Biografia

A Woman on the American Frontier: a valuable and authentic history of the heroism, adventures, privations, captivities....

Fowler, William W., · 1877 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Hartford, S. S. Scranton & Co, 1877. Fair.trials, and noble lives and deaths of the 'Pioneer Mothers of the Republic'". Dark green binding, gilt decoration and lettering. Heavy edge wear, foxing to tissue guard on frontis, ft hinge cracked.

What Her Body Thought: a journey into the shadows.

Griffin, Susan, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

San Francisco, Harper, (1999). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Griffin explores in physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects illness and reveals how it magnifies our yearning for. connection and reconcioliation. She begins with a gripping account of her own harrowing experiences wit...

Ada Blackjack: a true story of survival in the Arctic.

Niven, Jennifer, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hyperion, (2003). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Ada, poor & with a son to care for, signs on in 1921 as a seamstress for a top-secret expedition into the unknown Arctic. Viljalmur Stefansson sent four young men and Ada into the far North to colonize desolate uninhabited Wra...

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1917). 1st ed. G. From when Peat enlisted through his military career. Owner name, inscription in pencil ft endpaper.

A Fly in Amber.

Wood, Susan, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Nairobi, Kampala, Kenway Pubs, (1997). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Susan's book begins on the lonely mission station in the heart of Africa where she was born and ends with the celebration of. Tanganyika's Independence on a farm in Kilimanjaro. From a flying specialist service developed...

Before Many Witnesses: the life of Howard James Chidley.

the Washington Post, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Winchester, MA, University Press, (1967). VG in VG DJ. Minister for 37 years of the First Congregational Church of Winchester, MA, he developed one of the strongest churches in h. the denomination, a prototype for today's suburban parishes. In the Congregational ministry, Dr. ...

All Fishermen Are Liars: true tales from the Dry Dock Bar.

Greenlaw, Linda, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Hyperion, (2004). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Between the yarns that Greenlaw & her best friend Alden Leeman trade about the strangest crew member, the most terrifying. shipwreck, and the biggest fish that ever got away, Linda must try to force Alden to consider that his ...

A Walk on the Beach: tales of wisdom from an unconventional woman.

Anderson, Joan, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Broadway Books, (2004). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. From an extraordinary friendship, Anderson reveals a need for a mentor to help navigate the transitions of living beyond middle. age.

Leaving the Saints.

Beck, Martha, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Crown, (2005). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Unforgettable memoir about one woman's spiritual quest and journey toward faith. Mormon royalty, she was raised in a. home frequented by the Church's high elders, known as the apostles, and her existence was framed by their stric...

Body of Work: meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab.

Montross, Christine, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Penguin Press, 2007. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. When Montross met her first cadaver, instead of being disgusted, she was utterly intrigued by the person the woman. once was. They called her Eve. This is the story of Montross and Eve, the student and the subject, and the surpris...

The Log of the Skipper's Wife.

Balano, James W., · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Camden, ME, Down East, (1979). 7th ptg. VG PB. For most of her married life, Dorothea Moulton lived aboard her husband's various sailing ships visiting mysterious ports. Partial price sticker ft endpaper.

Meet the Mertzes: the life stories of I Love Lucy's other couple.

Edelman, Rob and Audrey Kupferberg, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Los Angeles, Renaissance Books, (1999). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Frawley before Fred, Vance before Ethel, the Mertzes, after Fred, after Ethel.

At Home in the World: a memoir.

Maynard, Joyce, with a new afterword by the author, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Picador, (1999). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB.

Untamed: the autobiography of the circus's greatest animal trainer.

Gebel-Williams, Gunther, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Morrow, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Gunther pulled himself up from the most deprived and bleakest childhoods to become the most adored star of the greatest show. on earth. Owner name and bookplate stamp ft endpaper.

Fields and Pastures New: my first year as a country vet.

McCormack, Dr. John, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Crown, (1995). 4th ptg. VG in G DJ. The story of McCormack's first year as a parcticing vet in Choctaw County, Alabama. Fresh out of school he moved to Butler. with his wife and two children in 1963 to be the first trained vet in the region where mule-drawn wagons shared t...

The Milion Dollar Mermaid.

Williams, Esther with Digby Diehl, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1999). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Witty, fresh and frank autobiography of an 18-yr old who answered the siren call of MGM and launched into a long career.

The Duchess of Angouleme and the Two Restorations.

Saint-Amand, Imbert de, translated by James Davis, · 1900 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Scribner, 1900. G. Green binding (few spots), owner bookplate, stain at the lower inner corner.

Death Be Not Proud: a memoir.

Gunther, John, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harper, 1949. G in G DJ ex-library. A skillful and loving evocation of a boy's mind and behavior, in which maturity and unusual intellect were mixed with the. humor, excitement and moods of youth. A remarkable account of the limitations of medical science in the treatment ...

Adoniram Judson: apostle of Burma.

Percy, L. Helen, · 1926 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Anderson, IN, Warner Press, (1926). VG. Dark blue binding, gilt decoration and lettering on ft cover and spine. Owner name ft endpaper, scratch on cover.

The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks.

Davies, Robertson, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Penguin, (1989). 1st US ptg. VG PB. Comprising the diary, table talk and a garland of miscellanea enlarged to include a biographical introduction and copious. notes. Davies selects from his friend's writing a feast of anecdote and opinion, liberally spiced with scorn, sple...