An autobiography (51 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.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 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. Illustrated with black and white photographs (illustrator).…

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

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good.

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

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.…

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.

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. 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 first edition of An Autobiography by Abba Eban. (illustrator). Signed. …

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. 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. The signed limited edition of An Autobiography by Abba Eban. (illustrator). 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, 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. First edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography, signed by President George H.W. Bush. (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. 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.". First edition of An American Life, the autobiography of President Ronald Reagan, signed on the Reagan Library bookplate. (illustrator). 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].…

Paperback original. Zustand: Fine. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 170pp. Original glossy paperback wraps, title printed on front cover and spine. Stated "First Printing, 1996" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "For Rita. Sincerely, Gwendolyn Brooks / June 2, 1997." (Not found in Blockson). Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), a renowned author, was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. Her book of poetry, Annie Allen, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950. Signed first paperback edition of Report From Part Two, an autobiography by Gwendolyn Brooks. (illustrator). Signed. …

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].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xvii, 318pp. Hardcover. Stated "first edition," with a full number line. Appears unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $25.95 retail price on front flap. Signed by Lou Holtz on the front free endpaper, with JSA authentication. Holtz recounts his life and coaching career, including his early years in Ohio, assistant coaching positions, the New York Jets, and head coaching tenures at William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, and South Carolina. Holtz led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. The first edition, first printing of Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography, signed by Lou Holtz. (illustrator). Signed.…

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. 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 limited edition of The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography by Stephen Fry. (illustrator). Signed.…