Biografia

Desolate Angel: a biography Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America.

McNally, Dennis, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$78.00 (€70.77 | £59.04 | ¥12,456)

NY, Random House, (1979). 1ed ss. VG In VG DJ. From the drama of Jack Kerouac's own troubled life evolved a controversial new American anti-hero. DJ edge wear.

Some of the Dharma.

Kerouac, Jack, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

NY, Penguin, (1999). 1st prntg. VG Large Size PB. Notes on Buddhist study and practice, poems, haiku, conversations, prayers, medications, journal entries, setches. stories, thoughts on writing, fragments of letters, epiphanies and more.

The Portable Jack Kerouac.

Kerouac, Jeck, edited by Ann Charters, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Viking, (1965). 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ (highlighting). "When I wrote these books I did it as a "Holy Duty" and thought they would be discovered after I was dead. Selections from his poetry as well.

Lonesome Traveler.

Kerouac, Jack, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Grove Press/Black Cat Ed, (1970). 9th prntg. VG PB. Includes an introduction of his life at beginning of text. Piers of the Homeless Night second section. Father of the beat gemeratopm one pf the most acclaimed (and criticized) of all modern times. He died in 1969 at the a...

Heartbeat: My life with Jack (Kerouac) and Neal (Cassady).

Cassady. Carolyn, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Berkley, CA, Creative Arts Book Company, 1976. G PB. Edge wear and fading to top of front cover and spine. An intimate portrait of life off the road with Jack Kerouac and. Allan Ginsberg.

The Beat Diary.

Knight, Arthur & Kit, edited by, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

California, PA, Knight, (1977). G large size PB. Ginsberg, Independence Day 1959 How many hypocrites are there in America , how many fearful of discovery? Independence Day. Down to earth musings of the Beat crowd plus a former owner's comments on their musings. My pedestal's t...

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., ex-Third Battalion First Canadian Contingent, · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1917). G. Life in the trenches and behind the lines, how things looked to him over there, what he saw and what he did. Binding tan,. white lettering & decoration. Foxing, owner's name inside front cover.

Life with Rose Kennedy - An Intimate Account.

Gibson, Barbara, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Warner Books, (1986). 1st prntg. VG hardback. Dowager Empress of an American Dynasty. stamp inside front cover "Fellowship Library UCC" no other ex lib markings.

The Master's Cat.

Barlow, Eleanor Poe (Inscribed), · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

LondonH, The Dickens House, (1998). VG HB in VG DJ. Charles Dickens lives a life as fasinating as that of any character he created. It was full of sadness and joy, poetry. and wealth, mystery and fame. Inscribed by author on title page "Eleanor Poe Barlow. For Jack, a fellow D...

Hunting Hemingway's Trout.

Anderson, Lauri, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Atheneum, 1990. 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ. Sooner or later, every writer in America must address the work, the life and the legend of Ernest Hemingway in his unprecedented. work. Anderson pays homage to one of his literary heroes by example - by a series of interrelated stori...

To Remember Forever:The Journal of a College Girl 1922-1923.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty (Inscribed by author), · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Little Brown, (1964). First edition. VG IN G DJ. Wear to DJ edges. Inscribed by author "For Jack Barne - who will read here of my Bates days - With warm good wishes, Gladys. Hasty Carroll August 31, 1983".

The Master's Cat - the story of Charles Dickens as told by his cat.

Barlow, Eleanor Poe, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Exeter, NH, J.N. Townsend Publishing, (1999). VG PB. Charles Dickens lives a life as fascinating as that of any character he created. It was full of sadness and joy, poetry. and wealth, mystery and fame.

As the Twig is Bent: the Life of a Child Growing Up in the 1930s..

Bemis, Elinor C., · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Mt. Desert Maine, Windswept Book House, (1992). VG PB. These essays appeared originally in the York County Coast Star from 1984-1986, "I was raised in the atmosphere of proverbs. and superstitions, homemade bread and the New Deal. The influence of the Puritans nourished the pr...

A Passionate Intensity - The Life and Work of Dorothy Healy (Inscribed by members of Society).

Baxter Society - several members contributed to this book, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Portland, Maine, Baxter Society, 1992. First edition. VG in plain paper wrapper as dj. Inscription fep "To Jack with Best Wishes" signed by Bill Barry, Francis M. O'Brian, Gael May McKibben, Bruce Kennett. Few individuals of our time have made as many contributions to the cult...

Cold War in Hell.

Blamires, Harry, · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Longmans Green, (1955). VG in VG dj. Author returns to tell the tale of the hell he was in. Man really has two choice God and the glorious company of heaven or. hell and all the loneliness of hell Book dedicated o his wife.

Queen Bess: an unauthorized biography of Bess Myerson.

Preston, Jennifer, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chicago, Contemporary Books, (1990). VG in VG DJ. Queen Bess tells the whole story of the former Miss America, her lonely childhood in the Bronx and the criminal charges.

A Man Named Dave - A story of triumph and forgiveness.

Pelzer, Dave, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

(NY), Dutton, (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name front endpaper. All these years you tried your best to break me and I'm still here. I make mistakes. I screw. learn.These words repreeented the ultmate act of self-reliance to his mother. His father never interfered his ...

An Arrow through the Heart One Woman's Story of life, love and surviving a near-fatal heart attack.

Hefternan, Deborah Daw, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY, The Free Press, (2002). 1st printing. Fair hardback in VG DJ. It happened without warning. She was thin and trim ate all her vegetables and never touched a cigarette with no hisry of. family heart disease. Yet somehow at the age of 44 in the middle of her weekly yoga class...

Our Endangered Values - America's Moral Crisis.

Carter, Jimmy, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Shuster, (2005). First printing. VG in vg dj. Stamp fep "Fellowship Library UCC" owner stamp fep. no other ex lib markings.

Citizen Cohn.

von Hoffman, Nicholas, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Doubleday, (1988). FIRST EDITION. Fine in Fine DJ. Few spots on top fore-edge Known as the toughest and most brilliant lawyer in America loved glamour and controversy. Chief. counsel to Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Senate hearings. An extraordinary friendship with Josep...