Search Results: Biography / Autobiography from Compass Books

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. Diaries reproduced in a hand-written style from the man who owned the "Aerobleu" jazz club in paris, after leaving the canadian airforce. Comes in metal slipcase.. First Edition.. Hard Back. Near Fine/Metal Slipcase.

Adelaide: Hobby Investments, 1979. Personal copy of famed conductor Sir David Willcocks. Has been dedicated to Sir David and Lady Willcocks, and signed & dated by Aggie Grey herself. Book has light general shelf wear with a little general ageing, and some light grazing to hinges. Please contact for images.. Signed by Aggie Grey. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. Appears unread with very slight shelf wear to wrapper.. First Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Near Fine.

London: Hollis & Carter, 1947. Red boards with a little fading to spine, rubbing to extremities of boards, bumped corners, spotting to page edges and eps and a graze to fep.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. Book and wrapper have light shelf wear. Wrapper has a small area of fading to rear, and some darkening and creasing to rear fold-over.. First Edition.. Hard Back. Very Good +/Very Good.

London: William Heinemann, 1929. Translated By James Fr. Scanlan. Grey boards with rubbing to corners, edges and hinges, heavyish shelf wear with some splits to extremites of spine with a little fraying, nicks to hingesand 1" split to top of rear hinge. Page edges darkened and tiny reamins of sticker on ep, else interior nice and clean. With b&w photos.. First British Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: The British Council / Longmans Green & Co, 1951. Covers are generally discoloured with a split and some creasing to rear cover. Text tight, bright and clean. A good reading copy. bibliographical series of supplements to 'British Book News'. Revised Edition.. Booklet. Good.

London: Rupert hart-Davis, 1958. Book has a little shelf wear, bumped corners, tiny band of fading to bottom of spine, spotting and tanning to page edges, light spotting to eps and a previous owner's inscription on fep. Wrapper has rubbing and nicking to corners, a little splitting and nicking to extremities of hinges, a little general discolouring, particularly to rear cover and shelf wear with some rubbing to edges.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Julian Friedmann, 1978. Book has black boards with bumping to corners and spine ends, o/w fine. Wrapper has a faded spine with very light shelf wear. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good +.

London: Abacus, 2002. Has been read with some rubbing to edges of covers and a little tanning to page edges. A good, tight reading copy.. Reprint. Paperback. Good.

London: Mayflower Books, 1966. Has been caefully red with some general signs of ageing. A good, tight reading copy.. First Thus. Paperback. Good.

London: Folio Society, 1986. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Slipcase.

Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1975. Inscription on title page reads 'To Bill Betenson. I am glad you got in touch with us, now we have another cousin. Merry merry Christmas, happy new year, Lula Parker Betenson 12/18 - 1979'. Book ans wrapper have a little general light shelf wear, with some rubbing and bumping to corners and spine ends. There are marks on the fep from tape that has been used to fix down the protective cover on the wrapper. Text is tight, bright and clean. A smashing copy of a rare book. Please contact for images.. Signed by Author. Third Printing. Hard Back. Very Good +/Very Good.

Gloucester: Campden People, 2008. Slight shelf wear to book and wrapper, and insctibed on title page "to John best wishes Paul Nov. 2008". Is a heavy book so please ask for a postage quote.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Michael O'mara, 2008. Unread with light shelf wear.. Reprint. Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Heinemann, 1975. Book has the slightest of shelf wear, o/w fine.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

London: Peter Nevill, 1952. Interior of book is fine and full of B & W photos chronicling Fry's varied career in the theatre. Bumping to extremities of spine and some rubbing to corners. D/W is protected, has wearing to spine with some loss, small splits here and there, rubbing to corners and hinges, otherwise intact and bright.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

London: Book Club Associates, 1970. Book and wrapper have general shelf wear with bumping to corners. Wrapper has some heavier rubbing to edges and spine ends with a couple of small nicks and tears to spine ends, a little general darkening, and a singler 2" tear to rear hinge of wrapper.. Reprint. Hard Back. Very Good/Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1937. Book has yellow boards with bumped corners, slight shelf wear and light foxing to eps. Wrapper is generally intact with some splits to edges and tiny amopunt of loss to top of rear cover. Wrapper has benefited from being protected.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. Book has some shelf wear, tanned page edges and some old sellotape marks on eps. Wrapper has been protected, has some general discolouring, shelf wear and a little rubbing to extremities.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Milein Cosman.