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Send Yourself Roses: thoughts on my life, love and leading roles.

Turner, Kathleen, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Springboard, (2007). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB advance reading copy. A candid account of her life, from fearless performance to private struggles, irreverent anecdotes. Filmography & list. of stage performances.

Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life.

Lamott, Anne, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Anchor, (1995). 31st ptg. VG PB.

More than Petticoats: remarkable Maine women.

Kennedy, Kate, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Guilford, CT, Twodot, (2005). VG PB signed. Signed by author. 13 strong & determined women who broke through social, cultural or political barriers.

John Winthrop: first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

John Hancock Insurance, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boston, MA, John Hancock Ins Co, (1929). VG PB. An historical outline of the beginnings of a great commonwealth and ot the notable man who was the leader in its foundation. Published in connection with the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary of 1930.

Abraham Lincoln "Savior of His Country".

Carleton, Mabel Mason, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Boston, MA, John Hancock Ins Co, (1923). Fair PB. Damp stain top half.

A Tribute to Lincoln and More Wayside Stories and Poems.

Claflin, Sumner F., Manchester, NH, · 1910 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Concord, NH, Rumford Press, 1910. VG PB. Page 19 has news clip attached about a farmer B. F. Bickford who cut over 6 farms to move Ralph Allard to Glines hill by the. Eaton Center School house. Tan binding, red lettering.

Them Days: from the memories of Joan Bellan.

Lakeman, Joy, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cornwall, England, Tabb House, (1982). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Signed by author. Bellan lived in the 13th century home of Cistercian monks and later the home of Sir Francis Drake 79 yrs.

To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the exploration of Central Africa.

Shipman, Pat, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Morrow, (2004). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Having seen her family slaughtered during the Hungarian revolution, Florence was kidnapped from a refugee camp to be. auctioned off at 14 but a wealthy English gentleman took pity on her and helped her escape. Ultimately they we...

Ten Years on the Rock Pile.

Vincent, Lee, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Self-published, (1973). G. What goes on at the top of Mt. Washington, East's highest peak from the transmitter supervisor. Some soil & spots to cover.

America's First Spaceman (Alan Shepard).

Smaus, Jewel & Charles B. Spangler, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Doubleday, (1962). G in G DJ ex-library. Shepard took his first flight on a NH hill in 1935 in a young friend's glider. Library markings, DJ sl edge wear & spine fade.

Upon My Lips a Song.

Smith, Kate, · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1960). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. FDR introduced Kate to the royalty of England as "This is Kate Smith. This is America" in 1939.

A Brush with Darkness: learning to paint after losing my sight.

Fittipaldi, Lisa, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Kansas City, Andrews McMeel, (2004). Advance copy. VG lg sz PB advanced reading copy. Binding rubbed.

A Kentish Lad: the autobiography of Frank Muir.

Muir, Frank, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

London, England, Corgi Books, (1998). VG PB. Wrote some of the most sparkling & original comedy ever written for radio & TV, then worked at the BBC.

Dylan Thomas in America: an intimate journal.

Brinnin, John Malcolm, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Viking, (1964). 5th ptg. G PB. The most flamboyant fulfillment since Byron of the public's conception of the wild, amoral, romantic poet. Edge wear,. fading toward spine. Thomas made 4 trips to America where he was lionized and sought after coast to coast but also saw him ...

Lost Property: memoirs & confessions of a bad boy.

Sonnenberg, Ben, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Summit, (1991). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A father said to have invented the modern business of public relations, a son's aesthetic, sexual & political education as. he rejects his father's influence & strives to be his equal. Sonnenberg's flight into anarchy & sabotage, an in...

Angel Unaware.

Rogers, Dale Evans, introduction by Norman Vincent Peale, · 1953 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Los Angeles, CA, Revell, (1953). VG in G DJ. Roy Roger's wife, Dale, tells story of her daughter who died because of a tragic handicap. DJ edgewear & rubbed, sl rumpled. Endpapers and interior of DJ tanned, piece missing from lower outer corner of DJ.

Father Joe: the man who saved my soul.

Hendra, Tony, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (2004). 5th ptg. VG in VG DJ. In 1955 14 yr old Tony found himself entangled with a married Catholic woman & was whisked off by the woman's husband to see. a priest and be saved in Cold War England. A gentle stammering ungainly Benedictine Father Joe never used the...

Renascence: Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet: video.

Barth, Vanessa & Doreen Conboy, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Alna, ME, Cyclops Video Production, (1993). G ex-library. Largely in her own words, using family & period photos, this portrait traces her poetic development her Maine roots through. her Greenwich Village years, to her European travels and her growing social & political activi...

Richard Maurice Bucke, medical mystic: letters of Dr. Bucke to Walt Whitman and his friends.

Lozynsky, Artem, selected & edited by, foreword by Gay Wilson Allen, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Detroit, Wayne State Univ Press, 1977. VG in VG DJ. A pioneer psychiatrist & mystic, Bucke was one of the most remarkable Canadians of the 19th century. He was the. superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane in London Ontario and is known principally as the author of Cosmic C...

The First Time.

Cher, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1998). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Cher tells about the important events in her life and wears all the outrageous outfits.