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1) Flying Mannequin - Memoirs of a Star Model
'Freddy' (As Told to Jean Carlier, Transl Kitty Black)

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1958. G, Shelfwear, bump, water staining, EPS & edge foxing/Poor, Wear, large chips, heavy staining. Autobiography of a French free-lance model. 9 photographs including frontispiece. 192 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $10.00
2) The Letters of Rachel Henning
Adams, David (Ed)

Sydney: Sirius Books - Angus & Robertson, 1963. VG, Shelfwear, ink gift inscrption, mild spine lean, browning/G+, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, staining, scuffing, browning. "With a foreword and pen-drawings by Norman Lindsay". 292 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Sirius Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Illus. by Lindsay, Norman. more information

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Price: $15.00
3) The Year of the Cornflake
Addis, Faith

London: Andre Deutsch, 1983. Autobiographical account of the author's experiences running a holiday farm. Author's first book. Jacket by Marie Helene Jeeves. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Pencil Ghost FFEP/VG++, Wear, Internal Browning. more information

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Price: $30.00
4) A House is Not a Home
Adler, Polly

London: Heinemann, 1954. VG+, Ink Name, Sp Heel Crush/VG+, 1 Tear, Water Ripple. 1st UK Edition. Autobiography of a one-time call-girl and later famous "Madame". Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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Price: $10.00
5) The Attempted Rescue
Aickman, Robert

London: Gollancz, 1966. Autobiography. 188 pages, with frontispiece. BOOK: Binding is sound; mild spots of tape-staining to boards & spine; some tarnishing to gilt titles; light spine heel crush; 2 very small corner bumps; library pocket & ink code on front pastedown; library stamp, 'date due' label & 'cancelled' stamp on FFEP; library stamp on half-title, back of frontispiece, across the edges of the text-block & several times on the top edges of text pages; RFEP removed; 3 tape ghosts & a tape removal abrasion on the endpapers; uniform page browning. Scan/digital image on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good Only, Ex-Library/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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Price: $60.00
6) No Citation
Allan, James

London: Panther, 1956. G, Small Burn Mark, Wear, Hinge Abrasions, Dealer Stamp/NO DUST JACKET. Panther #572. Author's account of his capture by the Germans and subsequent escape from a Stalag in Poland. Small cigarette burn mark has penetrated front cover and marked the front endpapers. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $10.00
7) Stay of Execution : A Sort of Memoir
Alsop, Stewart

London: Bodley Head, 1974. Autobiographical account of a man suffering from incurable leukemia. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Offset, Edge-Foxing/G+, PC, Wear,Tears,Tape Repair. more information

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Price: $10.00
8) The Wholesome Hooker
Andersen, Kristin (as Told to Linda DuBreuil)

Sydney: Scripts, 1973. G, Edgewear, small tears, creases, ink name, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Erotic autobiography. Scripts AO115. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Scripts Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $7.00
9) Streetwalker - Street-Walker
Anonymous

London: Bodley Head, 1959. Purported autobiography of a prostitute. Expanded condition report/scan request.. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Bumps, Browning, Stains/G,Tears, Abrasions,Perfs, Soil. more information

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Price: $20.00
10) A Woman in Berlin
Anonymous (Transl James Stern & with an Introduction By C W Ceram)

London: Ace / Harborough, 1959. VG, Edgewear, creases, abrasion, browning. "When the Russians ravaged Berlin, one woman - trapped and helpless - made this record of her personal ordeal". Ace H126. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $7.00
11) Polly Wants a Zebra : The Memoirs of Michael Aspel
Aspel, Michael

London: Futura - Contact, 1975. Fair, Wear, creases, spine tears, staining, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Autobiography. 207 pages, including the index. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $7.00
12) Remember and be Glad
Asquith, Cynthia

London: James Barrie, 1952. G, Ex Institute Library (Library stamp with 'cancelled' written across it & ink code on FFEP are only library markings), shelfwear, abrasion, perforation, ink name & address inked out on FFEP, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP, with a subsequent (non-authorial) gift inscription below it. 214 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Inscribed By Author. Second Impression. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $40.00
13) Decision at Dawn : The Underground Christian Witness in Red Korea
Awe, Chulho (As Told to Herbert F Webster)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. Autobiographical testament. Jacket design by Paul Galdone. 180 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Bumps, Label, Browning/VG, PC, Wear, Tears, Browning. more information

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Price: $15.00
14) Daybreak : An Intimate Journal
Baez, Joan

London: Panther - Granada, 1971. G+, Edgewear, creases, ink price on front cover, mild spine lean, previous owner's label and number stamp on first page, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Autobiography. Cover illustration by Carol Binch. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Panther Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $10.00
15) Enid Bagnold's Autobiography (from 1889)
Bagnold, Enid

London: Heinemann, 1969. 288 pages. Illustrated. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Uncorrected Book Proof. Soft Cover. VG, Wear, Browning, Foxing/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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Price: $15.00
16) The Glitter and the Gold
Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt

London: Heinemann, 1953. G, Wear, Abrasion, Fraying, Dealer Label, EPS & Edge Foxing, Browning/NO DUST JACKET. 270 pages, including the index. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $20.00
17) Nurse of the Islands
Banfill, B J

London: William Kimber, 1965. VG, Shelfwear, previous owner stamp, mild edge-foxing/G, PC, edgewear, tears, interior tape stain, spine brown. Account of the author's experiences nursing in remote fishing villages on the Magdalen Islands beyond Prince Edward Island. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $15.00
18) Just be Yourself
Bard, Mary

London: Hammond Hammond, 1957. Author's account of her experiences as a Brownie Leader. BOOK: Binding is sound; red boards are clean; dark blue titles are clear & without loss; spine heel crush; 1 corner bump; scattered foxing to endpapers & across the edges of the text block, with some encroachment into the first & last pages of the text; no ink names, stamps, etc. JACKET: Price intact. Edgewear; chipping to spine head and hinge corners; two large tears on rear panel bottom at spine and flap hinges; several smaller tears ranging from 2mm to 1cm; very light scattered foxing. Scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Fair. more information

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Price: $50.00
19) No Moaning There!
Barker, Jack

London: Bodley Head, 1962. VG+, Binding is sound; blue boards are clean, gilt titles bright & without loss; bumping to spine ends; previous owner stamp on front free endpaper; mild scattered foxing to endpapers and across the edges of the textblock/VG, Price intact (18s Net). Edgewear; laminate shrinkage at edges and some laminate lifting adjacent to spine; 1cm tear at bottom edge of front panel; browning to spine & edges; mild scattered foxing to flaps & interior. "This book of reminiscences begins with a brilliantly evoked clash on the East Anglian flats with a savage gamekeeper, moves on to the last voyage of that astounding sailing-ship, the PARMA, and ends on the verge of the last war". Author had an affair with W H Auden's lover Chester Kallman, and was allegedly the cause of their break-up. Jacket by Lacey Everett. Digital photo on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $80.00
20) When I Grow Up - An Autobiography
Barraclough, John

South Australia: Rallye Publications, 1989. VG++, Some spots of soiling in the text, pencil ghost on FFEP/VG++, Edgewear, small tear. Memoirs of Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC. Details of his flying, racing & sailing interests, as well as the interesting people met & places visited. 246 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $50.00
21) The Urchin : An Armenian's Escape
Bedoukian, Kerop

London: John Murray, 1978. VG, Shelfwear, bump, ink gift inscrption, browning/VG, Edgewear, small tear, indentations, browning. "Through the lively, inquisitive eyes of an Armenian child, this true story is told of how he and his family, driven by the Turks from their home in Sivas in the First Wirld War, survived the 'death march' through mountains, over the Euphrates and across waterless deserts...". 186 pages, including the glossary. Jacket design by Steven Singer. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $40.00
22) The Loss of the Titanic : Its Story and Its Lessons
Beesley, Lawrence

London: Star / W H Allen, 1979. VG, Edgewear, crease, ink name, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "An Eye-Witness Account" by one of the survivors. First published in 1912. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Star Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $15.00
23) The Worcester Account : Early Reminiscences
Behrman, S. N

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. VG, Shelfwear, spine crease, dealer stamp, light browning/VG, Price-clipped, edgewear, small tears, browning. 175 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $20.00
24) No - Honestly!
Bingham, Charlotte

Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1974. VG, Edgewear, creases, indentations, spine lean, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "The Basis of the London Weekend Television Series by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham". Cover photo by Crispian Woodgate. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Penguin Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $7.00
25) Uncommon Entrance
Blishen, Edward

London: Thames & Hudson, 1974. "The author of 'Roaring Boys' and 'This Right Soft Lot' recounts his earlier experiences at a preparatory school". 155 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Ink Name, Browning/VG++, Edgewear, Rubbing. more information

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Price: $15.00
26) War Isn't Wonderful
Bloom, Ursula

London: Hutchinson, 1961. VG+, Shelfwear, bump, browning/VG, Edgewear, tear, soiling, browning. Fifth volume of the author's reminiscences. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Illus. by Hall, Douglas. more information

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Price: $20.00
27) Cold Stone Jug
Bosman, Herman Charles

Johannesburg: A.P.B. Bookstore, 1949. VG, Shelfwear, bumping & mild fraying to spine ends; two corner bumps; small stain to top edge of text-block; page browning; no ink names, stamps etc./G+, PC, edgewear; some chipping & tattering to spine ends & hinge corners; several tears (with some associated creasing), ranging from 3mm to 2cm; spot of abrasion on rear panel and irregular abrasion to hinges; fading to spine; staining to interior mainly at spine head & heel, with some showthrough at spine head. "A Chronicle: being the unimpassioned record of a somewhat lengthy sojourn in prison". 278 pages. Scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $150.00
28) The Colony
Bowers, John

London: Hutchinson, 1972. Autobiographical reminiscences. Jacket by Craig Dodd. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Offset, Edge-Foxing/VG+, PC, Wear,Scratches,Foxing. more information

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29) The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist
Breytenbach, Breyten

London: Faber & Faber, 1984. Scan on request.. 1st Edition. Near Fine, Shelfwear/VG+, PC, Wear, Tear, Sp Fade. more information

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Price: $10.00
30) One Way of Living
Bridie, James

London: Constable, 1939. Autobiography. With frontispiece. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Bookplate, Browning/VG++, Wear, Tears, Sp Brown. more information

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Price: $30.00
31) Testament of Experience : An Autobiographical Story of the Years 1912 - 1950
Brittain, Vera

London: Gollancz, 1957. Autobiography. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, FFEP Chip, Wear, Foxing/VG+, Wear, Tears, Stain, Brown. more information

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Price: $10.00
32) Baroque 'n' Roll
Brophy, Brigid

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. VG++, Ink Mark, Bumps,browning/VG++, Edgewear, Small Stain. 1st Edition. Autobiographical essays. Jacket by Craig Dodd. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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Price: $20.00
33) The Hard Years
Brown, Joe

Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1975. VG, Edgewear, creases, dealer stamp, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "This is the story of Joe Brown's climbing life, from the time of his early scrambles in disused mine-shafts, to his more famous exploits on Kangchenjunga and the Mustagh Tower". 252 pages, including the index. With 12 pages of photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Penguin Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $7.00
34) The Magic Bottle
Bryant, Lee

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1979. Author's experiences as an alcoholic and then as a counsellor to alcoholic women. Jacket photo by Theo Bergstrom. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Offset,Edge-foxing/VG++, Wear,Tear,Sp Fade,Foxing. more information

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35) A Bridge for Passing
Buck, Pearl S

London: Methuen, 1963. VG, Shelfwear, bump, ink gift inscrption, mild spine lean/G, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, staining. Continuation of her autobiography. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $20.00
36) Bulls in the Meadows
Bull, Peter

London: Peter Davies, 1957. VG, Shelfwear, Page Creases, EPS & Edge Foxing, Browning/G, PC, Edgewear, Tears, Abrasion, Flap Hinge Perforation, Spine Browned, Foxing. Family memoir. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece, photographs & drawings. Jacket by Gough. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $15.00
37) A Memorable Life : The Historical Ramblings of Albury's Long Serving Mayor
Bunton, Cleaver

Wodonga (No Date): Self-Published. VG, Wear, Mild Crease, Staining/NO DUST JACKET. Autobiography. Signed by the author on the dedication page. 64 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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Price: $25.00
38) The Generals Wear Cork Hats : An Amazing Adventure That Made World History
Burman, Ben Lucien

New York (1963): Taplinger Publishing. VG+, shelfwear, small bump, browning/VG, Edgewear, small chips & tears, spine fade, rubbing. "Inside story of the author's discovery of the Free French in 1941". Inscribed by the author. 257 pages, with supplementary unpaginated material at rear. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Inscribed By Author. Stated 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Illus. by Caddy, Alice. more information

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39) Our Friends the Tigers
Caldwell, John C

London: Hutchinson, 1954. Autobiographical experiences of a family in China. Photographic frontispiece. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG, Ink Inscr, Stain, Foxing/G, Wear, Chips, Tears, Foxing. more information

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Price: $40.00
40) Sons of El Dorado : Venezuelan Adventure
Cameron, Donald

London: Longmans, 1968. Autobiography. 216 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Shelfwear, Mild Browning/VG+, PC, Edgewear, Rubbing. Illus. by Edwards, Peter. more information

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41) Pimpernel in Prague
Campbell-Shaw, Donald

London: Odhams, 1959. True story of the author's exploits while spiriting his relatives out of Communist Czechoslovakia. BOOK:- Slight frraying at the spine head rear hinge corner. Ink price and price alteration on FFEP. Small booksellers label on bottom of front pastedown. JACKET:- Intact, but price-clipped. Edgeworn, with small tears & some abrasions. Scan on request. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++/VG++. more information

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42) Tupari
Caspar, Franz (Translated By Eric Northcott)

London: G Bell & Sons, 1956. Near Fine/VG++. 1st UK Edition. Account of the author's four month stay with the stone-age Tupari tribe in Western Brazil. Book has slight crush and edge-fade on the spine heel, and offset on the end- papers. Jacket has edgewear, chips and tears. Scan available on request.. more information

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43) On the Hill
Chapin, Victor

London: Museum Press, 1956. Good, Bumping, Offset/VG, PC, Edgewear, Tears. 1st UK Edition. Experiences of a conscientious objector serving in a mental home. Foreword by Judge Curtis Bok. Book has badly opened bottom page edges, but text is not impaired. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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44) Chappelli : Ian Chappell's Life Story
Chappell, Ian (Foreword By Richie Benaud)

Victoria: Marlin Books, 1977. VG, Edgewear, creases, foxing, browning. "A colourful account of one of Australia's most explosive cricketers". 206 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Marlin Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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Price: $7.00
45) A Goodly Fellowship
Chase, Mary Ellen

London (1940): Collins. Autobiography. With frontispiece portrait of the Author. Jacket by Barlow. BOOK: Spine head bump; spine heel crush; 1 small corner bump; pencil gift inscription, small dealer stamp & triangular sticker residue on FFEP; scattered foxing. JACKET: Intact, with price; edgewear; tattering of the spine head; spine browning; 3 closed tears; scattered internal foxing. Scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+/VG++. more information

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Price: $30.00
46) Bomber Pilot
Cheshire, Leonard

Hertfordshire: Mayflower - Granada, 1975. War autobiography. 159 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Cover illustration by Peter Jones. Ink name on first page. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Thus. Mass Market Paperback. G+, Wear,Tear,Creases,Browning/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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Price: $7.00
47) Autobiography
Chesterton, G K

London: Hutchinson, 1969. Soft Cover. VG++. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Autobiography. A full condition report on this book is available on request.. more information

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Price: $16.00
48) Strictly Private! : Being the Very Intimate Diary of a Medical Practitioner
Chideckel, Maurice

London [1929]: Jarrolds. G, Shelfwear, board abrasion, some loss to red titles, spine cock, dealer sticker, browning/NO DUST JACKET. 287 pages. Endpapers have interesting pencil portraits, drawn by a previous owner. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $12.00
49) The Silver Crest : A Russian Boyhood
Chukovsky, Kornei (Transl Beatrice Stillman)

Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1977. VG++, Shelfwear, bumping/VG, Price-clipped, edgewear, fading. Autobiography, written in the form of a novel for young people. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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Price: $15.00
50) The Silver Crest : A Russian Boyhood
Chukovsky, Kornei (Transl Beatrice Stillman)

Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1977. Autobiography, written in the form of a novel for young people. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Shelfwear, Prize-Plate/VG, PC, Wear, Fading. more information

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Price: $10.00
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