Hessay Books: Autobiography
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Alagiah, George
A Passage to Africa.
Timewarner, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, 292pp, illustrated softback covers with one light crease to spine. B + w photographs. A clean, tight copy. Personal testimony and political insight from the BBC's Africa correspondent... Fine.
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Book number: 12616
GBP 2.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.5 US$ 2.54 | JP¥ 382]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Ceylon, Ghana, Africa, BBC

 
Asquith, Margot
The Autobiography Of Margot Asquith.
Eyre, 1962. Hard Cover, Reprint of one-volume edition.Introduction by Mark Bonham-Carter. 342pp, complete dustjacket. B + w photographs. Ex reference library, so stamps on title page and pocket on inner board, otherwise very clean... Very Good /Very Good.
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Book number: 2313
GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 6.99 | JP¥ 1051]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Bonham-Carter, autobiography, Politicians

 
Asquith, Margot
The Autobiography of Margot Asquith Volume One.
Penguin, 1937. Mass Market Paperback, 251pp, the edges browned with age. Blue and white covers, with loss to the top of the spine. Internally clean. Covers the years 1864 to 1895... Good.
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Book number: 8059
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.75 US$ 3.81 | JP¥ 573]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Politics, MP, Parliament, Government, Childhood, Victorian

 
Ballentine, George
Autobiography of An English Soldier In The United States Army.
Lakeside Press, 1986. Hard Cover, 1st in this attractive edition, edited by William H Goetzmann. 354pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to front, no dustjacket, as issued. Frontispiece and other b + w illustrations. A new, Mint, copy. Autobiography of a scotsman who failed to find work in the US as a weaver and enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican War of 1846, under General Winfield Scott... As New /No Jacket.
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Book number: 7013
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 8.89 | JP¥ 1337]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: adventure, autobiography, Mexican war, Mexico, Texas, General Scott, soldier, immigrant

 
Duchess of Bedford
Nicole Nobody The Autobiography of the Duchess of Bedford.
W H Allen, 1974. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 377pp. Complete dustjacket, a little creased to the edges. Endpaper family trees. B + w photographs. Internally clean. The story of the woman who was brought up in France, worked in the war time French Resistance, and had a successful career in film production as Nicole Milinaire before marrying the 13th Duke of Bedford and running Woburn Abbey, a famous stately home... Very Good /Very Good.
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Book number: 5827
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 8.26 | JP¥ 1242]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Autobiography, Aristocrat, Duchess, Film, Cinema, French History, stately Home, Resistance, Woburn Abbey

 
Benn, Tony
Dare to be a Daniel Then and Now.
Hutchinson, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover, 278pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w photographs. A very clean copy. Autobiography - the childhood of the rebel Labour politician... Fine /Very Good.
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Book number: 12037
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 7.62 | JP¥ 1146]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Autobiography, MP, Politics

 
Betjeman, John and Lycett Green, Candida (ed)
John Betjeman Letters Volume Two 1951 to 1984.
Methuen, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 616pp. Complete dustjacket, a little faded to the spine. B + w illustrations. Ribbon bookmark. A very clean copy. Editied and introduced by the poet's daughter, this volume covers the letters from 1951 to 1984, poetry, architecture, campaigning to save historic buildings etc... Fine /Very Good.
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Book number: 9837
GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 13.34 | JP¥ 2006]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Correspondence, Letters, History, Poet, Biography

 
De La Billiere, General Sir Peter
Storm Command A Personal Account of the Gulf War.
Harper Collins, 1992. Hard Cover, 348pp, priceclipped dustjacket with portrait of the author has one closed tear to back edge, no loss. B + w photographs. Foreword by Prince Charles. Light spotting to foredge, otherwise internally clean. An inside account of the war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 1990... Very Good /Very Good.
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Book number: 5429
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 8.26 | JP¥ 1242]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Kuwait, Prince Charles

 
Black, Peter
The Biggest Aspidistra In The World.
BBC, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 2443 pp, green boards, dustjacket in protective plastic wrappers. Library stamp to flyleaf and reverse of title page, otherwise clean. 50 years at the BBC.. Very Good /Very Good.
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Book number: 1196
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 5.08 | JP¥ 764]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: TV, Autobiography, BBC, Radio, Broadcasting

 
Blackmore, Stanley
Reflections Of A Country Magistrate.
Saracen, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover, 236pp and addenda. Green boards with gilt title. Includes a book review from the Law Society Gazette. The author was a JP in Wiltshire for 27 years... Fine /No Jacket.
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Book number: 3620
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 8.89 | JP¥ 1337]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: JP, Wiltshire, Devizes, law

 
Bough, Frank
Cue Frank!.
Queen Anne Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover, 191pp. Complete dustjacket. B + w photographs. One small scrape mark on inner board where small ownership label removed, otherwise very clean and Near Fine. 15 years as a TV sport presenter... Very Good /Fine.
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Book number: 3586
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 5.08 | JP¥ 764]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: TV, sport

 
Brown, Leslie
Encounters With Nature.
Oxford, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Doris Tischler. 194 pp, blue boards, complete dustjacket. B + w illustrations by Doris Tischler. Very clean.. Stories of life as a naturalist... As New /As New.
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Book number: 1495
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 10.16 | JP¥ 1528]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Doris Tischler, Autobiography, Naturalist, Animal

 
Bryant, Billy
Children Of Ol' Man River.
Lakeside, 1988. Hard Cover, Edited by Martin Ridge. 360pp. Brown boards, gilt top edge. Map and photographs. New - still sealed in its protective wrapper. The autobiography of a Showboat trouper... As New /No Jacket.
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Book number: 2334
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 10.16 | JP¥ 1528]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Showboat, Mississippi, Autobiography

 
Bryant, Billy
Children of Ol' Man River The Life and Times of a Showboat Trouper.
Lakeside Press, 1988. Hard Cover, 1st in this attractive edition, edited by Martin Ridge. 360pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to front, no dustjacket, as issued. Frontispiece portrait and other b + w illustrations. A new, Mint, copy. The autobiography of a member of a showboat family... As New /No Jacket.
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Book number: 6999
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 8.89 | JP¥ 1337]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: adventure, autobiography, theatre, american west, showboat

 
Buchanan Taylor, W
Shake the Bottle.
Heath Cranton, 1946. Hard Cover, 4th impression of the First Edition. 221pp, purple cloth covered boards, a little faded to the spine and edges. B + w illustrations. Internally clean. Memoirs of a life as a sports reporter and drama critic - Isadora Duncan, Sacha Guitry, Joe Louis, Houdini, W C Fields, Bette Davies, James Cagney, Annie Oakley etc... Very Good /No Jacket.
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Book number: 464
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 6.35 | JP¥ 955]
Catalogue: Autobiography
Keywords: Variety, Theatre, Boxing, Sacha Guitry, Isadora, Houdini, Joe Louis W C Fields, Bette Davies

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