Brittain, Vera:

Testament of Youth. An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900 - 1925.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1935 Hard cover red cloth bds, spine faded, very small closed tears to cloth at spine ends, small fade patch to lower edge of upper bd, otherwise Good, no dust jacket, ffep has piece torn away, contents clean and tight, pp661 + poem at rear, a nice sound reading copy.

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Buchzahl: 13941

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: testament of youth autobiography memoir life World War 1 I one wartime military nurse nursing

Brown, Jean:

A Song To Sing And A Tale To Tell.

Thule Press, 1979 Signed by Author, Hard cover brown cloth bds, VG+, bk leans v. sl., unclipped d/w, almost VG, approx. 1" closed tear to rear flap hinge, a little furled to top, contents fine and tight, pp174. The author's "story of her experiences with children on holiday in the Hebrides."

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Buchzahl: 10099

Katalog: autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Hebrides holidays anecdotes islanders camping ceud mille failte Hebridean Islands humour island life Scottish Scotland adventure 0906191432

Buckle, David with Jan Greenough:

Hostilities Only: An Autobiography.

Oxford, Robert Dugdale, 1999 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to title pge "To Karen, Love & Best wishes David Buckle 7-1-02", Paperback, VG+, contents fine and tight, pp118. "In 1927, when he was three, David Buckle was placed in an unregulated children's home: at the age of thirteen he started work, scarcely able to read or write. Yet he later becam an influential trade union official, a magistrate and Chairman of the Oxfordshire County Council."

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Buchzahl: 13424

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: children's home life Oxfordshire Country Council Chairman character childhood deprivation humiliation handicap public service magistrate children in care Trade Union industrial change 0946976082

Bulmer, Susan:

Keeping My Distance.

Ripon North Yorkshire, The Pomagne Press, 2004 Signed By Author to title "Stephen & Lucy With Love from Susie", 1st Ed. hard cover yellow cloth bds, slight scuff to btm upper edge otherwise VG, unclipped dust jacket, VG++, a little faded at spine, contents fine and tight, pp226. "From the finely observed, vividly described and often very funny childhood memories to the darker more troubled and intensely-expressed pieces, Susie writes with such fluency, perception and wit that the pages turn by themselves. Caroline Chapman"

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Buchzahl: 14723

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography memoir life childhood Burma India Dorset Somerset Paris London Washington DC London model journalist dance experience poetry 0954853709

Chamberlain, Lilian:

Mrs C In Residence.

Durham, The Pentland Press Ltd, 1997 1st ED., hard cover blue cloth bds, Nr Fine, gilt titles to spine, unclipped dust jacket, VG+, contents fine and tight, pp142. "In the Summer o f1967 Lilian Chamberlain began work as a part-time clerk at George Moor Lodge, an Old Peoples' Home in London... the twin phenomena of humour and tragedy are straddled with virtuoso skill as we vicariously explore throgh her career a microcosm of everyday life which powerfully evokes the pity, terror, and sympathy enextricably linked to the ageing process."

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Buchzahl: 15599

Katalog: autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Old Peoples Home elderly career London care homes staff relatives residents old caring dying humour ageing tragedy 1858215269

Chaplin, Charles:

My Life In Pictures.

London, The Bodley Head, 1974 Oversized Hard Cover black cloth bds, a little mottled otherwise Good, a bit dusty, unclipped d/w, Fair, loose with some edgewear/chipping and taping inside at spine, small piece missing at top of spine, spine faded, flaps not folded at correct place, 2nd free endpaper mottled, contents clean and tight with a captivating pictorial record of Chaplin's life in b/w and colour, pp320.

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Buchzahl: 12651

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Charlie Chaplin photographs life memoir autobiography films Hollywood silent film-making 0370103076

Clunes, Martin:

A Dog's Life.

London, Hodder And Stoughton, 2008 1st Ed., Hard cover navy cloth bds, Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket, VG, bk a little skewed at spine, lovely meadow endpapers, contents nice and tight with colour plates, pp344, two biro 'M's at top of last biography pge, no names or inscriptions etc...

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Buchzahl: 13054

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Martin Clunes dogs memoir autobiography animals actor tv 9780340977040

Cobb, Nick:

Seven Years In A Purple Field.

Self Published Stapled booklet, almost VG, crease to btm front corner, contents fine and tight, unpag.. "An honest, but often amusing, account of seven years spent working in and around the lavender fields of Norfolk Lavender"

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Buchzahl: 9108

Katalog: autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Norfolk lavender memoir agriculture Caley Mill Heacham autobiography Vincent Hills

Cobb, Richard:

Still Life: Sketches From A Tunbridge Wells Childhood.

London, Chatto & Windus, The Hogarth Press, 1983 Rep. with corrections, Hard cover blue cloth bds, VG, gilt lettering to spine, unclipped dust jacket, VG+, neat inscript to top of ffep, contents nice and tight, pp161, very light and small splash mark to leading pge edge block. "....growing up in a prosperous community in the south-east of England in the twenties and thirties..."

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Buchzahl: 14880

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Tunbridge Wells life twenties thirties adult world snobbery relations servants shopkeepers pretensions middle class people streets rooms churches clubs sport shops parents friends community town 0701126957

Cooper, Diana:

The Light of Common Day.

London, Rupert Hart Davis, 1959 SIGNED by author to half-title "Diana Cooper 1959 -", 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, minor age-marking/spotting, corners a little bumped, cloth sl. rubbed at extrems otherwise Good, red title block to spine, no dust jacket, pges 119-122 loose, contents nice and tight otherwise with b/w plates, pp264, prev. owners name etc... to btm of half-title pge.

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Buchzahl: 13496

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography marriage life memoir

Curtis, George:

The Birthright of Our Sires.

Lincoln, Tucann, no date Paperback white with photographic plate to upper wrap and red titles, Good, a rubbed patch to top of upper wrap with a faint number and a few little spots, contents clean and tight, label residue to title pge, b/w plates through text, pp127. The autobiography of a man of South Humberside, the son of a Lincolnshire farmworker, born in the village of Tattersall in 1925, he too worked as a farm labourer and became active in the Farmworkers' Union, becoming a Trade Union Officer. He was also a Methodist Local Preacher and a member of Humberside County Council amongst other things.

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Buchzahl: 13514

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Lincolnshire autobiography farmworker memoir life Wolds Farmworkers' Union Union branch secretary farming 0952084805

Davies, Tom:

The Reporter's Tale.

Bala, The Berwyn Mountain Press, 2009 SIGNED by the author to the title pge "Herbert & Dot see you soon I hope Tom D", pbk, Good+, faded at spine, top corner a little furled, top corners have tiny scuffs, contents fine and tight, pp447.

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Buchzahl: 14637

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography gossip columnist novelist travel writer religious visionary faith sex media society Welsh miners journalists hope loss inspired 9780955353925

Dean, Esme:

Life's Magic Carpet. An Autobiography.

Self-Published, 1999 SIGNED By AUTHOR to title pge "To Evelyn With best wishes Esme Deal", Pbk, Good, a little rubbing at spine, corner creased, text clean and tight, pp201.

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Buchzahl: 11454

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography signed life memoir 000000000

Denisa, Lady Newborough:

Fire In My Blood.

London, Elek Books, 1958 1st Ed., hard cover red cloth bds, VG, gilt lettering to spine, no dust jacket, neat name in pencil to ffep, b/w frontis. of the author, contents clean and tight, pp212, a nice sound copy.

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Buchzahl: 15453

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Lady newborough Denisa Newborough marriage lovers wedding partying parties life memoir history Rumania Momma Pollak Goebbels Hitler

Desmond, Florence:

Florence Desmond By Herself.

London, George G Harrap, 1953 Hard cover red cloth bds, VG, bk leans a little, no dust jacket, b/w frontis. photographic plate, further b/w plates through text, contents clean and tight, two neat names to ffep, pp303.

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Buchzahl: 14225

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Florence Desmond life autobiography stage actress actor Cochran Revues Hollywood variety marriage illness tragedy Charles Hughesdon Palladium show business