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Footfalls in Memory: Reflections from Solitude - SIGNED Terry Waite London Hodder And Stoughton 1995 0340630515 / 9780340630518 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Signed by Author Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, signed on the half-title page, in blue over brown boards with yellow endpapers and a brown silk ribbon bookmark bound in; 199 pp. including index of sources; very slight bumping at spine ends; glossy pictorial dust jacket, price intact and now protected in archival quality brodart, has just a touch of edge wrinkling. Terry Waite was the Archbishop of Canterbury"s personal representative, working for the release of hostages in Beirut, when he himself was taken captive and held in solitary confinement for five years. Through the first year, his guards refused his requests for something to read, so he wrote his autobiography in his head and worked to recall books, poems, and prayers he had read during his life. Eventually his guards brought him books, a random collection ranging from Herodotus to Dorothy Sayers to Dr. Spock and a textbook on breast feeding. Here he records "a journey made in the company of books . . ." selections from some of the volumes the guards brought, exerpts from others held in memory, and some he wished he had had. Category: Biographies + Memoirs; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0340630515. Inventory No: 411663. Hardcover Price:
31.50 USD
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