{"product_id":"ayer-part-of-my-life-london-1977-121539","title":"Part of My Life.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003einscribed by Ayer\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first edition of Freddie Ayer's (1910-1989) autobiography,\u003cem\u003e Part of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e, inscribed by him: 'To Caroline Anne Trull with my best wishes from Freddie Ayer, Bournemouth, October 13th 1977'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book deals with the first 30-years of Ayer's life, ending with his return following the war to Oxford as a Fellow of Wadham College in 1946 and his appointment as a Professor at University College, London. It contains valuable insight into Ayer's years as an undergraduate and young don at Christ Church, Oxford, and his friendships with the philosopher Bertrand Russell, E.E. Cummings, George Orwell, and Isaiah Berlin amongst others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (23.5 x 15.5 cm); author's signed presentation inscription in pen to front free endpaper, photographic plates, loose newspaper clipping in Mylar sleeve; publisher's ochre cloth, spine lettered in silver, unclipped typographic dustjacket lettered in gold on black ground, closed tear to upper panel, lower portion of spine slightly chipped, very good; 318pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AYER, Sir Alfred Jules.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636622238071,"sku":"121539","price":546.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/121539_01.jpg?v=1792774620","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/ayer-part-of-my-life-london-1977-121539","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}