ROBERTSON, CELIA.

WHO WAS SOPHIE ? The Lives of my Grandmother, Poet and Stranger.

London. Virago, 2008., Reprint. Biography of Joan Adeney Bleasedale, who was only 17 when her poetry was recognised by Virginia Woolf, and published by the Hogarth Press. She wrote for the BBC in the 1940's, was married to a scientist with 3 children, but 30 years later she was alone & destitute. Her granddaughter tries to trace her life. 310 pages. 30 b./w. photographs on 8 pages. Near fine, no signature or marks, but bottom of spine slightly bumped. D./w. near fine but tiny nick front top edge, & small tear back bottom corner. ISBN 9781844081899. 2008

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Book number: 6824

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Joan Adeney Bleasedale Hogarth Press Virginia Woolf Naomi Mitchison

ROBINSON, CEDRIC ( SIGNED BY AUTHOR)

SAND PILOT OF MORECOMBE BAY.

Newton Abbot, Devon. David & Charles, 1980., Cedric Robinson's autobiography, about his life & work as a fisherman in Morecombe Bay on the Lancashire Coast. In 1963 he was appointed "Official guide over the Kent Sands." Signed by him on the title page. Line drawings by Olive Robinson. 157 pages including chapter on wildlife in the Bay, some local walks & suggestions for other activities, glossary of terms used by Morecombe fishermen and a glossary of local dialect terms. 13 b./ w. photographs. 8.75" x 5.5". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. but price clipped. ISBN 0715379151. 1980

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Book number: 3823

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Morecombe Bay Kent Sands quicksands Lancashire scallops cockles

ROBINSON, VEE.

SISTERS IN ARMS. How female gunners defended Britain against the Luftwaffe.

London. Harper Collins, 1996., Paperback. Foreword by Noel Edmonds. 192 pages. 17 b./w. photographs on 8 pages. 19.75cm. x 13cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0004720849 1996 ISBN: 0004720849

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Book number: 10133

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Vee Thomson ATS Royal Artillery Romney Marsh Mappleton

RODGER, GEORGE.

Red Moon Rising.

London.The Cresset Press, 1943, First edition. Rodger's account of the Burma Campaign, the destruction of Mandalay, the deserted city of Rangoon, the journeys across rivers & through jungles by jeep, until they were forced to abandon the jeep & continue on foot. Rodger had been given a 3 month assignment by Life Magazine in December 1940 to cover the Free French activities in West Africa. When this ended he drove across Africa to cover the war in Eritrea & Abyssinia, he drove from battlefront to battlefront. Made Official War Correspondent in Cairo he then flew to Burma where his story begins in Rangoon. 127 pages. With about 83 b./w. photographs on 64 pages taken by the author for Life Magazine. Contents clean & near fine except previous owner's name on top edge of front free endpage. Cover is very good but faint mark on back, edges & front bottom corner slightly soiled. Worn and torn d./w. with some tape on inside, priced 12s. 6d. 1943

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Book number: 6876

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Eritrea Abyssinia Rangoon Burma Mandalay

ROONEY, WAYNE WITH DAVIES, HUNTER

Wayne Rooney. My Story So Far.

London. HarperCollins, 2006., Autobiography of the young footballer. 311 pages, well illustrated with over 60 colour and b./w. photographs. Cover and contents near fine, clean, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. priced £17.99. 24.25cm. x 16cm. ISBN 000723628X. 2006

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Book number: 8690

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: football soccer Everton Manchester United

RUTHERFORD, DOROTHEA.

THE THRESHOLD. A Memoir of Childhood.

London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955, First UK edition, first published 1954 in Germany under the title of "Vor Tag". This is the author's account of her childhood in the city of Reval, Estonia, in about 1900. Translated from the German by Moura Budberg and Tania Alexander. 236 pages. Yellow cover, and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine except slightly worn & torn on corners and edges are slightly chipped, priced 18s. (90p.). 22cm. x 14cm. 1955

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Book number: 8659

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Reval Estonia childhood Estonian

SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE

WIND, SAND & STARS.

London. Pan Books, 1975, Paperback. Reprint. Autobiography of Saint-Exupery, who writes about his exciting life as a pilot. 176 pages. Near fine, no inscrIption, but paper slightly yellowed & endpages faintly foxed. SBN 0330243381 1975

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Book number: 6026

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: flying pilot aviation Antoine Saint-Exupery

SCHWEZOFF, IGOR.

BORZOI.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1935., Autobiography of the Russian ballet dancer, who in 1931 managed to escape to France, first to Manchuria then by boat to Marseilles. 441 pages, with 3 b./ w. photographs & 11 b./ w. decorative drawings by David Grey, who also designed the endpapers. Contents near fine, no inscription but a bookplate is on f.f.e.p., the black cloth cover is slightly worn on edges & ends of spine are slightly bumped. No d./w. 9" x 5.75". 1935

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Book number: 3430

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: ballet Manchuria Harbin Russia Harkov Leningrad Kiev

SCOTT, PETER

OBSERVATIONS OF WILDLIFE.

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press/Phaidon, 1980, First U.S. edition. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. Autobiography, and illustrated on almost every page with paintings & drawings by Sir Peter Scott, founder of the Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust. 39 in colour, over 60 in black & white. 112 pages.11.25" x 8.75". Cover & contents in near fine condition, no inscription or marks. D./w. has 2 small faint damp spots only visible from the inside o./w. it's near fine. The spots don't appear to have affected the cover. ISBN 0801413419. 1980

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Book number: 2472

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Scott Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust conservation geese swans birds biography

SELINKO, ANNEMARIE.

Desirée.

Zurich. Buchclub Ex-Libris, 1951., Text is in Gernan. The story of one of the ladies Napoleon loved, she became Queen of Sweden. 624 pages. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Red spine.with gilt lettering on black label, is slightly worn on top edge. Cream cover slightly brownish on top and side edge. No d./w. 20.75cm. x 12.5cm. 1951

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Book number: 8412

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Desiree Napoleon Count Bernadotte Sweden

SHEPPARD, DAVID.

STEPS ALONG HOPE STREET. My Life in Cricket, the Church and the Inner City.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 2002., David Sheppard's autobiography. Besides being a first class cricketer he became the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £17.99. 24cm. x 16cm. ISBN 0340861169. 2002

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Book number: 7804

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Derek Warlock cricket

SIMON, VISCOUNT.

RETROSPECT. The Memoirs of The Rt. Hon. Viscount Simon.

London. Hutchinson, 1952., Autobiography of a son of a Welsh Congregational Minister, who became a Liberal M.P., spent 30 years in the House of Commons, becoming Attorney General, Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary. 327 pages including index. 32 b & w photographs, illustrations or cartoons. 9¼" x 6". Near fine except slightly rubbed, slight foxing on edges of pages when book is closed. Top edges are navy-blue. D./w. is near fine except inside are a few spots of foxing. 1952

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Book number: 2059

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Simon House of Commons Attourney General Foreign Secretary Chancellor of the Exchequer

SIMPSON, GEORGE GAYLORD.

Concession to the Improbable. An Unconventional Autobiography

London. Yale University Press, 1978., Ex Reference Library. Autobiography of an American vertebrate paleontologist. Hardback. 291 pages. 37 b & w. photographs on 15 pages. 24cm. x 15.5cm. Near fine apart from library marks, remnants of ticket pocket & "Cancelled" is stamped on front endpage. D./w. is near fine but price clipped. 1978

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Book number: 9478

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: paleontologist paleontology archaeology zoology

SIMPSON, KEITH.

FORTY YEARS OF MURDER. An Autobiography.

London Harrap, 1983, Reprint. Autobiography of Professor Keith Simpson, the Home Office pathologist who for 40 years helped prove guilt or innocence of hundreds of people charged with murder. He travelled overseas to help with investigations in other countries. 328 pages, & 30 b. & w. photographs. 8.75" x 5.5. Near fine except small mark on front black cover. D./w. looks near fine from outside, but on inside there are damp stains on top & bottom edges. ISBN 024553198x 1983

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Book number: 1747

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: murder pathology crime killing corpses autobiography Home Office

SITWELL, OSBERT

GREAT MORNING. Being the Third Volume of Left Hand, Right Hand.

London. Macmillan, 1948, Hardback. First edition. 324 pages. 23 b./w. photographs. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. The spine of the red cloth cover is slightly faded & it has 6 'splash' marks on the back. No d./w. 1948.

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Book number: 10182

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Renishaw Left Hand Right Hand Edith Sitwell