Biografi

Illinois' Lincoln Letters.

Walton, Clyde C., Illinois State Historian, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Springfield, IL, Illinois State Hist. Library, 1967. VG PB. Part of the collection of the Illinois Historical Society's collection in the original handwriting of Abraham Lincoln.

Life of Charles Sumner: w/choice specimens of his eloquence, a delineation of his oratorical character & great speech on Kansas.

Harsha, D. A., · 1856 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY, Dayton and Burdick, 1856. VG. Brown embossed binding, gilt lettering on spine (rubbed), edge wear to spine ends. Some tanning spots to few pages. Sumner's Kansas speech against slaveholders brought on a vicous physical attack on him on the floor of the Senate by Preston Br...

The Perfect Tribute.

Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman, · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scribner, 1926. VG. Brown binding with dark brown lettering and pictorial of Lincoln. Frontis show Lincoln on deathbed with Lincoln shadow. over him. Tissue guard. Owner name ft endpaper & tanning, sl edge wear. Laid in news clippings from Syracuse, NY, about the death of ...

Stephen A. Douglas: Riverside Biographical Series.

Brown, W. G., · 1902 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1902). 1st ed. VG. Maroon binding, gilt lettering and title square, top edge gilt. Bottom corners sl bumped, owner name stamp ft endpaper.

Running with Scissors.

Burroughs, Augusten, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Picador, (2002). VG PB. Hilarious, freaky deaky, beserk, transcendent vengeful all embracing look at living with William Burroughs as your father.

General James Longstreet: the Confederacy's most controversial soldier.

Wert, Jeffry D., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Touchstone, (1993). 9th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. Yet he was largely. held to blame for the defeat at Gettysburg.

Newportraits.

Newport Art Museum, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Hanover, Univ Press New England, (2000). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. 223 portraits from exhibition at Newport Art Museum in 1992 painted over a period of three centuries shows not only Newport. elite but also showcases most famous portraitists and portrait styles. DJ has pictorial o...

The Thought for Themselves: the amazing Jews.

Roth, Sid, · 2009 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Brunswick, GA, Self-published, (2009). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Roth writes, "I am an Israeli-American Jewish man whom God has extraordinarily blessed. I had a dream in which I was instructed. to write about ten amazing Jewish people with dramatic stories. Laid in news release from Rot...

Card acknowledging sympathy edges in black dated 1938.

Bridges, Styles, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

np, np, (1938 postmark). VG. Card printing reads "Styles Bridges and family gratefully acknowledge with deepest appreciation your kind remembrance and. sympathy", postmarked June 9 1938, 2:30 p.m., Concord, N.H., with 3 cent stamp attached, in black edged envelope torn at top....

There's Nothing in This Book That I Mean to Say.

Poundstone, Paula, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Harmony, (2006). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author. Part memoir, part monologue, with a dash of startling honesty. Biographies of legendary historical. figures from which she digresses to tell her own story.

The Blind Palmist: being an often humorous account of an American teacher's year in China.

Tyler, Lawrence, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Tucson, Harbinger House, (1990). VG PB. Tyler's year long teaching appointment at a provincial Chinese university teaches him that China shows the world a blind mask. that hides endless layers of enigma. He combines wit and insight to probe behind the mask. Tyler is a professo...

Unfit for Command: Swift Boat veterans speak out against John Kerry.

O'Neill, John E. and Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Washington, D.C., Regnery, (2004). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Accusation that defeated Kerry's 2004 bid for the presidency, calling his military record a shameful betrayal & deception. One page creased at corner.

War Letters from the Living Dead Man.

Barker, Elsa, written down by, · 1915 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. G. Automatic writings from an American judge and teacher of philosophy known to his intimate friends as "X". Introduction. explains the communication from the other world some days before his death. Owner name on title page.

Rambles in Europe: in a series of familiar letters.

Trafton, Rev. M., M.A., · 1852 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Boston, Charles H. Pierce, 1852. G. Author writes home to his friends about his travels in the Old World.Brown embossed binding, gilt lettering & decoration spine.

The First Shot for Liberty: the story of an American who went over with the first expeditionary force and....

Varila, Corporal Osborne de, · 1918 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Philadelphia, Winston, (1918). G.served his country at the front. Interesting photos, frontis of author with all his gear. White make on cover,. library markings, edge wear.

Those War Women.

One of Them, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Coward McCann, 1929. 1st ed. VG. World War I diary of a woman with the American Expeditionary Forces in France in 1919. Sl fading at edges.

Back from Hell.

Benson, Samuel Cranston, · 1918 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Chicago, McClurg, 1918. 1st ptg. VG. World War narrative of a former pacifist's experiences. Black binding, red lettering. American soldiers work over a gassed. serviceman, another photo shows destruction of a French hospital by a German bomb, another shows the American hospit...

Earnest Victorians: six great Victorians as portrayed in their own words and those of their contemporaries.

Rosenbaum, Robert A., · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hawthorn, (1961). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Six great personalities bring to life the Victorian age of England in all its hope, growth, splendor and squalor. Sl discoloration to DJ flaps.

Charlotte Corday and Certain Men of the Revolutionary Torment.

Cher, Marie, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Appleton, 1929. 1st ptg. VG. Knitter of death. Green binding, gilt lettering and title outline on front cover. Corners bumped, owner name ft endpaper.

A Very Priate Eye: an autobiography in diaries & letters.

Pym, Barbara, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (1985). 1st PB ed. VG PB.