EVARISTO, BERNADINE

Manifesto on Never Giving Up. Signed Copy

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 2021. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 192pp + plates. 16 plates (8 in colour). Signed by the author on the title page. Bernadine Evaristo is a British author of works of fiction and poetry. Her novel, Girl, Woman, Other, won the Booker Prize in 2019, British Book Awards: Fiction and Author of the Year 2020, and the Indie Book Award for Fiction 2020. It was also one of Barack Obama's 19 Favourite Books of 2019. In June 2020 she became the first woman of colour and the first black British writer to assume the No.1 spot in the UK paperback fiction charts. Evaristo's writing also includes short fiction, drama, poetry, essays, literary criticism, and projects for stage and radio. Two of her books, The Emperor's Babe (2001) and Hello Mum (2010), have been adapted into BBC Radio 4 dramas. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London and the vice-chair of the Royal Society of Literature. Evaristo is a longstanding advocate for the inclusion of writers and artists of colour.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket .

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Book number: k2536b

Catalogue: Autobiography

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FILDES, GARY

An Astronomer's Tale. A Life Under the Stars. Signed Copy

London: Century / Cornerstone, 2016. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xxi, 298pp. Colour plates. Signed with dedication by author on fep.. VG: in very good condition with marked dust jacket .

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Book number: r8214

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography North of England Astronomy

FYFE, JANET [ED.]

Autobiography of John Mcadam [1806-1883]. With Selected Letters

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 1980. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xxi, 255pp; 6pp; 36pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket .

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Book number: g7012

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography Scots History Letters

GALSWORTHY, JOHN; EARL, MAUDE [ILLUS.]

Memories

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Reprint. Brown pictorial hardback cloth cover. 280mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). xii, 71pp. 4 tipped-in coloured plates, plus 23 b/w plates.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. Shaken. Front inner hinge split. Foxing to plates .

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Book number: gal52b

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography Dogs

DE GODOY, MANUEL

Memoirs of Don Manuel de Godoy, Prince of the Peace, Duke Del Alcudia, Count D'Everamonte, &C... . Volume II

London: Richard Bentley, 1836. First Edition. Black hardback half-leather cover with maroon boards. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). viii, 429pp... Formerly Prime Minister of the King of Spain, Generalissimo of his Armies, High Admiral, &c.. Worn condition. Cover rubbed. Hinges weak. Title page stained, but content in overall good condition .

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Book number: d2751

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

GRENFELL, WILFRED THOMASON

A Labrador Doctor. The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, [1919]. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 441pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine sunned. Inscription on fep. Slight spine lean .

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Book number: r2382d

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography Arctic Exploration North America

GRENFELL, WILFRED

The Story of a Labrador Doctor. Signed Copy

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, [1925]. Abridged edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 300pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Some scattered browning .

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Book number: r2382ac

Catalogue: Autobiography

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GRINHAM, JUDY

Water Babe. My Life in Swimming

London: Oldbourne Book Co Ltd, 1960. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 184pp + plates. 15 b/w plates.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover faded .

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Book number: d0236

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography Water-Sports

HALES, A G

Broken Trails. The Record of a Wandering Life

London: Wright & Brown, [1937]. Reprint. Orange hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 287pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket .

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Book number: bbh027a

Catalogue: Autobiography

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HARMAN, C L

Cheers, Sir! from the Vicarage to the Brewery

Cheddar: Tallis Press, 1987. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 117pp.. G: in Good condition with rubbed and marked dust jacket. Spine of jacket faded .

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Book number: 2230

Catalogue: Autobiography

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HARMAN, C L

Cheers, Sir! from the Vicarage to the Brewery

Cheddar: Tallis Press, 1987. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 117pp.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded .

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Book number: 2230a

Catalogue: Autobiography

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HARMAN, C L

Cheers, Sir! from the Vicarage to the Brewery

Cheddar: Tallis Press, 1987. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 117pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover faded .

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Book number: 2230aa

Catalogue: Autobiography

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HARPER, HARRY

My Fifty Years in Flying. The World's First Air Reporter

London: Associated Newspapers Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 256pp. B/w photographs.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Spine sunned and bumped. Cover marked .

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Book number: a0503a

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography Aircraft

HARPER, HARRY

My Fifty Years in Flying. The World's First Air Reporter

London: Associated Newspapers Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 256pp. B/w photographs.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Ex-lib .

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Book number: a0503aa

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography Aircraft

HERBERT, LORD; MORLEY, HENRY [ED.]

Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Cassell's National Library No 53

London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1887. First edition thus. Brown hardback cloth cover. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 192pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded .

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Book number: cnl070

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography