SITWELL, OSBERT.

LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND."; "THE SCARLET TREE."; " GREAT MORNING." (First 3 vols. of 5.)

London. Macmillan, 1950, 1950, 1948., First 3 volumes of Osbert Sitwell's autobiography. His older sister was poet Edith, his younger brother Sachaverell. "Lefthand Righthand" is a reprint, 272 pages including index. Folded family tree in back. 23 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Top of spine on d./w. missing o./w. very good, not price clipped. "The Scarlet Tree ", reprint, 319 pages including index. 23 b./w. photographs, near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine, not price clipped but top of spine missing. "Great Morning." is a reprint ( 2 months after Ist.) 324 pages including index. 23 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. not price clipped (15s.) but top 6cm. of spine is missing.. 1950

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Book number: 5699

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Sitwell Renishaw Montegufoni John Piper Sachaverell

SITWELL, OSBERT

THE SCARLET TREE. Being the second volume of "Left Hand, Right Hand".

London. MacMillan, 1946, Hardback. First edition. Book III and Book IV, 319 pages, 23 b./w. photographs, and author's handprints printed on endpages. Red cloth cover is near fine but spine is slightly faded. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. 22.25cm. x 14cm. No d./w. 1946.

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Book number: 10181

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Sacheverell Sitwell Renishaw John Piper

SMITH, ANDREW; & SUPPLEMENTED BY MARIA SMITH

I Was A Soviet Worker.

London. Robert Hale, 1937., Eleventh impression. First published February 1937 this was published in June 1937. 286 pages followed by 16 pages of b./w. photographs & documents. Contents clean, butt inscribed & previous owner's name on front endpages. Top edge slightly dusty, and edges speckled with foxing. Red cloth cover is very good but bottom edge is faintly speckled & slightly faded. D./w. worn & torn on edges & corners, and bottom half of the front has been cut off 1937.

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Book number: 8472

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Soviet Russia communism Communist politics

SNOWDEN, RITA E.

THE SUN IS HIGH. An Autobiography.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1974., Second Impression. Autobiography of a lady from New Zealand who worked as a missionary for the Methodist Church. She travelled widely & wrote about 45 books. 187 pages. 10 b.& w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £2.50 1974

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Book number: 2104

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Rita Snowden Methodism June84 New Zealand Nelson Cathedral Tonga Queen Salote

SPEER, ALBERT

INSIDE THE THIRD REICH.

London. Cardinal, 1975., Paperback. First published 1970 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Translated by Richard & Clare Winston. 821 pages, that is 700 pages plus 121 pages of chapter notes and index. 31 b./w. photographs. Very good condition, no inscription but front and back cover slightly curled & bent back. Priced on back £1.75. 20cm. x 12.5cm. ISBN 0351183000 1975

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Book number: 6096

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Nazis Hitler Gestapo S.S. Berlin

SPENDER, STEPHEN.

THE THIRTIES AND AFTER. Poetry, Politics, People (1933-75).

London. Collins, 1978., A Fontana paperback. Autobiography of the poet. 286 pages. Very good, no inscription, but paper is brownish, corners of cover bumped & front top corner is faintly creased. Priced on back £1.40. 1978

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Book number: 6812

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Isherwood W.H. Auden Louis MacNeice Cyril Connolly poetry verse 5540 Nazis Stephen Spender

ST. AUBIN DE TERAN, LISA.

OFF THE RAILS. Memoirs of a Train Addict.

London. Bloomsbury, 1989, Autobiography of a young woman from an unconventional family, she married at 16 a young man from South America on the run from the authorites in Venezuela, travelled to Russia, Argentina, Venezuela, Patagonia, Italy, Germany, New York, Chicago, Ankara & so on. She spent a lot of her life on trains ! 192 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is price clipped o./w. near fine. ISBN 0747500118. 1989

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Book number: 5708

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Venezuela trains Railways South America

ST. AUBIN DE TERAN, LISA.

A VALLEY IN ITALY. Confessions of a House Addict.

London. Hamish Hamilton, 1994., Hardback. Biography of an author who bought a semi derelict castle in Umbria. 220 pages. Near fine except a review of this book from the Times newspaper is tipped in on front endpage, dated 1994. D./w. is near fine, price clipped, priced Canadian $25.99. 22.5cm. x 13.5cm. ISBN 0241132347. 1994

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Book number: 9947

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Villa Orsola San Orsola Umbria Lisa Duff Scott

STARK, FREYA.

EAST IS WEST.

London. Century, 1986., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1945. 218 pages. 1 map. Near fine, in near fine stiff card cover. Priced on back cover £4.95. ISBN 0712612807. 1986

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Book number: 6843

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Baghdad TransJordan Syria Red Sea Arabia Yemen Dhala Aden Tigris Arabic

STARR, LEONORA.

TO PLEASE MYSELF AGAIN.

London. Herbert Jenkins,1952., An autobiography, the sequel to "To Please Myself." The author writes of "The happenings that in the course of every day bring delight or wonder, pique curiosity or give rise to reflection" She writes on a range of subjects from the Women's Institute to bird migration, cairns & cats." 220 pages. Near fine red cover, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced 5/-. 20cm. x 13.5cm. 1952.

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Book number: 8050

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: East Anglia Women's Institute W./I.

STEVENSON, ANDREW.

Summer Light. A walk across Norway.

London. Lonely Planet, 2002., Paperback. 235 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Priced 6.99 on back. 20cm. x 13cm. ISBN 1864503475. 2002

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Book number: 9919

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Norway Aurland Stigen Farm Rosendal Spitsbergen Sognefjord Jotunheimen Bergen Oslo Rallarvegen

STRONG, ROY.

THE ROY STRONG DIARIES.1967-1987.

London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997., Sir Roy Strong's diaries. Director of the National Portrait Gallery, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, he knew or encountered the top people connected with the arts, the Royal Family, aristocrats, popular people such as film stars. and unpopular polititions, during the interesting years of 1960's 70's & 80's. The entries, descriptions and anecdotes are interesting and amusing, its a book hard to put down! 461 pages. 25 b./ w. photographs, with 14 b./w. cartoons, drawings & sketches in text. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine. 24.25cm. x 16cm. ISBN 0297818414 1997

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Book number: 7805

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Cecil Beaton Julia Trevelyan Oman Carola Oman Victoria & Albert Museum National Portrait Gallery

STURT, GEORGE.

The Wheelwright's Shop.

Cambridge. University of Cambridge, 1988., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1923. George Sturt about his wheelwright shop in Farnham, 236 pages, divided into 7 parts, Origins, Timber, General Work, Wheels, Tyring, Smithing & Sundries, & The Old Order Changing, followed by notes, glossary & index. 11 b./w. photographs on 8 pages. 24 line drawings within text. 21.5cm. x 14cm. Near fine but previous owner's name on inside of front ccver. ISBN 0521091950. 1988 ISBN: 0521091950

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Book number: 10018

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: George Sturt waggons Farnham William Goatcher

TANGYE, DEREK

GREAT MINACK STORIES. The Way to Minack./A Cornish Summer./Cottage on a Cliff.

London. Warner Books, 1993, Paperback. 3 stories in 1 book. Derek & Jeannie Tangye write about their life in Cornwall. First published by Michael Joseph & in paperback by Sphere. The Way to Minack 192 pages. Cornish Summer 159 pages. Cottage on a Cliff 155 pages. Drawings by Jean Tangye. Near fine, no inscription, near fine cover, priced on back £4.99. 18cm. x 11cm. ISBN 0751508748. 1993

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Book number: 6013

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Derek Tangye Minack Cornwall daffodills Savoy Hotel

TAYLOR, VIC.

REMINISCENCES OF A SHOWMAN.

London. Allen Lane / The Penguin Press,1971., Introduction by David Robinson. Autobiography of 70 year old Vic Taylor, the son of a travelling musician who followed in his father's footsteps. His act included hypnotism, ventriloquism & the Punch & Judy show. In the 2nd W.W. he helped build a theatre on Thorney Island. 116 pages, 7 photographs & illustrations. Endpapers are a photograph, probably from the 1920's, of the audience at a Punch & Judy show on the beach. 8" x 5¼". Near fine. D./w. slightly worn on top, bottom & corners, top corners have small tears, & a faint impression on front cover left by W.H. Smith's label after it was removed, o./w. near fine, not price clipped. ISBN 07139 02671 1971

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Book number: 719

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Seaside Concert Hall Concert parties Music Hall Brighton Thorney Island Punch & Judy