Biografia

Living My Life: volume one.

Goldman, Emma, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dover, (1970). 1st PB ptg. G PB. Most notorious woman of her day, wound up in jail on suspicion of complicity in the assassintion of McKinley, she was bitterly. hated by millions and equally revered by millions. Spots on fore-edge, edge wear.

So Short a Time: a biography of John Reed and Louise Bryant.

Gelb, Barbara, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (1973). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Youthful symbols of a generation who typified an almost mythical time and place, the world of the Russian Revolution.

Admiral Dewey at Manila and the Complete Story of the Philippines: life and glorious deeds of Dewey.

Stickney, Joseph L., Admiral Dewey's Aide, · 1899 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Philadelphia, PA, J. H. Moore Co, (1899). G. Includes account of our conflicts with the Spaniards and Filipinos in the Orient. Green paste down pictorial binding. gilt lettering, pictorial shows Dewey and author Stickney on bridge of flagship Olympian during battle. Binding wo...

Mr. Justice and Mrs. Black: the memoirs of Hugo L. Black and Elizabeth Black.

Brennan, Jr., · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1996). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG. At once a love story, tender and touching, and a pictureof a great man that helps us know Justice Black.

A Flower for My Mother.

Paddleford, Clementine, · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.47 | ¥27,945)

NY, Holt, (1958). 1st ed. VG. Lavender binding, cream spine, gilt lettering. Spine tanned on edges.

Benjamin Franklin.

Morgan, Edmund S., · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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New Haven, Yale Univ Press, (2002). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ.

In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain & the American Civil War.

Trulock, Alice Rains, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chapel Hill, Univ of N. Carolina Press, (1992). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Modest young professor Chamberlain left Bowdoin College to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg, then led hi regimen...

Sarah Orne Jewett: a writer's life.

Silverthorne, Elizabeth, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Woodstock, NY, Overlook Press, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Laid in newspaper review of book. First modern biography of Jewett, celebrated author of The Country of the Pointed Firs. which portrayed the lives of ordinary New Englanders just before the country's rush into indus...

The Orchard: a memoir.

Robertson, Adele Crockett, foreword and epilogue by Betsy Robertson Cramer, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Bantam, (1997). 5th ptg. VG PB. Poignant memori of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm during the Great Depression. Leaving a scarce city job, she returns to her family home on the death of her father and revives the neglected orchard to sur...

The Palace Diaries: the true story of life at the palace by Prince Charles' secretary.

Goodall, Sarah & Nicholas Monson, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, Dynasty Press, (2006). VG PB. Racy, outrageous and hilarious, offers a lively portrait of everyday life in the Royal Family. Goodall spent 12 years. working for Prince Charles from 1988-2000, when his marriage to Princess Diana broke down amid a frenzy of media attention.

A Terrible Liar: a memoir.

Cronyn, Hume, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Morrow, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. While still a teenager, Cronyn startled his prominent and prosperous Canadian family by announcing his desire to become. an actor. He went off to NY during the Depression and soon rubbed elbows with the greats. His early sex edu...

Shattered Dreams: my life as a polygamist's wife.

Spencer, Irene, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Center Street, (2007). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Irene believed she would deny God if she did not marry her brother-in-law and become his second wife. When the Mormon. village of Short Creek, AZ, was raised, her husband fled Utah to Mexico. Irene's escape from this life...

Journal of a Solitude.

Sarton, May, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, W. W. Norton & Co, (1973). 9th ptg. G PB. Edge wear, corner creases on cover.

Amateur Sugar Maker.

Perrin, Noel, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Hanover, NH, Univ Press of New England, (1986). 1st PB ed. VG PB. "Made us homesick for the drip of sap in buckets,.and the nutty wooden flavor of hot syrup fresh from the pan." Helen and. Scott Nearing.

Vinnie Ream: the story of the girl who sculpted Lincoln.

Hall, Gordon Langley, · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1963). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Life story of Vinnie Beam Hoxie who at 19 began her sculpture of the statue of Lincoln which now stands in the Capitol rotunda. in Washington, D.C. One of the most colorful figures of a picturesque era in American history....

The Recollections of a Policeman.

Waters, Thomas, an inspector of the London Detective Corps, · 1857 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Boston, Wentworth and Co, 1857. Fair. Tales from the exciting occupation of Detective Policeman full of "hair-breadth 'scapes" lending a strong odor of the romantic. Black embossed binding, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Ends of spine worn, edge wear, owner name penci...

The Generals of the Last War with Great Britain.

Jenkins, John S., · 1849 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Auburn, Derby, Miller & Co, 1849. Fair. Distinguished soldiers in war with Great Britain. Embossed brown binding, owner name. Backstrap missing, heavy edge wear. Original publishers.

Pere Marquette: priest, pioneer and adventurer.

Repplier, Agnes, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Doubleday Doran, (1929). G. Black binding, color paper titles, owner name and bookplate ft endpaper. Edge wear, spine faded.

The Perfect Tribute.

Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman, · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Scribner, 1926. VG. Brown binding with dark brown lettering and pictorial of Lincoln. Frontis show Lincoln on deathbed with Lincoln shadow. over him. Tissue guard. Owner name ft endpaper.

Life and Services of General Winfield Scott including the Siege of Vera Cruz, Battle of Cero Gordo, and Battles in Valley of....

Mansfield, Edward D., Esq., · 1852 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Barnes, 1852. 1st ed. Fair.Mexico, to the conclusion of peace, and his return to the United States. Edge wear, book curved on binding.