Our collection of biographies and autobiographies involve some of the biggest names in the fields of sport, literature and politics.
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Che Guevara – Reminiscences – First UK Edition 1968
£350.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Reminiscences’ published George Allen and Unwin in 1968. A very good book with spotting to the top edge and page edges. In the square…
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Piers Paul Read – ALIVE – First UK Edition 1974 – SIGNED
£385.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Alive’ published The Alison Press [with] Secker and Warburg in 1974. A near fine book with spotting to the top edge and some light…
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Joe Davis – How I Play Snooker – SIGNED First Edition 1949
£485.00A first edition, first printing of ‘How I Play Snooker’ published by Country Life in 1949. A very good book with some spotting to the page edges. SIGNED by the…
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Anthony Bourdain – A Cook’s Tour – In search of the perfect meal – SIGNED First Edition 2001
£975.00A first edition, first printing of ‘A Cook’s Tour’ by Anthony Bourdain published by Bloomsbury, USA, 2001. First UK edition. 8vo. Black cloth boards, stamped to spine. A near fine…
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James Herriot – Vet In A Spin – SIGNED First UK Edition 1977
£300.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Vet in a Spin’ published by Michael Joseph in 1977. A near fine book – SIGNED and inscribed ‘To Marguerite and Ken/With best wishes/James…
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Humphrey Carpenter – J.R.R. Tolkien – A Biography – First Edition 1977
£85.00First edition, first printing of J.R.R. Tolkien – A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter, published by George Allen and Unwin in London, 1981. A fine copy with boards bound in publisher’s…
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P.D. James – Time To Be In Ernest – SIGNED First Edition 1999
£75.00A first edition, first printing of Time To Be In Ernest by P. D. James, published by Faber and Faber, London in 1999. A fine book SIGNED by the Author…
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Kingsley Amis – Memoirs – SIGNED First Edition 1991
£65.00A first edition, first printing of Memoirs by Kingsley Amis, published by Hutchinson in 1991. A near fine book, signed by the author in black ink to the title page,…
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Arthur Lambert – Over The Top – First Edition 1930
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Over The Top’ published by John Long in 1930. A very good book with a neat name and date to the front endpaper with…
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Sidney Rogerson – The Last Of The Ebb – First Edition 1937
£675.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Last of the Ebb’ published by Arthur Barker in 1937. A very good book with some spotting to the spine tips. In the…
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Anthony Bourdain – The Nasty Bits – SIGNED and INSCRIBED First Edition 2006
£650.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Nasty Bits’ published by Bloomsbury in 2006. A near fine book in like wrapper a touch rubbed to the corners. Inscribed ‘To Greg’…
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Iain Banks – Raw Spirit – In Search Of The Perfect Dram – SIGNED First Edition 2003
£150.00A first edition, first printing of Raw Spirit by Iain Banks, published by Century, London in 2003. A near fine book signed by Banks in black ink to the title…
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Roald Dahl [Quentin Blake] – My Year – First UK Edition 1993
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1993. A near fine book without inscriptions with a little dustiness to the top edges in a near fine unclipped wrapper….
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Mark K. Updegrove – The Last Republicans – First Edition 2017 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Author – With additional hand-signed photo of George H.W. and George W. Bush
£650.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Last Republicans’, published by HarperCollins in 2017. A fine book without inscriptions in a fine unclipped wrapper. SIGNED on the title page by…
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Gerry Cotter – The Test Match Career of Sir Richard Hadlee – First Edition 1991 – SIGNED by Cotter and twice by Sir Richard Hadlee
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Hale in 1991. A near fine book in near fine unclipped wrapper – Ken Kelly’s copy. SIGNED and inscribed by Cotter and Richard…
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Brian Johnston – Forty Five Summers – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Johnston to Ken Kelly – First Edition 1991
£65.00A first edition, first printing published by Pelham Books in 1991. A near fine book in near fine unclipped wrapper – Ken Kelly’s copy. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the title…
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