Biografi

A Dynamo Going to Waste: letter to Allen Edee 1919-1921.

Mitchell, Margaret, edited by Jane Bonner Peacock, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Atlanta, GA, Peachtree Pub Ltd, (1995). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. When Mitchell died in 1949 most of her personal correspondence was destroyed except for this. Remainder mark bottom edge. DJ. chipped.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture.

Hoffman, Abbie, introduction by Norman Mailer, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Perigee Book, (1980). 4th impression. VG PB. Corners creased. Hoffman's battles against the establishment.

Recollections of a Life.

Hiss, Alger, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Arcade Pub/Little Brown, (1988). 1st pb ed. VG PB. A moving autobiography that will make a new generation question whether Hiss could have been guilty of spying.

If Memory Serves.

Guitry, Sacha, translated from French by Lewis Galantiere, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1936. VG in G DJ. Remains owner's sticker & date on fep. DJ chipped, soiled. An actor-manager of French stage whose comedies are modern classics.

A. Woollcott: his life and his world.

Adams, Samuel Hopkins, · 1945 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1945). VG. Binding soiled. American journalist and writer, dramatic critic, radio broadcaster, member of the Round Table.

My Sister Roseanne: the true story of Roseanne Barr Arnold.

Barr, Geraldine with Ted Schwarz, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Birch Lane/Carol Pub, (1994). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A bittersweet memoir of growing up Jewish in Mormon Utah, discovering feminism, lesbianism, & power of community.

Sam Walton: made in America, my story.

Walton, Sam with John Huey, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doubleday, (1992). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. The founder of Walmart talks about his life and his work.

Right in Her Soul: the life of Anna Louise Strong.

Strong, Tracy B. and Helen Keyssar, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Random, (1983). 1st ed 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. The American journalist whose circle included Trotsky, Stalin, Borodin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai. Remainder. mark lower edge. Corner bumped. DJ chipped.

The Story of My Life: with her letters (1887-1901), additional chapter and a supplementary account on her education.

Keller, Helen, · 1905 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Doubleday Page, 1905. Special ed. VG. Back cover has some discoloration. Owner name fep. Paste down pictorial cover of Keller. Spine sunned, spine and edges sl worn.

Henrietta Szold: life and letters.

Lowenthal, Marvin, · 1942 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Viking Press, 1942. 1st edition. G. Ft flylf removed damaging fep & hinge, remains of bookplate. Compiled from 5,000 letters of this Jewish Zionist leader.

Melanie Klein: her world and her work.

Grosskurth, Phyllis, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Knopf, 1986. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped, torn. "X" mark on DJ top left, flap & fep. 1920s on leading figure in psychoanalytic circles, parent of the object-. relations theory.

Childhood.

Cosby, Bill, introduction by Alvin F. Poussaint, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Putnam, (1991). 5th printing. VG in VG DJ. Cosby holds forth with marvelous stories about his day as a crossing guard, the trials of bedtime, the Loch Ness monsters. .

A Boy in that Situation: an autobiography.

Hannam, Charles, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Harper & Row, (1978). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. ".one of the most exact accounts of early adolescence yet written.", ".realizing both our individuality" & humanity. Dj sl chipped.

Austin and Mabel: the Amherst affair and love letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd.

Longsworth, Polly, preface by Richard B. Sewall, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1984). 1st ed 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Allen Ginsberg in America.

Kramer, Jane, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Random, (1969). 1st ptg ss. G ex-library. Usual lib. stamps, labels, & pocket. Being with Ginsberg in the '60s.

The Comeback: the life and career of Bill Clinton.

Allen, Charles F. and Jonathan Portis, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Birch Lane, 1992. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ.

Helen Keller: Sketch for a Portrait.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dutton, 1956. BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped, sl torn. Brooks' most intense impression of Keller was that in comparison most other people seemed handicapped.

Mary Queen of Scots.

Fraser, Antonia, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Delacorte Press, (1970). 8th ptg. VG in Fair DJ. DJ chipped, with tears and tape repair across front. Mary seen as an intensely feminine, regal yet tragic figure.

Churchill: the life triumphant.

Dwight Eisenhower, biographical essay by Henry A. Grunwald, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, American Heritage Pub Co, (1965). VG in G DJ. Owner inscript fep. Damp stain back bot edge dj & book. DJ clipped, torn, chipped.

Benjamin Franklin: investor, statesman, and patriot.

Stein, R. Conrad, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Chicago, Rand McNally, (1972). VG. Front right edge of cover dented. Map on endpapers. Wonderful historic paintings reproduced in color to illustrate Franklin's. life and accomplishments.