A selection of rare first edition books about the author by the author or by their biographer. All are rare and involve the biggest names in the fields of sport, literature, politics and a range of other areas.
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Enid Blyton – The Story Of My Life – SIGNED First Edition 1952
£375.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Story of My Life’ published by Pitkin in 1952. A very good book SIGNED to a bookplate (W. K. Pearce) on the front…
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John F. Kennedy – The Strategy Of Peace – First US Edition 1960 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by JFK
£6,500.00A first edition of ‘The Strategy of Peace’ published by Harper in 1960. A very good book inscribed ‘To Don (Mitchell)/With many thanks and/ my personal regards/Jack Kennedy’. A little…
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Derek Jarman – At Your Own Risk – SIGNED First Edition 1992
£350.00A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1992. A fine book SIGNED without dedication by the Author to the front endpaper. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with…
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Nicholas Monsarrat – Life is a Four-Letter Word – SIGNED First Edition 1966
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Life is a Four-Letter Word’ published by Cassell in 1966. A very good book with a gift inscription circling the AUTHOR’S signature to the…
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John F. Kennedy – The Strategy Of Peace – First US Edition 1960
£65.00A first edition of ‘The Strategy of Peace’ published by Harper in 1960. A very good book without inscriptions. In a good only wrapper with chips to the edges, particularly…
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Jerome K. Jerome – My Life and Times – First Folio Edition 1992
£30.00A first Folio Society edition, first printing of My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome, published by The Folio Society, London in 1992, with introduction by Joseph Connolly, photographically…
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Christiaan Barnard [Curtis Bill Pepper] – One Life – SIGNED & DATED First Edition 1969
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘One Life’ published by Howard Timmins in 1969. A very good book with rather beautiful gift inscription to the front endpaper. Two small names…
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Roger Bannister – First Four Minutes – SIGNED First Paperback Edition 2004
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Putnam in 1955. A near fine book with some fading to the spine tips – SIGNED on the front endpaper by Bannister without…
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Carol Vorderman – It All Counts – First Edition 2010 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Mrs Richard Whiteley
£95.00A first edition, first printing of It All Counts, My Story by Carol Vorderman, published by Headline Review in 2010. A near fine book signed and inscribed by the author…
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Celia Sandys – Chasing Churchill – First Edition 2003 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Sandys to Richard Whiteley
£95.00A first edition, first printing of Chasing Churchill by Celia Sandys, published by Harper Collins in 2003. A fine book signed, dated and inscribed by the author to Richard Whiteley…
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Tom Baker – Who On Earth Is Tom Baker – SIGNED First Edition 1997
£85.00A first edition, first printing of Who On Earth Is Tom Baker by Tom Baker, published by Harper Collins in London, 1997. A fine book signed by the author in…
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A.N. Wilson – Hilaire Belloc – SIGNED First Edition 1984
£85.00A first edition, first printing of Hilaire Belloc by A.N. Wilson, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1984. A near fine book signed by the author in black ink to the…
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Donovan Leitch – The Hurdy Gurdy Man – SIGNED First Edition 2005
£75.00A first edition, first printing of The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan, published by Century, London in 2005. A near fine book signed by the author in black ink to…
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Kenneth More – More Or Less – SIGNED First Edition 1978
£50.00A first edition, first printing of More Or Less by Kenneth More, published by Hodder and Stoughton in London, 1978. A near fine book signed, inscribed and dated by the…
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David Rayvern Allen [John Arlott] – Another Word From Arlott – SIGNED First Edition 1985
£50.00A first edition, first printing of Another Word From John by John Arlott, published by Pelham Books in London, 1985. A near fine book inscribed, signed and dated by the…
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David Hempleman-Adams – At The Mercy Of The Winds – SIGNED and INSCRIBED First Edition 2001
£45.00A first edition, first printing of At The Mercy Of The Winds by David Hempleman-Adams, published by Bantam Press in 2001. A near fine book signed and inscribed by the…
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