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How Paul Robeson Saved My Life and other mostly happy stories.

Reiner, Carl, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Cliff Street, (1999). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Rich multidimensional tales that show the irony of life.

American Sphinx: the character of Thomas Jefferson.

Ellis, Joseph J., · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Vintage, (1998). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Ellis restores our most enigmatic national icon to human dimensions.

Off on a Wild Caboose Chase: true adventures, folklore and a farewell tribute to the old train caboose.

Wolf, Adolf Hungry, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Morrow, (1989). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. By a writer who lives aboard a caboose. Home to the crews, cabooses are surrounded by myth, legend & sometime strange truth. DJ price clipped, owner name crossed out ft endpaper.

The Gallants following according to their wont the ladies.

Barrington, E., · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Atlantic Monthly, (1924). VG. Blue binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Owner name ft endpaper.

My Own Yesterdays.

Brown, Charles Reynolds, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Century, (1931). VG. Red binding, gilt lettering. Beautiful condition.

King of the Cats: the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr..

Haygood, Wil, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. One of the most brilliant, charismatic & controversial politicians of his time, grandson of a slave, son of a minister,. he used his father's pulpit to raise up the poor & disadvantaged during the Great Depression, married ...

Corrie: the lives she's touched.

Brown, Joan Winmill, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Minneapolis, MN, World Wide Pictures/Revell, (1979). G PB. A testimony to Jesus that if he is taken at his word then nothing evil can conquer us. Hole punch in cover, store stamp.

Wedding Nightmares.

Editors of Bride's Magazine, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Plume, (1993). 1st ptg. VG PB. True tales of floral fiascos, ruinous receptions, honeymoon horrors & other bridal calamities, from collapsing wedding cakes. to wedding-day hurricanes. Edge wear.

The Diary of Latoya Hunter: my first year in junior high.

Hunter, Latoya, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Crown, (1992). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Taft and Roosevelt: 2 volumes: the intimate letters of Archie Butt, military aide.

Butt, Archie, military aide, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$62.00 (€56.25 | £46.93 | ¥9,897)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Navy binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, embossed seal ft cover . Edge wear, owner name ft endpaper v. I. Vol. II damp stain at top of ft cover. Butts perished on the Titanic.

Edith Kermit Roosvelt: portrait of a first lady.

Morris, Sylvia Jukes, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Coward McCann & Geoghegan, (1980). G in G DJ ex-library. Theodore Roosevelt's second wife whom he met again by chance after the death of his first wife. Their marriage lasted almost. 50 years. Library markings.

Theodore Roosevelt: the man as I knew him.

Roosevelt, Nicholas, foreword by Allan Nevins, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dodd Mead, (1967). G in G DJ. TR's second cousin uses diaries, letters & memories of him to define the man. Library markings, taped.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Charnwood, Lord, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1923). 2nd imp. G. Contains chronology of TR's life. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Owner name & bookplate ft endpaper, edge wear,. corners bumped.

Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen.

Riis, Jacob A., · 1907 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1907). Reprint. VG. Gray binding with blue lettering & blue & red decoration. Owner name, endpapers browned, back endpaper fragment of DJ glued in.

Admiral Arleigh Burke: a biography.

Potter, E. B., · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Random, (1990). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. "Arleigh Burke is the Navy's last great warrior chief from WWII.Superb personal and military history." Tom Clancy. DJ sl rubbed.

Holy Terror: Andy Warhol close up.

Colacello, Bob, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, HarperCollins, (1990). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Colacello accompanied Warhol at the Factory, on the town & witnessed firsthand extraordinary excesses of Warhol's circle.

Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt.

Abbott, Lawrence F., · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Doubleday Page, 1919. VG. Abbott's impressions from 22 year friendship with Roosevelt. Includes list of TR's chief writings & a chronology of his life. Burgundy binding, gilt lettering. Owner name ft endpaper.

John Marshall: an address at the opening of the John Marshall home March 27, 1913.

Stanard, Mary Newton, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Richmond, VA, Virginia Assn Preservation, (1913). 3rd ed. G PB. Red softcover binding, black lettering & design. Faded toward edges, foxing, edge wear, damp staining, owner name.

Laurie, Laurie Hallelujah!: ten years of thoughts before her suicide.

Katz, Carole, compiled in loving memory by Laurie's mother, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Eastham, MA, Dandelion House, (1982). VG PB ex-library. Signed by Katz. Mother's effort to preserve a happy, meaningful memory of her daughter through journal entries &. inner thoughts represent her emotional struggle during the last 10 years of her life. Sl edge wear.

Before I Forget...Again!: my second memoir covering 1968-2002.

Wynne-Willson, Michael F., · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

np, Privately printed, (2003). VG in VG DJ. Traces the peripatetic author & his wife through Africa, Egypt, Jordan, the Far East & Antarctica where they traveled champagne. class on a beer income and Anne writes about the search for her birth parents.