BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs from Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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Maiden Voyage
by Welch, Denton
- Condition
- Used - GOOD
- Edition
- (reprint)
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140095227
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 34.20
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Hammondsworth, UK: Penguin Travel Library, 1983. (reprint). Trade Paperback. GOOD. Ex-library with expected markings and protective cover. Faint age toning of pages. From running away from school in England to "his impressions of the Temple of Heaven in Peking
he reveals his unique gift for observation coupled with a brilliantly idiosyncratic appreciation..." of the world around him. Item Price
SGD 34.20
Die fremden Jahre: Erinnerungen an Deutschland
by Leyens & Andor
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9783596107797
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 13.64
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Frankfurt, Germany: Geschichte Fischer, 1991. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint age tanning to pages edges, clean, slight flare to corners. Covers have faint surface crease and light rubbing to edges. 1 folded page corner. 120 pages. Text in German. "The Foreign Years: Memories of Germany" Contents: "Unter dem NS-Regime 1933-1938, Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen" by Erich Leyens;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trial by Guest: An Accurate Accounting of the Reasons Why I should Be Hung
by Fool, Henry Edward
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781453790175
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 10.90
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Mars Hill, NC: Estuary Publications, 2010. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint shelfwear to cover corners and inscription on first free age. If you've ever though of owning a bed and breakfast, read this cautionary tale first. Item Price
SGD 10.90
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Frank, Anne (Eleanor Roosevelt, intro.) (B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday, trans.)
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Edition
- (3rd printing, 1956)
- Published
- 1953
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 34.20
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NY: Pocket Book #970, 1953. (3rd printing, 1956). Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, clean, age tanned pages, slight tilt. Hinge crease, a few light surface creases, tilted spine. The classic young person's book of the Holocaust and World War II. Copies with this cover appear hard to find. Item Price
SGD 34.20
Notes of a Native New Englander
by Loomis, James Lee
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardbound
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 15.01
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Hartford, CT: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1948. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. As new except for faint age toning of spine and part of covers. No dust jacket. 156 pages with 7 Addresses, 2 essays, 19 excerpts, and 4 poems. Photos and commentary of interest on Granby, CT, home of the author. Item Price
SGD 15.01
Portraits de Famille
by Alain (Emile Chartier
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Published
- 1961
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- Paperback
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 19.12
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France: Mercure de France, 1961. Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, faint age tanning of pages, clean interior, light age soil to covers, square. Rough-cut page edges. Protective cover. Text in French "On connaît les traits des parents et grands-parents d'apres un album de portraits de famille, que l'auteur de la biographie a sous les yeux
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SGD 19.12
Mon Malagar
by Sinzelle, Lucienne
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9782070761623
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 9.53
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nrf / Gallimard, 2001. Paperback. VERY GOOD-. As new except for slight tilt, owner's name erased on first free page, and web site stamp inside front cover.. In plastic cover with "Prix Gens de Gascogne et de Guyenne" banner between plastic and cover. No markings in text. "C'etait Malagar. Nous y sommes arrivés en 1929, j'avais deux ans… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 9.53
Conversaciones con Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza: El olor de la guayaba
by Marquez, Gabriel Garcia & Mendoza, Plinio Apuleyo
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- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Edition
- (1st Columbian edition)
- Published
- 1982
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- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 172.66
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Bogota, Columbia: Editorial La Oveja Negra, 1982. (1st Columbian edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, slight age tanning, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, square. Appears unread but has single crease on front cover. " Gabriel Garcia Marquez nos descubre en sus conversationes con Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza - amigo desde la juventud - los que piensa de… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 172.66
In Search of New Horizons: A Young Girl's Journey from Nazi Germany to America
by McCarthy, Lore Wallburg (Jane DeMillo, ed.)
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Edition
- (signed)
- Published
- c2009
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781441587220
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 16.38
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Xlibris Corporation, c2009. (signed). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight curl. "traces Lore Wallburg McCarthy's early years as the daughter of a famous Jewish movie star in Germany. As Hitler comes to power, she is mistreated and her father is eventually killed in Auschwitz. After surviving the war, she and her sister emigrate… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.38
A Trip into the Blue & Other Stories from the New Yorker
by Berczeller, Richard
- Condition
- Used - FINE
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Published
- c1980
- Binding
- Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9780894790669
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 68.48
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NY: A&W, c1980. (1st thus). Hardbound. FINE. As new - gift quality! First printing as a books, all stories previously published in The New Yorker. Dr. Berczeller chronicles (his) experiences from the romantic 1920s and 30s, when he was a medical student in Vienna
through his practice as a young country doctor, his imprisonment by the Nazis, his escape… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.48
Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest
by Russell, Sharman Apt
- Condition
- Used - FINE/ Fine DJ
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9780201570939
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 13.64
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Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991. (1st edition). Hardbound. FINE/ Fine DJ. As new except for small sticker mark inside front cover and tiny chip on bottom edge. DJ is unclipped.. "speaks to the way we make connections to the land and to a chosen place
a personal memoir (of) her experiences in creating an intentional life in the remote southwestern… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.64
Hermana de la Luna (Original title: Bound Feet and Western Dress)
by Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha (Christine Pina, trans.)
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789500816854
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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SGD 28.72
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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Atlántide, 1996. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint inward curl to cover corners, faint age soil to top of exterior page edges, and bookstore stamp inside... "Había luchado para que no vendaran sus pies, siguiendo la cruel costumbre china. También tendría que luchar por una vida propia, en… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 28.72