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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Variety, Theatre, Boxing, Sacha Guitry, Isadora, Houdini, Joe Louis W C Fields, Bette Davies