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KAROO MORNING by Guy Butler (Autobiography ) Hard cover with d/wrapper – 230x160 mm – David Philip st Edition 2 nd Impression (with corrections) 267 pages – no index – numerous b/w photos. V/Good++ cond: tightly bound, clean; u/l/spine mildly bumped; light tape residue on boards. D/W: V/Good++ no tears; u/l/spine bumped; mildly rubbed.

A VICTORIAN SON – An Autobiography by Stuart Cloete Hard cover with d/wrapper – 220x140mm – Collins – st Edition 319 pages no index – author’s photo as b/w frontispiece V/good+; clean interior; no inscriptions; u/l/spine mildly bumped; EX-LIBRARY BOOK; stamps on title page and rep – card holder at back, barcode sticker on fep and rear board exterior; D/W very good; library markings; mildly rubbed; minimal paper loss at u/spine

  I COULD NEVER BE SO LUCKY AGAIN Autobiography by Gen James H (Jimmy) Doolittle Hard cover with d/wrapper – 235x168 mm – Bantam Books 1991 1 st Edition. 574 pages – index included – numerous b/w photos. V/Good+++ cond. tightly bound; very clean. D/w: V/Good– unclipped; mildly rubbed; some small tears at u/spine; 4-letter inscription on fep. HEAVY BOOK

In June 1940 following the Dunkirk evacuations, Britain stood alone. After witnessing the demoralized survivors first hand, Roxane Houston was determined to 'do her bit'. She volunteered to join the WRNS. From a comfortable background with a sheltered upbringing, she now began a remarkable, and sometimes difficult journey, set against six years of war. Starting in 1940 at the Royal Naval Air Station at St Merryn in south west England, under seemingly constant attack from the Luftwaffe, via the RNAS at Machrihanish in Scotland, preparing for Combined Operations at Largs and Greenock in the run-up to D-day, thence to Kandy and Colombo, in Ceylon, she did not return home until early 1946. She met many varied characters, making some lifelong friends, experienced much excitement and great danger, happiness and personal tragedy, and received more than one proposal of marriage. Now, in her twilight years, she revisits those momentous days which tested her and her contemporaries to the full. Her autobiography is a highly personal, often poignant account of her time as a Wren, which not only gives a fascinating insight into service life, but also reflects the reshaping of her own outlook and attitudes.