Johnston, Brian

It's Been A Piece Of Cake.

Methuen, 1989. Soft Cover, Uncorrected proof copy, pre-publication. 269 pp, blue paper covers, b + w photographs. Internally clean. The autobiography of the cricketer... Fine.

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Book number: 1516

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: cricket, autobiography

Jong, Erica

Fear Of Fifty A Midlife Memoir.

Chatto, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover, 390 pp, the edges browning alittle with age, complete dustjacket with photo of the author. A very clean copy. An autobiography from the author of 'Fear Of Flying'... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 4821

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: autobiography, feminism

Jupp, Peter (ed)

The Letter Journal of George Canning 1793 - 1795.

Royal Historical Society, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, 310pp, beige coloured boards. A clean copy. Introduction, and the letter journals, written principally to the his uncle and aunt, which shed light on Canning's social and parliamentary connections and many leading figures of the day... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1396

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Politics, History, MP, Parliament

Keller, Helen

The Story Of My Life.

Hodder, 1942. Hard Cover, 317pp, beige cloth covered boards with a little wear to edge of spine. Gift inscription on inner board, otherwise internally clean. Autobiography, and Letters 1887-1901 and an account of Helen Keller's education as a blind child by John Albert Macy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4593

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Blind, John Macy

Kelly, Fanny

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians.

Lakeside Press, 1990. Hard Cover, 1st in this attractive edition, edited by Clark and Mary Lee Spence.358pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to the front. B + w illustrations. A new copy.. As New /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6988

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: red indian, native american, adventure, autobiography, Mary Lee Spence

Kemble, Frances Anne

Records of a Later Life Vol II.

Richard Bentley, 1882. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 295pp, brown cloth covered boards, a little worn to corners. Ex library - presentation label to inner cover, a couple of light stamps, otherwise a good 'reading copy' of volume II of the autobiography of the actress and writer Fanny Kemble.... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13827

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography

Kilvert, Francis and Plomer, William (ed)

Kilvert's Diary 1870 1879 Selections from the Diary of the Rev Francis Kilvert.

Pimlico, 1999. Mass Market Paperback, Larger format than the Penguin edition. 350pp, the paper browning a little with age. Illustrated softback covers with light creases to the spine. Internally clean and tight. The classic selection from the diaries of a Victorian country clergyman in Wiltshire and Wales chosen, edited and introduced by William Plomer... Very Good.

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Book number: 6060

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Diary, Wales, Autobiography, Social History, Church of England

Kuusisto, Stephen

Planet of the Blind.

Faber, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover, 194pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. A very clean copy. Coming to terms with near-blindness... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 5825

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: blindness, blind

Larkin, Philip and Thwaite, Anthony (ed)

Letters to Monica.

Faber, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 474pp, the paper tanning a little with age. Complete dustjacket, faded to the spine. A very clean copy. A selection from the over 2,000 letters Larkin wrote to Monica Jones between 1946 and 1984, illustrated with his cartoon drawings, shedding light on the inspiration for his poetry, his views on other poets etc.. Comes with reviews of the book from The Guardian and The Tablet... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 9908

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Poetry, Correspondence, Autobiography, Poet

Leach, Christopher

RiverRun An Autobiographical Novel.

J M Dent, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, 215pp, complete illustrated dustjacket with one very small repaired tear. Gift inscription from the author, otherwise internally very clean. Growing up in the East End of London and wartime evacuation.. Signed by Author. Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 10868

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: East End, London, WWII

Leigh Fermor, Patrick

The Broken Road From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos.

John Murray, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. Edited by Colin Thubron and Artemis Cooper. 362pp. Complete dustjacket by Ed Kluz. A very clean copy. The final book of a travel classic of a jouney on foot through Europe, edited from typescripts left incomplete at the author's death... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 13430

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Travel, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece

Lessing, Doris

Walking in the Shade Volume Two of My Aurobiography 1949 - 1962.

HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 369pp, the paper browning with age. Complete dustjacket, a little creased to the ends of the spine. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The second volume of autobiography covers the post war years in London. her involvement with Communism, CND, the theatre, and the growth of her career and the writing of The Golden Notebook... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 9054

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography, Author, London, Post War, Wesker, Kissinger, CND, Communism

Lim, Janet

Sold For Silver.

The Book Club, 1959. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 256 pp, dustjacket with tears to edges. Internally clean. An autobiography set in China before and during WW II.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 704

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: china, WW II, slavery, autobiography

Lindsay, Maurice

Thank You For Having Me.

Hale, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 230 pp. Complete dustjacket.. Library stamp on title page but otherwise very clean The autobiography of the Scottish author - T S Eliot, Compton Mackenzie Hugh Macdiarmid, Neil Gunn... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 1448

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: T S Eliot, Hugh Macdiarmid, Neil Gunn, Autobiography

Linklater, Eric

A Year Of Space.

Reprint Society, 1954. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Autobiography. 319 pp, light blue boards, leather label. Previous owner's signature on inner board, otherwise a very clean copy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1296

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: autobiography