TEAR, ROBERT.

Singer Beware.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1995., ' A Cautionary Story of the Singing Class.' Autobiography, part diary & part satire, by the world famous Welsh tenor. He has made over 250 records, performed at Glynebourne, & sung with Elizabeth Schwartzkopf under Klemperer. 180 pages with illustrations by Robert Organ. 9½" x 6¼". Near fine. Near fine d./w. which isn't price clipped (£18.00) ISBN 0340638109. 1995

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Book number: 1351

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Robert Tear Operas music singing Glyndebourne

TEBBIT, NORMAN

Upwardly Mobile. An Autobiography.

London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988., Norman Tebbit's autobiography. The former Conservative M. P. was a pilot with the B.O.A.C., so he is well travelled! He has lived an interesting, happy, but sometimes sad & challenging life. 280 pages with 31 b./w. photographs & cartoons on 16 pages. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks Near fine d./w., priced £14.95. 24.5cm. x 16.25cm ISBN 0297794272 1988

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Book number: 8697

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Tebbit Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher Edward Heath British Airways B.O.A.C..

TELLER, EDWARD.

BETTER A SHIELD THAN A SWORD. Perspectives on Defence & Technology.

New York. The Free Press/Macmillan, 1987., Personal reflections of the Hungarian born scientist who worked in the 1920's on quantum physics in Germany. He writes about his life in Nazi Germany, and describes the other top scientists he knew & worked with in the U.S., Bohr, Fermi & Oppenheimer. 257 pages including epilogue, notes & index. 9½" x 6¼". Near fine in black cloth binding with gold lettering. Near fine d./w. except its price clipped. ISBN 0029324610. 1987

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Book number: 1350

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Edward Teller Atomic Bomb quantum physics science Los Alamos Bohr Fermi Oppenheimer

THATCHER, MARGARET

THE DOWNING STREET YEARS.

London. HarperCollins, 1993., First edition. Autobiography by the former Prime Minister. 914 pages with 82 b./w. photographs on 40 pages. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped. (£25.) ISBN 0002550490 1993

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Book number: 8672

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Conservatives Downing Street Prime Minister Parliament

TOBIN, LIEUT. GEORGE.

CAPTAIN BLIGH'S SECOND CHANCE. An Eyewitness Account of his Return to the South Seas.

London. Chatham Publishing, 2007., Ex Library. Edited by Roy Schreiber. 184 pages. With 32 attractive watercolour paintings by Lt. Tobin, the author. 6 maps. 24 cm. x 17 cm. Cover and contents near fine apart from the library marks & stamps on f.e.p. D./w. is near fine. ISBN 9781861762801. 2007

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Book number: 7008

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Captain Bligh Mutiny on the Bounty Lt. George Tobin

TOLSTOI, LEV.

Childhood Boyhood Youth.

Moscow. Foreign Languages Publishing House, c. 1950, Hardback. Undated. 414 pages, divided into 3 parts, "Childhood" is on pages 11 to 127, "Boyhood" pages 131 to 222, and "Youth" pages 225 to 414. Apparently the 4th part was never written. Near fine except previous owner has written neatly in ink on front free endpage a list of special events in Tolstoi's life, and the page number where they're described in the book. B./w. frontispiece of Tolstoi. D./w. is worn and rubbed on edges and corners otherwise very good. 2.5cm. tear on front bottom corner. 0

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Book number: 9946

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Tolstoy Tolstoi

TORPEY, HELEN.

THE JOEYS.

Wirral. Helen Torpey, 1980, Stiff card cover. Autobiography of the author's childhood & her family who lived on the Wirral. "A collection of memories, a glimpse of life in the 1920's & the school in Wallasey, "Our Lady, Star of the Sea, and St. Joseph's, known locally as The Joeys." 52 pages. Near fine, no inscription. Self published, no place given, not dated.but Google says 1980. 1980

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Book number: 7679

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Wallasey School Our Lady, Star of the Sea 1920's Twenties

TREVELYAN, RALEIGH.

The Fortress. A Diary of Anzio & after.

London. Collins, 1956., Second impression, Sept. 1956, same month as the first edition. Hardback. 222 pages, with b./w. illustrations, a map & diagrams. Near fine, except previous owner's name on front endpage. D./w., priced 12s.6d., is very good but there's a small faint mark on the inside. 22cm. x 14cm. 1956

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Book number: 9926

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Anzio Italy 2nd World War Moletta Naples Sorrento Cortona Maggiori Trsimene Tuscany

TRUEMAN, FRED.

Ball of Fire. An Autobiography.

London. J.M. Dent, 1976., Cricketer Fred Trueman's life story, told in his own words. 191 pages. 30 b./w. photographs. Cover and contents near fine no inscription or marks. D./w. worn & torn on edges and corners. 22.5cm. x 14cm. ISBN 0460043048. 1976

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Book number: 8295

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Fred Trueman cricket bowling batsman Ashes

TURQUET-MILNES, G.

APPLES I HAVE PICKED.

London. J.M. Dent, 1939, ' An Englishwoman's Reminiscences of Life by the Loire & Elsewhere.' This English lady, married to a Frenchman & living in France, writes of her life, the peasant folk who visit her home, their families, their conversations in her garden. She also discusses French paintings, artists, architecture, writers & describes her visits to the great French cathedrals such as Chartres. 200 pages.16 b./w. photographs. 8.75" x 5.75". Near fine, except school prize bookplate (Rugby?). D./w. very torn, & 4 pieces are missing. 1939

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Book number: 1627

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: France French Rheims Chartres Turquet-Milnes

TYTLER, SARAH.

SIX ROYAL LADIES OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER.

London. Hutchinson, 1898., Second edition. The 6 Hanovarian ladies are The Electress Sophia, Sophia Dorothea of Zell, Caroline of Anspach & her daughters, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Caroline of Brunswick, and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. 342 pages. 7 b. & w. portraits of the ladies described, the first has a tissue guard. Nice copy and near fine, no inscription or marks, but endpapers are foxed. Top edges are slightly dusty and 1 portrait is loose, otherwise pages are clean & contents firm & tight. 22.25cm. x 14.5cm. No d./w. 1898

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Book number: 4231

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Queen Charlotte Queen Caroline Sophia of Hanover Queen Adelaide

VAN RENSBURG, PATRICK.

GUILTY LAND.

London. Penguin Books, 1962., First Penguin edition. A Penguin Special, number S205. Politics. The author was born in Durban, and grew up during the years of apartheid, shocked at what he sometimes saw, he joined the protests, became a diplomat, eventually he had to leave & settled in Britain. 207 pages. Contents clean, stiff card cover slightly worn. 1989

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Book number: 8159

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: politics Afrikaans Afrikaner apartheid Durban South Africa Sharpville Cape of Good Hope Boer Bantu A.N.C. Mauritians Avoca Natal General Smutts Transvaal Trekker Hertzog

VEE, ROGER (A.K.A. VIVIAN VOSS)

FLYING MINNOWS. Memoirs of a World War One Fighter Pilot From Training in Canada to the Front Line 1917-1918.

London. Arms & Armour Press, 1977., First written under the pseudonym Roger Vee & published 1935 by John Hamilton, this new edition has new material. 317 pages. 14 b./w. photographs. 22.5cm. x 14cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w is near fine, priced £4.95, but spine is faded. 1977

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Book number: 9116

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: World War 1 Western Front Line Fighter Pilot

WALKER, JOHNNIE.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

London. Michael Joseph, 2007., Autobiography of the broadcaster Johnnie Walker. He worked on Radio Caroline, & BBC Radio 1 & 2. Front endpaper removed, o./w. near fine. D./w. near fine, not price clipped (£18.99) 406 pages. 46 colour & b./w. photographs. 9.5" x 6.25". ISBN 9780718148539 2007

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Book number: 5483

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Johnnie Walker broadcasting radio D./J. Radio Caroline

WALSH, MIKEY.

GYPSY BOY. One Boy's Struggle to Escape From a Secret World.

London. Hodder, 2010, Paperback. Autobiography of a young gypsy who decided to leave his family & their Romany closeted community, knowing if he left he wouldn't be allowed to return. 278 pages. Near fine. ISBN 97803409770989. 2010

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Book number: 6826

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: gypsy gypsies Reading Berkshire Romany Romanies