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50 Years Gardening at Harewood.

EP Publishing, 1978. First Edition. Soft Cover, 133pp, illustrated soft covers. B + w illustrations. A light crease to the bottom corner of the first few pages, otherwise internally clean and tight. Life at Harewood House in Yorkshire, the home of Princess Mary, where the author and his father were both Head Gardeners... Very Good.

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Book number: 15718

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Gardening, Harewood, Yorkshire, stately Home

Ackerman, Sandra

Milwaukee Then And Now.

Thunder Bay Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover, Long format. A heavy book of 144pp. Illustrated boards, with a matching complete dustjacket, a little creased to the edges. Internally clean. Each page has a historic photograph of a Milwaukee building, facing a colour photograph of how it is today, with explanatory notes... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 16828

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Architecture, American History, Milwaukee

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

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

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

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

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: adventure, autobiography, Mexican war, Mexico, Texas, General Scott, soldier, immigrant

Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt

The Glitter And The Gold.

George Mann, 1973. Soft Cover, 270pp, illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. The memoirs of high society and court life of Consuelo Vanderbilt who was forced into marriage with the Duke of Marlborough in 1895, even though they both loved other people... Fine.

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Book number: 17619

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Duke of Marlborough, Aristocracy, High Society, History, Social History

Bayley, John

Iris and The Friends A Year of Memories.

Duckworth, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 208pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf and a small newspaper cutting about Iris pasted to the innner board under the front turnover flap, otherwise internally very clean. The author's husband's further account of his life with Iris Murdoch and her last year - a sequel to Iris A Memoir... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 9691

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Iris Murdoch, Biography, Author Biography

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

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

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography, MP, Politics

Berlioz, Hector and Cairns, David

The Memoirs of Berlioz Member of the French Institure Including His Travels in Italy Germany Russia Annd England 1803 - 1865.

Panther, 1970. Mass Market Paperback, The complete edition, translated and edited by David Cairns. A thick paperback of 792pp, the page edges browning with age, illustrated softback covers with creases. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The composer's autobiography - thoughts on his music, love affairs, travel etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 17320

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Biography, Berlioz, Music, travel, Opera, Music History, French Music

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

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Correspondence, Letters, History, Poet, Biography

Bihet, Molly

A Child's War The German Occupation of Guernsey Seen Through a Child's Eyes.

Molly Bihet, 1990. 80pp. Colour illustrated soft card covers. B + w photographs. SIGNED by the author on the title page, a little wrinkling to one page edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. The author remembers life under years of German Occupation on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, in the Second World War.. Signed by Author. Very Good.

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Book number: 17833

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: WWII, History, Guernsey, German Occupation, Channel Islands

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

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

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: TV, Autobiography, BBC, Radio, Broadcasting