Search Results: Autobiography and Biography from W. Fraser Sandercombe

London and Australia: Murdoch Books, 2005. Book. Illus. by Petrina Tinslay;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 250 pp. Please note, this is a large and somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; blue endpapers; headband; ribbon marker. Illustrated with black and white and colour photographs; photography by Petrina Tinslay. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Stories about, and recipes by: Jamie Oliver; Joan Campbell; Nigel Slater; Bill Granger; Tamasin Day-Lewis; Terence Conran; Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack; Cherry Ripe; Kevin Gould; David Thompson; Sybil Kapoor; Donna Hay; Peter Gordon; Claudia Roden; Maggie Beer; Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio; Stephanie Alexander; Neil Perry; Alastair Hendy; Darina Allen; and Martin Boetz; followed by an index..

Carmel, Indiana: Hawthorne Publishing, 2006. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 191 pp. Personalized inscription by Lorene McCormick Burkhart on the front free endpaper. Burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; beige marbled endpapers; illustrated with colour plates and with black and white photographs. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. The Contents are: Farm Girl: Genes and Geography: The Creation of Character; The Key to My Frontier: Vincennes' Role in the Nation's and My Growth; A Nontraditional Life on Our Farm; School Opens the Door for the Long Drive Ahead; Dad Goes to Washington and Life Makes a Sharp Right Turn. The Accidental Pioneer: College: A Few Miles More on the Drive; Stops Along the Drive: First Job, Second Job, Third, Fourth - More; The Scenery Changes and the Drive Accelerates; Love Changes the Destination; Is That the Garage… Read More

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 344 pp. Signed on the title page by Catherine Gildiner. Purple boards decorated in silver on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. The Contents are: Exodus: Expulsion; A Donnybrook; Good Friday; Hit the Dirt; Black Lawn Jockeys; Fried; Scars; Short Order; The Loafers; A Vial in the Sunshine. Eye to Buckeye: Leaving Home; The Straw Homburg; A Fire in the Cellar; The Mirror Room; The Avalanche; Love It or Leave It; The White Rabbit Meets the Blue Elephants; The Hour of the Wolf; Hooke's Law; and A Real Pip..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 232 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; illustrated endpapers; headband. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This includes a dropped-in hockey card from 1968, featuring Gordie Howe in a Red Wings uniform and just starting his 22nd year in the NHL. The Contents are: Gump and Doreen Worsley - The Life We Live; Maurice and Lucille Richard - In the Mood; Bill and Nancy Hay - Optimists; Stan and Jill Mikita - Stops Along the Way; Bill and Edna Gadsby - A Natural High; Ed and Norma Shack - A Million-Two; Bernie and Marlene Geoffrion - Witnesses; Bob and Deborah Hull - A Kind of Dream; Phil and Donna Esposito - In the Capital; and Gordie and Colleen Howe - The Flower and the Gardener..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. 182 pp. Burgundy boards decorated in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; previous owner's name inside. Stories about Sir John Gielgud, told by: J. C. Trewin; Angus McBean; Emlyn Williams; Christopher Fry; Alec Guinness; John Mortimer; Peggy Ashcroft; Harold Hobson; Irene Worth; Peter Brook; Michael Billington; Alan Bennett; Michael Coveney; and Derek Granger; followed by a postscript, a chronology and an index..

New York: Macfadden Bartell, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 96 pp. Macfadden Book 50-210. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Contents are: B-Day Minus; B-Day; B-ginnings; Skiffling Along; Vass Iss Dese Kids?; Braintrust Beatle; And Up It Was; B-Day Revisited; From Carnegie to Cassius; and Epi(c)logue..

London: Robson Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 148 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. More than just a nostalgic look at the break-up of a supergroup at the end of the heady days of the Swinging Sixties, this is a record of the extraordinary experiences of one girl who wanted more than anything to have a personal relationship with unreachable, untouchable people - and the inevitable clash when the worlds of fan and rock star collided. The Chapters are: When We Was Fab - and It Was All Too Much; Twist and Shout - and Scream a Lot Too; Band on the Run - but the Fans Keep Catching Up; Sun King; Yesterday; Here Comes the Sun; Act Naturally - but Don't Stop Playing Drums; Little Chance of Peace Down Abbey Road; I'm So Tired - but Not Dead; All Things Must Pass - Even the Beatles; I Should Have Known Better - but I Didn't; and Get… Read More

London: Robson Books, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 148 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. More than just a nostalgic look at the break-up of a supergroup at the end of the heady days of the Swinging Sixties, this is a record of the extraordinary experiences of one girl who wanted more than anything to have a personal relationship with unreachable, untouchable people - and the inevitable clash when the worlds of fan and rock star collided. The Chapters are: When We Was Fab - and It Was All Too Much; Twist and Shout - and Scream a Lot Too; Band on the Run - but the Fans Keep Catching Up; Sun King; Yesterday; Here Comes the Sun; Act Naturally - but Don't Stop Playing Drums; Little Chance of Peace Down Abbey Road; I'm So Tired - but Not Dead; All Things Must Pass - Even the Beatles; I Should Have Known Better - but I Didn't; and Get… Read More

Toronto: Popular Library, 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 318 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 328 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with mostly colour and a few black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. "I like to collect knives," said Angelina Jolie, "but I also collect first edition books." In this biography, Morton draws upon far-reaching original interviews and research, accompanied by exclusive private photographs, to show the true story of the wild excesses of Angelina's youth and her remarkable work with children and victims of poverty....

Windsor, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press, 1978. Book. Illus. by Howard Lewis Trueman;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 224 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the back cover and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Edited and illustrated with line drawings by Howard Lewis Trueman. The Contents are: Foreword by Howard Lewis Trueman; Prologue; I Enter This Vale of Tears; Off to School; Growing Up on the Farm; To the Meetinghouse; Hell and Damnation; Clitton Characters; The Missing Link; Enter Elva May van Blarcom; We Set Our Sails; Getting a Foothold; Oats and Votes; The Iron Mines; Society Life in Brookvale; A Change in Course; The End of the Road; and In Green Pastures; followed by an epilogue..

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 338 pp. This book was re-bound in red leather and red cloth and decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; brown endpapers; gilt upper edge; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. It was used as a Harvard Prize Book and was presented by the Harvard Club of Miami to Clark Sutcliffe Reed by the Fort Lauderdale High School in May, 1950. Light edge and corner wear with some minor fading on the spine; aside from the presentation plate, no interior markings. William M. Mann was the fifth director of the National Zoo in Washington, DC. With his wife, he promoted the zoo and went on expeditions to collect live animals for display. The Chapters are: Runaway; Military School; Ranching; Special Agent and Expert; Armies of Ants; Presidential Passport; Dates for Bait; The Holy Man's Donkey; Bug Doctor; Human Meat Is Sweeter; Whales' Teeth; Beche-la-mer; Tree Ants; Lace-trimmed Frogs; and… Read More

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xiii) 254 pp. Personalized inscription by Carole Pope on the title page. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. The Contents are: Intro - Anti Diva Ravings; The Sixties - What Were We Thinking?; Sex and Second City; Restless Underwear; I like It but Is It Art?; Scum Manifesto; Midsummer New York Nightmare; Dusty; Road Kill; The Me Decade; L.A. Is My Lady; I Am Woman; and The Anti Diva; followed by an index..

Guelph, Ontario: Private Printing, 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (vi) 532 pp. Trade paperback format. Personalized inscription on the title page by Donald M. Ewing. Book review and an ad pasted in on the inside of the front cover and on the title page. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Part One: The Early Years - involving musical development, university, the United Church and the BC Forest Service; Part Two: The Middle Years - involving teaching, the United Church and politics; and Part Three: Retirement - involving the church, world travel and politics..

London: William Kimber, 1980. Book. Illus. by Donald S. Swan;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 188 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact. Wraparound dj art by Donald S. Swan. The Contents are: Life Is Just a Motor Car; A Home for Demelza; The Day of the Caravan; Of Printers and Psychologists; A New Year at Rosie's; Springtime Fancies; Uppers and Downers; Memories of Cornwall; And Even Longer Ago; Summer Days; Sanu Sails Again; and Around the Balearic Islands..

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing - Pioneer Books, 1994. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 102 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and with three Dave Winfield collector cards. The Contents are: A Message from Dave Winfield; My Pitch; My Turn At Bat; Inside Baseball; Personal Milestones; Life with the Twins; Childhood Memories; Vital Stats; The Spotllight's Glare; Youth Efforts; Keeping Fit; Career at a Glance; and The Winfield Foundation..

New York: Pyramid Books, 1959. Book. Illus. by Lou Marchetti;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 158 pp. Pyramid Book PG26. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with a map. Cover art by Lou Marchetti..

New York: Doubleday, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvii) 203 pp. Quarter-bound in red on beige boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; red endpapers; headband. Illlustrated with colour plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..

London: Adlard Coles, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 159 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and charts. Hiscock and his wife had sailed twice around the world in their thirty-foot yacht but they had never been to the United States. So they decided to sail there, via the Caribbean, spending two years on the round voyage. And this is what happened. The Chapters are: Biscay; Iberia; In the North-east Trade Wind; Charter Fleet Waters; Bahamas; Fog; Maine to Chesapeake; The Inland Waterway; and North Atlantic; followed by an index..

London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xxvi) 123 pp. Burgundy boards decorated in dark red and gilt on the spine; pink endpapers; red upper edge; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings..