Biography***Autobiography

1971: Fontana Books. Cover wear and creases. Name. Dog ears starting. 287 pages. George Adamson is already famous for the part he played in the story of Elsa, the Kenya lioness, and her cubs (described in his wife's books Born Free, Living Free and Forever Free); but only five years of his adventurous life were occupied in this way.. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Photos: 24 Pages. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, George Adamson. more information

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Hutchinson, 1991. Jacket has creases and sticker. Black covers with gold print on spine. Gently read. Clean book measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" tall. 346 pages includes index. This book describes Amis's family in South London, his schooldays, Oxford, his joining the Army midway through the war, and later Swansea, Cambridge and then leaving the academic world to work as a full-time writer.. ISBN: 0091745330. First Edition Stated. Cloth. Fine/Good. Illus. by 24 Glossy Photos. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Kingsley Amis. more information

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London, England: William Kimber, 1984. Minor spine slant and cover wear. Clean book and jacket. Gently read. Blue covers with gold print on spine. Book measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" tall. 175 pages. The Mill House at the end of a lane in a remote valley is a peaceful and secluded place. Not so the lives of its owners.... ISBN: 0718305256. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Jacket: Swan, Donald S. . Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Denys Val Baker, England, Cornwall, The Mill House. more information

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Great Britain: Arrow Books Ltd., 1975. Cover wear and creases. Cover is coming loose at spine. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Covers have been laminated. 192 pages. Now she takes us back to her childhood, to the years before the Second World War, when her father ran a small grocer's shop in a Cheshire town. . ISBN: 0099077809. Third Printing. Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Drawings: Hutchinson & Co Ltd . Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Lillian Beckwith. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books , 1982. ...is the story of the Bernsteins--Sam, the father, Jennie, the mother, and their three children: Leonard, Shirley, and Burton. Minor spine slant and cover wear. Clipped jacket corner. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Clear plastic over jacket is taped to covers. Olive covers with gold print on spine. Book measures 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" tall. 200 pages.. ISBN: 0671422766. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Photos: 8 Glossy Pages. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Bernstein Family, Jews, Boston, MA. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc., 1989. Cover wear, tears and creases. Tape on front fly-leaf. Numbers. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. 563 tanned pages includes index. "Being a starlet is a complicated life... especially when you are four years old.". ISBN: 0446357928. First Printing. Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Photos: 32 Pages. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Shirley Temple Black. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 1943. Spine slant, cover wear to edges. A few small stains. Grey covers with burgandy print to front and spine. Fading to upper burgandy page tops. Book measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/8" tall. 279 pages. . First Edition Stated. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Non-Fiction:. more information

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Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: Nelson Canada, 1979. Winner of the Governor General's Award. Cover wear, especially to outer, back cover and creases. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. 317 pages includes glossary. Roger Caron was sixteen when he was first convicted for breaking and entering. Since then he has spent his life behind bars. . ISBN: 0176007865. First Printing. Paperback. Fair. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Crime, Canadian Prison Life, Autobiography, Roger Caron. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McGraw-Hill Company, 1968. Spine slant, cover wear and creases. Name. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8" tall. 184 pages. Clark runs the gamut from his experiences as a correspondent in the Second World War--his fellow correspondents won and lost their expense accounts betting on his snoring--to the afternoon at the cottage where he was served mange cure as a substitue for Lapsang Souchong Tea.. ISBN: 0770060250. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by 2 Photos: Jaques, Louis . Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Gregory Clark, Writer. more information

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Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1968. Cover wear and creases. Numbers. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Third collection of "shorties" which appeared over the past few years on the inside back page of Weekend Magazine. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8" tall. 228 pages. . ISBN: 0770060269. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Journalist, Weekend Magazine. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: A Harvest/HBJ Book , 1966. Minor spine slant and cover wear. Library card-pocket, ex-catalog numbers and stamps. Laminated covers. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8" tall. 366 pages includes index. . ISBN: 0156260255. Trade Paperback. Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Anais Nin. more information

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London, England: Collins Harvill, 1989. Cover wear and creases. Library card-pocket, ex-catalog numbers and stamps. Measures 5 3/8" x 8 1/2" tall. 423 pages. ...opens as she is saved from the certain death that would have ensued and sent to work as a prison nurse. She meets and falls in love with a dotor and fellow prisoner and vividly evokes the joy of their relationship in conditions of scarcely believable hardship until, in 1955, the... . ISBN: 0002729075. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Biography, Eugenia Ginzburg, Soviet Union. more information

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Scarborogh, Ontario, Canada: Prentice Hall Press, 1987. Spine slant and cover wear, mostly to edges. Inside of hinges have tape. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Plastic over jacket taped to covers. Cream covers with cream print on black spine. Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" tall. 307 pages plus appendix. "...it will be up to the parole board to decide when, if ever, she will outgrow her violent years.". ISBN: 0139421602. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Maggie MacDonald, Crime, Criminals, Canada, Ex-Convicts. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Book, 1993. Minor cover wear and creases. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Gently read. The blood-and-guts combat chronicle of America's most decorated living soldier. 243 pages. ...in a 25-year career amassed over 110 medals... ...one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time. . ISBN: 0671865609. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, War, Military, Autobiography, Colonel David H. Hackworth. more information

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England, Great Britain : Penguin Books, 1984. Spine slant, cover wear, tears and creases. Stamp. 393 pages. 'Writer seeks "Wife" for a Year on Tropical Island'. Reprinted. Paperback. Fair. Non-Fiction, Autobiography. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1997. Spine slant, cover wear and creases. Name. Clean pages. 430 pages. He was always singing, even when he could barely stand: George Jones, the dirt-poor Texas country boy who shot to the heights of country music fame and to the depths of despair. Here is his story, of booze, women, and song--and headlines that rivaled his singing career. In his moving, startlingly candid memoir, legend George Jones tells it all. ISBN: 0440223733. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Photos: 32 Glossy Pages . Non-Fiction, Autobiography, George Jones. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1971. Spine slant and cover wear, mostly to bottom edges. Smudges. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Plastic over jacket taped to covers. Red covers with silver print on spine. Measures 6" x 8 5/8" tall. 256 pages. Alvin Karpis was released from prison in December, 1968, on extradition parole to Canada, having served thirty-three years of the life sentence he received for the kidnapping of William Hamm, Jr., of the Hamm Breweries in Minneapolis-St. Paul.. ISBN: 0771044690. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Photos. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Alvin Karpis. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper Paperbacks, 1993. Surviving in the dark curve of drugs, violence, sex and fame. Minor spine slant, cover wear, tears and creases. 430 clean pages. An angel too close to the ground. ...has lived a life on the edge--her nights filled with wild parties, affairs with some of Hollywood's biggest stars, and drug-induced adventures. Former wife of Richard Pryor and a confessed "experience junkie", Jennifer Lee is a survivor.... ISBN: 0061005592. First Printing. Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Photos: 8 Pages. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Jennifer Lee. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Books, 1985. You've read about the scandals. Here's the warm and wonderful story of the good times! Lavishly illustrated with photographs of the stars. Spine slant, cover wear and creases. Piece missing from bottom, front cover. Cracked. Clean book. 335 tanning pages includes index. . ISBN: 0515082147. First Printing. Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Photos: 16 Pages. Non-Fiction, Janet Leigh. more information

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Hurtig Pulblishers, 1979. Minor spine slant and cover wear. Sticker remnant on jacket. Decorated end papers. Light blue denim covers with gold print on spine. Book measures 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" tall. 239 pages. "...The main reason I decided to do a book about my life in the north is that I finally got fed up with all the baloney in so many books written about the north?.. ISBN: 0888301685. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Photos. Non-Fiction, Arctic, Biography. more information

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Great Britain: Canongate, 2003. Clean book. Appears unread. Black covers with gold print on spine. 259 pages. Book measures 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" tall. Scoring is not just about football, sex, drugs, crime and kiss-and-tell--it is all that and more. Told candidly for the first time, this is Macca's story in his own words... The colourful life of one of the game's most loveable rascals.. ISBN: 1841954284. First Edition Stated. Cloth. Fine/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Photos: 16 Pages (mostly colour). Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Football. more information

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Midland, Ontario, Canada: Midland Printers Co. Ltd., 1984. Two signatures: 'To Clara "DeLune" From Friend Herby' in black ink and 'Best Wishes Herbert C. Merry' in blue ink on front fly-leaf. Minor cover wear on red stiff board covers. Spine is faded and has tear. Spot/staining on pages 12 to 17. Some smudges on pages. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" tall. 114 pages. . Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Photos & Illustrations. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, School Days, Early 1900's. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1972. Inscription on pre-title page. Beige covers with gilt print on black spine. Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" tall. 301 pages includes index. A portrait in words...contains his own selection of his speeches and writings from 1924-to 1968 on a wide varitey of topics--serious and frivolous, political and non-political.... ISBN: 0802002544. Reprinted. Cloth. Very Good/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Photos: 12 Pages. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Lester B. Pearson. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1973. Tiny page tear. Inscription on pre-title page. Beige covers with gilt print on black spine. Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" tall. 344 pages includes index. ...after some anecdotal reflections on electioneering in Canada, he describes some of the important matters of state, of war and peace, and survival in which he was vitally concerned. . ISBN: 0802019994. Reprinted. Cloth. Good/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Photos: 12 Pages. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Lester B. Pearson. more information

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Scarborogh, Ontario, Canada: New Amer Library, 1973. Cover wear and creases. Front hinge cracked. Name sticker. 310 pages includes index. From Minister's Son to Minister of State a Magnificent Human Odyssey.. ISBN: 7288037. First Printing Stated. Paperback. Good -. Non-Fiction, Autonbiography, Canadian Politics. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1975. Minor cover wear. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Plastic over jacket taped to covers. Light brown covers with gold print on brown spine. Book measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" tall. 301 pages.. ISBN: 0802019137. Reprinted. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photos. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Lester B. Pearson. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1997. Minor cover wear, tear and creases. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Gently read. 323 pages. Dennis Rodman shoots from the lip... on the NBA; on having it all; on his game; on his sexuality; on dating; on Madonna; on mortality. ISBN: 0440222664. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Dennis Rodman, Basketball. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1993. Cover wear and creases. Name. Ink underling througout. Page edges turned. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Book measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" tall. 332 pages. In this affirmative journal, May Sarton describes both hardships and joys in the daily round of her life in old age--physical struggles counterbalanced by the satisfactions of friendship, nature, critical recognition and creative drive.. ISBN: 0393313174. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Photos. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, May Sarton. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1994. Clean book and jacket. Appears un-read. Red covers with gilt print on spine. Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" tall. 374 pages includes index. As a conductor, organist, pianist, composer, educator, writer, administrator, and musical statesman, Sir Ernest MacMillan stands as a towering figure in Canada's musical history. His role in the development of music in Canada from the beginning of this century.... ISBN: 0802028497. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Jacket with Edge Tears. Illus. by Photos: 32 Pages. COMPOSERS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY MUSIC SIR ERNEST MacMILLAN CANADA HISTORY CRITICISM. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Washington Square Press, Inc., 1964. 6th printing. Cover wear and creases. Book is yellowed/browned/aged near page edges. Numbers. Name. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, a tragedy of profound insight, cosmic in the universality of its appeal. . Later Printing. Paperback. Fair. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Leslie Thomas. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. Some smudging on page edges. Name stickers on sub-title page, front cover and jacket front. Covers are peach. Book measures 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" tall. 222 pages. . ISBN: 0771081634. Reprinted. Cloth. Good/Jacket with Edge Tears. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Gordon Sinclair. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1966. Spine slant, tears and cover wear. Library card-pocket, ex-catalog numbers and stamps. Pages are aged/yellowed. Book measures 4 1/4" x 7 1/4" tall. 324 pages. Adventures of a News Chaser from Khyber's grim gash of death to the Tiger Jungles of Bengal and the Burmese battle ground of the Black Cobra. ...a fascinating period that has gone forever.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Gordon Sinclair in India. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Minor spine slant, cover wear, creases and tears. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. Laminated covers. Book measures 5 1/4" x 8" tall. 190 pages. . ISBN: 077108174X. Reprinted. Trade Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Map of Canada . Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Group, 1986. Minor cover wear and creases. Appears unread. Remainder mark. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. 381 pages. From Barnardo boy to original virgin soldier, from apprentice journalist in London's concrete jungles to famous novelist.... ISBN: 014008066X. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Leslie Thomas. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Kensington Publishing Corp., 1990. Spine slant. Minor cover wear and creases. Front fly-leaf has name. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. 463 pages includes index. They're playing our song. ISBN: 0821728628. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Photos: 16 Pages. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Mel Torme. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1988. Minor spine slant. Cover wear and creases. Library card-pocket, catalog numbers and stamps. America's most famous and glamorous heiress continues her compelling life story-- her debut into the glittering world of Hollywood, her tragic marriage, and triumphant survival. 314 pages. Rich, young, beautiful, she had everything-- except what she wanted most. ISBN: 0449133214. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Photos. Ex-Library. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Gloria Vanderbilt. more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1989. One woman's struggle to preserve the jaguars of Belize. Signed: "April 15, 1990 For Julia, E. Melanie Watt" Jacket has crease on back flap. Gently read. Beige covers with gilt print on spine. Measures 6 1/8" x 9 1/4" tall. 154 pages. Melanie Watt's passion for jaguars began with a grueling 144-mile bicycle marathon in the tropics of Belize to publicize the plight of the jaguars and to raise money.... ISBN: 1550131494. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. Illus. by 16 Pages of Colour Photos . WOMEN BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY JAGUARS BELIZE. more information

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London, England: Bestseller Library, 1960. The Memoirs of a Beautiful Woman Who Lived For Love. Minor spine slant. Cover wear, tears and creases. Ripples. Stains. Sticker. Initials. Measures 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" tall. 320 pages. Deliberately written with an eye to blackmail, the memoirs of the most famous and wittiest courtesan of the Regency period tell us the fascinating story of the life of the demi-mondaines, of the "Fashionable Impures" as they were called. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Harriette Wilson. more information

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