Search Results: Autobiography from Bytown Bookery

Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Cloth. 0889020191 . Pink cloth covers with gilt lettering to the spine. In good, not great condition, an ex-library book with the pocket and the stamps, the back end paper has been removed. The binding is tight and the text is unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and is protected by a clear plastic covering. ; Ex-Library; 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.3 Inches; 96 pages .

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374104360 . Blue hard covers, black cloth spine covering and gilt titles to the spine. Stated First Edition. In Fine condition with very light spine end bumping, tight, bright, unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition with light cover edgewear. ""I looked up every day from behind the bars to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Her light shone brightly into a dark night." With these words, Wilhelm Reich described his experience as an "enemy alien" imprisoned on Ellis Island in the aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. "; 1.53 x 9.32 x 6.38 Inches; 320 pages .

Macmillan of Canada. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0770515738 . Brown hard boards with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition, a bright & clean interior, a crease in the inner spine, pages16, 17. The DJ is very good, light soiling with a small tear on the back top edge. First Edition. " Charles Ritchie's first volume of diaries, "The Siren Years," created a sensation when it was published in 1974. Besides winning the Governor General's Award for Non-fiction, it was hailed by reviewers on both sides of the Atlantic. "An Appetite for Life," his second volume, first published in 1977, deals with his youth in Halifax and his career at Oxford - the years when Charles Ritchie turned from a callow, blundering youth into a callow, blundering young man." ; 1 x 8.4 x 5.6 Inches; 173 pages; Shelved .

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393034119 . Two toned red covers, hard boards /cloth spine / gilt lettering to the spine. First Edition, First Printing. This copy is in very good condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked interior. Light fading to the spine ends, the DJ is unclipped with very light rubbing to the covers and edgewear. Blue stains to the bottom page edges." Against the background of a century of wars, revolution and uneasy peace, Kennan advances his thoughts on a broad front: how the individual's quest for power often translates into governments marked by an atmosphere of inflamed ambitions, rivalries, sensitivities, anxieties and suspicions; how a nation's size can create barriers between the rulers and the ruled. Rich in historical example, the volume is a summing up of the author's accumulated experience. "Pulitzer Prize winner. ; 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3… Read More

Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. Blue hardboards / gilt lettering on spine / black ribbon bookmark. Blind imprint and pannelling inset on covers. The front free end-paper has been removed and the back free end-paper has offsetting on it. The interior is very clean & bright with a solid binding. ; The World's Classics; Vol. 139; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 339 pages .

J. M. Dent & Son,. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Pink cloth boards, tightly bound, an unmarked text. Water markings to the covers with spine end and corner bumping, the DJ is in poor condition with part of the spine missing. ; Everyman's Library; Vol. 316; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 240 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Stoddart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Nice green light green hard boards with silver lettering on spine. Clean & bright with a solid binding. First Edition. Previous owner's blind stamp on front endpaper." The autobiography of a remarkable man of the arts and business - and a unique portrait of Canada from the postwar years to the present." . ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 248 pages .

Toronto, Ontario: New American Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Trade Paperback. Mass Market Paperback with a sticker scar on the front cover. There is some browing around the edges on the first and last 10 pages of the book. The interior is clean & unmarked. Forwarded by Asa Biggs. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 224 pages .

Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. An eleaborate pictorial cover, decorated by a large bird (yellow, white) , blue blackground, title on spine in gilt. Spine ends bumped. Stated First Edition. The DJ is unclipped and has a piece missing off of the back cover onto the spine top, a tear on the front cover spine hinge. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 370 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 0517555573 . Balck hard cover / cloth spine / gilt titles to the spine with a blind imprint of th etitle on the front cover. A very nice copy with a solid binding, clean interior and light spine end bumping & sunning. The DJ is unclipped with light scuffing and edgewear." Critics have called Baron Philippe racy, arch and disarmingly boastfull and marveled at the gleel he takes in the scandals he has provoked and at his shameless descriptions of countless romantic conquests." ; B&W Photographs; 1.6 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 329 pages .

Carleton Place, Ont: Ruth M. Bell. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. 0973666102 . Trade Paperback with very minor scuffing. The author has signed this book with an inscription "Hope you have a good read." Clean, bright with a solid binding. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; Signed by Author .

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Univ Pr. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Trade Paperback. 0691024162 . Trade Paperback. This book has a crease on the bottom cover and some edgewear, it is in great condition. Clean & bright interior with a solid binding. " This personal, anecdotal, and often humorous autobiography reads like a history of 20th-century physics, but with the added warmth of a very good novel. Peierls's personal contact with most of the giants of modern physics, including Bethe, Weisskopf, Bohr, Fermi, and Sommerfeld, provides a unique glimpse of events that have shaped much of our modern world. "; B&W Photographs; 0.75 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 350 pages .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Mass Market. 0345300882 . Mass Market Paperback in very good condition, squared, well-bound with an unmarked interior. Spine creasing with edgewear, small tear on the back cover edge. "Arkady N. Shevchenko was the highest-ranking Soviet defector ever: he was Under Secretary-General of the United Nations at the time. Moreover, his book was a sensational number one best seller, highly acclaimed throughout the media, and even serialized in Time Magazine." ; 1.2 x 6.8 x 4.1 Inches; 503 pages .

Random House Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 030735668X . Bright orange hardcovers with florescent orange titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked with spine end bumping. First Edition, First Printing ( number line). The DJ is unclipped and also in Near Fine condition with moderate cover wear. "Burmese Lessons is a love story. Unlike conventional love stories, this one takes the reader into a world as dangerous and heartbreaking as it is enchanting. When Karen Connelly finds herself in Burma in the late 1990s, she is immersed in a world of students staging mass demonstrations in opposition to Burma's dictators, revolutionaries fighting an armed insurgency against that same military regime, and refugees living in hellish limbo in Thailand. Connelly first comes to love a wounded, remarkably beautiful country, then a gifted man who has given his life to its struggle for political change." ;… Read More

New York: Scribner / A Lisa Drew Book. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0684830248 . Grey hardboards with black spine, silver lettering to the spine. In very good+ condition with a solid binding and a bright & unmarked interior. There is a green checkmark on the front free end paper. The DJ is unclipped with glossy covers, light scuffing and edgewear. "This memoir by Warren Christopher, and advisor to three presidents, chronicles a long career in public service, including his term as Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. Christopher served in many capacities both foreign and domestic, and he records here his memories and opinions of major events (including the Rodney King incident on which led a task force) , places (Russia, the Middle East, China) , and people (Jimmy Carter, Yeltsin, Rabin). This memoir by Warren Christopher, and advisor to three presidents, chronicles a long career in public service, including his… Read More

Random House Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Cloth/ Hardcover. 039441148X . Black cloth boards with silver lettering on the spine and the author's name embossed on the front cover. A clean & bright interior with a solid binding. Book club Ed. The DJ has a small tear on the spine top, edgewear & rubbing to the spine area. "in this profoundly personal book, a world famous internationally admired actress writes with a total and moving honesty about herself, as an actress, woman and a mother. "; Book Club Edition; 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 Inches; 244 pages .

Marsilio Pub. Very Good+. 1987. Paperback. 0941419053 . Trade Paperback with French Flaps. In very good++ with light edgewear. A nice clean, tight copy. "This quasi-autobiographical novel, set in Athens, a cultural backwater Savinio perceives with ambivalent feelings, follows the protagonist, Nivasio Dolcemare from his birth through adolescence." ; Eridano's Library, 3; 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.3 Inches; 146 pages .

London, England: Chatto & Windus. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0701165383 . Black hard boards with gilt lettering to the spine. In Near Fine condition, First Edition, First Printing, very light spine end bumping. Bright, tight & clean. Black & white , color drawings, indexed with an outline of the 'Lennos Family'. The DJ is clipped, in very good condiiton with light scuffing and a small mark on the cover. "The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the headstrong and passionate 18th century Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor." ; 1.26 x 9.13 x 5.91 Inches; 335 pages .

Lost Coast Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Trade Paperback. 1882897412 . Trade paperback with light scuffing to the covers, the front corners have a slight upturn to them. The interior is clean & bright with one dog-eared page. A previous owner's stamp on the title page. "The vagabond adventures of an award-winning playwright, filmmaker, educator and naturalist. Here are good-humored anecdotes of stormy romances, harrowing escapes, and encounters with extraordinary individuals." ; 0.53 x 8.42 x 5.49 Inches; 217 pages .

London, England: Virgin Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2005. Trade Paperback. 0753509784 . This is a Trade Paperback copy in very good++ condition. Very light wear to the spine bottom and bottom corner, bright & clean interior. "From humble beginnings in County Donegal in Ireland to worldwide recording success, Daniel O'Donnell recounts the incredible story of his life, charting the ups and downs with remarkable honesty." ; B&W Photographs; 0.94 x 7.48 x 5.04 Inches; 288 pages .