BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General from William Robertson

London: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Autobiography of much-loved actor, best known for his role as 'Ken Barlow' in the long-running British series, 'Coronation Street'. This tells the real story of the man behind the character - a story as dramatic, humerous and heart-rending as anything the 'Street's' scriptwriters could have conceived. Contains 246 pages, 24 x 16cm, with… Read more about this item

London: Warne, 1985. Revised. Hardcover. Good/good. London: Warne, 1985. Revised. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback. Revised Edition. Good/Good. When Beatrix Potter died in 1943 no one, not even her husband, knew the full story of her life. Despite her fame, she preffered anonymity, hiding her creative genius beneath the persona of a formidable Lakeland… Read more about this item

London: BCA, 1978. Book Club. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Autobiography of the late Kenneth More, one of Britain's best-loved actors , who for millions epitomised the traditional British values of fortitude and fun. Here, he sets out a full and frank account of a life as varied and vivid as any part he ever played. Contains 249 pages, 23.5 x… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1997. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Used. Good/Very Good Jacket. Biographical work on Bram Stoker and his masterpiece, 'Dracula'. In a brilliant and painstaking piece of literary research, the authors reveal for the first time many of the real people and places Stoker drew upon in writing 'Dracula'. In particular they argue that his… Read more about this item

Gateshead: Mirage, 2000. Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. Good+/Very Good. Billed as 'the only biography approved of by Sting', this is an insightful and very witty biopic of this '80s rock icon, written by someone who went to school with him. Crammed with anecdotes from his schooldays to the height of his fame, Jims's book not only provides an insight into… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1990. Hardcover. Good/Good. Philpot, Graham. This autobiography (why do they call it 'auto'-biography when it didn't write itself?) by Spike is an imaginative blend of fact and fiction, as enchanting as it is highly amusing. Beautifully illustrated throughout with period photographs and family drawings, the gentle and affectionate tone of this memoir marks a new departure in… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1993. Hardcover. Good/very good. Good/Very Good Jacket. Biography of the late British entertainer, written by his son. Size, 24 x 16cm, 240 pages, 24 pages of b&w photos and some line drawings. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings, maroon cloth boards in very good dust jacket. Internally, good: clean, bright and unmarked in sound… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. London: Weidenfelf & Nicolson , 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback. 1st edition. Very Good/Very Good. Translated from the Russian by David Gurevich, this is the first full biography of Boris Yeltsin, and a rare glimpse inside the Soviet power structure, by… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann , 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Very Good/very good jacket. Hardback. 1st edition. Authorised biography of Lord Longford, best known for his anti-pornography crusade and his support of convicted child killer, the late Myra Hindley. Contains 502 pages, 24 x 16cm, with 16 pages of b&w photos. Black cloth boards… Read more about this item

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Third Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Autobiography of American-born author who would become best known spokesperson/apologist for the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Full of telling political and social insights. Contains 324 pages, 24.5 x 15.5cm, with introduction by Brian Kahn. Blue cloth boards with… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz , 1989. Hardcover. Good/good. Vera Brittain was an ordinary housewife, and active pacifist, during World War II, living mainly in London. This is the third volume of her diaries, covering the period of the London Blitz. Gives real insight into social conditions in Britain during the war. Size, 24 x 155cm, 352 pages.… Read more about this item

London: Futura , 1991. Reprint. Paperback. Fair/fair. The remarkable story of Hector Bywater who predicted in detail the strategy used by Japan to wage war against America, including the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, sixteen years before the actual events took place. The author shows convincingly that Admiral Yamamoto, regarded as the architect of the Pearl Harbour operation,… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 1992. Hardcover. Good/very good. A rare glimpse of the effects of war from a non-combatant's point of view - the author was an Army nurse in Vietnam. An extraordinary story of a woman who came face-to-face with the drama and tragedy of war, and found her own peace in the end. Contains… Read more about this item

London: Robson , 1982. Second Impression. Hardcover. Fair/good. Fair/Good. Autobiographical 'sketches' from the much loved (and missed) arch goon, Sir Harry Secombe. Size, 22 x 14.5cm, 160 pages, illustrated throughout by the author's cartoons. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Brown cloth boards in good illustrated dust jacket. Internally, fair: shows a few light stains, otherwise clean and unmarked… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus , 1991. First English language edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Insightful biography of the ex-Soviet leader. Translated from the German by Peter Tegel. Size, 24 x 15.5cm, 260 pages, 6 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpapers neatly removed, some library markings. Black cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan , 1987. First English language edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Originally published in W.Germany in 1946 as, 'Gefangnistagebuch', and translated into English in 1987 by Michael Hulse. One of the first books published in Germany after the war, this is the moving prison diary of a young German widow and mother of two children, who was denounced… Read more about this item

London: Scribner's , 1991. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fair/good +. Fascinating biopic of a generation of Newfoundlanders - those whose status as 'come from aways' picked them out as somehow inferior to those born and bred on that fiercely independent island. Size, 24 x 16cm, 224 pages, 8 b&w photos and 1 map. Ex-library, front endpaper removed,… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. The remarkable true story of one Frenchman's struggle to survive the hell of a Nazi forced labour camp, building a tunnel through the Karawanken Mountains from Austria to Yugoslavia. Originally published in 1978. This version translated from the French by Julian Evans and… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins , 1960. First UK edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. A quiet, courageous account of a blind person's life, distinguishing between 'sight' and 'insight' with impressive simplicity and perception. It is an inspiring and rewarding story. Black cloth boards in good plain dust jacket. Jacket shows moderate shelf wear for its age. Spine… Read more about this item

London: James Barrie, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Very Good/very good. The author would find TV fame in the 1960s, playing a straight-faced (and often bowler-hatted) protagonist on 'Candid Camera', one of the original hidden-camera prank shows. This was his first book - an hilarious biography with an acute and infectious sense of the ridiculous. Contains 138 pages, 19 x… Read more about this item