Biografia

Lipstick Jihad: a memoir of growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran.

Moaveni, Azadeh, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Public Affairs, (2005). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Movanei was born into an Iranian diaspora exile community in California with nostalgia for Iran. After graduating from. college, she moved to Tehran as a journalist. Her fantasies dissolve as she finds a country cultural...

Your Happiest Years.

Clark, Dick, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Rosho Corp/Random, (1959). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Clark offers advice to questions posed by teenagers and their parents from not wearing that lipstick banned by your mother to. the telephone.

The First Ladies.

Klapthor, Margaret Brown, introduction by Rosalynn Carter, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., White House Historical Assn, (1979). 2nd ed. VG lg sz PB. Sketches of presidential wives from Martha Washington to Rosalynn Carter with beautiful color illustrations.

Six French Poets: studies in contemporary literature.

Lowell, Amy, · 1921 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, 1921. Reprint. G. A series of lectures on French poetry delivered in Boston. Owner inscription and notations, blue binding worn.

British Agent.

Lockhart, R. H. Bruce, introduction by Hugh Walpole, · 1933 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Putnam, 1933. 1st ed. VG. Author's early life in other countries and his mission to Moscow in 1918. Green binding, gilt lettering. Owner name.

Neilson of Smith.

Thorp, Margaret Farrand, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Oxford Univ Press, 1956. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. President of Smith College from 1917-1930 played a notable role in shaping higher ed. Review copy, publisher note laid in. Book slightly cocked, DJ price clipped.

The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer.

Palmer, George Herbert, · 1908 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, (1908). 39th thousand. Fair. Black binding, gilt lettering. Top of spine edge worn away, owner bookplate, inscription ft endpaper. Palmer's husband decides to have her poetry published rather than destroy it as she asked.

A Memoir of Augustine Heard Amory.

Moulton, Arthur W., · 1909 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Salem, MA, Newcomb & Gauss, 1909. VG. Navy blue binding with gilt lettering, tissue guard with Amory's name over frontis,.

Uncle Tom's Cabin plus essays by Morris on How Henry Ward Beecher Sold Slaves; life of Harriet Stowe; story of the book....

Stowe, Harriet Beecher and Prof. Charles Morris, · 1897 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

np, John E. Potter, (1897). Art Mem. Ed. VG.and a key to the characters. Frontis of Stowe, Uncle Tom's cabin and the characters in the book (tissue guard). Story of how one of the leading abolitionists, Henry Ward Beecher, brother of Harriet, sold slaves from the pulpit of the...

Ariel: the life of Shelley.

Maurois, Andre, translated by Ella D'Arcy, · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Appleton, 1924. 2nd ptg. VG. Olive-green binding, gilt lettering and decoration (rubbed at spine). Owner name ft endpaper.

Amiel's Journal: two volumes in one: the journal intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881).

Frederic Amiel, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Macmillan, 1929. VG. In this edition, Mrs. Humphry has inserted many new passages taken from the last French edition. Amiel was a Swiss poet &. philosopher, professor of aesthetics and moral philosophy at Geneva Academy, author of this introspective diary. Dark green bindi...

Rebel with a Cause: an autobiography.

Graham, Franklin, afterword by Ruth & Billy Graham, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Nashville, Nelson, (1995). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. For most of his life, walking in his father's footsteps was the farthest thing from Franklin's mind. Here are his early. struggles and his late triumphs. Scrape where address sticker removed from ft endpaper.

Crusader: the hell-raising police career of Detective David Durk.

Lardner, James, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Random, (1996). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. When he joined the NYC poice dept in 1963, Durk thought he had found the perfect job. He believed the police should not only enforce the law but be positive agents of social change. Quickly Durk saw the department was rife with ...

Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine, choice of nation for President and Gen. John A. Logan, soldier, senator.

Poore, Ben Perley, Journalist at Washington, · 1884 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Philadelphia, Hubbard Brothers, (1884). G. gilt, hinges cracked, spine faded, edge wear, binding worn. Owner name in pencil ft flyleaf.

Salt Dancers.

Hegi, Ursula, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scribner, (1995). 5th ptg. VG PB. Dramatic story of one woman's redemptive journey back to her childhood through layers of memory and longing. Unmarried and. pregnant at 41 architect Julia returns to her home in the Pacific Northwest determined to understand her family's t...

The Faith of a Writer: life, craft, art.

Oates, Joyce Carol, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Ecco, (2003). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Answers essential questions about what makes a story striking, a novel come alive. She speaks of childhood inspirations,. offers advice to young writers, and discusses the unique power of the unconscious. Gift quality.

The Adventures of Roberto Rossellni: his life and films.

Gallagher, Tag, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Da Capo Press, (1998). VG lg sz PB. Portrait of the artist as an adventurer, treacherous and charming, sensitive and dishonest. Remainder mark & damp stain. bottom fore-edge.

A Woman of Quality.

Hershan, Stella K., · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Crown, (1970). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Stories of the dramatic effects on the lives of hundreds of individuals helped & inspired by Roosevelt. DJ edge wear,. owner name ft endpaper. In the words of those who knew her, whose lives were somehow touched or transformed by her, who...

How I Became Hettie Jones.

Jones, Hettie, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Dutton, (1990). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A feminist writes about the 50s and 60s covering sex, race, class and the ups and downs of daily existence. Hettie edits. aND teaches writing in NYC.

Marla's Truth: the autobiography of Marla Del Marr.

Del Marr, Marla as told to Stephen Schaefer, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, St. Martin's, (1985). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A contract actress at major Hollywood studios as a 1940s starlet, pursued by the biggest stars, producers, and lechers. A life of romance with John Garfield and James Dean, self-destruction and rehabilitations from alcohol...