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The Dionne Years: a thirties melodrama.

Berton, Pierre, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Norton, (1978). 1st Amer ed. VG in Fair DJ. DJ edge wear & taped, owner inscription flyleaf.

Oppenheimer: the story of a friendship.

Chevalier, Haakon, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Braziller, (1965). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Index, bibliography. Explanation of the "Chevalier incident" connected with the Oppenheimer casem the FBI, & Atomic Energy. Commission. DJ rubbed, edge wear, price clipped.

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth: The John Muir Library.

Muir, John, foreword by David Quammen, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, (1989). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Formative years of America's premier conservataionist & nature writer. He details his boyhood in Scotland, his awakening. love of nature, his immigration to America, hardships of farm life. Fading toward spine.

Maine Remembers Those Who Served: tributes from the Pine Tree State.

Gwadosky, Dan A., Secretary of State, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

np, Maine Dept Sec of State, (2001). VG lg sz PB. From Revolutionary War to Kosovo, military members are highlighted.

Glimpses of Fifty Years: the autobiography of an American woman.

Willard, Frances E., introduction by Hannah Whitall Smith, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Source Book Press, (1970). Facsimile. VG ex-library. Unabridged replication of 1889 Chicago edition. Discard & library markings. Very tight sturdy copy.

Dark Wind: a survivor's tale of love and loss.

Chaplin, Gordon, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1999). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB advance reader's edition. Two lovers decide to ride out a typhoon on their sailboat. Advance reader's edition.

Great Big Beautiful Doll: the Anna Nicole Smith story.

Redding, Eric & D'Eva, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Fort Lee, NJ, Barricade, (2007). 1st PB ed. VG PB.

My Faraway Home: an American family's WWII tale of adventure and survival in the jungles of the Philippines.

Maynard, Mary McKay, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Guilford, CT, Lyons/Globe Pequot Press, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor & attacked the Philippines, American families working on Mindanao fled into the. jungle for what they thought would be a short evacuation. It lasted two years. They surv...

The Tumult and the Shouting: the memoirs of George Slocombe.

Slocombe, George, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Macmillan, 1936. VG. A journalist looks back. Red binding, gilt lettering. Book plate ft endpaper, spine tanned, bottom fore-edge soiled.

Salute Me!: the dilemmas of a second lieutenant.

Bristol, Lieutenant George, · 1943 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dial, 1943. G. Owner inscription ft endpaper, fading at binding edges & spine.

Boudoir Mirrors of Washington.

Anonymous, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Philadelphia, Winston, (1923). G. Red binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Foxing.

Wendell L. Willkie (1892-1944): courageous pioneer of the utility industry.

Whiting, Justin R., · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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np, American Newcomen, (1950). 2nd ptg. G PB. Top corner creased, tanning toward edges.

Mamie Doud Eisenhower: a portrait of a first lady.

Brandon, Dorothy, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Scribner, 1954. VG in VG DJ. Publisher's editorial copy notice laid in. Memories from scores of people as well as Mamie herself. DJ edge tan.

Portrait: Adlai E. Stevenson: politician, diplomat, friend.

Whitman, Alden, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harper Row, (1965). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Focuses on Stevenson public man with a forceful & penetrating narrative separating him from the legend. Blue binding, sl. fading toward edges.

Something of Men I Have Known with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective.

Stevenson, Adlai E., · 1909 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Chicago, McClurg, 1909. G ex-library. Grover Cleveland's Vice President, grandfather of Dem. candidate for president in 1952 & 1956. Library markings.

Adlai Stevenson.

Ross, Lillian, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Phildelphia, Lippincott, 1966. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The day after Stevenson died, Ross began writing this memoir and bringing him back again into our presence. DJ price clipped. owner inscription ft endpaper, DJ few nicks along back edge, edge wear.

Up 'Til Now: a memoir.

McCarthy, Eugene, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. McCarthy led the revolt against the Vietnam war and his candidacy in 1968 led to Pres. Johnson's decision not to run & altered. Robert Kennedy's campaign strategy.

Putting First Things First: a Democratic view: recent speeches and papers.

Stevenson, Adlai E., · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Random, (1960). 1st ptg. VG PB. 8 speeches on such subjects as Western Europe, Soviet Russia, China, the Middle East, assistance to underdeveloped countries,. the responsibilities of private capital, education and housing. As a group they express his concern with lack of d...

In Search of L. L. Bean.

Montgomery, M. R., · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, New American Library, (1985). 1st ptg thus. G PB. Bean catered to the outdoor needs of generations of sportsmen, Preppies & Yuppies. Edge wear.

Sleeping with Cats: a memoir.

Piercy, Marge, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Perennial, (2002). 1st ptg. VG PB. Piercy's development as a woman and writer.