Newby, Eric

Love And War In The Apennines.

Picador, 1983. Mass Market Paperback, 224pp, the paper browning a little with age. Illustrated softback covers with one light crease to the spine. A clean, tight copy. An account of the author's adventures on the run from the Germans in north Italy in 1943... Very Good.

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Book number: 6402

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Po, Italy, WWII, Autobiography

Nutting, Anthony

South Col The Ascent of Everest 1953.

Reprint Society, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 249pp, black boards with red leather label, dustjacket with a little loss to the edges. Colour frontispiece, b + w photographs and maps. Internally very clean. The author's day to day account of the successful expedition to climb Everest in 1953... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 5539

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: climbing, Himalaya, Everest

Oufkir, Malika and Fitoussi, Michele

La Prisonniere.

Doubleday, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover, Translated by Ros Schwartz. 293pp, priceclipped dustjacket with portrait of the author. B + w photographs. Brought up in the Moroccan royal family, and then imprisoned with her family in the desert, an amazing autobiography... As New /Fine.

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Book number: 4444

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Morocco, Rabat, political Prisoner,royal

Paloczi Horvath, George

The Undefeated.

Secker & Warburg, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover, 1st edition. 288pp, complete dustjacket, a little rubbed to the corners. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, sellotape offet marks to the inner boards, one small mark to the foredge, otherwise internally clean - a good 'reading copy'. In solitary confinement, the author traces the story of his life, growning up in the Humgarian Calvinsit nobility, life under Communism and work as a journalist, work for SOE in the War. life in jail, the big 'purge' trials etc... Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 10894

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Hungarian History, Communism, Hungarian Calvinism, SOE, Second World War

Paterson, Herbert John

A Surgeon Looks Back.

Epworth, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 253pp, green cloth covered boards. Boots library sticker to front cover, but no stamps. A few tiny spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Life as a surgeon at Barts, The West London, Queen Alexandra's etc before and during the First World War.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10651

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Doctor, Autobiography, Barts,WWI, London

Paton, Alan

Kontakion For You Departed.

Jonathan Cape, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. First edition. 142pp, complete dustjacket a little rubbed to the edges. Ownership name of Bishop Trevpr Huddleston to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A tribute to his wife and account of their work at Diepkloof Reformatory and against apartheid, and the problems they faced with the security services.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 13964

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: South Africa, Apartheid, Diepkloof

Pepys, Samuel and Latham, Robert

The Illustrated Pepys Extracts From The Diary.

Book Club Associates, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 333pp, illustrated dustjacket, faded to spine and with a little wear to the edges Colour and b + w illustrataions. Internally very clean. A selection from the Diary to retain the variety and flavour of the original... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 12921

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Autobiography, Stuart, Navy, History, London

Picardie, Ruth

Before I Say Goodbye.

Penguin, 1998. Mass Market Paperback, 116pp, the edges browning a little with age, softback covers with a photograph of the author. A clean, tight copy. The author's courageous fight with terminal breast cancer... Very Good.

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Book number: 11354

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Cancer, Autobiography

Picardie, Justine

If The Spirit Moves You Life and Love After Death.

Picador, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, 230pp, softback covers. A clean, tight, probably unread, copy. A study of the author's search to come to terms with the death of her sister... As New.

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Book number: 8843

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Psychic Research, Cancer, Bereavement

Pire, Father Dominique

Europe of the Heart.

Hutchinson, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, Autobiography of the Nobel peace prize winner who worked with refugees and the old. 221 pp, black boards, label rubbed. B + w photographs. Convent school blank prize label to flyleaf, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 519

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Nobel, refugees, autobiography

De Polnay, Peter

Death And Tomorrow.

Secker, 1943. Hard Cover, 299pp, red cloth covered boards. Frontispiece portrait. Small spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. Wartime autobiography... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3254

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: autobiography, WWII

Portway, Donald

Memoirs of an Academic Old Contemptible.

Leo Cooper, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover, 232pp, complete dustjacket, a little rubbed to edges. Internally very clean. Comes with a gift slip from the author. University life at Cambridge, the Korean War, Khartoum University etc... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 10507

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: WWII, Korean War, Khartoum

Portway, Donald

Militant Don.

Robert Hale, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover, 187pp, dustjacket with a little edgewear. Gift inscription from the author to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. University life at Cambridge and Khartoum, WWII, Dunkirk, UNESCO etc.. Signed by Author. Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 10513

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Mons, Dunkirk, UNESCO, Autobiography

Powell, Dilys

An Affair Of The Heart.

Hodder, 1963. Hard Cover, 280pp, priceclipped dustjacket, a little faded to spine. Endpaper maps. Name rubbed out to inner board, under dustjacket, otherwise very clean. The story of the author's relationship with the Greek village of Perachora, where her husband Humphry Payne excavated the archaic temple - one of Bruce Chatwin's favourite books... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 6025

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: perachora, Humphry Payne, archaeology, temple, Bruce Chatwin, corinth

Priestland, Gerald

Something Understood An Autobiography.

Deutsch, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover, 287pp, dustjacket with photograph of the author., b + w photographs.The autobiography of the BBC foreign correspondent - his battle with depression, meetings with Louis MacNeice, Isaiah Berlin etc... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 5607

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: BBC, Isaish Berlin, Louis MacNeice, Hoffnung, Rene Cutforth, depression, foreign correspondent