Biografia

Room to Swing a Cat. The Memoirs of Sir Michael Parsons. (Signed).

PARSONS, SIR MICHAEL. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Spennymoor: The Memoir Club, 2003. 1841040649. 1st edition. "Told entirely from memory without the encumbrance of diaries or historical assistance..it tells of a young British businessman's life in Calcutta in the last few years before the war and under the British Raj. It goe...

One Man's Tide.

RANSFORD, ERNEST MERRILL. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Sandy, Beds: Chillingham Publications, 1999. 0953571203. 1st edition. Memoir published in celebration of the author's 100th birthday, including memories of his service in two World Wars. Pp.147, many black & white photos + sketches done while in hospital in Baghdad convalesing...

Of No Fixed Abode. An Account of Colonial Service in Nigeria and Fiji and of Subsequent Work in London and East Africa.

MADDOCKS, KENNETH. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Ipswich: The Wolsey Press, 1988. 0951389505. 1st edition. A short memoir of former Govenor of Fiji Sir Kenneth Maddocks' nearly 35 years in the Colonial Service and later years, written 25 after his retirement. 21.5cms x 15.5cms. Pp.170, 13 black & white photo illustrations, t...

Memories of a Grandfather.

O.F.T. [OLIVER THOMPSON]. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Aldeburgh, 1981. Author's memories of World War Two and of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, and much more. Pp.92, occasional black & white photos and illustrations, splash marks to a few margins (not affecting text). White stiff card covers, creasing and faint splashed mark...

Tending the Fire: The Story of Maria Martinez

MORRIS, JUDDI · 1997 · Clausen Books

$7.95 (€7.21 | £6.02 | ¥1,270)

Flagstaff, AZ, Rising Moon/Northland Publishing. 1997, First Impression. (ISBN: 0873586549). Wraps, 12mo - over 6 " 7 " Tall. Ill.: Drawings. Paperback, Owner's name on half title page; Textblock very clean and tight; Covers lightly edge and corner rubbed. 113p. Very Good+.

William J. Walsh Archbishop of Dublin

Patrick J. Walsh · 1928 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 612p. A burgundy hardcover book in very good condition. Ex-library; original binding. Label on spine; stamps on foredges. Label and card pocket on endpapers; stamps on half-title and title pages. Text clean and ...

I'LL Take Texas

LASSWELL, MARY; IN COLLABORATION WITH BOB POOL · 1958 · Clausen Books

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. 1958, Second Printing. Cloth Spine, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Jo Alys Downs. Hardcover, Top edge color bleeding across the top of the first few pages, ink gift inscription dated Nov 30, 1968 on ffep; Pages 363-374 are creased and folded...

Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

KELLY, SCOTT · 2017 · Clausen Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Alfred A. Knopf. 2017, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781524731595). Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Photos. Hardcover, Textblock is very clean and very tight, b&w photographs, colored photographs. All page edges are straight and sound. Black cloth, bumped at the head and ...

Very Rev. Charles Hyacinth Mckenna, O.P. , P.G. , Missionary and Apostle of the Holy Name Society

Rev. V.F. O'Daniel · 1917 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, The Holy Name Bureau, 1917. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 409p. Ex-library hardcover book in original cloth. Spine slightly faded. Label on spine, stamps on endpapers and title page, and card pocket in back. Early owner's inscription on front endpaper. Ot...

Contre bonne fortune

Rothschild, Guy de · 1983 · Kastenvol

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

Pierre Belfond, Paris, 1983,372pp, foto's kleur en zw/w, 24x15cm., dikke paperback met flappen, leesrimpels, wat verkleurd

Daring to Live: Heroic Christians of Our Day

Doris Burton · 1955 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 176p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Ex-library; original binding. Label residue on spine. Label and stamp on rear endpaper and stamp on title page. Text clean and binding tight. Good .

The young George du Maurier A selection of his letters, 1860 - 67.

du Maurier, Daphne (ed) · 1951 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Peter Davies, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, some foxing on endpapers and page edges, name and date in pencil on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and torn, has old tape marks on both sides and is repaired at the ...

Drawn in Colour. African Contrasts.

JABAVU, NONI. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: John Murray, 1960. 1st edition. A personal account of an individual African's experiences and impressions of the differences between East and South Africa in their contact with Westernisation. "Noni Jabavu's first book is a picture of the life lived by her Bantu people...

Freedom Found: My Life Story

Warren Miller · 2016 · Denton Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Warren Miller Company, 2016. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780963614469 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; clean bright jacket. Such dynamic man with such a great life story. It's hard to grasp how much one person can experience in a life time, but Mr. Miller does a wonder...

Improbable Journeys: From Crossing the Himalayas on Horseback to a Career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Binns, Bernard A.O.; Smith, Ron · 2020 · Rainy Day Books

$24.50 (€22.23 | £18.54 | ¥3,913)

Book Good. Rock's Mills Press Name plate pasted in else very little wear.

John Arpin: Keyboard Virtuoso

Popple, Robert · 2009 · Rainy Day Books

$33.50 (€30.39 | £25.35 | ¥5,350)

Book Very Good. Dundurn Press Very clean tight copy. Signed by the author.

It Just Occured To Me - The Notebooks

Gatensbury, Steve · 0 · Rainy Day Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Book Good. No publishing information, written by a former millwork business owner. The latest letter in the book is dated 1997, when Steve would have been over 70 years old. The letters are mostly chatty humorous day to day stuff, but give you an idea of his life and family. B...

Alexander Niven: The Biography of an Early Haliburton County Surveyor

Emmerson, Kim · 2015 · Rainy Day Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Book Good. Friesen Press Bottom outer edge of pages has been stained. First free end paper has been torn out. Text pages are clean inside.

Great Spirits 1000-2000 the Fifty-Two Christians Who Most Influenced Their Millennium

Selina O'Grady and John Wilkins, eds.; Kathleen Norris, ed · 2002 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New York, Paulist Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 206p. A beige hardcover book in very good condition. Ex-library; original binding. Labels on spine and endpapers and stamp on title page. Hinges a bit shaken, but all pages and covers remain atached. Text clean. Good .

Louis of Granada

R.L. Oechslin, O.P. · 1962 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

St. Louis, B. Herder Book Co, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 142p. A light blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Ex-library; original binding. Label on spine and stamps on foredges. Label residue and small scuff on rear endpaper; stamps on title page and front end...