Biografia

Chris Farley: They Died Too Young.

Anderson, Marilyn, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Philadelphia, Chelsea House Pubs, (2001). 1st ptg. VG. Biography of the comedian who got his start on "Saturday Night Live" and starred in such movies as "Tommy Boy" and "Beverly. Hills Ninja" before dying of a drug overdose. Author Anderson grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesot...

Bring Me a Unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1922-1928.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1972). 1st ed 2nd ptg. G in G DJ. "Everything today has been heavy and brown. Bring me a Unicorn to ride about the town." Charles Lindbergh was her unicorn for. an unexpected life. "In reading my.diaries and letters.I was chiefly struck by what ...

Hope: a loss survived.

Meryman, Richard, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1980). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Unforgettable & true story of a man and his lovely but doomed wife, whose death he is determined to battle with all his heart. and strength, and to survive as a whole man. Remarkable account of hard, pratical measures he learne...

Great People - Great Americans.

Gibson, James B., · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Comet Press, (1959). G in G DJ. Boiled down biographies of the ten greatest Americans who not only changed the face of America but widened out and wrought. universal changes which have greatly contributed to the modern world and the American eay of life. Tanning on some ed...

Walt Whitman: EVergreen Profile Book 19.

Allen, Gay Wilson (one of America's foremost Whitman scholars), · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grove Press, (1961). VG PB. Since 1868 Whitman had been descending from the "high plateau" reached about that time, before long it would become a. toboggan slide. Primarily the chief difficulty was his health but also in the summer of 1870 he was also emotionally disturbed...

Sturge a Memoir (signed by Phippen).

Phippen, Sanford, edited and introduction by, · 2013 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Ellsworth, ME, Downeast Graphics & Printing, (2013). VG lg sz PB. Sturgis Haskins died in September, 2012. Preface by Carl Little calls him a remarkable man. Sandy Phippen delivers a. "remarkable portrait of a 'naughty boy' with a spiffy outlook on life." Inscription from Phip...

A Rockwell Portrait: an intimate biography.

Walton, Donald, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Kansas City, Sheed Andrews and McMeel Inc, (1978). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Although Rockwell at times seemed passe to a critical audience, to others he was a smash. Donald Walton managed to resurrect. career by painting him as a complex personality, not the folk hero he seemed. ...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanac and other papers.

Franklin, Benjamin, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

np, Spencer Press, nd. VG. Part of the World's Greatest Literature series. Brown binding, green title boxes on spine with gilt lettering. Slight edge wear.

Richard Nixon: a political and personal portrait.

Mazo, Earl, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper, (1959). VG in G DJ. A fascinating, intimate account based on over 300 interviews with Nixon's friends and enemies, on material in the VP's files. and on more than two dozen candid interviews with Nixon himself. An inside view of the administration esp of party poli...

In Review: pictures he kept: a concise pictorial "autobiography".

Eisenhower, Dwight D., · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Doubleday, 1969. VG in G DJ. These are his own words recalling memories of a long-ago boyhood, of a distinguished military career, and of the White. House years when a national hero led us in peacetime as he had helpt to us in war. Laid in newspaper clipping from April 21,...

Lincoln: his words and his world.

Country Beautiful Magazine editors, edited by Robert L. Polley, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Wankesha, WI, Country Beautiful Foundation, (1965). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Written in the 100th year after his death, this splendidly illustrated book brings to life the inspiring words Lincoln left. as a part of America's heritage. On back of DJ is a letter Lincoln wrote to a mo...

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

Thayer, Mary Van Rensselaer, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Doubleday, 1961. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Lain in Boston Herald newspaper clipping 4/24/1964 "White House Sets a Trend by William Pahlmann, Fellow, American Institute of. Interior Design commenting on the new decorations in the White House. Author Thayer is a journalist and wo...

Shannon Miller: America's most decorated gymnast.

Quiner, Krista, foreword by Steve Nunno, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

E. Hanover, NJ, Bradford Book Company, (1997). 2nd ed 2nd ptg. G ex-library.

Letters to a Young Gynmast.

Comaneci, Nadia, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Basic Books, (2004). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Nadia ushered in a new era for women's sports where young girls could vault into the arenas of superstardom. Here Nadia shows. what it takes to achieve these heights with inspiring and dramatic stories from her own experience she ...

At His Side: the last years of Isaac Babel.

Pirozhkova, A. N., translated by Anne Frydman & Robert L. Busch, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

S. Royalton, VT, Steerforth Press, (1996). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. When the writer Isaac Babel was arrested by Stalin's secret police May 1949 he said to his wife, they didn't let me finish. Eight months later he was shot by the NKVD although it would be another 50 years before t...

More than Petticoats: remarkable Maine women.

Kennedy, Kate, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Guilford, CT, Twodot, (2005). G PB ex-library. 13 strong & determined women who broke through social, cultural or political barriers. Library markings.

Say It Loud.

Barnes, Jimmy, with Alan Whiticker, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Smithfield, Australia, Gary Allan Pty. Ltd, (2002). 2nd ptg. G PB. For 25 years Jimmy Barnes has been the enfant terrible of Australian music. Raw honest and straight from the heart. Slight edge wear.

The Black Swan: memory, midlife, and migration.

Batterson, Anne, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scribner, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ highlighting. Set against a spontaneous cross-country trip following the migrating biards, a passionate lyrical memoir is one woman's. reflections on midlife, her important personal relationships, her kaleidoscopic past, and her uncer...

Golden Tales of New England.

Becker, May Lamberton, selected and with introduction by, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1931. VG. Navy binding, gilt lettering (rubbed), spine faded.

A Life with Men and Books.

Bostwick, Arthur E(lmore), · 1939 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, H.W. Wilson Co, 1939. VG ex-library. Librarian, author, editor from the Civil War until WWI. Library markings.