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A Late Beginner
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- Priscilla Napier (1908-1998) was an English author, specializing in biography. Her brother was British Ambassador to the USSR and then Warden of New College Oxford, while her sister Alethea was a literary biographer. Her husband of 10 years, was killed on active service in 1940, after which she brought up…
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A Little Learning: 1st volume of an autobiography
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- From the flap: treats of Mr Waugh's family and childhood; and of his education at Lancing and Oxford, which is associated by so many readers with 'Brideshead Revisited'. It ends with an account of his experiences as a schoolmaster at a private school in North Wales. Many b/w illustrations &…
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A Little Learning: 1st volume of an autobiography
- £35.00
- From the flap: treats of Mr Waugh's family and childhood; and of his education at Lancing and Oxford, which is associated by so many readers with 'Brideshead Revisited'. It ends with an account of his experiences as a schoolmaster at a private school in North Wales. Many b/w illustrations &…
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A Little Learning: 1st volume of an autobiography
- £35.00
- From the flap: treats of Mr Waugh's family and childhood; and of his education at Lancing and Oxford, which is associated by so many readers with 'Brideshead Revisited'. It ends with an account of his experiences as a schoolmaster at a private school in North Wales. Many b/w illustrations &…
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A Sailor Hat In The House Of The Lord: The Autobiography Of A Rebellious Victorian
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- Therese la Chard was a Victorian cageling par excellence, the motherless child of a wealthy Anglo-German family living on the rural fringe of London, a home in which 'system' was the only ogre, involving obsessions with health and music which became a tyranny and caused her to revolt. Midway through…
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A Short Walk from Harrods
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- 6th volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, set in the South of France where he lived for a number of years. The book concludes in Britain, taking its title from the location of his London residence.
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A Sort of Life
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- Graham Greene writes: 'An autobiography is only "a sort of life" - it may contain less errors of fact that a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely. If one cannot close a book of memories on the deathbed, an conclusion…
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A Sparrow’s Flight – Memoirs (SIGNED)
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- Lord Hailsham is best known for his long service as Lord Chancellor. In his memoir, he reflects on the nature of that office and on what he achieved during his tenure of it. He also discusses his parallel career at the Bar and his activities in both Houses of Parliament.…
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A Tourist in Africa
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- The book is in the form of a diary, describing a tour of East Africa from January to April 1959. Events and sights are described with perception and clarity, and the history associated with a particular place is often discussed.
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A Writer’s Notebook
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- Powell's notebook, which he kept for 40 years, gives an insight into the workings of a writer's mind as he recorded observations, opinions and aphorisms, as well as ideas for books and book titles.
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Across the Plains, with other Memories and Essays
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- Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters. The book contains 12 chapters, each a story or essay unto itself. The title chapter is the longest, and is divided into 7…
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Alone Together
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- The author has become almost as well known as her husband, Andrei Sakharov. In her memoir she relates "what has happened in the last three years" to the two of them. The book is mostly about Bonner. It tells of her trials at the hands of the KGB (she must…
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An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson (Folio Society)
- £12.00
- Folio edition from the Journal of George Robertson, Master of HMS Dolphin, published originally as The discovery of Tahiti; a journal of the second voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin round the world under the command of Captain Wallis, R.N., in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, written by her master
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An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a space station with a Swiss Army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior…
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An Egyptian Journal
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- Golding's account of his journey down the Nile. Colour & monochrome photo illustrations, map.
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A Late Beginner
- £35.00
- Priscilla Napier (1908-1998) was an English author, specializing in biography. Her brother was British Ambassador to the USSR and then Warden of New College Oxford, while her sister Alethea was a literary biographer. Her husband of 10 years, was killed on active service in 1940, after which she brought up…
- Add to basket
-
A Little Learning: 1st volume of an autobiography
- £25.00
- From the flap: treats of Mr Waugh's family and childhood; and of his education at Lancing and Oxford, which is associated by so many readers with 'Brideshead Revisited'. It ends with an account of his experiences as a schoolmaster at a private school in North Wales. Many b/w illustrations &…
- Add to basket
-
A Little Learning: 1st volume of an autobiography
- £35.00
- From the flap: treats of Mr Waugh's family and childhood; and of his education at Lancing and Oxford, which is associated by so many readers with 'Brideshead Revisited'. It ends with an account of his experiences as a schoolmaster at a private school in North Wales. Many b/w illustrations &…
- Add to basket
-
A Little Learning: 1st volume of an autobiography
- £35.00
- From the flap: treats of Mr Waugh's family and childhood; and of his education at Lancing and Oxford, which is associated by so many readers with 'Brideshead Revisited'. It ends with an account of his experiences as a schoolmaster at a private school in North Wales. Many b/w illustrations &…
- Add to basket
-
A Sailor Hat In The House Of The Lord: The Autobiography Of A Rebellious Victorian
- £20.00
- Therese la Chard was a Victorian cageling par excellence, the motherless child of a wealthy Anglo-German family living on the rural fringe of London, a home in which 'system' was the only ogre, involving obsessions with health and music which became a tyranny and caused her to revolt. Midway through…
- Add to basket
-
A Short Walk from Harrods
- £20.00
- 6th volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, set in the South of France where he lived for a number of years. The book concludes in Britain, taking its title from the location of his London residence.
- Add to basket
-
A Sort of Life
- £15.00
- Graham Greene writes: 'An autobiography is only "a sort of life" - it may contain less errors of fact that a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely. If one cannot close a book of memories on the deathbed, an conclusion…
- Add to basket
-
A Sparrow’s Flight – Memoirs (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Lord Hailsham is best known for his long service as Lord Chancellor. In his memoir, he reflects on the nature of that office and on what he achieved during his tenure of it. He also discusses his parallel career at the Bar and his activities in both Houses of Parliament.…
- Add to basket
-
A Tourist in Africa
- £30.00
- The book is in the form of a diary, describing a tour of East Africa from January to April 1959. Events and sights are described with perception and clarity, and the history associated with a particular place is often discussed.
- Add to basket
-
A Writer’s Notebook
- £50.00
- Powell's notebook, which he kept for 40 years, gives an insight into the workings of a writer's mind as he recorded observations, opinions and aphorisms, as well as ideas for books and book titles.
- Add to basket
-
Across the Plains, with other Memories and Essays
- £10.00
- Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters. The book contains 12 chapters, each a story or essay unto itself. The title chapter is the longest, and is divided into 7…
- Add to basket
-
Alone Together
- £20.00
- The author has become almost as well known as her husband, Andrei Sakharov. In her memoir she relates "what has happened in the last three years" to the two of them. The book is mostly about Bonner. It tells of her trials at the hands of the KGB (she must…
- Add to basket
-
An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson (Folio Society)
- £12.00
- Folio edition from the Journal of George Robertson, Master of HMS Dolphin, published originally as The discovery of Tahiti; a journal of the second voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin round the world under the command of Captain Wallis, R.N., in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, written by her master
- Add to basket
-
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a space station with a Swiss Army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior…
- Add to basket
-
An Egyptian Journal
- £10.00
- Golding's account of his journey down the Nile. Colour & monochrome photo illustrations, map.
- Add to basket
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