Biography/ autobiography

The Life of George Bass – Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment – Miriam Estensen – Signed and Inscribed by the Author

Published by Allen & Unwin in 2005. Octavo, 259 pages, nicely illustrated and in fine condition.

A thorough account by the meticulous researcher Miriam Estensen .. the end notes and references take up the last 35 pages.

Boldly signed by the author, on the half title, as a gift to a clearly very good friend

Bass the surgeon, and a good one seemingly, more at home on the waves as an explorer adventurer. Later after much accomplished his adventures turned to money making and off he set for South America only to disappear. And throughout all this his beloved Bess … who he left following his primary passion. Estensen explores all of this and provides insight regarding his whereabouts at the end.

George Bass a truly adventures medic.

$30.00

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Hemingway – High on the Wild – Lloyd Arnold

A 1977 edition of this table book relating to Hemingway’s time and family in the mountains of his beloved Idaho. Hemingway as we all know had a penchant for Cuba, Spain, Paris, Africa [the hunt] but it was the snowy winters of Idaho that he kept going back to.

Lloyd Arnold as a friend and this book was sponsored by Hemingway’s son … it contains many images of the great man with friends and family and the odd partridge. They all look very happy and rustic – even those with Cary Grant. It makes us feel better about what would become a troubled life.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, quarto, 163 pages, heavily illustrated from original photographs. A little fixed to page edges otherwise a good copy.

Hemingway Happy in the Mountains.

$25.00

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Fitzgerald and Hemingway – a Dangerous Friendship – Matthew Bruccoli

A seriously interesting and entertaining account of the “dangerous” friendship between these two literary greats. The author Bruccoli, Professor of English at the South Carolina University and the man who penned numerous works relating to the subject pair and the definitive bibliography of Fitzgerald.

This the first UK edition published by Andre Deutsch in 1995, Octavo, 236 pages, illustrated from appropriate photographs, book cover etc.

It is the previously unpublished letters that make it for Voyager. The intellectual battle for humour, the banter the ribbing, the intensity, and the soul bared is special. Hemingway holds nothing back reading stream of consciousness [he did not like it] so Joyce et al get a quiet pasting. Zelda arises in the background Hemingway’s view strongly that she held back the great SFG and man who could have been America’s greatest writer.

Fitzgerald and Hemingway – intimately.

$40.00

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The Man With the Donkey – John Simpson Kirkpatrick – The Good Samaritan of Gallipoli – Sir Irving Benson.

Published by Hodder in 1965. Octavo, 95 pages, illustrated from period photographs. Ownership signature on front end paper, otherwise a very good copy.

For those that know of this native of the North East of England and later Australia and want to know more then this is the book. What a hero … few have put themselves so constantly in danger to save their wounded compatriots than The Man With the Donkey. Inspirational read

Read this and you will never complain again!.

$25.00

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Le Lieutenant Delavie etc ses postes d’ecoute 1915-1918 – H Barres

A very unusual French language work no date but we understand 1950’s. Softcover – 65 pages, produced in some mechanical way straight from the typescript with copies of hand drawn location maps and the off relevant sketch used to illustrate and help the story along.

WWI hero Lieutenant Delavie can be found on the great oracle Wiki etc – a key reference to that is this work which appears to be exceptionally rare – no other copies can be found by Voyager outside the odd major reference library of International standing.

We would say more about Dalavie but our French is still pretty slow – when we are further in we will come back.

Scarce French WWI record in unusual form and impossible to find.

$60.00

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Lord Forrest – Centenary Booklet – 1847-1947

Better than a “booklet” this eventually comprehensive biographical work on explorer to be Premier of Western Australia John Forrest – Baron Forrest of Bunbury and Forret in Fife.

Stapled octavo size, 48 pages with reproductions from period photographs, sketched maps etc. A proper tribute to the man and his many achievements all of which have given a big push-along to the development of the western state.

John Forrest the man of his times

$25.00

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The Life of George Bass – Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment – Miriam Estensen – Signed and Inscribed by the Author

Hemingway – High on the Wild – Lloyd Arnold

Fitzgerald and Hemingway – a Dangerous Friendship – Matthew Bruccoli

The Man With the Donkey – John Simpson Kirkpatrick – The Good Samaritan of Gallipoli – Sir Irving Benson.

Le Lieutenant Delavie etc ses postes d’ecoute 1915-1918 – H Barres

Lord Forrest – Centenary Booklet – 1847-1947

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