Search Results: Biography & Autobiography from Tarrington Books

London: W.H. Allen , 1978. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light rubbing and shelf wear. Short tear to front flap. Price crossed out. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Blue cloth binding. Browning to pages, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. The author's second autobiography, written shortly before his death, when he was in his nineties. Included with the book is an original autograph letter, signed by Travers on Hotel Vanderbilt headed notepaper, dated 19 July 1928. The letter is addressed to a Mrs. Nathan thanking her for a wire prior to a play performance. It also references an Yvonne (possibly Yvonne Arnaud). Slight loss to top of letter, two small paper mounts to lower corners. . Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 195

Pittsburgh: University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh , 1980. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Lacking jacket. Maroon cloth binding. Foxing and a couple of light marks to page edges. Clean text throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. ISBN: 0916002489. Size: 6 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxiv, 251

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1964. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Slight edge wear, creasing to head of spine. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Half read cloth binding with paper covered boards. Slight fading to top page edge otherwise excellent. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 468

Edinburgh: The Pentland Press Limited, 1996. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6 x 9.25 inches (15 x 23.5 cm). Signed by Author. Unread copy. Small dent to lower page edge, fading to spine, internally in first class condition throughout. Includes a signed letter from the author. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 1858214165. Size: 6 x 9.25 inches (15 x 23.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 146

London: Macmillan, 1980. Revised Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear only. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Light foxing to page edges, otherwise very clean condition throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper. From the library of renowned theatrical agent Laurence Evans. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0333299108. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 104

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1860. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Brown blind stamped cloth binding, page edges untrimmed. Boards have very slight bumping to edges and a few light marks. Good solid binding, very clean text throughout. First English language edition of Ricciardi's 'Memorie autografe d'un ribelle' (1857). Very scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (12 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. viii, 230, [2] (ads)

London: Faber and Faber, 2009. 1st Paperback Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Signed by Author. Vertical crease to spine. Light browning to page edges, clean text throughout. Signed by the author (without dedication) to the title page. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 9780571230488. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 286

Milano (Milan): Prem. Tip. San Giuseppe, 1932. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6.75 x 9.75 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Card wraps with sun fading. Light browning to pages, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Includes the errate slip (with wear to edges). Italian language. Rare account of Italian historian Bernardino Corio and his history of Milan, published in 1503. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 51

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light rubbing to edges, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Brown cloth binding with a few light marks to rear cover. Orange dyed top page edge, light marking to outer page edge. Very clean text throughout. Inscribed by the author to the first blank page, and also signed by the author to the title page. Memoirs of co-founder of the Michael Joseph publishing house, who later became a governor of the BBC. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0224011715. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 314

London: The Cresset Press, 1949. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). First printing of the Anthony Powell edited edition. Lacking jacket. Blue buckram binding. Slight fading to spine. Light browning to page edges, a few occasional spots of foxing to text. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxiv, 410

London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. 1st Edition . Good Plus/Good. 5.75 x 8 inches (14 x 21 cm). Dust jacket: Foxing and light soiling. Slight wear to top edge. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Green cloth binding. Heavy foxing to page edges, occasional light foxing to text. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (John Bowman Manifold, Lieut-Commander aboard HMS Exeter, killed in action during the Battle of the River Plate). Overall book condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 223

London: Penguin Books, 1954. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Overall book condition is Very Good Minus International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 279 + [9] (Ad)

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1945. 2nd Impression . Very Good/Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Tears and wear to corners, slight loss to head of spine. Browning to paper, a couple of stains to spine. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. . Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Blue cloth binding, light foxing to page edges, very clean text throughout. Inscribed by the author to front free endpaper: 'Elizabeth Acland with the writer's warm wishes, to recall Pandora, August 1946.' Also comes with a hand written letter from the author on 'The Spectator' headed notepaper, Wilson was editor of the Spectator from 1932 to 1953. Biography of the Cornish Quaker Diarist, a rare signed copy. . Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1959. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Fading to spine, slight creasing and rubbing to edges of covers, previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, light foxing to page edges, clean text throughout. Includes publisher's addendum slip. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xi, 179

London: James Clarke and Co., 1911. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (14 x 19 cm). Maroon cloth binding. Top page edge gilt. A little light marking to boards. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (14 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: ix, 284, 32

London: Penguin Books, 1983. Reprint . Near Fine. 4.25 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Signed by Author. Very slight shelf wear to covers, otherwise excellent. Inscribed and signed by the author to title page: 'To Gwen, with best wishes. John Mortimer'. Overall condition is Near Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0140063838. Size: 4.25 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 256

London: Allen Lane, 2006. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Uncorrected proof copy, comes with a press release from Penguin Books. Unread copy, light shelf wear to covers, no creasing to spine, a few marks to page edges. 'Seretse Khama's triumph over Imperialism and Apartheid for the love of his wife and his nation.' The book was filmed in 2016 as A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike. Overall condition is Very Good. ISBN: 0713998113. Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xxiii, 394

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915. Reprint . Very Good Minus. 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Blue cloth binding. Page edges untrimmed and unopened. A little light marking to boards. Slight fading to spine, a little wear to ends of spine. Slight wear and bumping to corners of boards. Light browning and slight foxing to page edges. Foxing to half title page and final blank. Clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xix, 460

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). First UK edition. Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Fading to spine and front board. A few small marks to spine. Top page edge dusty. Clean text throughout. Biography of US lawyer Clarence Darrow. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 504

London: Hutchinson, 1990. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Signed (without dedication) by the author to the title: 'Yours sincerely, Richard Adams, Whitchurch, 22nd September 2005. A few small marks to page edges, otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. ISBN: 0091739675. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiii, 398