Biografi

Messages from My Father.

Trillin, Calvin, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Farrar Straux Giroux, (1996). VG in VG DJ. Owner inscription. Trillin's memoir of his father, a grocer from Kansas City, swore off things including all non-yellow ties.

Shadows on the Grass.

Dinesen, Isak, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Random, (1961). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Spine sunned. Dinesen's book about real things, her life & friends in Africa. Her reverence for the power of the word: when her medical knowledge or supplies were insufficient, she made bearable the pain of those who came to her for help b...

The Dragon Empress: life and times of Tz'u-hsi 1835-1908 Empress Dowager of China.

Warner, Marina, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

London, Cardinal, (1974). VG lg sz PB. For almost 50 years she ruled over 400 million people & thought herself the cleverest woman who ever lived but she plunged China. into poverty, civil war & foreign invasions, and brought about the fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty. The story of ...

The Falcon and the Snowman: a true story of friend and espionage.

Lindsey, Robert, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1979). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Small nick along bottom edge.

Pardon Me, Sir...Your Halo's Showing: the story of J. C. McPheeters.

McPheeters, Chilton C., foreword by Maxie Dunnam, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Wilmore, KY, Francis Asbury Society Inc., (1984). VG in VG DJ. DJ rubbed, edge wear, one small tear. McPheeters helped found Asbury Theological Seminary & became its 2nd president. Owner inscription fep & title page.

The Fords: an American epic.

Collier, Peter and David Horowitz, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Summit Books, (1987). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. An American dynasty, the three generations of Fords who played out their dramatic conflict against backdrop of indust. empire.

Oscar Wilde: his life and wit.

Pearson, Hesketh, · 1946 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper, (1946). G.

The Great American Heritage: the story of the five Eisenhower brothers.

Kornitzer, Bela, · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1955). 1st ptg ss. VG in G DJ. DJ chipped. Author, a native Hungarian forced to flee because of opposition to the Communist regime, affirms the Amer. family.

Son and Lover: the young D. H. Lawrence.

Callow, Philip, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, (1991). VG PB. Lawrence's growth to maturity was a painful & traumatic business, the young lover constantly thwarted by self-doubt.

The Bed and the Throne: the life of Isabella D'Este.

Marek, George R., · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Harper, (1976). BCE. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. Bottom fore-edge speckled.

One of the Family.

Fairey, Wendy W., · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Norton, (1992). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Rem mark. Not until her mother Sheilah Graham's death did Wendy learn British empiricist philosopher A.J. Ayer was her father.

Smart Aleck: the wit, world and life of Alexander Woollcott.

Teichmann, Howard, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Morrow, (1976). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ.

Pat Nixon: the untold story.

Eisenhower, Julie Nixon, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1986). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by Julie Nixon.

The Hell with Politics: the life and writings of Jane Wood Reno.

Reno, Jane Wood, edited by George Hurchalla, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Atlanta, GA, Peachtree Pubs, (1994). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Janet Reno's mother, journalist & adventurer, built her house with her own two hands, a house that later survived a hurricane.

Called to the Mountains: autobiography of Reverence Ralph W. Beiting and the Christian Appalachian project.

Beiting, Rev. Ralph W., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Lancaster, KY, Christian Appalachian Proj., (1993). VG PB.

House of Dreams: the Bingham Family of Louisville.

Brenner, Marie, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1988). 1st ed ss. VG.

The Color of Water: a black man's tribute ot his white mother.

McBride, James, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Riverhead Books, (1997). 26th ptg. VG PB. Edge wear. His mother looked white but he was black yet she denied her whiteness, & he tries to find out what color is.

James Gillis, Paulist: a biography.

Finley, James F., · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hanover House, (1958). BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ edgewear. Portrait of Paulist priest who was a columnist, broadcast nationwide on Catholic Hour & edited Catholic World.

Chih Ming's Chinese Sketch Book.

Lee, Beatrice D., and Ina M. McCausland, · 1948 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Portland, ME, Falmouth Publishing House, (1948). VG in G DJ. DJ chips & tears. Chinese tradition and Western Christianity.

Legend: the secret world of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Epstein, Edward Jay, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, McGraw Hill, (1978). BCE. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear, chips & tears.