Biografi

Biggs: the world's most wanted man.

Mackenzie, Colin, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Morrow, 1975. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ sl edge wear. Owner notation back endpaper. True story of train robber, prison escapee, fugitive from Interpol.

The Letters of Sean O'Casey: volume II 1942-1954.

O'Casey, Sean, edited by David Krause, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Macmillan, (1980). 1st ptg ss. VG in VG DJ.

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763, published from original manuscript.

by, preface by Christopher Morley, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, McGraw Hill, (1950). BCE. VG. Owner name fep, edge wear. The most famous biography of all time.

Summer.

Gordon, Alice & Vincent Virga, edited by, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, (1990). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. An anthology of 37 essays & poems with striking images about the season of summer.

Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me: journals and stories 1933-1941.

Fisher, M. F. K., introduction by Norah Kennedy Barr, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Pantheon, (1993). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Dangerous Company: inside the world's hottest trouble spots with a Pulitzer Prize-winning war corespondent.

Tuohy, William, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Morrow, (1987). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ creased at top front.

May Sarton: a biography.

Peters, Margot, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Knopf, 1997. 1st ed ss. G in G DJ ex-library. The first biography of May Sarton: a brilliant revelation of the life and work of a literary figure who influenced her. thousands of readers not only by her novels and poetry, but by her life and her writings about it. Her care...

'Tis: a memoir.

McCourt, Frank, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Scribner, (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

The Kiss.

Harrison, Kathryn, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Random, (1997). 1st ed 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A father & daughter's reunion when she is 20 results in a unique kiss. What could have been sensational has been purified. by the author's consummate artistry and honesty, a horrific experience is fashioned into a self-controlle...

The Two Lives of Edith Wharton: the woman and her work.

Kellogg, Grace, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Appleton-Century, (1965). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ.

To Remember Forever: the journal of a college girl 1922-1923.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty, · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1963). 1st ed ss. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear.

My Discovery of America.

Mowat, Farley, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Toronto, Canada, McClelland and Stewart, (1985). VG in VG DJ. Writer & naturalist Mowat was refused entry into the U.S. in 1985 by INS & he learned a lot about "the longest undefended. border in the world".

Eleanor: the years alone.

Lash, Joseph P., · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Norton, (1972). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Eleanor standing alone after FDR's death & free to say whatever she wished and earning the title First Lady of the World.

Mary Queen of Scotland & the Isles.

Zweig, Stefan, translated by Eden & Cedar Paul, · 1937 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Garden City, (1937). G in Fair DJ. Murders & marriages punctuated Mary's turbulent career. DJ edge wear, owner inscription and label, top of spine worn.

Territory of Lies: story of Jonathan Jay Pollard: American who spied on his country for Israel & how he was betrayed.

Blitzer, Wolf, Washington Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harper & Row, (1989). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. An American Jew working in Naval Intelligence & spying for Israel because of concern for its security.

Life and Public Services of Hon. Grover Cleveland and Vice Presidential Nominee Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks.

Dorsheimer, Hon. Wm. & Hensel, W. U., · 1884 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Deposit, N.V., Phillips & Burrows, (1884). Fair. Tissue guard, frontis, title page & first flyleafs & table of contents creased, binding worn on extremities, gilt design.

One of the Guys: the wising up of an American man.

Stein, Harry, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1988). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ edge wear. Stein describes all the roles men play, from son to amorous bachelor, from chum to husband & father.

Woman of Valor: Margaret Sander and the Birth Control Movement in America.

Chesler, Ellen, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1992). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Autographed by Chesler. Sanger went to jail in 1917 for distributing contraceptives to immigrant women.

The Brecht Memoir.

Bentley, Eric, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, PAG publications, (1985). 1st ed ss. G PB ex-library. A deeply personal & often moving remembrance during Brecht's wartime & post-war experiences.

Explorer.

Gersi, Douchan, maker of the TV series "Explore", · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Los Angeles, Tarcher, (1987). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ rubbed. Not content with exploration along, Gersi abandons civilized ways & reconnects with primitive nature.