Biografia

His Proper Post: a biography of Gen. Joshua Lawrence.

Deans, Sis, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Kearny, NJ, Belle Grove Pub Co, (1996). VG lg sz PB. Chamberlain was born in a small town in Maine into an ordinary family. The Civil War became his odyssey.

To Begin Again: stories and memoirs 1908-1929.

Fisher, M. F. K., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

San Francisco, Pantheon, (1993). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. "In almost all weather I can sit for a few minutes or an hour.and let a visceral realization flow quietly through me. of what other people have given me that I can only now understand." A new portrait of her early ye...

The New Imperialists: how five restless kids grew up to virtually rule our world.

Leibovich, Mark, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Paramus, NJ, Prentice Hall Press, (2002). G in G DJ ex-library. Not content to do something as mundane as build a successful business, rather they were hell-bent on global domination. Idolized like rock stars, afforded the status of world leaders, and treated like folk heroes....

Homeland: an extraordintary story of hope and survival.

Obama, George Hussein with Damien Lewis, · 2010 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2010). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Memoir of George Obama, President Obama's Kenyan half-brother who found the inspiration to strive for his good, to better. the lives of his won people, in his elder brother's example. Remainder mark.

In My Time: a medley of Andover reminiscences.

Fuess, Claude M., edited by, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Andover, MA, Phillips Academy, 1959. VG PB. Laid in printed note from Phillips Academy to their graduates about the past 75 years at Andover. Binding tanning at edges,. few corner creases.

My New England.

Woolner, Frank, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Lexington, MA, Stone Wall Press, nd. 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Backyard and backwoods tales of the sportsman and naturalist - bitter winter blizzards, peaceful summer calms, and enchantment. Owner name ft endpaper, soil to DJ.

My Home Afloat taken from my journal of a two year voyage aboard Prime Time.

Hoekwater, Dorothy I., · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Ft Myers, FL, Prime Time Pub, (1992). 1st ptg. VG PB. A retirement cruise down the Mississippi River ending up in Maine. Owner name in pencil ft endpaper.

A Southerner Discovers New England.

Daniels, Jonathan, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Macmillan, 1940. 1st ed. G. The whole procession of the American years has been illumined. with the works of men who hastened from the South to describe. the South. Unfortunately there has been scarcely any perceptible movement from the opposite direction.I was anxious to ...

Poet on Demand: the life, letters and works of Celia Thaxter.

Vallier, Jane E., · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1982). G lg sz PB. During the last quarter of the 19th century, Celia Thaxter was the most popular of America's women poets. Vallier explores. the meaning and sumbolism of Thaxter's poetry and describes how Celia's unhappy marriage and her life on...

Just an 18 Year Old during World War II.

Sutherland, Earl, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Morrisville, NC, Lulu, (2008). VG PB. Drafted into the Air Force in 1943, Sutherland chronicles his experiences during World War II. He recently visited the. WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 2007. Slight edge wear.

The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights.

Freedman, Russell, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Scholastic, (2005). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. Marion Anderson loved to sing. Her deep, rich voice thrilled audiences the world over but because of her race she was denied. the right to sing at Constitution Hall, Washington's largest and finest auditorium. With the help of...

Frank Sinatra The Family Album.

Pignone, Charles, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Little Brown, (2007). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG. Embossed rose-colored binding with photo inset of Sinatra at the microphone. Photos of his family. Owner inscription.

Neighborly Relations.

Merry, Edwin, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Thorndike, ME, Thorndike Press, (1980). VG PB. What it takes to grow up on a saltwater farm after the turn of the century. Owner inscription.

Faces of Maine.

Niss, Bob, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Portland, ME, Gannett Pub Co, (1981). 1st ptg. VG PB. People who helped shape the Maine we know today.

A Village Pastor Looks Back: a history of The First Christian Church of Freedom, New Hampshire.

Davidson, George T. Jr., Reverend, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Freedom, NH, Freedom Press Associates, 1993. 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. First a lay minister, now Minister Emeritus, after serving his church until 1989.

The Cruise of the Snark.

London, Jack, · 1911 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$1,450.00 (€1,315.63 | £1,097.60 | ¥231,547)

NY, Macmillan, June 1911. 1st ed. G. London's sailing adventures in S. Pacific. Paste down pictorial cover sail boat, blue binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear,. Frontis repeats the color illustration on the front cover. Many photos of his travels on his Ketch The Snark. 4 pages...

The Story of the Ingalls what happened next to Laura's family.

Anderson, William, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

np, By author, (1982). 7th ed. VG PB. Front cover photo of the Ingalls family. On the banks of Plum Creek, Walnut Grove, Minnesota.

The Sheriff of Ramadi.

Couch, Dick, foreword by Senator John McCain, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute, (2008). VG lg sz PB. Navy SEALS and the winning of Al-anbar. Couch argues that this long unrecognized success story of the SEALS fighting alongside. regular forces in an urban war zone calls for using this strategy more widely.

Robert Frost: a biography: one volume edition.

Thompson, Lawrance and R. H. Winnick, edited by Edward Connery Lathem, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. "This biography is neither adulatory nor debunking; it is only utterly informed and sympathetically objective. I cannot think. of a literary biography that I respect more." Wallace Stegner DJ price clipped.

Ishi in two worlds: a biography of the last wild indian in North America.

Kroeber, Theodora, foreword by Lewis Gannett, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Berkeley, CA, Univ of Calif Press, (1962). VG in Fair DJ. The life and death of a California Indian tribe and the storyof the last survivor. Owner inscription ft endpaper, DJ edges. tattered.