Biografia

Alexander Hamilton: volumes 1 and 2: a biography in his own words: The Founding Fathers.

Kline, Mary-Jo, edited by, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Newsweek, (1973). Deluxe ed. VG in VG DJ. Bound in leather, pictorial DJ. Edge wear to DJs.

Commodore Vanderbilt: an epic of American achievement.

Smith, Arthur D. Howden, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, McBride, 1927. 1st ptg. G. Red binding, gilt lettering. Spine faded.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson: 28th President of the U.S.: a psychological study.

Freud, Sigmund and William C. Bullitt, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 1st ptg. VG. A psychological study of the 28th president. Blue binding,red lettering. Owner name, slight edge wear.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: eulogies to the late President delivered in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol 11/24/1963.

Mansfield, Mike, Senate Majority Leader, · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Washington, D.C., Govt Ptg Office, 1963. VG. Laid in brochure announcing the publication. Black binding, gilt lettering and seal. Official remembrance of Kennedy.

Far from Home.

Robert Coles, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Schocken, (1989). BCE. VG in VG DJ. A fresh look at the human cost of the cross-continental trek. Using letters and diaries the lives of three families are. followed. Owner name.

On the Trail of Grant and Lee.

Hill, Frederick Trevor, · 1928 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Appleton, 1928. G ex-library. The strangely interwoves trails of Grant and Lee. Edge wear.

The Young Jefferson 1743-1789.

Bowers, Claude G., · 1945 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1945). G. Red binding, gilt lettering. Spine fading.

Public and Private Life of Daniel Webster including most of his great speeches, letters from Marshfield: two volumes in one.

Lyman, Gen. S. P., · 1860 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley, 1860. G. Frontis of Webster's residence at Marshfield. Tanning spots on beginning and ending pages, corners bumped.

Monticello: a family story.

Langorne, Elizabeth, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, 1987. VG in VG DJ. Drawing upon published records and unpublished documents, Langhorne produces an intimate and fascinating account of. Pres. Thomas Jefferson and his family. Small scrape to DJ ft near flap, owner name.

The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of James A. Garfield, 20th President of the U.S..

Massachusetts, · 1881 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Portland, ME, George Stinson & Co., 1881. VG. Includes account of his assassination, lingering pain, death and burial. Brown binding, gilt lettering on spine. Edge wear, owner name, ft endpaper creased at corner.

James Madison: a biography in his own words: The Founding Fathers.

A. Rutland, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Newsweek, (1974). VG in G DJ. Delegate from Virginia, Madison entered the Constitutional Congress at onlly 29 in March, 1780. He found his greatest. opportunity for expression at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 where he earned the title Father of the Constitution. DJ...

She Captains: heroines and hellions of the sea.

Druett, Joan, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2000). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. "bodies of women and souls of men" thrilled and terrorized their shipmates doing deeds beyond the valor of women. Owner inscription ft endpaper.

Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) being the life and teaching of Gautama, Prince of India....

Arnold, Edwin, · 1882 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1882. G.and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). Brick-colored binding, gilt decoration and lettering. Edge wear, small owner bookplate.

Vale.

Inge, William Ralph, very reverend, · 1934 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, Longmans, Green, 1934. VG. Fulfilling custom of boys leaving Eton school to write about their sorrow in leaving.Owner name ft endpaper, owner notations.

Grahame Clark: an intellectual biography of an archaeologist.

Fagan, Brian, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cambridge, MA, Westview, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Almost singlehandedly Clark transformed archaeology from an antiquarian pastime into a sophisticated study of the human. past. Remainder mark.

The Little Long Ago.

Porter, Laura Spencer, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Dutton, (1927). 1st ed. G ex-library. Porter writes tenderly of her childhood and of children in general. Tan binding, corners bumped, library markings. Spine tanned, beginning corner page nicked at edge.

Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw.

Terry, ellen and Bernard Shaw, edited by Christopher St. John, · 1932 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Putnam, 1932. 2nd ptg. VG. Burgundy binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear.

Francis Wilson's Life of Himself.

Wilson, Francis, · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1924. G. Green binding, edge wear.

Stagestruck: the romance of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Zolotow, Maurice, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Harcourt Brace & World, (1964). VG in VG DJ. Both young and stagestruck Lunt and Fontaine first starred together in The Guardsman on Broadway in 1924. Home was. Wisconsin where Alfred gardened and cooked, Lynn sewed. The roster of their hits included great moments of the c...

The Glorious Struggle: George Washington's revolutionary war letters.

Lengel, Edward G., edited by, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Smithsonian Books, (2007). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Uncorrected proof. Laid in letter from Smithsonian Books executive editor praising the human quality shown of the stoic. faced first president on the one dollar bill. His letters to Martha and admonishing Lafayette hi...