an autobiography (44 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Harper Collins, London, 2017. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good to near fine. Appears little read. Superb photographs. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #021244.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs (illustrator). Reprint. Second printing of the first edition published the same year. Firmly bound brown cloth boards with some marks, mostly on the closed page edges, and light handling wear including bumped corners. Jacket is present, not price clipped, with some light handing wear, mostly creasing along the top edge.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Victor Gollancz, London, 1967. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good, clean text, superb photographs. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Previous owners dedication inside cover. Inventory #021224.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition paperback pictorial cover, no DJ. 156 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. There is a small dampish looking stain on the back fly sheet and a slight warp to the back cover in the same area. Signed by the Author. 'Much has been written about the male side of captivity under the Japanese during the Second World War. But how did women fare? Java nightmare, an autobiography, tells the enthralling story of companionship and endurance forged when women were tested to the limits of their human frailty. This book is a frank record of daily life in the concentration camps of a part of south-east Asia, revealing the horrors and squalors that had to be endured. But it is also a remarkable testimony to the power of the human spirit to survive. Further, it is a historical record of interest, from a period of cataclysmic change in the world's social order. Daphne Jackson, the author, lives in Cornwall. Signed by Author(s).

Good lightly edgeworn orig. blue cloth. Pages sl. foxed. vii, 336 p.; front. (port.); 19 cm. [First printed in 1870] (Starr, A Baptist bibliography K965). Binding is Hardcover.

hardcover with dustjacket. Zustand: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 444 pages; good hardcover with dustjacket; dustjacket rips and tears, tanned; board tips bumped; dustjacket price clipped by a previous owner; spine slanting; some tanning; clean pages; spine head and heal bumped; prompt shipping with tracking.

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Signed first edition of An Autobiography by Abba Eban. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Thick octavo, xii, 628pp. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine, front cover, light toning to cloth. Stated first edition on copyright page with appropriate number line. Dust jacket in near fine condition, retail price on front flap, with light toning to spine, as is typical with this edition. Inscribed by Abba Eban on front free endpaper. An attractive copy. Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket.

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. The signed limited edition of An Autobiography by Abba Eban. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Thick octavo, xii, 628pp. White cloth, gilt title on spine, front cover, light toning to cloth on spine. Stated first edition on copyright page with a full number line. Includes the publisher's slipcase. Signed on the limitation page by Abba Eban, one of 500 copies from the publisher. Abba Eban (1915-2002) was an Israeli diplomat, politician, and scholar of Israeli history. He served as Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Ambassador to the United States and Ambassador to the United Nations. Signed.

Zustand: Good. Tear, nicks, wear at edges and corners of dust jacket. Some storage marks, scratches, creasing and discolouration to dust jacket. Bumps/wear at edges and corners of hard board. Minor shelf marks to text blocks. Text excellent, clean and legible.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography, signed by President George H.W. Bush. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 270pp. Gilt title on spine and signature on cover. Red cloth binding. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $18.95 on the front flap, a fine example. Signed on the title page by President George Bush. Signed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition of An American Life, the autobiography of President Ronald Reagan, signed on the Reagan Library bookplate. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 748pp, [4]. Blue cloth spine, red boards, title in gilt on spine. The first edition, first printing, with a complete number line on copyright page. Light foxing along top edge of text block, book appears unread. In the publisher's dust jacket $24.95 on the front flap, a bright, fine example. Signed by former President Ronald Reagan on the American Life edition bookplate, affixed to the half title. Includes the original purchase receipt from the Reagan Library, dated "12/28/91.". Signed.

In his obituary of Low's partner Robin Waterfield (Independent, 12 February 2002), James Fergusson describes Low as a 'Scottish Polish Jewish bouquiniste'. The recipient Andrew Block's obituary in 'The Private Library' was subtitled 'the doyen of booksellers'; his business was established in 1911. Plain orange-yellow card, with Reynolds Stone oval medallion letterhead. Signed 'David' in red ink. Addressed, with postmark and stamp, to 'Mr. Andrew Block / 30, Barter Street / London W.C.1.' He enquires whether the 'coloured drawings on rice paper' he is sending are 'merely Chinese'. He has 'a quarto volue with 20 of 'em loose', and asks whether it would be 'any use bringing 'em up with me on my next call upon the town'. Ends: 'But if it is only Jap. prints you want, no need to reply. Meantime kindest '77 Wishes to you and to Meg'. Postscript also in red ink: 'Just had a hilarious morning with Teddy, acting the old days, and parts, in his inimitable Teddy manner.' See image.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original venetian blind patterned paper covered boards, white title and author lettering to the yellow cloth spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xvi] 62 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the tips and corners, not price clipped $2.95. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 15 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [Literature].

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original custard paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the brown cloth spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xv] 350 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs on flat paper. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow closed tears to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped $15.00. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'June 5th, 1978 - With our love for Margaret Mackechnie from Joseph Killorin', 'and with best wishes of C. A. and M. H.' [third wife Mary Hoover 1937]. Wife Mary signed with artistic initials "C.A." for [4] him in 1978. Robert Mackechnie [Bobby had passed away] and Margaret Mackechnie [nee Barnard] English painter friends of Conrad Aiken. Until the second world war Aiken lived in the Rye district, firstly at Lookout Cottage in Winchelsea, opposite the muddy creek from where the Mackechnie's lived on the Rye side, by February 1924 he had bought Jeake's House in Rye. By the way, Margaret Barnard's sister Alison Mary Barnard was a formidable Lady and networker. She lived at No. 4, Wimpole Mews, London and 'ran' The Centre of Spiritual and Psychological Studies. Here many Peace seeking authors, artists of very different plumage came together including Walter de la Mare, T. S. Eliot, Kathleen Raine, G. K. Chesterton [early on], Laurens van der Post and many more. No doubt Conrad Aiken too, who was a lifelong friend of T. S. Eliot, no outward publicity, quite the opposite of the extrovert Bloomsbury Bohemian hack hub. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 15 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0300021801 AMERICA [Literature].

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains 112 printed pages of text. Very light off-setting to the end leaves. Near Fine condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with old sello repair to the top of the spine which extends down the rear gutter, small nicks to the edges, not price clipped $2.50. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 15 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [Literature].

Pictorial cover. Zustand: Fine. Signed limited edition of The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography by Stephen Fry. (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. Octavo, x, 438pp. Full pictorial hardcover. Stated "First published 2010" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. Appears unread. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase, title in gilt on spine and front panel. Signed by Stephen Fry on the limitation page. Signed.

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. An early reprint of the first American edition of Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story Of My Experiments With Truth by Mahatma Gandhi. (illustrator). Early Reprint. Octavo, x, [33]-640pp. Olive-orange cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine, illustration in gilt on the front cover. In the publisher's dust jacket, $5.00 on the front flap, tissue repair to closed tear along spine, bright illustrations. While the publication date for this copy remains 1948, it differs in the type of cloth used and the jacket is highlighted in pink. Either a pirated edition, or an unstated reprint from the Public Affairs Press. A true second printing appeared in 1954.

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5''. Contains 40 printed pages of text. Tiny rubs to the spine tips. Very near Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with one small tear to the top of the spine, not price clipped 4/6. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'For Bobby and Margaret from Conrad, Christmas 1946.' Robert Mackechnie [Bobby] and Margaret Mackechnie [nee Barnard] English painter friends of Conrad Aiken. Until the second world war Aiken lived in the Rye district, firstly at Lookout Cottage in Winchelsea, opposite the muddy creek from where the Mackechnie's lived on the Rye side, by February 1924 he had bought Jeake's House in Rye. By the way, Margaret Barnard's sister Alison Mary Barnard was a formidable Lady and networker. She lived at No. 4, Wimpole Mews, London and 'ran' The Centre of Spiritual and Psychological Studies. Here many Peace seeking authors, artists of very different plumage came together including Walter de la Mare, T. S. Eliot, Kathleen Raine, G. K. Chesterton [early on], Laurens van der Post and many more. No doubt Conrad Aiken too, who was a lifelong friend of T. S. Eliot, no outward publicity, quite the opposite of the extrovert Bloomsbury Bohemian hack hub. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 15 other books by this author. AMERICA [Literature].

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Signed limited edition of Memories: An Autobiography by Ethel Barrymore. (illustrator). Limited Edition/First Edition. Octavo, x, 310pp. Full black cloth, facsimile signature in gilt on front cover. Title in gilt over red on spine. Black topstain. Solid text block, faint toning to gutters of endpapers, a near fine copy. Includes a frontispiece portrait of Ethel Barrymore taken by Sargent. With the original acetate dust jacket, light shelf wear, near fine. Housed in the publisher's marbled paper covered slipcase. One of 250 copies signed by the author, this copy being unnumbered. Signed by Ethel Barrymore on the loose-leaf limitation page, affixed after the half title. Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) was an Academy Award winning actress whose career spanned six decades. Her and her brothers, Lionel and John, were all notable members of the silent film era in Hollywood. Signed.