BERNHARD, SANDRA

Confessions of a Pretty Lady

New York, Harper and Row. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0060159294). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy ( Fine apart from an inscription to half title page) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 133 pages. 12 illustrations. Welcome to the world of Sandra Bernhard; sophisticated, sardonic, and witty, nothing escapes her acute eye and sharp tongue. With her pitch-perfect sense of style and humour, Bernhard chronicles the thrill of emergency vehicles, whu she moved bak to suburbia, a traumatic abortion, tattoos, the art of manicures. Her prose is both biting and vulnerable, feminine and tough. Whether reminiscing about her doctor-father learning hypnosis or her mother's fascination with all things Japanese, her stories are powerful, funny, scathing, erotic, and at times unsettling. The book captures perfectly the strong, subversive humour that she is known for. 20. Near Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 009832

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: American Female Comedy Star, Actress, Singer 0060159294

BLUMENFELD, RALPH D.

Home Town - the Story of a Dream That Came True

London, Hutchinson. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean, unmarked and with no wear or damage. Internally there is some marks and crinkling to endpapers and some foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. The dustjacket is complete but has some wear and tears. 2nd impression not dated c. 1945 ( first was 1944). The author (1864-1948) was Past President of the Institute of Journalists, Editor of The Daily Express for 30 years and author of the famous R.D.B.'s Diary. He recounts his early life in a maze of picturesque memories, commencing as far back as 1867, when buffalo roamed the prairies of the undeveloped West, cowboys were real beings and Red Indians were in evidence as friends. It is the story of a boy's ambitions intermingled with the growth of a mid-western town, whose pioneer settlers spoke to each other in Latin, Greek, French, German and English. A SCARCE TITLE 11. Very Good/Fair.

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N° du livre: 001695

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: American History

BOYCOTT, GEOFFREY

The Corridor of Certainty - My Life Beyond Cricket

London, Simon and Schuster. 2014. (ISBN: 9781471130021). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with no dedication. A near Fine unmarked copy which has age toning to page edges with near Fine dustjacket (Fine apart from a single quarter inch tear to top edge) which is not price clipped. x + 278 pages. 25 coloured photographs. In 2002 Geoffrey Boycott was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue. Having faced down the fastest bowlers during his career as one of England's greatest-ever batsmen, he now had to take on an even more daunting foe, one that he could not see and where he had to rely on others to help him take on the challenge. After he had recovered, Boycott emerged as a different man, with a new perspective on life. This book tells the story not only of his struggle with cancer, but also of his love for the game of cricket. 20. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author.

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N° du livre: 010943

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Cricket, Brian Clough, Fred Trueman, Cancer of the Tongue 9781471130021

BRANDWOOD, NEIL

Victoria Wood

London, Virgin Publishing. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852279826). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. An interesting biography of the comedienne, actress, writer, singer-songwriter, whose success is now in the fourth decade, which reveals the offstage Victoria and the events and experiences that have shaped her. 21 illustrations. NOT BOOK CLUB B2E. Near Fine/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 004092

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Victoria Wood 1852279826

BRISCOE, CONSTANCE

Ugly

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340895977). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. The author practises as a barrister and in 1996 became a part-time judge - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK. Her mother systematically abused her, both physically and emotionally, throughout her childhood. Regularly beaten and starved, she was so desperate that she took herself off to Social Services and tried to get into care. When that failed, she swallowed bleach 'because it kills all known germs and my mother always told me I was a germ'. When Constance was 13, her mother simply moved out, leaving her daughter to fend for herself - there was no gas, no electricity and no food. But somehow she found the courage to survive her terrible start in life and this is her heartrending - and ultimately triumphant - story. 16. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 008513

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Black Judges, Mother-Daughter Abuse, Loveless Childhood 0340895977

BROWN, IAN

A Doctor's Visits

Worcestershire, Printit. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 095129010x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with a Fine dustjacket. The doctor author recounts his life story, from his days as a medical student, his wartime service in North Africa and Italy as Regimental Medical Officer of the 12th (HAC) Royal Horse Artillery at Monte Cassino, early promotion to Major based at the Venice Lido and then to Austria. Post war he was medical superintendent in Eastbourne and held various posts of responsibility in medical authorities. Local newspaper clipping of the doctor and a review of the book included. Errata slip tipped to front pastedown. C3A. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 002599

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Military Biography, 12th Royal Horse Artillery (Hac), Monte Cassino, 095129010x

BRUCE, GEORGE

Eva Peron

Geneva, Heron Collectors Edition. 1970. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold decoration and motifs with cream and gold diamond pattern motif to front board on green leatherette boards. Green and gold decorated endpapers. Historical appendix. Yellow page marker bound in. 30 illustrations. Uniform with Women Who Made History Series. 14. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 000773

Catalogue: Biography - General

BUCKE, CHARLES

On the Life, Writings, and Genius of Akenside with Some Account of His Friends

London, James Cochrane. 1832, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leather spine and quarter tips on marbled boards which are worn . Front board is detached. Internally there is a name to front pastedown and some foxing to early and later pages and some minor marks but generally this copy is very clean, tight and unmarked. FIRST EDITION. 312 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary name is Charles Dickson Inglis (1834-1910), Captain Royal Navy and as the book was published in 1832 this was possibly inherited or purchased secondhand. Mark Akenside (1721-1771) was an English poet and physician who became physician to Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. A VERY SCARCE TITLE with only one copy recorded in the British Library. 11. Very Good/No Jacket.

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N° du livre: 011295

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Mark Akenside, Captain Charles Dickson Inglis Royal Navy

BURGESS, ALAN

Daylight Must Come - the Story of Dr. Helen Roseveare

London, Michael Joseph. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718109996). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on brown boards which have a small mark to back else clean with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little edge wear and a small stain to back and is price clipped. 279 pages. 24 illustrations. Map endpapers. Arriving in the Congo in 1953, Dr. Helen Roseveare started her own hospital and medical centre from a disused leper colony, and set up clinics in lonely villages. During the crises in 1960 and 1964, she refused to leave the country, although many of her friends and colleagues had been brutally slaughtered. The most astounding part of her story is that, having endured terror, humiliation, rape and split-second escape from death, she would , after a few months back home in England, choose to return to resume her work in the Congo. Today, the central station she founded, with its flying doctors, teaching school and operating theatres, is unique in Africa. NOT EX LIB 21. Very Good/Good.

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N° du livre: 008020

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Congo, Ibambi Mission, Simba, Missionary Doctor 0718109996

BURNS, GEORGE

The Third Time Around

London, W. H. Allen. 1980, First Thus. (ISBN: 0491029322). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally unmarked. A Fine copy. Dustjacket showing photographs of Burns is price clipped else Fine. 68 photographic illustrations of many stars of the past. Naturally a very amusing addition to Burns's range of autobiographies packed full of memories, anecdotes, marriage and recounts his start in show busiiness at the age of seven through to the early days of radio and Holywood's heyday. A1E. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 000603

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Biography, American Comedians, Hollywood 0491029322

BYRON, CHRISTOPHER

Martha Inc - the Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

New York, John Wiley & Sons. 2002. (ISBN: 0471123005). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. Third printing. From housewife to billionaire chief executive, Martha Stewart is not just the businesswoman with the midas touch, she is also a lightning rod for many of the most important and controversial social and economic issues of post World War II American life. The book examines her personality, the story of a little girl who never got over what life never gave her and wound up inventing for herself a past that she had never known, a hologram of life so powerful that it not only convinced her personally but mesmerised the world, and in time she became the richest self-made businesswoman in America. C3D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 005086

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Mots-clés: Biography, American Businesswomen 0471123005

CALVINO, ITALO

Hermit in Paris - Autobiographical Writings

London, Jonathan Cape. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0224061321). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped and has marks to back. First edition, first printing. 255 pages. Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels, lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950's to his last interview just before his sudden death. Apart from shedding light on his own formative experience and evolution as an author, his writings also examine the major events of 20th century history from a very personal viewpoint: his memories of Fascism in San Remo in the 1930's, his participation in the Resistance in the Ligurian hills in the 1940's, his militant communism in the early 1950's, and his exit from the Italian Communist Party in 1957. Included is a previously unpublished travelogue recounting his visit on a Ford Foundation Grant to the USA in 1960, and his encounters with key figures of the time including Martin Luther King. His evocative homage to his adopted city, Paris, where he lived from 1967-1980 gives title to the book. 24. Very Good/Very Good.

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N° du livre: 008691

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Fascism in San Remo, Resistance, Italian Communism, Martin Luther King, Paris 0224061321

CAMPBELL, PATRICK

My Life and Easy Times

London, Anthony Blond. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a strip of age darkening to endpapers) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The son of Lord Glenavy, a journalist for many newspapers including the Irish Times and the Sunday Dispatch, a television celebrity, writer and humourist, known for his endearing stammer, his autobiography is a cool, honest look at his real life. Illustrated. NOT EX LIB B2B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 007640

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Lord Glenavy, Irish Writers

CAREY, PETER

True History of the Kelly Gang

London, Faber and Faber. 2001. (ISBN: 0571192165). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Winner of the 2001 Booker Prize. Map endpapers. A biography of the notorious Ned Kelly and his gang who became folk heroes, more so after his hanging in 1880. A1C. Fine/Fine.

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N° du livre: 003221

Catalogue: Biography - General

Mots-clés: Biography, Ned Kelly Gang, Australia 0571192165

NOBLE, CHRISTINA WITH BROWNE, CURRAN

Mama Tina - the Inspiring Sequel to Bridge Across My Sorrows

London, John Murray. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 071955635x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. A vivid and moving account of the author's work that she and her foundation perform in Vietnam, campaigning for children's rights. She herself was a street child once, alone on the streets of Dublin and knows the pain and loneliness of having no home. She opened her foundation to provide beds, food, medical aid and schooling in Saigon, devastated by the legacy of war, and where she is known as 'Mama Tina'. 29 photographs. NOT EX LIB B2A. Fine/Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 005073

Catalogue: Biography - English - General

Mots-clés: Vietnam, Autobiography, Christina Noble Children's Foundation, Mongolia 071955635x