Biografia

Tragedy and Triumph: A Pilot's Life Through War and Peace

FORE, JAMES "PALADIN"; AND LARRY JACKS · 1996 · Clausen Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Colorado Springs, CO, Skyward Press. 1996. (ISBN: 0965163202). Boards, 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall. Ill.: Photos. Hardcover, A probable First Edition; Lengthy personal gift inscription to the previous oewners on the ffep, dated December 2000; James Fore's ink signature on title ...

The Well-Dressed Hobo: The Many Wondrous Adventures of a Man Who Loves Trains

LOVING, RUSH JR. · 2016 · Clausen Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Bloomington, Indianan University Press. 2016, First Printing. (ISBN: 9780253020635). Illustrated Boards, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Photos. Hardcover, Inscribed and signed by author on title page; Textblock immaculate and tight; Illustrated binding minimally edge-rubbe...

Call Me Woman

KUZWAYO, ELLEN; PREFACE BY NADINE GORDIMER; FOREWORD BY BESSIE HEADE · 1985 · Clausen Books

$8.95 (€8.12 | £6.77 | ¥1,429)

San Francisco, Spinsters Ink. 1985, First Printing. (ISBN: 093321619X). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Paperback, Usual age toning, else textblock is clean and very tight. NO remainder marks. Minor shelf wear to the edges, creased corners; 266p. Very ...

Brokenburn: The Journal of Kate Stone 1861-1868

STONE, KATE (THE JOURNAL OF); EDITED BY JOHN Q. ANDERSON; NEW INTRODUCTION BY DREW GILPIN FAUST · 1995 · Clausen Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University. 1995, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 0807120421). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Frontispiece. Paperback, Couple dog-eared pages, else textblock is clean and very tight; Creased corners, shelf wear to the edges. 400p. including index...

Child's Life of Abraham Lincoln

MACEACHEN, MARY MARGET (BY) · 1917 · Clausen Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Wheeling, West Virginia, Catholic Book Company. 1917. Library Bound, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Ex-Library Hardcover, Retired library copy, minimal stamps, stickers, labels, and markings, else textblock is clean and tight. Red library cloth taped spine a...

Der Undermudliche Rebell: Leben, Taten Und Vermachtnis Des Carl Schurz

MAASS, JOACHIM · 1949 · Clausen Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Hamburg, Germany, Claassen & Goverts. 1949. Yellow Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover, Published in German. Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels, and markings; Textblock is immaculate and very tight. Yellow cloth binding, library label on fr...

Ronald Reagan: An American Life

1990 · Clausen Books

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

NY, Simon & Schuster. 1990, 4th Printing. (ISBN: 978135620733). Boards, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Black and White Photos. Hardcover, Textblock immaculate and tight; Appears unread; Binding lightly edge rubbed. Dust jacket lightly edge worn and scuffed; 748p, incl...

The Essential Theodore Roosevelt / Edited, with an Introduction by John Gabriel Hunt

Roosevelt, Theodore · 1994 · Brookline Village Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Gramercy Books , 1994. Hardcover. xviii, 334 p. ; 22 cm. Very good condition/good.

The Pleasure Is Mine, an Autobiography, by Sara L. Hart

Hart, Sara Liebenstein · 1947 · Brookline Village Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Chicago, Valentine-Newman,, 1947. Hardcover. 2 p.l. ix-xii p. 2 l. 288 p. front. illus. (facsim.) plates, ports. 24 cm. Very good condition/tattered, The author married Harry Hart (a founder of Hart, Schaffner & Marx), and became an advocate for children’s welfare, active in s...

Hungry SIGNED

Grace Dent · 2020 · Denton Island Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Mudlark, 2020. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780008333171 Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; clean bright jacket. A well-kept copy. ‘So funny and so delicious. I could eat it.’ DAWN O’PORTER 304 pages. Quantity Availab...

The Rich Spoils of Time: Frances Campbell-Preston

Vickers, Hugo (Ed) · 2006 · The Glass Key

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Dorset, Dovecote Press, 2006. Later printing. Hardback. Second impression. 8vo. Pp 320 + 16pp b&w photographs. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Very Good +/very good +.

Diaries and Letters 1945-1962

Nicolson, Harold · 1968 · The Glass Key

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York, Book of the Month Club, 1968. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Edited by Nigel Nicolson. Pp 448 + frontis and 10pp b&w photographs. Yellow buckram boards stamped in gilt on a black panel on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped ...

Wood-yard to Palace

"CRISPIN · 1913 · John Thompson Books

CA$35.00 (€22.26 | $24.53 | £18.57 | ¥3,918)

Bradford, United Kingdom, Broadacre Books. First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 329 pages, green paper covered boards with gold printing. Square solid copy with a moisture stain on top right corner of back cover and spine, color fading on spine and along spine...

Life of Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian Hero and Patriot

BLACKETT, HOWARD · 1888 · John Thompson Books

CA$25.00 (€15.90 | $17.52 | £13.26 | ¥2,798)

London, Walter Scott Publishing. 1888, Reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 328 pages, purple cloth, bevelled edges on covers. Solid copy with light wear on covers and front cover and spine is darkened from soiling. Very Good -/No Jacket.

Back to the Long Grass - My Link with Livingstone.

CRAWFORD, DAN. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, nd. (c.1922). Daniel "Dan" Crawford (1870 – 1926), also known as 'Konga Vantu', was a Scottish missionary of the Plymouth Brethren in central-southern Africa. Pp.373, 33 black & white photos and illustrations +3 maps, toning to endpapers, inne...

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. The First Forty Years 1899-1939.

MURRAY, IAIN H. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1982. 0851513530. 1st edition. "This volume traces the unforgettable events of his first pastorate.." Pp.xvi/394, portrait frontispiece, 36 b/w illustrations, illustrated endpapers, gift message to reverse of front free endpaper. Red cloth, gi...

Frank Duff -- a Living Autobiography: Eight Television Interviews of the Founder of the Legion of Mary

Msgr. Charles T. Moss, ed · 1983 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Philadelphia, Maria Legionis, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 116p. Ex-library softcover book in original binding. Edges lightly rubbed. Label on spine, stamp on title page, and sticker in back. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition. Scarce magaz...

Identity's Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson

FRIEDMAN, LAWRENCE J.; ROBERT COLES · 1999 · Round Table Books, LLC

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

NY: Scribner, 1999. 0684195259. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0684195259. Quarter bound in black cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on spine. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else as new. The unclipped dust jacket shows only slight shelf-wear. NEAR F...

Queen and Cardinal: A Memoir of Anne of Austria and Her Relations with Cardinal Mazarin

GRANT, MRS. COLQUHOUN · 1906 · John Thompson Books

CA$35.00 (€22.26 | $24.53 | £18.57 | ¥3,918)

London, John Murray. 1906, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 268 pages. Solid with a slight spine lean, small bumps on corners of covers, and the covers show light wear. Good- Very Good.

Keep in Touch

EDWARDS, GRAEME · 1962 · John Thompson Books

CA$20.00 (€12.72 | $14.02 | £10.61 | ¥2,239)

London, Macgibbon & Kee. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 174 pages. Square and solid with light wear on covers. Top 1" of front free end paper has been neatly cut out, rest of interior is clean and unmarked. Price clipped dust jacket has small edge ...