Biografi

Walt Whitman: a life.

Kaplan, Justin, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1980). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. As revealing of an era as it is of the man and his work, a bold voice of joy & sexual liberation, the chronicler of the century. of democracy, science, progress and steam. DJ price clipped & chipped, owner inscription.

To the Harbor Light.

Hough, Henry Beetle, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. An account of Hough's 79th year through the seasons on Martha's Vineyard along the island byroads and his mind's pathways.

An Arrow through the Heart: one woman's story of life, love, and surviving a near-fatal heart attack.

Heffernan, Deborah Daw, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Free Press, (2002). 1st ptg. G in VG DJ. In the middle of her yoga class, Heffernan felt her heart explode. After emergency surgery she was left with half a heart. and the looming prospect of a transplant. Spot on ft endpaper & first few pages.

Hemingway: a pictorial biography.

Lania, Leo, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Viking Studio, (1962). VG. Few nicks back cover, paper residue ft endpaper.

Autobiography of a Face.

Grealy, Lucy, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Harper, (1994). 6th ptg. VG PB. At 9 Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. She returned to school with 1/3 of her jaw removed & faced. cruel taunts from her classmates. Edge wear, spots & tanning to ft endpaper.

A Reporter's Life.

Cronkite, Walter, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, 1996. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ.

A Pictorial Biography: Ike.

Longgood, William F., · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Time-Life, (1989). VG lg sz PB.

Between You and Me.

Lauder, Harry, · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, James A. McCann, 1919. G. Red binding (rubbed), gilt lettering. Ft hinge cracked, edge wear.

Shellproof Mack: an American's fighting story.

Mack, Arthur, · 1918 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Small Maynard, (1918). 2nd ptg. G. Frontis shows a soldier throwing the Mills Bomb. Red binding, gilt decoration & lettering. Ft cover creased, owner inscription.

A Student in Arms: second series.

Spectator, · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Dutton, (1917). 2nd Amer ptg. VG. Red binding, gilt lettering. Owner name pencil ft endpaper.

The Boys' Life of Theodore Roosevelt.

Hagedorn, Hermann, · 1922 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Harper, (1922). VG. Green paste down pictorial binding with gilt lettering. Owner inscription ft endpaper, edge wear.

Theodore Roosevelt: patriot and statesman: the true story of an ideal American.

Meyers, Robert C. V., · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

np, np, (1901). 1st ed. VG. Red pictorial decorated binding with paste down pictorial of TR. Sl edge wear, owner name flyleaf.

Memorial Life of William McKinley, our martyred president Salesman's Sampler.

Townsend, Col. G. W., introduction by Hon James Rankin Young, · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Minneapolis, MN, Creore & Nickerson Home Furn, (1901). G. Edge wear, back hinge cracking.

The Men behind the Guns in the Making of Greater Grand Rapids: lives of professional men w/interests centered in Grand Rapids.

Altenbrandt, Edward, editor, · 1909 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Grand Rapids, MI, Dean-Hicks Ptg Co, 1909. Fair. Green binding, gilt lettering, binding & pages rippled, spine ends split.

Imus: America's cowboy.

Tracy, Kathleen, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1999). 1st ed thus. VG in VG DJ. 15 million people tuned into MSNBC to catch controversial nationally syndicated talk show "Imus in the Morning." Follows. Don's meteoric rise from small-time radio stations in California to his first triumphs in NY as morni...

A Girl Named Zippy: growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana.

Kimmel, Haven, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Broadway Books, (2001). 1st ptg. VG PB. Written for adults from a child's perspective, a simple & lovely book. Named Zippy for the way she would bolt around the. house and possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. Takes readers back to a time when small-town America was ...

My Four Years in Germany.

Gerard, James W., · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doran, (1917). VG. Written by American Ambassador to German Imperial Court about gravity of war situation. Dark green binding, gilt lettering.

My Four Years in Germany.

Gerard, James W., · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doran, (1917). VG. Written by American Ambassador to German Imperial Court about gravity of war situation. Dark green binding, gilt lettering.

Campaign Addresses of Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic candidate for president 1928.

Smith, Alfred E., · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Washington, D.C., Democratic National Cmte, (1929). VG in VG DJ.

The Dionne Years: a thirties melodrama.

Berton, Pierre, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Toronto, Canada, McClelland & Stewart, (1977). 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. A miracle that turned first into a melodrama and later into a tragedy. Birth of 5 identical baby girls. DJ price clipped &. edge wear. Illus endpapers.