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This collections includes memoirs, reminiscences, biographies, and autobiographies
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Jean Cocteau: the man and the mirror
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1968
The first complete life of Jean Cocteau.
Teller of tales: the life of Arthur Conan Doyle
Allen Lane
1999
A portrait of the man behind the Sherlock Holmes stories with an emphasis on his psychic crusade.
A study in Southsea: the unravelled life of Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle
Milestone Publications
1987
A detailed account of Doyle's life as a Southsea resident.
American daughter
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1946
The autobiographical story of a black girl growing up in the West and Middle West of America.
The great acceptance: the life story of F.N. Charrington
Hodder and Stoughton
1912
A biography of the heir to the Charrington brewery business, who renounced his inheritance to devote his life to the goals of the Temperance Movement.
Tommy Spiers: the story of a boxing champion from Alloa
Clackmannan District Libraries
1986
A compilation of articles about Tommy Spiers which originally appeared in the Alloa Advertiser.
After hours with P.G. Wodehouse
Hutchinson
1991
Chronicles the author's own involvement with Wodehouse.
Wodehouse at work: a study of the books and characters of P.G. Wodehouse across nearly sixty years
Herbert Jenkins
1961
A critical survey of the works of Wodehouse and some nine or ten of his main characters.
MacDiarmid: an illustrated biography of Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid)
Gordon Wright Publishing
1977
The life of MacDiarmid with numerous supporting photographs and illustrations
