Biografia

Last Flight.

Earhart, Amelia, arranged by George Palmer Putnam, · 1937 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1937). 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. "Last Flight" was to have been titled "World Flight" but fate willed otherwise and is almost entirely written by Earhart. herself according to her husband who wrote the introduction, George Palmer Putnam. She often said that on ...

Laughter's Gentle Soul: the life of Robert Benchley.

Altman, Billy, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Norton, (1992). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Humorist, actor and leading man, Benchley (1989-1945), member of the Algonquin Round Table. Small smudge at top of fore-edge. In the Roaring Twenties, the Vicious Cirlce held court, Dorothy Parker, Robert Sherwood, and Harold Ro...

Brief Lives: modern English version.

Aubrey, John, edited by Richard Barber, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Suffolk, England, Boydell Press, (1982). VG PB. Collection of notes, excerpts, gossip and dry facts about 17th century England great figures. He spent the last 20 years of. his life living in other people's houses, on the run from his creditors.

Nearing Home (Life, Faith and Finishing Well) by Graham plus Long's Legacy of Billy Graham: critical reflections.

Graham, Billy and Michael G. Long, · 2011 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Nashville, Louisville, Nelson & Westminster, (2011) & (2008). 1st ptgs. 2 VG PBs. Graham says growing old has been the biggest surprise of his life. I would never have guessed what God had in store of me, and I know that I am nearing home.

Shattered Night.

Sandiford, Kay with Alan Burgess, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Warner, (1984). BCE. G in G DJ. Kay, wife of prominent heart surgeon Frank Sandiford, is led away by police after bullets were pumped into his body by the. disoriented wife. From there to a mental ward and a trial about his death. Owner name front endpaper, edge of last pa...

The Closets Are Empty...The Dining Room's Full: an autobiographical legacy.

Lundon, Ace, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Reno, NV, Ponderosa Pub House, (1993). VG in VG DJ. In 1976 Ace married a woman, in 1976 he married a man. Nearing his 50th birthday, he told his kids about his life as recounted. here.

Yankee Storekeeper.

Gould, R. E., · 1946 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Whittlesey House, (1946). 1st ptg. G. Photo illustrated endpapers, owner sticker front endpaper, Back top corner coffee spot, otherwise very good binding.

Bush 41 a Portrait of My Father.

Bush, George W., · 2014 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Crown, (2014). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Not since John Quincy and his son followed him into the White House have a father and son both served as President of the U.S.

Of Time and Memory: a mother's story.

Snyder, Don J. (signed), · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Knopf, 1999. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Don Snyder was 16 days old when his mother died in a small Pennsylvnia town in the summer of 1950, a girl of 19. Because. of the heartbreak of her death, her family kept information about her a secret. Here Don sets out to discover who his...

Endgame: a journal of the seventy ninth year.

Sarton, May, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (1995). 1st PB ptg. G PB. Fiction & poetry writer Sarton recounts what she thought would be a potent harvest but instead became a painful health battle. Edge wear.

Kinsey and Me Stories.

Grafton, Sue, · 2013 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Putnam, (2013). VG in VG DJ. Kinsey was part of a seismic shift in the private-eye novel, as women cease to be loyal sidekicks and came into their own.

What It's Like to Live Now.

Maran, Meredith, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Bantam, (1995). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. In 1965 Maran was expelled from high school for leading protests against the Vietnam War and then living with an. ex-husband and two teenage sons and a mortgage on her dream house at the edge of the Oakland ghetto. Her book poignantly exp...

Appetite for Life: the biography of Julia Child.

Fitch, Noel Riley, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday, (1997). G in VG DJ. Publisher error on front endpaper, small piece wrapped under, not affecting text). Child entered the lives of millions of. Americans through our hearts, kitchens and TVs.

At Home in the World: collected writings from The World Street Journal.

Pearl, Daniel, edited by Helene Cooper, foreword by Mariane Pearl, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Wall Street Journal, (2002). VG in VG DJ. WSJ reporter Danniel Pearl became the forus of international concern when he was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Pakistan. while investigating a story. News of his brutal murder in February 2002 was universally denounced, a trag...

Dead End Gene Pool: a memoir.

Burden, Wendy, · 2010 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Gotham Books, (2010). 1st ptg. VG PB advance uncorrected proof. For generations, the Burdens were one of the wealthiest families in NY thanks to the inherited fortune of Cornelius. Vanderbilt. A clan of overfunded, quirky, brainy, steadfastly chauvinistic, and ultimately d...

Dear Americans: letters from the desk of President Ronald Reagan.

Reagan, Ronald, President, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Doubleday, (2003). LARGE PRINT. VG in VG DJ large print. Even in the businest times in his presidency, Reagan took time to respond to dozens of letters each week from people who wrote. him about their concerns. Now they are culled and arranged chronologically to track the ...

The Extraordinary Mr. Morris.

Swiggett, Howard, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, 1952. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Aristocrat of our Revolution, one of youngest and most powerful of the Continental Congress. DJ edge wear, owner name.

Last House: reflections, dreams, and observations 1943-1991.

Fisher, M.F.K., · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Pantheon, (1995). 3rd ptg. VG PB. Her eye is so acute and her voice so true, she invariably bewitches us. A final collection of 68 pieces culled from. unpublished journals, correspondence, and short stories, a fascinating portrait of an artist coming to terms with growing ...

Seducing the Demon: writing for my life.

Jong, Erica, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Tarcher, (2006). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. For more than 3 decades, Jong has revished the pants off literature's stuffiest stereotypes. Now in a memoir written. with the same sensuality, humor, and unprecedented honesty that made Fear of Flying a classic, Jong reveals her life...

True Love.

Lopez, Jennifer, · 2015 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Celebra, (2015). 1st ptg thus. VG lg sz PB. Many, many photos of Lopez and her performing and her family. Remainder mark.