Biografia

Wit, Wisdom and Eloquence of Col. R. G. Ingersoll.

Ingersoll, Col. R. G. (1833-1899), · 1887 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chicago, Rhodes & McClure, 1887. G. Famous orator of his day w/terseness, pungency & truthfulness, an agnostic. Maroon embossed binding, hinges cracked, pages. browning. Attorney General of Illinois, Union Colonel in the Civil War. Became noted agnostic lecturer attacking popu...

Conversations with John Updike.

Plath, James (John Updike), · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Jackson, Univ Press of Mississippi, (1994). 2nd ptg. G PB. "Any act of description is, to some extent, an act of praise. the very attempt to describe it is.(an) act of praise.". Edge wear.

Down the Highway: the life of Bob Dylan.

Sounes, Howard, · 2011 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Grove Press, (2011). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. More than 200 people in Dylan's circle were interviewed for this book. A journey through his childhood in Minnesota mining. town, through his rise to fame in the 1960s and the creation of his songs.

The Lincoln of Carl Sandburg: some reviews of Abraham Lincoln the War Years.

Commager, Max Lerner, Henry Bertram Hill, · 1939 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt Brace, nd (ca 1939). Limited 1st ed. G PB. Blue binding, black spine. Owner name. Photos of Lincoln, Sandburg.

The Thread That Runs So True.

Stuart, Jesse, · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Scribner, 1955. Fair ex-library. Stuart tells of his being a school teacher in the mountain regions of Kentucky, what he considered the greatest profession. Library markings, worn condition.

Running Boards and Rumble Seats.

Hill, Harris L., · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Vantage Press, (1988). 1st ed. G in G DJ ex-library. A boyhood growing up on a farm in the Midwest in the 1920s. Herding cows on a pony, small town life where the farmer's. market provided the locals with everything from eggs to scrap metal. Library markings.

Beyond Tallulah: how Sam Wyly became America's boldest big-time entrepreneur.

Hamilton, Dennis, preface by Sam Wyly, · 2011 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Melcher Media, (2011). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. From a computer salesman to his own company, global University Computing, Wyly created a wireless telephone company for. computers. Beautiful copy.

Bird Lives! the high life and hard times of Charlile Yardbird Parker.

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

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London, Quartet Books, (1988). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Arguably the greatest improviser in jazz history, Charlie Parker has left a musical legacy unsurpassed for technical. virtuosity and Protean inventiveness and become the symbol of an age, a towering talent neglected by an indiffer...

Julia Her Life (Julia Roberts).

Spada, James, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, St Martins, (2004). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Photos of Julia and the men in her life, her career, family problems, etc.

Ali in Wonderland and other tall tales.

Wentworth, Ali (Stephanopoulos), · 2012 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harper Collins/Trout the Dog, (2012). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Daughter of President Reagan's White House social secretary, Her rebellious nature thrives on her comedy and her crazy world.

The Lengthened Shadow of a Maine Man: a biography of Guy P. Gannett: American Saga Series.

Zuver, Dudley, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Portland, ME, Bond Wheelwright Co, (1956). VG in VG DJ. Gannett forged newspapers, radio and TV in Maine as a force for good. DJ edge wear.

Bricker of Ohio: the man and his record.

Pauly, Karl B., · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Putnam, (1944). VG in G DJ. Presidential candidate John W. Bricker, three time governor of Ohio. $40 million in debt when he took over they now have a. surplus of $70 million plus an increase in old age pension, unemployment insurance and workmen's compensation. Owner book...

Memoirs and Letters.

Paget, James, Sir, edited by Stephen Paget, postscript by Sir Thomas Smith, · 1908 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Longmans, Green, 1908. 3rd ed 8th imp. Fair. A English surgeon and pathologist at St. Bartholomews. Binding discolored at top, tanning to endpapers and fore-edge. Paget detected minute parasite, specialized in pathology of tumors and diseases of the bone, first to advocate...

Memoirs of Chief Red Fox.

Asher, Cash, introduction by, Chief Red Fox, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, McGraw-Hill, (1971). 2nd ptg. Good. Nephew of Lakota Chief Crazy Horse, he toured with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and kept a record of his life after leaving. the reservation. Binding wear.

My Maggie.

King, Richard, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chicago, IL, HPH Pub, (2007). VG in VG DJ. She was his childhood sweetheart and wife of 32 years. Diagnosed with hearing loss at the age of four, then slowly a. insidious disease robbed her of her vision. She fought three different cancers. Beneath all the troubles, an incredi...

The Legend of Colton H. Bryant (advance uncorrected proofs).

Fuller, Alexandra, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Penguin Press, (2008). VG PB. Bryant was one of Wyoming's native sons and like he told his best friend Jake, "At my funeral, you'll be sorry for making me. waste so much time in school." Beautiful copy.

Alice's Adventures in Oxford: story of Alice Liddell.

Batey, Mavis, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Andover, England, Pitkin Pictorials, (1995). VG lg sz PB. Story of Alice and her friendship with Lewis Carroll, the math don, which inspired the Alice in Wonderland books.

Mademoiselle Miss: letters from an American girl serving with the rank of lieutenant in a French army hospital at the front.

Cabot, Richard C., Dr., preface by, · 1916 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, W. A. Butterfield, (1916). 4th ptg. G. WWI nurse gives account of her life in a French army hospital. Tanning at edge of binding and some beginning pages.

The Cornet: the maner of loving and dying of the Cornet Christoph Rilke.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, translated by Constantine Fitz Gibbon, · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, Allan Wingate, (1958). G ex-library. Light green binding, gilt lettering. Library markings, faded at edges.

Shelley: the man and the poet.

Clutton-Brock, A., · 1910 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, Methuen, (1910). 1st ptg. G ex-library. Rose-colored binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear, library markings.