DAVIES, HUNTER.

The Co-Op's Got Bananas ! A memoir of growing up in the post-war north.

London. Simon & Shuster, 2016, Hardback. First edition. 392 pages. 22 black & white photographs on 8 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine cover. Near fine d./w. priced £16.99. 22.25cm. x 13.5cm. ISBN 9781471153402. 2016

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Book number: 9769

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Margaret Forster Carlisle Edward Hunter Davies

DE QUINCEY, THOMAS.

CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER. Edited by Alethea Hayter

London. Penguin Books, 1982., Paperback. Reprint. First published 1821 in the London Magazine. Edited with an introduction by Alethea Hayter. 227 pages, including chapter Notes. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Priced on back £1.75. 1982

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Book number: 8980

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Wordsworth Coleridge opium

DE LA BILLIERE, GENERAL SIR PETER

STORM COMMAND. A Personal Account of the Gulf War.

London. HarperCollins, 1992., Hardback. First edition. Foreword by the Prince of Wales. 348 pages. 39 b./w. photographs on 16 pages. 24cm. x 15.5cm. 2 maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. but price clipped. ISBN 0002551381. 1992.

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Book number: 10221

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Gulf War Schwarzkopf Iraq Sudan S.A.S. Saudi Arabia Kuwait Sadam Hussein Riyadh Royal Air Force Billiere

DICKENS, MONICA.

AN OPEN BOOK.

London. Book Club Associates, 1978., Reprint, first published 1978 by William Heinemann. Autobiography of the author, a great great grand-daughter of Charles Dickens. 210 pages including index. About 49 b./w. photographs. 9.5" x 6.25". Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but bottom of spine slightly bumped. Near fine d./w. but corners slightly worn. Scanned to show condition of cover under d./w. 1978.

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Book number: 5473

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Charles Dickens Follyfoot North Falmouth Roy Stratton Hinxworth Woman's Own

DOUGLAS, LLOYD C.

TIME TO REMEMBER.

London. Peter Davies, !952., Autobiography of the author of "The Robe ", " Magnificent Obsesion " & "The Big Fisherman " all bestsellers round the world, translated into 54 languages & made into films. This is the first part of his life, up to his 20's. He had started to write about his later life as a minister & a novelist, but sadly died in 1951 before it was finished. 278 pages, 3 b./w. photographs, illustrated with head & tailpieces by David Hendrickson. Contents near fine, no inscription, but cover is slightly worn on edges, has a tiny nick on front bottom edge, and its slightly 'cockled'. D./w. worn & torn on edges and corners, & pieces are missing from top & bottom of spine. 20.75cm. x 13.5cm. 1952

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Book number: 4259

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Lloyd Douglas autobiography Columbia City Indiana, June100e

EDEN, ANTHONY.

FULL CIRCLE. The Memoirs of Sir Anthony Eden.

London. Cassell, 1960., Hardback. First edition. Anthony Eden was one of the U.K.'s Prime Ministers in the 1950s. In this autobiography he recalls events such as the Suez crisis & the Korean war. 619 pages with 6 maps including 2 which are double page. 24.25cm. x 15cm. Contents near fine except for inscription on front endpage. Dark blue cloth cover is very good but spine is faded. No d./w. 1960

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Book number: 9665

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Anthony Eden politics Nasser Suez Canal

EISENBERG, SUSI. ( SIGNED COPY.)

A LA RECHERCHE D'UN MONDE PERDU.

Rio De Janeiro. Centro Das Edicoes Francescas, 1944., Card covers. Text is in French. Signed on half title (but I can't read most of it ) "Susi London 1947." The month might be "Sept." 156 pages. Paper is brownish, & obviously war time quality. The surface of the stiff card cover is a bit damaged, maybe from something like silver fish, ends of spine & corners are slightly bumped & worn. 19cm. x 13cm. 19cm. x 13cm. 1944

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Book number: 7516

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Susi Eisenberg

ERLANDE, ALBERT.

The Life of John Keats.

London. Jonathan Cape, 1929., Translated from the French by Marion Robinson. Preface by J. Middleton Murry. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering is near fine. D./w. is priced 7s. 6d., water stained on front but it does not seem to have affected the cover underneath. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks. 1929

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Book number: 8381

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: 5775 John Keats Shelley Leigh Hunt poet poetry

EVANS, SIR GERAIN, WITH GOODWIN, NOËL.

A KNIGHT AT THE OPERA

London. Michael Joseph, 1984., Autobiography of the Welsh miner's son who became a world famous baritone. Co-written with Noel Goodwin who was Daily Express Music & Dance critic for 22 years. 276 pages & 91 b./w. photographs. Near fine, np inscription or marks. D./w. is price clipped & slightly rubbed, o./w. near fine. 24cm. x 16cm. ISBN 0718123220 1984

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Book number: 1357

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Geraint Evans opera baritone Cylfynydd Pontypridd Covent Garden

FERRIER, WINIFRED.

The Life of Kathleen Ferrier By Her Sister.

London. Hamish Hamilton, 1955., First editiion. Biography of the contralto from Blackburn, Lancashire, by her sister. 191 pages. 29 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks, except slight foxing on front & back end pages, and top is slightly dusty. Near fine black cloth cover with silver lettering, in near fine d./w., priced 15/-. 22cm. x 14.5cm. 1955

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Book number: 7419

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Kathleen Ferrier contralto opera singing music Glyndebourne

FIELDING, DAPHNE.

The Nearest Way Home.

London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970., Hardback. First edition. Autobiography of a lady & her husband who lived in some lovely places, Looe in Cornwall, France, Portugal, Spain, & Tangiers, They knew some interesting people too, like Dirk Bogarde, Diana Cooper, Lawrence Durrell, Elisabeth Frink, Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, the Marquis of Bath, Henry Miller & Evelyn Waugh. 275 pages, with a b./ w. frontispiece and 40 b./w. photographs on 12 pages. 22.5cm. x 14cm. Near fine except for previous owner's name. Near fine d./w., priced £2.00, but has a small tear front top edge. SBN 41327490X 1970

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Book number: 9701

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Alexander Fielding Dirk Bogarde Viscount Thynne Diana Cooper

FIENNES, RANULPH.

MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN. An Expedition Round My Family.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 2009., Ranulph Fiennes traces his families history. 386 pages. Illustrated with 43 colour and b./w. photographs and a family tree on 3 pages. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine, priced £20.00. ISBN 9780340925027. 2009

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Book number: 7983

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Fiennes Broughton Castle Twistleton genealogy family history

FLINTOFF, ANDREW.

ANDREW FLINTOFF. Being Freddie. The Story So Far.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 2005., The cricketers autobiography. 315 pages including index, records & statistics of cricket matches. Over 70 colour and over 20 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced but price has been inked out. ISBN 0340896280. 2005

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Book number: 7360

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: cricket Test matches fast bowler

FREI, MATT.

ONLY IN AMERICA. Inside the mind & under the skin of the nation everyone loves to hate.

London. Fourth Estate / Harper Collins, 2008., In 2002 Matt Frei, the BBC's Washington correspondent, arrived with his family, settled down & started to report back on life, education, the law, politics, religion etc., in the U.S.A. 330 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. priced £16.99. ISBN 9780007248926 2008

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Book number: 5966

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: reporter reporting Washington U.S.A. politics BBC

GALL, SANDY.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT. A Television Reporter's Life.

London. Heinemann, 1994., Reprint, first published 1994. One of ITV's best known reporters, Sandy Gall writes a first-hand account of his work, reporting on Vietnam, the Middle East with our troops in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, ruthless Presidents, powerful politicians, geurilla & civil wars, much of it very dangerous work. 344 pages.15 b./ w. photographs on 8 pages. Near fine but paper slightly brownish near edges. D./w. is slightly rubbed, has a 1" tear top front corner & on back top corner, o./w. near fine, not price-clipped (£16.99). 9½" x 6¼". ISBN 0434000876 1994

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Book number: 3126

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Sandy Gall ITV news reporting reporter television news