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Bean, George H., · 1948 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Boston, Little Brown, 1948. Reprint. VG. Bottom corners bumped.

Fragments of Stained Glass: a literary memoir.

White, Claire Nicolas, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

San Francisco, Mercury House, (1989). VG in VG DJ. Claire fits together the fragments of her European childhood & her family's struggle to acclimatize after moving to U.S.

My Home Is Far Away: an autobiogrphical novel.

Powell, Dawn, introduction by Tim Page, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

S. Royalton, VT, Steerforth, (1995). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Family chronicle from turn of the century of Ohio, an autobiography of Dawn Powell's 15 novels.

Joe & Marilyn: a memory of love.

Kahn, Roger, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Morrow, (1986). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Their love, joy & heartbreak.

Collected Prose.

Bishop, Elizabeth, introduction by Robert Giroux, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1984). VG PB. ".merciless obsevation, full of surprises both tragic and comic.small, exact glimpses of the mundane.".

House of Earth.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Philadelphia, Westminster Press, (1952). 1st ed. VG in Fair DJ. Signed by author. Damp stain at top of binding, DJ tape repaired, pieces missing from edges. A high-caste Hindu born. in a small village in India. His sister must marry her parent's choice and after widowhood reti...

Lone Woman: the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Boston, Little Brown, (1970). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Author inscription fep. Blackwell founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children later expanded to include a. women's college for training doctors. DJ edge wear.

Stranger and Traveler: the story of Dorothea Dix, American reformer.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boston, Little Brown, (1973). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Author inscription fep. Dorothea Dix paved the way for far-reaching reform in the treatment of the insane & retarded. DJ few edge tears.

Palace of Healing: the story of Dr. Clara Swain, first woman missionary doctor, and the hospital she founded.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, McGraw-Hill, (1968). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Author inscription fep. Dr. Clara Swain was a rarity, in 1870 she was first woman missionary doctor ever seen in the Orient. Only a handful of women were even admitted to the study of medicine.

The Big-Little World of Doc Pritham.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, McGraw-Hill, (1971). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Author inscription fep. Life and times of an old Maine doctor, 90 yrs old, still practicing medicine in Greenville, ME, at the. foot of Moosehead Lake. A general practitioner, willing to go anywhere, at any time, to minister to an...

Take My Hands: the remarkable story of Dr. Mary Verghese.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, McGraw-Hill, (1963). 11th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Author inscription fep. DJ price clipped, edge wear at top. Daughter of a plantation owner in South India, Mary Verghese. decided she would obtain an advanced education & make herself as useful as possible to her country. She wen...

Paper Trail.

Dorris, Michael, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Harper Collins, (1994). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Dorris reminisces about the mother & grandmother who raised him, a trip backstage to see Tyrone Power, his son. Remainder mark.

Conversations with American Writers.

Ruas, Charles, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Knopf, 1985. BCE. VG in VG DJ.

The Courage to Grow Old: 41 prominent men & women reflect on growing old, w/wisdom & experience that comes from a rich life.

Berman, Phillip L., edited & with introduction by, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Ballantine, (1989). 1st ed. VG lg sz PB.

Elizabeth Bowen.

Glendinning, Victoria, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Knopf, 1978. 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. Last of great Anglo-Irish novelists with an unbounded gift for living. DJ edgewear at top, damp stain top fore-edge near spine.

Bereft: a sister's story.

Bernstein, Jane, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, North Point Press, (2000). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Jane's sister Laura was stabbed to death by a stranger for no apparent reason. Over 20 years later she tries to figure out why. Immersing herself in the long-buried tragedy, Jane realizes she is looking for her own identity, ...

A Cape Cod Journal.

Fisk, Erma J., foreword by Bob Hale, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,066)

NY, Norton, (1990). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ.

I Remember It Well.

Minnelli, Vincente, foreword by Alan Jay Lerner, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, (1974). VG.

Choices.

Ullmann, Liv, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Knopf, 1984. VG in VG DJ. Owner stamp & inscription fep, DJ price clipped. Ullmann continues her story where she shares her personal thoughts.

A Star Danced.

Lawrence, Gertrude, · 1945 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1945. VG.