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The Famous Case of Myra Clark Gaines.

Harmon, Nolan B., Jr., · 1946 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State Univ Press, 1946. G. Myra is denied her legal right to valuable property in New Orleans because she is a woman. The case dragged on for 60. years even into the Supreme Court. Light green decorated binding, green spine. Binding tanned toward edg...

Concerning Mr. Lincoln in which Abraham Lincoln is pictured as he appeared to letter writers of his time.

Pratt, Harry E., compiled by, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

Springfield, IL, Abraham Lincoln Assn, 1944. VG in VG DJ.

The Adams Chronicles: four generations of greatness.

Shepherd, Jack, introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1975). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Text and picture history of one of America's most prominent families told largely in their own words from diaries & letters. DJ price clipped & edge wear.

Locust Hill.

Kirk, Mary Wallace, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

University, AL, Univ of Alabama Press, (1976). Bookshelf ed. G in G DJ. Narrative of life of an ante-bellum mansion told through the lives of the family that flourished in it and then faded. Back cover bumped on bottom edge, DJ edge wear.

Into the Harness.

Kellogg, Elizabeth Rogers, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,151)

Lansing, MI, Wellman Press, (1984). VG PB. Signed by author. Life of Sydney Morris Rogers. Spine bottom bumped, slight soil to cover.

Into the Harness.

Kellogg, Elizabeth Rogers, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

Lansing, MI, Wellman Press, (1984). VG PB. Signed by author. Life of Sydney Morris Rogers.

Franklin, the Apostle of Modern Times.

Fay, Bernard, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boston, Little Brown, (1929). 1st ptg. G. Black binding with green decoration, red lettering. Endpapers tanned at edges.

Alexander Hamilton: a profile.

Cooke, Jacob E., edited by, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hill and Wang, (1967). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Noah Webster said Hamilton's "ambition, pride and overbearing temper have destined him to be the evil genius of this country.". John Adams commented that Hamilton "hated every man young or old who stood in his way." DJ edge wear.

Father Julius and Mother Emilie: a personal biography of midwestern pioneers.

Bubolz, George C., · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Hicksville, NY, Exposition Press, (1975). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Inscribed by author. The Bubolz came to American with their parents in the 1860s, part of the large throng of German. immigrants who entered Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest in serach of freedom and opportunity. DJ e...

The Life of Jacqueline Susann.

Seaman, Barbara, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Morrow, (1987). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Flamboyant, outrageous, through gossip columns and casting couches of the show business world, glitz, glamous and go for. broke, to hell with tomorrow. She considered herself a failure but then she wrote Valley of the Dolls.

Tracy and Hepburn: an intimate memoir.

Kanin, Garson, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Viking, (1971). BCE. VG in VG DJ. What kept these two, so opposite in taste and technique, so fiercely together for 27 years? Kanin gives us his Kate, the. born eccentric, charming, brilliantly inventive and determined. Here is Spence, sharp, magnanimous, joking, tense, wh...

Joan Crawford: a biography.

Thomas, Bob, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Bantam, (1978). 6th ptg. VG PB. Tough, ambitious, gutsy & fiercely competitive, she became the ultimate star, her temper legendary, her energy inexhaustible. Light circle mark back cover.

Choices.

Ullman, Liv, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Bantam, (1985). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. Ullman takes us into her private world where she falls deeply in love, experiences sadness & elation as her daughter becomes. a woman, is sustained by her own childhood memories and continually overwhelmed by the magic of her profession. ...

How to Live to Be 100 or more: the ultimate diet, sex and exercise book.

Burns, George, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, New American Library, (1984). 1st ptg. VG PB. Let George Burns be your guru and uproarious entertainer and tell you how to get older but never old.

Hitch: life and times of Alfred Hitchcock and The Dark Side of Genius: the life of Alfred Hitchcock.

Taylor, John Russell and Donald Spoto, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Berkley Books; Ballantine, (1985; 1984). 3rd ptg;1st. 2 VG PBs. He hated eggs and children; he loved blondes and murder. Intensely private and often bizarre.

Make a Hole in the Fence.

Ferber, Arjannikov, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Acton, NH, Andover Green Book Pubs, (2002). VG PB. Author helps to start libraries in three towns in Russia.

The Life of Rudyard Kipling.

Carrington, C. E., · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Doubleday, 1955. 1st ed. G. Black binding, tan title block on spine. Few wear spots.

The World under My Fingers: personal reflections on Braille.

Pierce, Barbara, edited by, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Baltimore, MD, National Federation of Blind, (1995). VG PB. Blind people tell about their experiences with this disability.

A Good Dog: the story of Orson, who changed my life.

Katz, Jon, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, (2006). Large print. VG HB. Owner notations on endpapers.

Picabo: nothing to hide.

Street, Picabo, with Dana White, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Contemporary Books, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. 23 yr old ski racer Picabo burst onto the world stage at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. She won a silver. medal and finally the gold in 1998. One month after receiving the gold, Street careened off course i...