 003017631X

CAPUTO, PHILIP

A Rumor of War

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (ISBN: 0-03-017631-X). 1977, 1st edition. (hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. xix, 346pp. 8vo. Signed. First edition. Author's memoir about his service in the early years of the Vietnam war as a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Book is fine. Jacket, near fine, with light (tiny) markings and some wear at the lower edge; protected in loose, mylar sleeve.

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Book number: 130468

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs, Autobiography, Collectible Books, Military History, Signed Editions, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War 003017631X

CLARKSON, THOMAS

Memories of the Private and Public Life of William Penn (in two volumes)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown NONE. 1813. (hardcover) Very good. 520, 500pp. 8vo. Leather bound, two volumes. The life of William Penn, a Quaker (Religious Society of Friends ), early advocate for democracry and religious freedom, abolitionist and founder of the Pennsylvania Colony. Titles in gilt to spine. The leather of both volumes show wear and markings with spines faded, as may be anticipated. The second volume top board has separated. Internally there is light spotting throughout; otherwise clean and bright and overall, in remarkably good condition, given the date of publication.

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Book number: 129679

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs, Abolition, American History, Collectible Books, History - American, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends

COX, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER VIVIAN A.; THORNE, NICK

Seven Christmases; Second World War Memoirs of Lieutenant Vivian A. Cox, R.N.V.R.

Sevenoaks, Kent (England), Nikkay Associates LLP NONE. 2010, private, limited edition. (hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 360pp. 4to. Number 239 of 300 copies. Memoirs published posthumously and circulated between family, friends, and others interested that provides insight into the events of the World War II and the author's narrative. Text accompanied by black and white photographs. Top corners lightly bumped; else is in fine condition.

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Book number: 130022

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Memoirs, Autobiography, British History, England Kent, Military History, Royal Navy Patrol Service, Wartime, World War II