Autobiography from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1984 reprint. 348pp. paperback: near Very Good [top & fore edges show age foxing; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy. A nice reprint of Hurston's (1891-1960) autobiography, originally published in 1942.

INSCRIBED briefly on half-title p. by author. 162pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Fine. A memoir of recovery from terrible wounds received in military service in Vietnam (the loss of three limbs) by the former U. S. Senator from Georgia Max Cleland (1942-2021).

New York: Da Capo Press, 1997 1st ed. thus. 214pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [vertical crease on back cover; else a nice clean and crisp copy] A reissue of Julius Marx's (1895-1977) original 1963 edition.

New York: Bantam, 1988 1st ed. 238pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some top & fore edge foxing; small name label remnant on ffep; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy; dj = p-c; else VG] The autobiography of Georgia General Scott (1908-2006), famous for his 1943 World… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1963 1st Am. ed. 217pp. illus. blue cloth 8vo w/gilt spine decoration: Very Good+ in a worn dj now protected in a Brodart poly cover [tiny ink name ffep; top edge is faded & mottled; test is untroubled; else a nice clean and crisp copy] English artist Shepard's (1879-1976) life story from 1890 on, a sequel to… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Bros., 1939 1st ed. 308pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Very Good dj in poly cover. A follow on to his autobiographical "Midnight on the Desert" by the prolific English writer John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984).

Istanbul: The Isis Press, 2003 1st ed. 295pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine [top cover corner and several pp. thereafter are thumbed; else a nice clean and crisp copy]

privately issued, 2010. INSCRIBED briefly on title p. by author. 213pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Good [coffee splash on fore edge; cover creases; else a clean, complete & tight copy]

Chicago: Donnelley & Sons Lakeside Press, 2000 reissue. 459pp. illus. t.e.g. brown cloth 16mo: Fine/no dj. A high quality Lakeside Classics reissue of the Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography (1921) of the rags-to-riches magazine publisher and writer Bok (1863-1930) who gave American English the term "living room."

New York: ReganBooks, 2004 1st ed. 279pp. illus. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj. Atlanta writer and NPR commentator Gillespie's autobiographical stories.

New York: Pantheon, 2000 1st ed. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 285pp. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj. An African-American journalist's memoir.

Macon, GA: privately issued, 2001 1st ed. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 149pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine.

London: Faber & Faber, 1997 1st ed. thus of revised ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 634pp. illus. paperback: near Very Good [text is age browned British paperback style; edges are also age browned; else a nice crisp & uncreased copy] A compendium of prolific English writer Bennett's (b. 1934) prose writing with additional material added to that in… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007 1st ed. SIGNED "J. Carter" boldly on title p. by author. 272pp. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A very nice copy. Unused promotional postcard from the Jonathan Demme film "Man from Plains" is laid in.

New York: FSG/Picador, 2006 1st ed. thus. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 458pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine [edges are slightly age darkened; else a nice crisp copy] Both autobiography and history of The Nation magazine by its long-time editor and publisher, Navasky (1932-2023).

New York: Longmans, Green, 1959 1st ed. 343pp. red cloth 8vo: Very Good in a worn dj now stabilized in a poly cover [endpp. are age browned; else a clean, complete & tight copy] The autobiography of the American novelist Hobart (1882-1967), probably most famous for her 1933 bestselling novel, "Oil for the Lamps of China."

New York: Norton, 1992 1st ed. INSCRIBED by author on half-title p. & SIGNED on title p. 332pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [couple of penciled comments in text; bit of light foxing to edges; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] NPR memories from the award winning radio journalist with… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1987 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 459pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [hint of smudging top & fore edges; a small foxed spot ffep; else VG+; dj = short tear @ top rear fold; else VG+] A very nice signed copy of the autobiography of one… Read more about this item

Randburg, South Africa: Macdonald Purnell Ltd. 1994 later ptg. SIGNED half-title p. by Nelson Mandela and dated 18-7-95. 630pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj in poly cover [red remainder dot on fore edge; some light age darkening of top & fore edges; else nrF] A very nice signature by Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), signed during his… Read more about this item

Atlanta: privately issued, 2003 1st ed. INSCRIBED warmly on title p. by author. 538pp. paperback tall 8vo: Very Good [foxing to top & bottom edges; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy]