Hutchinson of London, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 560 g.; X, 11-224 pages, last five pages blank intentionally, foreword by author, acknowledgements, list of illustrations and index. Gray coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing five separate photographs of the author at different ages. The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photography throughout the text. Blue coloured cloth boards with black insert on the backstrip, and within that insert gilt titles. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Dust marks and light browning to the top text block edge. Very light age turning to the internal text. Plain text dustwrapper with mottled brown and yellow background with blue and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. A little rubbing and creasing to the backstrip edges and to the dustwrapper corners. Rubbing to the rear fold over crease and to either side of the spine. Sunning to the backstrip. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. The autobiography of the author who was brought up by his very nonconformist father that " ... the faith that individual conscience comes before State, or Party or worldly success. " -- from the front fold over panel blurb. To this end he was a passionate pacifist in World War I but ended up an ambulance orderly in France during the years1917-1918. Then went to Cambridge and after graduating went to the newspapers Manchester Guardian and the New Statesman, where he made them a forum to express strong individual opinion. And this was only up to 1931. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- World War I; Britain; Inventory No: 0107967. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0107967
Title: Father Figures; A First Volume of Autobiography 1897-1931
Author: Martin, Kingsley
Illustrator: Photographic
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hutchinson of London
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1966
Keywords: BZDB2 Kingsley Martin -- Autobiography, World War I -- Ambulance Orderly, Journalism -- Manchester Guardian -- New Statesman, Fascism Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- World War I; Britain; Photographic Unbranded Martin, Kingsley Father
Bookseller catalogs: Britain; Military History -- World War I;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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