Biografi

My Discovery of America.

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

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1985). Amer 1st ed ss. 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".

Runaway Father: the true story of Pat Bennett, her daughters, and their seventeen-year serach.

Rashke, Richard, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. One day, Pat's husband left her and her three daughters to fend for themselves. For 17 years she pursued him so he could be a. father to her three daughters. Remainder mark.

To Me It's Wonderful.

Waters, Ethel, introduction by Eugenia Price & Joyce Blackburn, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harper Row, (1972). G PB. Inscribed by Waters. Ft cover creased. Binding rubbed.

The Hearsts: family & empire the later years.

Chaney, Lindsay and Michael Cieply, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1981). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark. DJ price clipped. The American epic of family & corporation continues to the present day.

Harriet Beecher Stowe: a biography.

Gerson, Noel B., · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Praeger Pubs, (1976). VG in VG DJ. Lincoln called her the "little lady who made this big war". Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a crusading feminist.

Poet in America: Winfield Townley Scott.

Donaldson, Scott, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, (1972). G in G DJ ex-library. Back ep partially removed. Biography of Scott (1910-1968) which describes the predicament of the artist in contemporary. American society. Scott suffered deeply from what he considered to be a lamentable lack...

Thomas Mann Diaries 1918-1939.

German by Richard & Clara Winston, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Abrams, (1982). G in G DJ ex-library. Index, index of reference to Mann's work, 44 pages of biographical notes.

When Daylight Comes: a biography of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

Murphet, Howard, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Wheaton, IL, Theosophical Pub House, (1975). VG PB. Blavatsky founded The Theosophical Sociey and it allegedly was a cover for Russian espionage & later a money-making scheme. Murphet explores the myths & rumors to find the truth about this infamous woman.

At Seventy: a journal.

Sarton, May, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Norton, (1987). 7th ptg. VG PB. Slight crease near corner on beginning 1/4 of book.

The Duchess and the two restorations: famous women of the French Court.

de Saint-Amand, Imbert, translated by James David, · 1894 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Scribner, 1894. VG. Tissue guarded frontis, sl edge wear, top corners bumped, binding edges few dents, cover spots near spine & bot edge.

The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin.

De Jonge, Alex, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Coward McCann & Geoghegan, (1982). VG in VG DJ. DJ edge wear, bk flap creased. Story of an illiterate Siberian peasant who penetrated highest circles of the Romanov dynasty. His pilgraimages & struggles of conscience warred with sexual rapacity & a predilection for drink, ...

Bernstein Remembered.

Stern, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1991). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ edgewear.

The Gutter and the Ghetto.

Wilkerson, Don with Herm Weiskopf, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Waco, TX, Word, (1969). VG in VG DJ.

It Wasn't All Velvet: an autobiography.

Torme, Mel, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Viking, (1988). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark. Damp stain on top corner page edges.

The World of Washington Irving.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Dutton, 1944. VG. Owner's book plate. Edgewear, bottom corners bumped. Gilt decoration on front cover.

The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr..

Peck, Ira, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Scholastic, (1968). 2nd ptg. G PB ex-library. Library stamps on last ep.

Down All the Days.

Brown, Christy, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Crest, (1971). VG PB. Life on which "My Left Foot" was based. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Brown could only use the little toe of his foot.

Zlata's Diary: a child's life in Sarajevo.

Pribichevich-Zoric, introduction by Janine Di Giovanni, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Vikin, (1994). 1st Amer ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Zlata's diary begins when there was peace in Sarajevo and she was a carefree young girl of 11. Then bombs fall on Dubrovnik.

Flying.

Millett, Kate, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY, Knopf, 1974. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Foil DJ rubbed.

Dear Departed: a memoir.

Yourcenar, Marguerite, translated from French by Maria Louise Ascher, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1991). 1st ed thus. G in G DJ ex-library. 1st published in 1974 under title Souvenirs Pieux, less a chronicle of her life than an inquiry into time, change & past. The history of a family is a window into the history of Europe: the author's forebears...