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The Cage. A Year in 'Nam
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Bantam, 2002. The author saw service in Vietnam with the US army's First Cavalry Division, was captured by the Vietcong, tortured and escaped.299pp, b&w & colour photos.. ISBN: 059304973X. First Edition. Large trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Vietnam Vietcong. more information
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Goodbye Girlie
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Melb: Viking 1994., 1994. The second part of her autobiography. BW photos. 266 pp.. ISBN: 067085395x. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. BIOGRAPHY AUSTRALIANA. more information
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Goodbye Girlie
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Melbourne: Viking, 1994. The second part of her autobiography. BW photos. 266 pp. Fine copy. ISBN: 067085395x. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. BIOGRAPHY AUSTRALIANA. more information
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There Was a Ship
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Melbourne: Nelson, 1983. Patsy Adam - Smith's story of her years at sea - the sequel to Hear the Train Blow. Bw photos throughout. 236 pp. Ills. . ISBN: 0170062627 . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. PATSY ADAM SMITH, SAILING BIOGRAPHY TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATION. more information
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A House is Not a Home
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London: Ace, 1959. 256pp, owner name, age browning else exc. condition. 1920s 'hostess'.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 1920s America. more information
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A.E. Stegmann. The Life and Art of a Remarkable Artist
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London: Mouth and Foot Painting Artists , 2000. 164pp, lavishly illus. mainly colour. Small piece cut from free front endpaper else near fine cloth-covered boards in like dj. Remarkable story of a mouth painting artist.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Disabled Artists. more information
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Queen Victoria's Maharajah Duleep Singh 1838-93
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980. x,326pp, index. B/w plates. Cancelled library book else gently used in vg dj.. ISBN: 0297776568. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. India. more information
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The Rooms of Heaven: A Story of Love, Death, Grief, and the Afterlife
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New York: Alfred a Knopf , 1999. 328pp. Almost as new. . ISBN: 0679454608. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. BEREAVEMENT PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS DEATH IOWA. more information
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In the Country
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Newton Abbot: Country Book Club , 1973. 210pp. Day to day life in a millhouse in Dorset.. Book Club Reprint. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. more information
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The Cat and the Curmudgeon
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London: Bantam, 1990. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. The second book by the old bachelor who was won over by a high spirited stray cat called Polar Bear. 255pp, b&w ills. Greetings on ffep else vg in dj.. Hard Cover. CATS 0593021886 BIOGRAPHY ANIMALS. more information
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The follies of King Edward VII
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London: Lexington Books, 1975. Rather more the pursuit of happiness and beauty. by the eldest son of Queen Victoria, who had to wait a very long time for the throne.192pp, index, lavishly illus. with contemporary photographs and drawings.. ISBN: 0904312151. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. british Royalty. more information
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The Heart of a Woman
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New York: Bantam, 1997. 326pp, exc. cond. Autobiography of African american writer.. ISBN: 0553380095. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Oprah Book Club. more information
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Bob Ansett. An Autobiography
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Melb:John Kerr 1986.. 221pp, b/w pls, fine in dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. BUSINESS. BIOGRAPHY AUSTRALIANA. more information
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Aristide: An Autobiography
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Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1993. 205pp, some photos in text. Haiti's first democratically elected president.. ISBN: 0883448459. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. HAITI BIOGRAPHY POLITICS GOVERNMENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information
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Trumpets Over Merriford
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London: Michael Joseph, 1955. 176pp, illus. with b&w drawings. Tear to half title else vg in dj.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. English Village. more information
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Mosaic. A Chronicle of Five Generations
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Sydney: Random House, 1998. vi,592pp, b&w pls. Gift inscription else about fine in like dj. This remarkable true story begins in Krakow in 1890, and spans 100 years and 4 continents.. ISBN: 0091837138. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. POLAND, JUDAICA, HOLOCAUST, WORLD WAR 2 BIOGRAPHY. more information
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Lord of Arabia. Ibn Saud. An intimate study of a king
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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1938. Blue Penguin #128 248pp + list of Penguins up till that date. Slight spine wear else very good.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. saudi arabia. more information
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It is not so easy to live
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London: Collins 1958 1st Ed. Cloth, 155pp, VGood cond in good chipped dj. By the author of " I am fifteen and I do not want to die", it continues her story.. Hard Cover. BIOGRAPHY. more information
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Captain of the Queen
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London: Quadrant, 1984. 334pp, b&w plates. Inscribed to prev. owner by author who was captain of the QE2. ISBN: 0946894078. Signed by Author. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. ocean liners. more information
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Confession to Murder
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Corwall: United Writers, 1973. Love, lust adultery and murder. Frank Arthur's confession. Ex library. Library stamps/tape stains on end pages - but DJ always protected. 225 pp. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. more information
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Off the Court
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London: Eyre Metheun, 1982. 230pp, b&w plates.Autobiography of famous black American tennis player.. ISBN: 0413496805. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. tennis. more information
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Diaries 1915-1918
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London: Hutchinson, 1968. xxvi,529pp, index, frontispiece portrait, other ills. Personal portrait of an age from a good diarist who was close to many in power.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. World War One. British Politics. more information
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Queen Elizabeth. Her Intimate and Authentic Lifestory from Childhood Up Till Today
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London: Hutchinson, 1937. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 6th Imp. 8vo. 235pp + ads. ffep missing, also some foxing. Col. frontis. + b&w pls.. ROYALTY, BRITAIN BIOGRAPHY. more information
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The Duchess of York An Imtimate & Authentic life-story Including Many Details Hitherto Unpublished, Told with the Personal Approval of Her Royal Highness
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London: Hutchinson. Original Cloth. No Jacket. 8vo. Circa 1928- Name and date on fixed front endpaper else very good. A very early biogrraphy of the now 101 year old Queen Mum, written when there was no indication she would ever be Queen.224pp, colour frontispiece + more than 60 b&w photoraphs. Minor wear to spine ends, else very good.. Hard Cover. QUEEN MOTHER, BRITAIN, ROYALTY, BRITISH ROYALTY BIOGRAPHY. more information
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Peter Costello a Biography
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Sydney: HarperCollins, 1999. 'the full and unauthorised story of the man who wants to be PM'.(subtitle). x,334pp, index, photos.. ISBN: 0732267293. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. australian Politics. more information
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Augustus Hervey's Journal. Being the Intimate Account of the Life of a Captain in the Royal Navy Ashore and Afloat 1746-1759
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London: William Kimber, 1953. 349pp, index, frontispiece portrait, other b&w plates. Endpaper map. Sailor & Casanova. Vg orig. cloth, in chipped dj. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Britain Navy. more information
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New Guinea Crocodile Poacher
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London: Jarrolds, 1964. 192pp. Crocodile poaching in what is now Irian Jaya. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Papua New Guinea West New guinea. more information
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The Fiftieth Gate . A Journey Through Memory
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Sydney: HarperCollins, 1997. , 341pp, This book explores a son's confrontation with the terror of his parents' childhood during the holocaust.. ISBN: 0732258049. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. AUSTRALIANA, JUDAISM , HOLOCAUST 0732258049 BIOGRAPHY. more information
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I Leap over the Wall A return to the World After Twenty-Eitght Years in a Convent
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1950. 308pp, First pub. in 1949. Gift inscription else vg in red cloth-covered boards. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. NUNS, CONVENT, BIOGRAPHY. more information
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all is not Butter
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London: Arthur Barker, 1955. Story of a newspaperman turned dairy farmer. 200pp. Vg in v. chipped dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. dairy Farming. more information
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Casting Couch Confidential. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Business of the Beautiful People
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Sydney: Macmillan, 2003. Examines the seedy and sexual underbelly of the modelling world. xviii,340pp, ills.. ISBN: 0732911664. First Edition. Large trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Modelling. more information
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The Lumberyard and Mrs. Barrie
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London: Hammond, Hammond, 1953. 224pp. Vg in sl chippe dj. An incredible but true story.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. more information
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Going for Broke. How Bond Got Away with it
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Sydney: Bantam, 2000. How Alan Bond managed to secure release from jail after only 3 1/2 years in prison and managed to retain most of his fortune. xii,451pp. . ISBN: 1863251979. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Fraud, Corruption, white Collar Crime. more information
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Going for Broke. How Bond Got Away with it
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Sydney: Bantam, 2000. How Alan Bond managed to secure release from jail after only 3 1/2 years in prison and managed to retain most of his fortune. xii,451pp. . ISBN: 1863251979. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Fraud, Corruption, white Collar Crime. more information
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Going for Broke. How Bond Got Away with it
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Sydney: Bantam, 2000. How Alan Bond managed to secure release from jail after only 3 1/2 years in prison and managed to retain most of his fortune. xii,451pp. Owner name else near fine copy in dj.. ISBN: 1863251979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Fraud, Corruption, white Collar Crime. more information
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Leonardo Da Vinci . Men of Destiny
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London: Heron. 161pp. Dec. Leatherette cover with gilt. Imitation Leather. Near Fine. Small 8vo. more information
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The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958
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Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley, 1992. xii,571pp, inc. index. B&w plates. Described as an 'epic of urban politics and Irish America'.. ISBN: 0201175991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. GOVERNORS UNITED STATES MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS. more information
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We Keep a Pub
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London: Arrow, 1958. 256pp, b&w drawings. Two innocents behind the bar. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. pubs, hotels. more information
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Whittington. Memories of a Cotswold Village
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Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1982. (vi),52pp + colophon. Number 268 of 350 copies, signed by author. 10 tipped in plates, pict. eps, brown quarter cloth with dec. boards.Owner blind stamp on title, else very good.. ISBN: 0904845451. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. Crown 8vo. Private Presses. more information
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A Royal Recluse. Memories of Ludwig II of Bavaria
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Munich: Martin Herpich & Son, 1936. 267pp, photos. No edition stated - this may be later reprint. Hagiography. Fine in dj.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Germany. more information
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RUDYARD KIPLING
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New York: Random House, 1978. Original Cloth. Good/Very Good. First US Edition. x,421pp. Dj slightly edge worn, but repaired and protected - else VG. Suppressed for 30 years before publication.. BIOGRAPHY. more information
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RUDYARD KIPLING
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New York: Random House, 1978. Original Cloth. Good/Very Good. First US Edition. x,421pp. Bottom edge of cloth faded, else good in vg dj. Suppressed for 30 years before publication.. BIOGRAPHY. more information
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A Life in Progress
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Sydney: Random House, 1993. 500 pp. Near fine cloth h/c in dj. There will be a lot more in the next version.. ISBN: 0091828651. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. CONRAD BLACK BIOGRAPHY. more information
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Farah Shahbanou of Iran
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Teheran: Tajerzaheh/Collins, 1978. 160pp, index, photos, inc. 4 colour pics of the beauteous Farah Diba.. ISBN: 0002112396. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Iran Shah Persia. more information
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Madam Secretary. A Biography of Madeleine Albright
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New York: St Martin's Press, 1997. xii,276pp, index, b&w plates. President Clinton's Secretary of State. A fine copy. ISBN: 0312171803. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. american Politics. more information
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The House of Kent
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London: Robert Hale, 1969. 191pp, index, b&w plates.Story of the Dukes of Kent.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. British royal Family. more information
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A Pictorial History of Adolf Hitler
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London: Sunburst, 1995. 96pp, b&w photos throughout.. ISBN: 185778183X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large 4to. Adolf Hitler. more information
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Caro the Fatal Passion. The life of Lady Caroline Lamb
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New York: Coward, McGann & Geoghegan, 1973. xii,260pp, index, plates. Good plus in very chipped dj.. ISBN: 0698104986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo. Byron Regency England. more information
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The Baden-Powell Story. A boy's life of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
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London: Staples, 1955. 160pp, ills. Good in green cloth.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Scouting. more information
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Winston Churchill As I Knew Him
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London/Sydney: Eyre & Spottiswoode/Collins, 1965. A memoir of Churchill by his close friend Violet Bonham Carter. BW photos. 496 pp., index. Small corner cut from ffep, owner name else near fine copy in vg dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. WINSTON CHURCHILL BIOGRAPHY. more information
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