Search Results: Biography and Memoirs from Post Horizon Booksellers

Winchester, MA, USA: Faber & Faber, 1993. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii, 298pp w appendices and index. Black cloth w crisp gilt lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. With a Foreword by PD James.

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA: Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 284pp w appendices. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Small octavo: 204 x 136mm. Originally published in 1868 by J.B. Lippincott (Philadelphia) this Bison Books edition, (series no. 856) is a facsimile reprint first published in 1983, of which this is the 3rd printing.

Kerrville, TX, USA: Ace Reid Enterprises, 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reid, Ace. 64pp, unpaginated. Twenty-nine full-page cartoon illustrations by the author, plus title page illustration. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Reduced shipping may apply. With an introduction by Slim Pickins, cartoonist and author Ace Reid offers another entertaining collection of stories and tales from the cowboy life, which he tells with humor and authenticity from his Draggin' S Ranch in Texas.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow and Company, 1997. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 340pp w index. Brick orange boards, black quarter-wrap spine w gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ clean and without wear but is price-clipped, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.

New York, NY, USA: The MacMillan Company, 1947. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chamberlain, Ken. xi, 302pp. Illustrated w sketches at chapter headings. Gift inscription inked to ffep. Green cloth w gold decorative motif on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Binding square and sound. This volume has been professionally rebound. DJ flaps tipped in to front flyleaf. Standard library markings including pocket to rear pastedown. Octavo. Though rebound, the condition of this book suggests limited circulation.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Henderson Books, 1996. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269pp. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Octavo. Daniel Heinrichs' autobiography chronicles a life of adventure. He shares many insights into his escapades, both abroad and in Canada. He also chronicles the struggles in caring for a beloved spouse sufferring from Alzheimer Disease

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books Inc., 1959. 3rd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 188pp, [4] pub cat. Titled orange and white classic Penguin wrapper is without edgewear, showing mild toning commensurate w age. Binding square and tight, not creased. Duodecimo. Originally published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1955. First published by Penguin Books in 1957, this is the third printing, 1959, stated. Penguin book no. 1188. A first-hand account of what it means to be a homosexual, and to be tried in a controversial case and imprisoned.

London, England: London Magazine Editions, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285pp. Green cloth w gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Photo illustrated DJ showing scuff of price labels removed top front corners and small chip to bottom back edge. DJ now preserved in archival cover. "Air With Armed Men is the unusual autobiography of the distinguished American poet Louis Simpson who received many public honours and awards, among the Pulitzer prize for poetry. In this sympathetic account of growing up in the tropics, of learning as a writer how to adjust to war and the aftermath of war, he emerges as a private man of warmth and integrity.

New York, NY, USA: Vintage, 1989. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 230pp. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Vintage, October 1989, later printing. "A classic of African autobiography", Wole Soyinka gives us the story of his boyhood, before and during World War II, in a western Nigerian town called Aké.

The Dial Press, 1974. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 568pp w endnotes, addenda, bibliography and index. Twenty-eight indexed illustrations, seven indexed maps. Cartographic endpapers. Top edge of text block dyed orange. Black cloth w silver and orange lettering on spine. Very light bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. No DJ. Originally published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 1973.

Princeton University Press, 2001. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [xii], 340pp w notes, bibliography and index. Two unpaginated, indexed sections of bw plates, further indexed illustrations in text, two indexed maps. Black cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover.

Juneau, Alaska, USA: Klondike Research, 2009. First U.S. Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 628pp. [32pp] plates, ports. Signed by the author to title page. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: The New York Review of Books / NYRB Classics, 2011. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xix, 367pp w notes and index, [5] pub cat. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Small octavo: 205 x 140mm. Book appears unread.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Modern Press, 1965. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 218pp. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Grey cloth w black lettering on cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Small octavo: 22 x 15cm. Isabel M. Reekie (Bella Melvin) was born in the area about which she writes: The Old Melita Trail ran past her father's farm.

Victoria, BC, Canada: Alice M. Stainer, 1998. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 189pp. bw photos, ports. Signed by the author to title page. Colour photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.

Calgary. AB, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 2011. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii, 405pp. bw photos, ports. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean, showing tiny bumping to front corners. Binding square and sound. Octavo. No. 3 in the West series (Calgary, Alta.).

Joyce Sasse, 1971. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112pp. Illustrated card wrapper clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Spine shows mild sunning. "The Rev. Joyce Sasse (1940-2023) trained for the ministry at St. Andrew's Theological College in Saskatoon. After serving in a rural Saskatchewan pastorate, she went to Korea as a missionary of the United Church of Canada, living and working in the rural city of Chongju. This book was written near the end of her time there.

London, England: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tangye, Jean. 175pp. Blackline illustrations and sketches in text. Dark blue boards w bright gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Derek continues the Minack Chronicles: the story of he and Jeannie as they try to withstand the pressures of modern society in the soothing comfort and security of their lonely cottage on the Cornish cliffs.

Paradise, CA, USA: Dustbooks, 1975. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 187pp. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Second printing, October, 1975.

Rosetown, SK: St. Peter's Press, 2006. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 142pp w notes and bibliography. Signed by author on title page. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo.