Search Results: Autobiography and Biography from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

LONDON: VICTOR GOLLANCZ. Ex library book. Hard cover with dust jacket. Protective clear plastic cover over DJ. DJ has not been price clipped. Front endpaper has been removed. Withdrawn stamp and blacked out areas covering prices on title page. Stamp on copyright page. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: A1 . Good. Hardcover. First UK EDITION. 1985.

LONDON: MILLENNIUM (ORION PUBLISHING GROUP). Biography of the science fiction and popular science writer. As well as his personal life, it gives the background to the creation of many of his most popular works, such as 'The Foundation Series(Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation etc), the stories that became ' I, Robot' & single novels such as 'The Gods Themselves' & 'The End of Eternity'. Not ilustrated. Ex-library book without a clear plastic protective cover. Residue of classification label on DJ spine. Label on reverse of board cover. Library stamps(including withdrawn stamp) on top of copyright page. Small area of surface damage to reverse of front board. Area on first blank inside page where a sticker has been removed. Clean condition book. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Robust copy. Slight wear on DJ edges. Slight fading on top edges of DJ. The word 'unauthorised' in the title has been spelt with a 'z' rather than a… Read More

LONDON: VICTOR GOLLANCZ. Hard cover with dust jacket. Autobiograpgy of Arthur C. Clarke focusing on his long and respected career as a science fiction writer. Small piece of the bottom part of the dust jacket spine is missing. Otherwise slight wear on DJ edges. DJ has not been price clipped. Slight print marking on the bottom edge of the book's pages. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Red boards. No interior illustrations. Location: SG9/B . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1989.

LONDON: QUILLER PRESS LTD. Hard cover with dust jacket. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. Indentations on the back of the dust jacket. Biography of a Master of Hounds. A portrait of country life in Victorian and Edwardian England. Location: X30 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1999.

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON. Biographical portrait of the well to do Sneade family who lived in Bath, Shropshire and the small rural community of Ayot St. Lawrence in the late 18th-early 19th centuries. Based on documents and letters discovered by the author. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. Slight marking on DJ. Green boards. Slight wear/bending on board turning points. Staining on edges of a few pages(not severe). Slight foxing on some pages. Dust jacket has not been clipped. . Very Good. First Edition. 1965.

LONDON: ROBSON BOOKS. First printing. A biography of the comedienne. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. Not price clipped. Slight residue of a price label on the front flap. Red cloth boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). Location: TSA2 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1990.

LONDON: WERNER LAURIE. Second printing(November 1949). The first printing was also november 1949. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. One small closed tear on top edge of DJ. Small tear/piece missing on bottom back edge of DJ. Not price clipped. Blue boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Photograph illustration(Black and white plates). Autobiography of the famous Radio star. Location: WREN1 . Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 1949.

NEW YORK: BIRCH LANE PRESS. First printing. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. Not price clipped. Blue and purple boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The last few pages(notes and index) have bottom corner curls/folds. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). Location: HP1 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1989.

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. Book Club edition. Standard size hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Green boards. A biography of Captain James Cook. . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1972.

LONDON: CORGI. Mass market paperback. Considerable wear/flat creasing on covers. Area of surface damage on front cover from label removal. Tanned and foxed pages. Top corner fold/crease on one page. Robust copy. A biography of Catherine the Great. Location: MBS1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Paperback. First Thus.. 1967.

LONDON: DIGIT(BROWN, WATSON LTD). Mass market paperback. Moderate wear on cover edges. Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Four small holes in back cover. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A biography of Wild West outlaw Jesse James. His name is spelt twice incorrectly on the back cover as 'Jessie James' Location: STC2. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Paperback. First UK EDITION. 1961.

LONDON: ROBERT HALE LTD. Hard cover. Light blue boards. Has lost its dust jacket. Memoir. The author wrote an advice column for the Manchester Evening News for many years under the byline Jane Dawson. NB: Top edge tears on approximately 6 pages(these tears affect the text on some pages) Otherwise very good condition. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white plates and some pencil illustrations. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1977.

LONDON: ROBERT HALE LTD. Memoir. The author wrote an advice column for the Manchester Evening News for many years under the byline Jane Dawson. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Has been price clipped. Blue boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration and some line drawings. Slight marking on DJ. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1977.

LONDON: TITAN BOOKS. First published in 1987, this is the second printing of of the 1993 revised edition. Slight wear and peeling on cover edges. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC43 . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Second Printing Thus. 1993.

LONDON: WEIDENFELD AND NICHOLSON. Biography. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Has been price clipped. Brown boards. Slight marking on page edges. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). Location: LWT8 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1983.

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON. Second printing. Memoir. The author's experiences growing up in post war London. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Black boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2006.

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON. First printing. Actor's memoir. Slight wear/creasing on dust jacket edges. Blue boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Lightly tanned pages. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1989.

LONDON: HARPERCOLLINS. A biography of the acting clan. Black boards. Dust jacket has been lost. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photo illustration(plates). Flat corner crease on the first few pages. Small fold on the tips of some pages. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

OXFORD: ISIS Large Print/clio Press. Based on Eamonn Andrew's unfinished second autobiography, here completed by his wife. Hard cover. Photo illustrated boards. Slight wear on board edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Large print edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1989.

LONDON: ST MARTIN'S PRESS. First printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Closed cut on bottom section of DJ spine/Front of DJ edge, otherwise the DJ is in very good order. Dark blue boards with red titles on board spine. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The second volume of the actor's autobiography, focusing on his U.S. Navy service during World War 2. Location: GTP/1 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1993.