Biografia

Seed of Sarah: memoirs of a survivor (with new chapter).

Isaacson, Judith Magyar, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Urbana, Univ of Illinois Press, (1990). VG in VG DJ. A young woman's account of her experiences in concentration camps including a new final chapter "A Time to Forgive?". Appendix: My letters of Maine, U.S.A. Berneck-am-Fichtelgebirge Fall 1945. DJ spine edge faded. Isaacson d...

United States Achievement Academy 1986 National Awards volume 33.

United States Achievement Academy, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Lexington, KY, U.S. National Leadership, (1986). Fair. Joints and hinges cracked.

Eulogy of James Abram Garfield delivered before the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States February 27, 1882.

Blaine, James G., · 1882 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Osgood, 1882. VG. Brown binding, gilt lettering, library markings.

Seed of Sarah: memoirs of a survivor (with new chapter).

Isaacson, Judith Magyar, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Urbana, Univ of Illinois Press, (1991). 2nd ed revised. VG PB. A young woman's account of her experiences in concentration camps including a new final chapter "A Time to Forgive?". Isaacson died this year (2015) in Portland, Maine.

Four magazines of the Kennedy family mourning their loss of John F. Kennedy Jr..

Enquirer and Globe, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, 3 Enquirers and one Globe, (August 1999). VG PBs.

The Old Irish of New England: Collectible Classic #10.

Cahill, Robert Ellis, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Peabody, MA, Chandler-Smith Pub House, (1985). 3rd ed. VG PB. "A quick temper, a heart of gold, a sense of humor, and a gift of gab. Mix gingerly with a rebellious spirit, a dedication to. duty, and a fierce price, and a touch of creativity - and you have the proper ingredient...

My Father's Country: the story of a German family.

Bruhns, Wibke, translated from the Germany by Shawn Whiteside, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Knopf, 2008. 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. On 8/15/1944 Major Hans Georg Klamroth was tried for treason for his part in the July plot against Hitler. Eleven days later. he was executed. His youngest daughter wondered how her patriotic family could succumb to Nazi sympathies? A...

Journal of a Solitude.

Sarton, May, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, W. W. Norton & Co, (1992). 3rd ptg. G PB. Slight edge wear.

George Eliot's Life as related in her Letters and Journals.

Cross, J. W., arranged and edited by her husband, · 1885 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

NY, Harper, 1885. VG 3 volumes. Dark green binding with gilt facsimile of Eliot's signature on front covers, dark brown endpapers. Illustrations in volume one are Grift House, their farm, house in Foleshill Road, Coventry; Portrait of Robert Evans, Eliot's father; Rosehill. Vo...

Molto Agitato: the mayhem behind the music at the Metropolitan Opera.

Fiedler, Johanna, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Doubleday, (2001). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Until now the Met has traditionally operated in great secrecy - until now. The author, the Met's general press representative. for 15 years, draws upon her insider's knowledge and rivetingly reveals the company's Byzantine inner wor...

Full Fathom Five: a daughter's search (signed).

Fowler, Mary Lee Coe, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Tuscaloosa, Univ. of Alabama, (2008). VG in VG DJ. Mary Lee was a posthumous child born after her father was lost at sea in 1943. When her mother remarried, her father was never. mentioned. Fowler searched through old ships' logs, letters and naval communiques, visited submara...

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900).

Wyndham, Henry Saxe, edited by Sir Landon Ronald, · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Harper, 1926. VG. Stands supreme among makers of modern music (at the time) as the People's Musician. Composer of Pinafore, The Mikado, and. The Yeoman of the Guard stands in a class by himself. Composer also of The Golden Legend and Ivanhoe, writer of the "Lost Chord".

Born with Teeth.

Mulgrew, Kate, · 2015 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Little Brown, (2015). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Tumultuous story of actress Mulgrew who was quite literally born with teeth which had to be pulled so that they wouldn't. be swallowed.

Memoirs.

Solti, Sir Georg, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Acappella, (1998). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. From musical studies in Budapest to WWII exile in Zurich, music director of the Bavarian State Opera in postwar Munich,. Frankfurt, London's Covent Garden, Chicago Symphony 1969-71, then freelancing.

Katharine and E. B. White: an affectionate memoir.

Russell, Isabel, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (1988). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Russell was the Whites' personal secretary from 1970-1978 now retired and lives in Belfast, Maine, where she writes stories. for children. E. B. White was a very private person and many of the things he said never reached beyond...

The Works of Mrs. Chapone: 2 volumes (One is volume I and II missing title page for I, the other is volume III & IV).

Chapone, Mrs., · 1809 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$225.00 (€204.15 | £170.32 | ¥35,930)

Boston, W. Wells and T. B. Wait & Co, 1809. Fair. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind; Miscellanies; Correspondence with Mr. Richardson; Letters to Miss Carter;. Fugitive Pieces to which is attached an account of her life and character drawn up by her own family in four vol...

Fern Leaves from Fanny's Port-Folio.

Fern, Fanny (Sarah Payson Willis (Eldredge, Parson later), · 1854 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Auburn (Maine), Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. 2nd ed. Fair. Fern leaves gathered at random in shady spots. Blue embossed binding, gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Front flyleaf missing, some tanning spots, much wear to cover especially spine ends and edges.

Challenges: a memoir of my life in opera.

Caldwell, Sarah, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University, (2008). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Founder and long-time director of the Opera Company of Boston and the first woman to conduct the Metropolitan Opera, Caldwell. was one of the best known and most adventurous conductors and opera directors. Her ...

Kenneth Curtis of Maine: profile of a governor.

Lipez, Kermit, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Brunswick, ME, Harpswell Press, (1974). G. Laid in menu of testimonial dinner 12/12/1974 of Maine Governor Curtis. Brown binding, gilt lettering. Some fading at edges. Muskie writes that when Curtis leaves office in January 1975 he will bring to a close one of the most creativ...

Kate Douglas Wiggin as Her Sister Knew Her.

Smith, Nora Archibald, · 1925 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1925. VG. "The good stars met in her element, - made her of spirit, fire, and dew." Green binding, gilt lettering and wreath decoration. on front cover and spine, owner name front endpaper.