KNOX, COLLIE.

IT HAD TO BE ME.

London. Methuen, 1947, First edition. Hardback. 244 pages, with 8 b./w. photographs. Contents clean and near fine except name of previous owner, (Janie C. Armytage-Moore, née Mathieson 1877 in Valparaiso.) Blue cloth cover is faded on front & back, worn on ends of spine and corners, otherwise very good. 22cm. x 14cm. No d./w. 1947

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9206

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Field Marshall Viscount Alexander William Joyce Judge Curtis-Bennett Basil Dean Sir Herbert Tree

KROEKER, JEREMY.

Motorcycle Therapy. A Canadian Adventure In Central America.

Victoria, Canada. Trafford Publishing, 2006., Paperback.112 pages. 2 maps. 21.75cm. x 14cm. Contents very good, no inscription or marks Corners of front cover are slightly bumped otherwise cover is very good. ISBN 1412078326. 2006

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9886

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: motorcycle Central America Mexico El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua Panama

KUUSINEN, AINO.

Before And After Stalin. A Personal Account of Soviet Russia From the 1920s to the 1960s

London: Michael Joseph, 1974., Hardback. First edition. Foreword by Wolfgang Leonhard. Translated from the German by Paul Stevenson. Aino Kuusinen was the wife of Otto Kuusinen, a founder of the Finnish Communist Party. He was a friend of Lenin, adviser to Stalin & colleague of Kruschev. After her husband died in '64 she was able to write this book; she died in 1970. 22.50cm. x 14cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £3.50. ISBN 0718112482. 1974

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9686

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Stalin Communist Party Soviet Russia Finland Comintern Vorkuta Potma Moscow Otto Kuusinen

LAUDER, HARRY

ROAMIN' IN THE GLOAMIN'.

London. Hutchinson & Co., c.1950?, Reprint. Not dated. Autobiography of the Scottish singer & music hall entertainer, famous around the world, still remembered for songs like "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock ! " and "Roamin' in the Gloamin'. " This copy is No. 15 of Hutchinson's Booklover's Library. Near fine except bottom edge (about 2" x ¼") of back cover is slightly stained, it hasn't affected the book inside or endpapers. Oatmeal linen type cloth, edges slightly dusty, spine slightly foxed, o./w. nice & clean, contents clean, no inscription or marks. D./w. slightly worn top of spine, top edge & corners, small tear bottom of spine, o./w. near fine. 287 pages including index. 7.25" x 4.75" Scan shows condition of cover & d./w. 1950

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3736

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Harry Lauder Music Hall music songs singer

LAWRENCE, T. E. AND GARNETT, DAVID.

SELECTED LETTERS OF T. E. LAWRENCE.

London. Reprint Society, 1941., Reprint, but no folded maps, no photographs & smaller size. Edited by David Garnett. 384 pages, 2 sketch maps. Previous owner's name o./w. contents near fine. Cover near fine but ends of spine slightly bumped. No d./w. 20.5 cm. x 14 cm. 1941

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6910

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Lawrence of Arabia David Garnett T. E. Lawrence Thomas Hardy E.M. Forster Bernard Shaw

LE MESURIER, JOAN.

Lady Don't Fall Backwards. A Memoir.

London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988., 195 pages, and 17 b./w. photographs on 8 pages. Cover and contents near fine but previous owner's name & address on front free endpage. D./w. near fine, not price clipped (£12.95) 24.25cm. x 16.25cm. ISBN 0283996641. 1988

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8694

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: John Le Mesurier Tony Hancock Hattie Jacques

LEAPMAN, MICHAEL.

BAREFACED CHEEK. The apotheosis of Rupert Murdoch.

London. Hodder and Stoughton,1983., Biography of the well known Australian, by a former reporter on the Times in London & New York. (He dedicated it "To Times past, present and future."!) The preface states "This book is the product of more than 120 interviews in Britain, Australia and the U.S.A." 269 pages including bibliography & index. 20 b./w. photographs. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription, but back free endpaper has small faint smudge & is slightly creased. D./w. near fine, not price clipped (£9.95) Spine slightly faded. 24cm. x 16cm. ISBN 0340282118. 1983

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 4590

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Rupert Murdoch The Times Harold Evans Daily Mirror newspaper editor reporter news

LEWIS, DAVID.

CHILDREN OF THREE OCEANS.

London. Collins, 1969., Ex library, but only 2 small library stamps on half-title pages. Second impression published November 1969, first published September 1969. Dr. Lewis writes about the journey around the world on his catamaran, with his wife & 2 small daughters. 286 pages, with 19 black & white photographs, 8 diagrams, 4 maps & both endpages are illustrated with maps. Contents clean & very good apart from 2 small library stamps, & 3 tiny bits of old library label. Near fine d./w. but bottom edge was folded under to fit inside library sleeve and slightly damp stained on back top edge, priced £2.10. 22.25 cm.. x 14.5cm. 1969

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8644

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: sailing catamaran sailing circumnavigate

LIPTON, SIR THOMAS J.,

Leaves from the Lipton's Logs.

London. Hutchinson, undated., Appears to be a first edition, undated but probably published in 1930s. Foreword & epilogue by W. Blackwood. Lipton had asked him to assist with writing this book. Sadly they hadn't finished it when Lipton died in 1931. 278 pages. 27 b./w. illustrations on 24 pages+ 4 pages publishers advertisements. Green cloth cover and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. No d./w. The life of the founder of the Lipton grocery shops & Lipton tea. 22.5cm. x 13cm. 0.

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 315

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Lipton Tea Liptons

LISKUTIN, M.A.

Challenge In The Air. A Spitfire Pilot Remembers.

London. William Kimber, 1988., Ex-Library. Autobiography of a brave Czeck Spitfire pilot 239 pages, with 97 b./w. photographs on 38 pages. As it is ex library it has marks & 2 library stamps "Withdrawn From Stock." on front endpage, otherwise the contents are very good. D./w has been covered by library with clear plastic & its number is on bottom of spine, otherwise very good. Priced £13.95. 24cm. x 15.5cm. 1988

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9607

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Spitfire Czech Air Force

MACARTHUR, ELLEN.

Taking On The World.

London. Michael Joseph, 2002., Autobiography of the brave young woman who sailed her yacht solo around the world in the Vendee Globe Race, in 2001. She did it in 3 months, the youngest person in the race, in the fastest time by any Briton. 394 pages. 102 colour photographs. 4 pages of maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. ISBN 0718145259. 2002

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7110

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Vendee Globe race yacht sailing Ellen MacArthur Hamish McDonald Whatstandwell Derbyshire

MACGREGOR, ALASDAIR ALPIN.

AULD REEKIE Portrait of a Lowland Boyhood.

London. Robert Hale, 1955, Reprint, first published 1943. 204 pages.18 b./w. photographs. 22.25cm. x 14.25cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but page vii/vii is loose, (one side is the preface, the other is the contents page), and endpages are slightly foxed. No d./w. 1955

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8946

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Edinbugh Scotland Duddingston MacGregor Cnocnamoine Covenanters George Watson's College

MACLEAN, NORMAN.

SET FREE. ( Being the Second Volume of "The Former Days".)

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1949., Hardback. Dr. Norman Maclean writes about his childhood in Scotland, his ministry & the people & places he knew. 253 pages. 23cm. x 14.5cm. Very good, no inscription or marks. No d./w. 1949.

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 10019

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Bonny Prince Charlie Morag Achnahanaid Edinburgh Clachnaharry Waternish Benbecula Glengarry Scotland Kilmartin Neil MacClellan

MALLALIEU, J. P. W.

EXTRAORDINARY SEAMAN.

London. Macdonald & Kee, 1957, Second impression, same month as first edition. Biography of Captain Lord Cochrane, tenth Earl of Dundonald, who was a seaman in the 18th century. 179 pages. Illustrated with b./w. drawings by Midge-Marriatt. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. but front top corner is torn, the ends of spine and corners are slightly worn. 1957

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5968

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Lord Cochrane Trafalgar Royal Navy

MANN, JEAN.

Woman in Parliament.

London: Odhams Press,1962, Hardback. First edition. Jean Mann was the Labour M.P. for Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. 256 pages. 14 b./w. photographs on 9 pages. Very good but the half-title page connected to the frontispiece are almost loose, and the front hinge has split, exposing the cotton lining underneath which is still intact. D./w. is torn on ends of spine, and front bottom corner is torn & rubbed along edge, now repaired on inside with tape. Priced 21/-. 23cm. x 15cm. Condition sounds bad but it isn't, & its still interesting. 1962

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9692

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Parliament Labour party Hugh Gaitskell M.P. Rothesay Aneurin Bevan Jennie Lee Clement Atlee Winston Churchill Isle of Bute politics