Melly, George:

Rum, Bum and Concertina.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978 2nd Imp., Hard cover red cloth bds, Nr Fine, unclipped dust jacket, half inch closed tear to top of upper wrap at spine hinge otherwise VG+, contents clean and tight, pp183, bds a little bowed.

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Buchzahl: 13079

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: George Melly jazz musician naval seaman conscripted Royal Navy Second World War memoir autobiography surrealism anarchism humour homosexuality E L T Mesens 0297773410

Meredith, John:

Verging On Work: The Head verger At Southwell Minster 1980 - 1999 Reveals All.

Southwell, The Minster Shop, 2007 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and inscribed to title pge, Paperback, Fine, contents fine and tight, pp166, neat name to top of ffep.

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Buchzahl: 13307

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Don Keefe verger church Southwell Minster life memoir job clergy services religious humour television comedy weddings

Merrow Smith, L. W. in collab. with James Harris:

Prison Screw.

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962 1st Ed., Hard cover red cloth bds, light crease down centre of spine otherwise VG+, rear bd a bit bowed, unclipped dust jacket, VG, a little chipping tiny closed tears to tip of spine and rear top edge, contents clean and tight, v. occas. age-mark, with foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell, pp192. Experiences of a prison officer who claims to have encountered every type and degree of criminal. "Murderers, blackmailers, thieves and robbers, cracksmen, charlatans, pilferers and pickpockets all have passed through his hands..."

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Buchzahl: 13061

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: prison officer memoir life autobiography Murderers, blackmailers, thieves and robbers, cracksmen, charlatans, pilferers pickpockets criminals prison cells punishment blocks workshops chapel hospital

Milne, Christopher Line drawings by Tim Wood:

The Path Through The Trees.

London, The Quality Book Club, 1980 Hard cover pale blue cloth bds, VG, in dust jacket fully protected in film (not a library bk), spine faded otherwise VG, contents clean and tight, pp287, small newspaper clipping enclosed regarding A A Milne's secret war work. "...a moving account of a young man's search for his own identity. It offers a fascinating and affectionate account of a struggling (and later thriving) bookshop, and of the author's own family life in a small English country town."

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Buchzahl: 15150

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography A A Milne Tim Wood identity bookshop courage journey writer Dartmouth Harbour Bookshop

Nolan, Liam:

Once in August Long Ago. A Week In The Life of an Autistic Boy.

Loughrea, Ireland, Greylake Publications, 2004 Pbk, VG, a little scuffing to corners, contents clean and tight, pp174, price label to rear.

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Buchzahl: 14185

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autism diary autobiography life autistic boy feelings thoughts child 0954386701

Norman, Norman:

Recollections Of A Rolling Stone: Being The Reminiscences of a Globe-Trotter and Philosopher.

London, Lincoln Williams, no date Hard Cover green cloth bds, yellow title blck to spine, some fading otherwise Good+, spine is a darker green, clipped d/w, chipped at spine and a little at corners, front and rear complete, spine age-darkened to brown, small scuff to leading pge edge block, contents clean and tight, b/w frontis. and further plates through text, neat name and address to half-title, pp184. "... this autobiography reads more interestingly than any work of fiction. ..... a real-life story told in inimitable fashion by the man who has lived it. Life in late Victorian England, Windsor Castle and its environs, emigration, Australia, Canada, before the mast, the greatest adventure of all - the Great War - and a hundred and one experiences and reminiscences."

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Buchzahl: 11954

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography adventure Victorian England Windsor Castle emigration Australia Canada Great War Jackaroo Sheep pioneering cattle life memoir 0000000000

Oakes, Philip:

Dwellers All in Time and Space: A Memory of the 1940s.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982 Hard cover maroon cloth bds, Nr Fine, clipped but still priced dust jacket, lightened at spine otherwise Nr Fine, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, names etc... minor age-speckling to leading pge edge block, pp227. The second volume which begins when he is thirteen.

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Buchzahl: 13850

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography life memoir Lancashire childhood boy comedy second world war children's home sex 0233974342

Olsson, J. G.:

In An Old Welsh Farmhouse.

Yellow Press, 1993 Pbk, pictorial cover with some gen. light brown marks, Good-, brown stains also in places on pge edge blocks, contents clean and tight, pp108 + I-VIII of notes to rear. The first year of the author living in an old Welsh farmhouse. "Where and how did it all start? What happened? Who was there?" A nice sound reading copy.

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Buchzahl: 14241

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: memoir Welsh Wales farmhouse life autobiography neighbours Powys countryside seasons Autumn Winter 1897699255

Page, Gwendoline:

Growing Pains: A Teenager's War.

Lewes, Sussex, The Book Guild Ltd, 1994 SIGNED by the author to the half title, hard cover, 1st Ed., blue cloth bds, VG, unclipped dust jacket, VG+, contents clean and tight, pp194.

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Buchzahl: 14754

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: teenager second world war wren Ceylon autobiography blitz air raids doodlebugs rationing Bletchley Park GIs 0863329101

Peabody, Polly:

Occupied Territory.

London, The Cresset Press, 1941 1st ED., Hard cover red cloth bds, faded to spine and an inch either side, light rubbing to spine hinges and bd edges, otherwise Good, no dust jacket, bk leans, nice b/w frontis., contents clean and tight, pp292. "...she was destined to travel from German-occupied Norway to German-occupied France via Sweden, Russia, the Balkans, Italy and Switzerland. the sotry of the journey through "free" countries is vividly told, and the reader is left to draw his own conclusions as to the causes and effects of the conditions described. Two-thirds of the book is devoted to France...(and gives)... a clear picture of life in terriotry under German occupation."

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Buchzahl: 15411

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: memoir autobiography war life occupied territory territories German France Germany Norway journey Sweden Russia Switzeraland American travel war-time second world war

Pepys, Samuel Intro. and Notes by G. Gregory Smith:

The Diary of Samuel Pepys. The Globe Edition.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1929 Hard cover full navy leather, rubbed at edges, corners and spine - hinges and ends, leather also cracking and chipped at spine ends, gilt to all pge edge blocks, nice pale blue marbled endpapers, contents fine and tight, pp800, neat inscript. to ffep verso.

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Buchzahl: 14064

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Samuel Pepys diary G. Gregory Smith notes introduction Globe Edition

Phelps, Robert transl. by Richard Howard:

Professional Secrets: An Autobiography Of Jean Cocteau.

London, Vision Press Ltd, 1972 1st thus, Hard cover olive green bds with yellow cloth to spine, red titles, VG, clipped dust jacket, some heavy fading (to pale blue) otherwise VG, contents fine and tight with b/w plates, pp331, no names, inscriptions etc...

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Buchzahl: 12950

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography Jean Cocteau bricoleur arts Western Europe poet playwright novelist memoir diary critic drawing apinting tapestry pottery movies murals stage sets ballets opera libretti caberet songs 01854784926

Pratt, Jack:

Jack's Memoirs: The Life Of A Norfolk Boy.

Aylsham Norfolk, Barnwell's Print Ltd, 2000 1st Ed., pbk, Fine, contents Fine, pp186, v. small scuff to leading pge edge block, seems unread. Early memories of Jack's life in Winterton and Hemsby. He had 6 years active service with the Royal Norfolks during the Second World War and then subsequently farmed at Hemsby, Little Dunham and Elsing.

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Buchzahl: 12323

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: Thomas Crane Edmonds Thomas Austic Thurtle family Norfolk memoir autobiography life Arthur Jack Waite Pratt war farming Little Dunham agriculture Church Farm Hemsby

Redgrave, Michael:

Mask Or Face: Reflections In An Actor's Mirror.

London, Heinemann, 1958 1st Ed., hard cover red cloth bds, blue title block to spine, slight fading to top of bds otherwise VG-, no dust jacket, contents clean, sound and tight, b/w plates through text and b/w fronis., pp188, neat inscript. to ffep.

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Buchzahl: 15458

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: actor Michael Redgrave actor Shakespeare autobiography audiences actors direction films life memoir drama

Rose, Clarkson:

With A Twinkle In My Eye.

London, Museum Press Ltd, 1951 Hard cover pink cloth bds, Good, faded to spine, no dust jacket, contents clean and tight, pp272, many b/w plates, a sound reading copy.

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Buchzahl: 14524

Katalog: Autobiography

Sonstige Stichworte: autobiography actor acting drama stage memoir life Twinkle Company