Biografi

A Private Universe.

Maurois, Andre, translated by Hamish Miles, · 1932 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Appleton, 1932. 1st ed. VG. First few pages creased, spine sunned, corners bumped. Gilt lettering.

Charles Lamb.

Cornwall, Barry, · 1866 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1866. Fair. Heavy spine edge wear, spine torn at top & bottom edge, disbound.

Gal: a true life.

Bolton, Ruthie, foreword by Josephine Humphreys, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1994). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Ruthie was born in the Hungry Neck section of Charleston, SC, raised by her grandparents until her grandfather beat his wife. to death. Then he raised her and continued the beatings.

Portrait of an Artist: a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe.

Lisle, Laurie, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Seaview Books, (1980). 1st ed ss. VG in VG D. Title page creased, DJ rubbed.

The Journals of Susanna Moodie.

Staines, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1997. VG. One of Canada's early pioneers, Moodie embodies the ambivalence of a new settler who confronts an alien, hostile terrain.

Tolstoy.

Troyat, Henri, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doubleday, (1967). VG in VG DJ. Owner inscription fep, DJ sl edgewear.

One Writer's Beginnings.

Welty, Eudora, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, (1984). 12th ptg. VG in Fair DJ. DJ torn at edges.

A Vow of Conversation: journals 1964-1965.

Merton, Thomas, edited & with preface by Naomi Burton Stone, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Farrar Straus, (1988). 1st ed ss. G in G DJ ex-library. Back ep removed.

Drag Diaries.

Chermayeff, Catherine, Jonathan David & Nan Richardson, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1995). 1st ed ss. VG lg sz PB.

Agnes Smedley: the life & times of an American radical.

MacKinnon, Janice R. & Stephen R., · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Berkeley, CA, Univ of California Press, (1988). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Back ep removed. How did the daughter of an uneducated Missouri tenant farmer end up operating at a global level?.

The Liars' Club: a memoir.

Karr, Mary, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Penguin, (1996). 1st ptg. G PB. Corner of cover & top corners of pages creased.

Survival of the Fittest: selected papers.

Hartford, Robert, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Sarasota, FL, FLF Press, (1995). VG in VG DJ.

Winchell: gossip, power and the culture of celebrity.

Gabler, Neal, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, 1994. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ price clipped, crease at back flap.

Woody Allen: a biography.

Lax, Eric, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Knopf, 1991. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ.

Washington's Birthday: its history, observance, spirit, and significance as related in prose & verse with writing selections.

Schauffler, Robert Haven, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Miami, FL, Granger Books, (1976). G ex-library.

The Lincoln Nobody Knows.

Current, Richard N., · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Hill & Wang, (1991). 30th ptg. VG PB. Remainder mark (P) stamped on bottom fore-edge, owner date fep. Was Lincoln an illegitimate child, was Ann Rutledge really the great love of his life, was Lincoln religioius or agnostic, what were his personal views on Negroes & slaver...

An American Requiem: God, my father, and the war that came between us..

Carroll, James, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1996). VG PB. National Book Award Winner. Joe Carroll was an Air Force Lt General who chose Vietnam targets for American bombs, his son. began his adulthood by joining the priesthood. But war changed all that.

Stendhal.

Keates, Jonathan, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1997). 1st ed thus. Fine in Fine DJ. From his career in Napoleon's armies, his many love affairs, diplomatic posts & multiple personas.

Katharine Hepburn: American Women of Achievement.

College, Matina S. Horner, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY, Chelsea House, (1988). 2nd ptg. VG. Signed by Hepburn, also owner inscription. checkmarks on list of Hepburn's performances, page 49-50 & last ep removed.

The Rest of the Story: the odyssey of a modern woman.

Graham, Sheilah, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Coward McCann, (1964). 2nd imp. VG in G DJ. 1st flyleaf removed, hinge damaged. DJ browned at edges, rubbed, edgewear. Interior of book VG.