Alagiah, George

A Passage to Africa.

Timewarner, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, 292pp, illustrated softback covers with one light crease to spine. B + w photographs. A clean, tight copy. Personal testimony and political insight from the BBC's Africa correspondent... Fine.

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Buchzahl: 12616

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Ceylon, Ghana, Africa, BBC

Asquith, Margot

The Autobiography Of Margot Asquith.

Eyre, 1962. Hard Cover, Reprint of one-volume edition.Introduction by Mark Bonham-Carter. 342pp, complete dustjacket. B + w photographs. Ex reference library, so stamps on title page and pocket on inner board, otherwise very clean... Very Good /Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 2313

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Bonham-Carter, autobiography, Politicians

Asquith, Margot

The Autobiography of Margot Asquith Volume One.

Penguin, 1937. Mass Market Paperback, 251pp, the edges browned with age. Blue and white covers, with loss to the top of the spine. Internally clean. Covers the years 1864 to 1895... Good.

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Buchzahl: 8059

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Politics, MP, Parliament, Government, Childhood, Victorian

Ballentine, George

Autobiography of An English Soldier In The United States Army.

Lakeside Press, 1986. Hard Cover, 1st in this attractive edition, edited by William H Goetzmann. 354pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to front, no dustjacket, as issued. Frontispiece and other b + w illustrations. A new, Mint, copy. Autobiography of a scotsman who failed to find work in the US as a weaver and enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican War of 1846, under General Winfield Scott... As New /No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 7013

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: adventure, autobiography, Mexican war, Mexico, Texas, General Scott, soldier, immigrant

Bayley, John

Iris and The Friends A Year of Memories.

Duckworth, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 208pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf and a small newspaper cutting about Iris pasted to the innner board under the front turnover flap, otherwise internally very clean. The author's husband's further account of his life with Iris Murdoch and her last year - a sequel to Iris A Memoir... Very Good /Fine.

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Buchzahl: 9691

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Iris Murdoch, Biography, Author Biography

Duchess of Bedford

Nicole Nobody The Autobiography of the Duchess of Bedford.

W H Allen, 1974. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 377pp. Complete dustjacket, a little creased to the edges. Endpaper family trees. B + w photographs. Internally clean. The story of the woman who was brought up in France, worked in the war time French Resistance, and had a successful career in film production as Nicole Milinaire before marrying the 13th Duke of Bedford and running Woburn Abbey, a famous stately home... Very Good /Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 5827

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Autobiography, Aristocrat, Duchess, Film, Cinema, French History, stately Home, Resistance, Woburn Abbey

Benn, Tony

Dare to be a Daniel Then and Now.

Hutchinson, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover, 278pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. A very clean copy. Autobiography - the childhood of the rebel Labour politician... Fine /Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 12037

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Autobiography, MP, Politics

Betjeman, John and Lycett Green, Candida (ed)

John Betjeman Letters Volume Two 1951 to 1984.

Methuen, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 616pp. Complete dustjacket, a little faded to the spine. B + w illustrations. Ribbon bookmark. A very clean copy. Editied and introduced by the poet's daughter, this volume covers the letters from 1951 to 1984, poetry, architecture, campaigning to save historic buildings etc... Fine /Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 9837

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Correspondence, Letters, History, Poet, Biography

De La Billiere, General Sir Peter

Storm Command A Personal Account of the Gulf War.

Harper Collins, 1992. Hard Cover, 348pp, priceclipped dustjacket with portrait of the author has one closed tear to back edge, no loss. B + w photographs. Foreword by Prince Charles. Light spotting to foredge, otherwise internally clean. An inside account of the war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 1990... Very Good /Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 5429

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Kuwait, Prince Charles

Black, Peter

The Biggest Aspidistra In The World.

BBC, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 2443 pp, green boards, dustjacket in protective plastic wrappers. Library stamp to flyleaf and reverse of title page, otherwise clean. 50 years at the BBC.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 1196

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: TV, Autobiography, BBC, Radio, Broadcasting

Blackmore, Stanley

Reflections Of A Country Magistrate.

Saracen, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover, 236pp and addenda. Green boards with gilt title. Includes a book review from the Law Society Gazette. The author was a JP in Wiltshire for 27 years... Fine /No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 3620

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: JP, Wiltshire, Devizes, law

Bough, Frank

Cue Frank!.

Queen Anne Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover, 191pp. Complete dustjacket. B + w photographs. One small scrape mark on inner board where small ownership label removed, otherwise very clean and Near Fine. 15 years as a TV sport presenter... Very Good /Fine.

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Buchzahl: 3586

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: TV, sport

Brown, Leslie

Encounters With Nature.

Oxford, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Doris Tischler. 194 pp, blue boards, complete dustjacket. B + w illustrations by Doris Tischler. Very clean.. Stories of life as a naturalist... As New /As New.

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Buchzahl: 1495

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Doris Tischler, Autobiography, Naturalist, Animal

Bryant, Billy

Children Of Ol' Man River.

Lakeside, 1988. Hard Cover, Edited by Martin Ridge. 360pp. Brown boards, gilt top edge. Map and photographs. New - still sealed in its protective wrapper. The autobiography of a Showboat trouper... As New /No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 2334

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Showboat, Mississippi, Autobiography

Bryant, Billy

Children of Ol' Man River The Life and Times of a Showboat Trouper.

Lakeside Press, 1988. Hard Cover, 1st in this attractive edition, edited by Martin Ridge. 360pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to front, no dustjacket, as issued. Frontispiece portrait and other b + w illustrations. A new, Mint, copy. The autobiography of a member of a showboat family... As New /No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 6999

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: adventure, autobiography, theatre, american west, showboat