Biografia

The Fiery Fountains: the autobiography.

Anderson, Margaret, new preface by Janet Flanner, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Horizon, (1969). 2nd ed. VG PB. She knew Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Crane, Stein, Hecht, Sandburg, Yeats, passages of great power, interior places of her mind. Fading to spine and inner edge of ft cover.

The Captain of the Phantom: the story of Henry Jackson Saragent, Jr. 1834-1862 as revealed in family letters.

Sargent, Henry Jackson, Jr., foreword by Daniel Sargent, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Mystic, CT, Marine Hist. Assn, 1967. G. As his letters unfold, Sargent's rise to his chosen rank becomes assured and his letters becomes shorter & less. descriptive and fewer in number, indicating the urgency he sensed as his career advanced. To sea at 17, a captain of a clipp...

Leap of Faith: memoirs of an unexpected life.

Queen Noor, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Miramax, (2003). 11th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inspiring story of an American woman's remarkable journey into the heart of a man and his nation, King Hussein of Jordan.

The Writing Life.

Dillard, Annie, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harper Row, (1989). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Dillard described the working life of a writer illumining any life of dedication at the edge, what the actual process of. writing feels like inside the mind at work. DJ price clipped.

The Life of Johnny Reb: the common soldier of the Confederacy.

Wiley, Bell Irvin, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Douleday, 1971. G ex-library. Library markings.

Overeaters Anonymous.

Various, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Torrance, CA, Overeaters Anonymous, (1980). VG in VG DJ. DJ edge wear, price on ft endpaper.

Sketches from Life: the autobiography of Lewis Mumford: the early years.

Mumford, Lewis, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Beacon, (1982). 1st ptg. VG PB. "I was a child of the city, and the first 30 years of my life I knew the country only as a visitor." Formative years of one of. the most original minds of the century - philosopher, biographer, social analyst, and critic of art and archi...

I Was a Slave in Russia: an American tells his story: complete unabridged edition.

Noble, John, · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Broadview, IL, Cicero Bible Press, (1960). 3rd ptg. G PB. Signed by author. Noble's Christianity in the face of bitter Communist persecution. Owner name ft endpaper. Edge wear.

Ike & Mamie: the story of the general and his lady.

David, Lester & Irene, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Putnam, (1981). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A marriage that survived war, a highly publicized "affair" and the White House. Remainder mark.

On the Other Hand.

Adams, Rachel, · 1963 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harper Row, (1963). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. New England born and reared, lively, dedicated and very much a person in her own right, and the arrival of the young woodsman. Sherman Adams who became her suitor. When Sherman dedicated himself to the Eisenhower cause, Rachel went a...

The Adams Family.

Adams, James Truslow, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Literary Guild, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the 18th century, due neither to great. wealth or a hereditary title but to character and sheer intellectual ability. A biography of a family thrown agai...

The Adams Family.

Adams, James Truslow, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Little Brown, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the 18th century, due neither to great. wealth or a hereditary title but to character and sheer intellectual ability. A biography of a family thrown ag...

Margot Asquith: an autobiography: volume two only.

Asquith, Margot, · 1920 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Doran, (1920). G. Red binding, gilt lettering (rubbed) spine. Edge wear.

Charles Francis Adams 1835-1915: an autobiography.

Adams, Charles Francis, with memorial address by Henry Cabot Lodge, · 1916 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 1st ed. G ex-library. This "sketch" as Adams called it was delivered to the MA Hist Society in 1913 to make use of as seemed proper and it made the. search for a biographer unnecessary. Black binding, gilt lettering & banding, top edge gilt. Lib...

Chateaubriand: poet, statesman, lover.

Maurois, Andre, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harper, 1938. 1st ed. G. French writer and statesman, born in Brittany, served in French army, traveled to U.S. returned to France and fought in Royalist. army, emigrated to England, returned to France to serve under Napoleon as minister to Republic of Valais. He went on t...

Rumor and Reflection.

Berenson, Bernard, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Simon & Schuster, 1952. 2nd ptg. VG. Laid in two reviews of other Berenson's biographies: Forty Years with Berenson by Nicky Mariano and Sketch for a Self-. Portrait by Berenson himself from 1958 and 1949. For more than half a century until his death in 1959, Berenson was ...

At Random: reminiscences.

Cerf, Bennett, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Random, (1977). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Incomparable raconteur here in top form.

Brass: Jane Byrne and the pursuit of power.

FitzGerald, Kathleen Whalen, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chicago, Contemporary Books, (1981). VG in G DJ. The surprise winner of the mayor's race in Chicago in 1979. DJ edges tanned & sl edge wear, few smudges, top corners of some. pages creased.

Family Portrait.

Bowen, Catherine Drinker, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Atlantic Monthly/Little Brwn, (1970). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Bowen's Philadelphia family. Bottom corner bumped.

Personal Exposures.

Beach, Rex, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harper, (1940). 1st ed. VG. Beach's life in Michigan beginning with his father birthing him with scissors and string from the sewing machine and a wash tub. to dunk him in.