Biografi

The Adventures of Roberto Rossellni: his life and films.

Gallagher, Tag, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Da Capo Press, (1998). VG lg sz PB. Portrait of the artist as an adventurer, treacherous and charming, sensitive and dishonest. Remainder mark & damp stain. bottom fore-edge.

A Woman of Quality.

Hershan, Stella K., · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Crown, (1970). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Stories of the dramatic effects on the lives of hundreds of individuals helped & inspired by Roosevelt. DJ edge wear,. owner name ft endpaper. In the words of those who knew her, whose lives were somehow touched or transformed by her, who...

How I Became Hettie Jones.

Jones, Hettie, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Dutton, (1990). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A feminist writes about the 50s and 60s covering sex, race, class and the ups and downs of daily existence. Hettie edits. aND teaches writing in NYC.

Marla's Truth: the autobiography of Marla Del Marr.

Del Marr, Marla as told to Stephen Schaefer, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, St. Martin's, (1985). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A contract actress at major Hollywood studios as a 1940s starlet, pursued by the biggest stars, producers, and lechers. A life of romance with John Garfield and James Dean, self-destruction and rehabilitations from alcohol...

Around the World in 80 Dates.

Cox, Jennifer, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Down Town Press, (2005). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. Jennifer sets out on the trip of a lifetime dating her way across the globe - 18 contries in 6 months to find The One.

Obasan.

Kogawa, Joy, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Anchor, (1994). 18th ptg. VG PB. Story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during WWII through the eyes of. a child. Owner notation back endpaper.

A Sort of a Saga: complete and unabridged.

Mauldin, Bill, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Ny, Bantam, (1950). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. Cover shows Maulding at his sketch pad and also with a typewriter. Rib-tickling story of his boyhood in the Southwest. Slight edge wear.

May This House Be Safe from Tigers.

King, Alexander, · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, 1960. 3rd ptg. G in G DJ. 1001 wildly wonderful reminiscences, a one-man national antidote to the 20th century blues. DJ edge wear & tanning to. both book and DJ.

Is There a Life after Birth?.

King, Alexander, · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,428)

NY, Simon & Schuster, 1963. 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Autobiography of last unself-conscious nonconformist. Exuberant flow of wit, matchless storytelling as King recalls. his first love, how he smuggled chorus girls out of a Boston hotel, memories of Alexander woollcott, Frank Crow...

Mine Enemy Grows Older.

King, Alexander, · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Simon & Schuster, 1958. 9th ptg. VG in G DJ. Autobiography of last unself-conscious nonconformist. King writes his safari through the world of books, art, theater as. well as the larger world of love and trouble. DJ edge wear.

The Innocents from Indiana.

Kimbrough, Emily, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Harper, (1950). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. An account of when Emily was 11 and her brother 4 and they moved from Muncie, IN, to Chicago to live. By author of how dear to my heart. Tan pictorial binding, green spine. Tan line at ft inner hinge.

Grace (Eventually).

Lamott, Anne, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Riverhead Books, (2007). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A brilliant new collection where Lamott recounts the missteps, detours, and roadblocks in her walk to faith.

A Down-East Yankee from the District of Maine (John Neal).

Daggett, Windsor, · 1920 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Portland, ME, A. J. Huston, 1920. VG PB. John Neal's parents were Quakers, his father a school teacher who died within a month of Neal's birth. He became the most. colorful and controversial of Portland's literary figures. Not meeting success in law or trade, self-educated, Ne...

Charles Edward Putney: an appreciation.

Various, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

np, Charles E. Putney Mem Assn, nd. VG. Brown binding, leather spine, gilt lettering. A memorial to Putney.

Recollections of an Old Fashioned New Englander.

Dallinger, Frederick W., · 1941 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Round Table Press, 1941. G. Judge Dallinger's story of his fight for clean politics in his native city, county, and state of Massachusetts. Dark blue. binding, gilt lettering. Slight edge wear. His attacked on the rings of his own Republican party, his fight for county fin...

Who's Who in New England v3: biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the states of Maine, NH, VT, MA, RI & CT.

Marquis, Albert Nelson, compiled & edited under direction of, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chicago, A. N. Marquis Co, 1938. G. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering. Pages askew in part.

A Catalogue of Authors whose Works Are Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, prefaced by a sketch of the firm.....

Houghton Mifflin, · 1899 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1899. G.followed by lists of the several libraries, sersies, and periodicals with some account of the origin and character of. these literary enterprises. Designed to bring the authors for whome Houghton, Mifflin & Co acts as publishers. Brief biogr...

Goethe (in German).

Gundolf, Friedrich, · 1922 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Berlin, Georg Bondi, 1922. G ex-library. Green binding with gilt lettering, cream-colored spine. Library markings, edge wear, owner name ft endpaper.

The Cows Are Out!: two decadeson a Maine dairy farm.

Price, Trudy Chambers, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Yarmouth, Islandport Press, (2004). 2nd ed. VG PB. Family dairy farms once stood as a staple of the rural Maine economy and helped mold the state's culture and image with. picturesque silos and rolling green hay fields dotting the countryside. Today they find themselves increa...

You Are Here: a memoir of arrival.

Gibson, Wesley, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Little Brown, Back Bay Books, (2004). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. Scratching out a living and trying to find a home in New York City. Hilarious because Gibson conveys how on any given day, at any given moment.we are bombarded by enough mysteries and contradictions to trouble an ent...