Biografi

Mrs. President.

Fridriksson, Gudjon and Gunnar Elisson, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Reykjavik, Orn & Orlygur, (1980). VG. In 1980 Icelanders first chose a woman for President, the first time in the world that a woman is democrataically elected to. such an office. Pictorial cover.

Peter O'Toole: a biography.

Wapshott, Nicholas, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

NY, Beaufort Books, (1983). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The star of "Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 established him instantly at the age of 30 as one of the world's most sought-. after actors with its 10 Academy Award nominations. But drinking and fines for his drunkenness became a fixe...

Senator Joe McCarthy.

Rovere, Richard H., · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1959). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Sen. McCarthy provided a spectacle in American politics. He insulted presidents, humiliated generals and put himself above. the authority of the U.S. Senate. Yet such was his hold on public opinion that even as he overrode the Co...

Ring: a biography of Ring Lardner.

Yardley, Jonathan, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1977). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG.

The Diary of Anais Nin: vols. 3 and 4 (1939-1944 and 1944-1947).

Nin, Anais, edited and with a preface by Gunther Stuhlmann, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Harvest, (1969, 1971). 2 VG PBs. One of the most candid and process-conscious records drawn by one of the most unconventional writers in the 20th century.

The Adventures of John Wetherell.

Wetherell, John, edited and with an introduction by C. S. Forester, · 1953 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, 1953. 1st ed. VG. Wetherell was first a ship's carpenter and then was impressed into the Royal Navy on the HMS Hussar which went aground in. France where he was captured and became a prisoner of war. Forester used Wetherell's diary to report his life. Rust color...

The Same River Twice: a memoir.

Offutt, Chris, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Bold backflip into the muddy waters of past experience from the banks of the Iowa River. Sl DJ soil and damp stain to DJ top.

Burnt Toast and other philosophies of life.

Hatcher, Teri, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Hyperion, (2006). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Teri's mother had a hard time putting herself first. If toast burned, she ate it herself giving the better slices away.

Lost Puritan: a life of Robert Lowell.

Mariani, Paul, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Norton, (1994). 1st ptg. VG PB. Lowell's (1917-1977) poetry radically altered the American literary landscape combining family drama and an apocalyptic. view of the history of our times. Married three times, always to writers, hehad his dark side, suffering from crippling ...

The Kiss.

Harrison, Kathryn, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Random, (1997). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A father & daughter's reunion when she is 20 results in a unique kiss. Scrape where sticker removed from ft endpaper. Remainder mark.

I Feel Bad about My Neck and other thoughts on being a woman.

Ephron, Nora, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Knopf, 2006. 1st ed 11 ptg. VG in VG DJ. From the woman who brought us When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed. cook, passionate city dweller, hapless parent, and the only intern JFK didn't make a pass at.

A Lawyer's Journey: the Morris Dees story.

Dees, Morris with Steve Fiffer, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Chicago, IL, American Bar Assn, (2001). VG PB. ABA Biography Series: Lawyers Pursuing Justice. Significant events that led Dees to the front lines of the civil rights. struggle and his ongoing crusade against hate groups. Dees' journey has paralled a nation's struggle to ensur...

Fifty Acres and a Poodle: a story of love, livestock, and finding myself on a farm.

Laskas, Jeanne Marie, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Bantam, (2000). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A pretty-as-a-postcard farm with an Amish barn, a chestnut grove, and vista so beautiful they take your breath away. A drive in the country leads to a place that had existed only in Laskas' fantasies but turned out to be real and for s...

Brontes of Haworth: scenes and characters from the lives and writings of the Bronte sisters.

Wilks, Brian, introduction by Victoria Glendinning, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

London, Tiger Books Intl, (1994). VG in VG DJ. A celebration of the lives of one of the most famous families in English literature: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. Laid in newspaper article from The Christian Science Monitor "West Yorkshire echoes gothically of 'Wuthering 'H...

Sarah: how a hockey mom turned th political establishment upside down.

Johnson, Kaylene, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Epicenter Press/Tyndale, (2008). 1st ptg. VG PB. How the biggest upset in Alaska history propelled Palin into the governor's office preparing her for a place on the. Republican ticket for the most pivotal presidentail race in decades.

Whittaker Chambers: a biography.

Tanenhaus, Sam, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Modern Library, (1997). VG lg sz PB. One of most dazzling biographies in recent history tells the spellbinding story of the complex figure whose transformation. from Communist agent to anti-Communist witness climaxed in 1948 when he testified against Alger Hiss in the spy ...

Bob Dylan Biography (a lot of text in his own words).

CBS, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

np, CBS Inc., (1985). VG very lg sz PB. Originally packaged with a five record (52 songs) set sampling of his music culled from his 28 albums. Records not included. Many photos of Dylan on stage and off including one of his parents from 1939. Nice double page color photo of Dy...

James Dean: the mutant king.

Dalton, David, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, St. Martins, (1974). 8th ptg. G PB. Pure poetic gold digging deeply into both Dean's personal life and public image to emerge as a spellbinding portrait of a. talented, tormented man. Dalton portrays Deans as a self-created new creature, a "mutant" who crystallized the ima...

Cavett.

Cavett, Dick, & Christopher Porterfield, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1974). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Starting out in show business, working with Jack Paar, a typical day, when he didn't hold his tongue on the air,. propositions from both sexes during commercial breaks, censorship struggles, strange requests from fan...

Letters and Memoir of Joseph Charles Philpot.

Philpot, Joseph Charles, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Book House, (1981). Reprint. VG lg sz PB. Philpot's letters to his friends are like pearls and the narrative the thread upon which the pearls are strung. His letters reveal his trials, times of uncertainty and his feelings in describing the Lord's deali...