Biografia

Master Smart Woman: a portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett.

with Peter Namuth, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Unity, ME, North Country Press, (1998). VG lg sz PB. In the late 19th century the expression master smart woman was reserved for a woman of exceptional achievement such as American. writer Sarah Orne Jewett. Born in S. Berwick, Maine, in 1849, Jewett wrote about the people and...

The Man Who Created Narnia: the story of C. S. Lewis.

Coren, Michael, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Grand Rapids, MI, Eerdmans, (1996). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. Coren creates a life and Lewis' books to that life but never tries to explain away Narnia.

Churchill Proceedings: 1994-1995; 1998-2000; 2001-2003.

Churchill Center, Washington, D.C., · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., Churchill Center, 1994-2003. 3 VG PBs. Articles about Churchill.

Voices from the Bunker: Hitler's personal staff tells the story of the Fuhrer's last days.

Galante, Pierre and Eugene Silianoff, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Anchor/Doubleday, (1989). VG PB. Hitler's last days.

Stolen Innocence: my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs.

Wall, Elissa, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Morrow, (2008). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG iN VG DJ. Author goes to court against warren Jeffs in a Utah courtroom.

Dream Catcher: a memoir.

Salinger, Margaret A., · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Washington Square Press, (2000). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. Margaret relates her life as the daughter of J. D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye.

The Blue Bear.

Schooler, Lynn, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, HarperCollins, (2002). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Set on Alaska's glacier coast, a haunting memoir about the search for one of the world's most elusive animals, the. friendship that was forged, and the tragedy that ensued.

The Passion of Ayn Rand: a biography.

Branden, Barbara, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Anchor, (1987). 4th ptg. VG PB. From her Russian childhood amid the Communist revolution to her arrival in U.S. & leap into Hollywood screenwriting & marriage. to Frank O'Connor. Sl edge wear, owner notation.

All Things Reconsidered: my birding adventures.

Peterson, Roger Tory, edited by Bill Thompson III, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (2006). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. A wonderful reminder of how Peterson came to be recognized as the single most important person in bird watching. Few corner creases.

Wilderness Mother: chronicle of a modern pioneer.

Kawatski, Deanna, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Lyons & Burford, (1994). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Raising a family in the Canadian wilderness, no electricity or running water, 100 miles from nearest paved road, Kawatski, her. husband, and two children live a life almost unique in the 20th century.

Theodore Rex.

Morris, Edmund, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (2001). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Follows the young president as he comes down from Mount Marcy, NY, to take his emergency oath of office in Buffalo over 100. years ago after the assassination of Pres. McKinley.

Garibaldi and the Thousand (May 1860).

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, O.M., · 1948 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, Longmans Green, (1948). Reprint. G. Garibaldi's part in the decisive events of 1859-60 which "made Italy". The "Liberator" with the help of the. Sicilian populace took the capital of the island from 24,000 troops armed with rifles. Corners bumped.

John Donne: man of flesh and spirit.

Edwards, David L., · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, (2001). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Though best known as a poet of love, he was also a peerless writer of the spiritual journey, a stalwart churchman, and a. great preacher. Yes he was a man battered by sex and God.

Ted Williams: a portrait in words and pictures.

Johnson, Dick and Glenn Stout, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Walker & Co. VG lg sz PB. Essays by Stephen Jay Gould, David Halberstam, Donald Hall, George V. Higgins, Tim Horgan, Bud Leavitt, Bill Littlefield,. Martin F. Nolan and Luke Salisbury. "A superior job of getting inside the Williams character.".

Daughter of Destiny: Kathryn Kuhlman...her story.

Buckingham, Jamie, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Logos International, (1976). G in VG DJ. Kuhlman's marriage & divorce, controversies with famous ministers & doctors, betrayal by her staff, miracle services. and suspicious events surrounding her illness & death. First blank page removed.

Moore: G. E. Moore and the Cambridge apostles.

Levy, Paul, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

Oxford, Oxford University, (1981). 1st PB ed. VG PB. A modest academic philosopher, Moore had a wide influence on English intellectual life. Spine faded.

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: the remarkable true story of American heroine Ida Lewis.

Skomal, Lenore, · 2010 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Guilford, CT, GPP, (2010). VG PB. A heroic woman, keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island, Ida Lewis and the fearless rescues she made. She saved at least 18 lives in her 40 years on the island.

Sarton Selected: an anthology of the journals, novels, and poetry of May Sarton (signed).

Sarton, May, edited and with an introduction by Bradford Dudley Daziel, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Norton, (1991). VG in VG DJ. Signed by Sarton in York, ME, May 1991, on half title page. Obituary of local doctor glued to endpapers.

Journals of Hezekiah Prince Jr. 1822-1828.

by Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Pres. Maine Hist. Society, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Crown, (1965). VG in G DJ. Journals of a well-connected young resident of Thomaston, Maine, in the 1820s give the feel of life in that coastal Maine. town, a valuable source for those studying attitudes and culture of that community, and gives unique detail about the negle...

What Them Befell: the Ridgelys of Delaware & Their Circle in Colonial & Federal Times: letters 1751-1890.

Ridgely, Mabel Lloyd, edited by, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1949. VG in G DJ. From 28 bushels of old letters and documents from the loft of the old Ridgely house on Dover Green, many from the latter. years of the 17th century and some from before the Revolutionary War. DJ edges show some wear and slight ...