Biografia

Johnny Carson: a biography.

Lorence, Douglas, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Drake, (1975). G. Green binding, white lettering on spine. Denton upper back cover near spine, star doodles on ft endpaper.

Chekhov.

Troyat, Henri, translated from French by Michael Henry Heim, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Fawcett Columbine, (1988). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Grandson of a serf, son of a failed shopkeeper, Chekhov found escape & independence through twin careers as a doctor & writer. Owner name & blindstamp.

Half the Way Home: a memoir of father and son.

Hochschild, Adam, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

np, Syracuse Univ Press, (1986). VG PB. Adam was an antiwar activist who cofounded Mother Jones. His father Harold was an influential businessman and chief of a. multi-national corporation. This is a son's journey of discovery about his relationship with his father, his cultur...

The Life and Times of Chaucer.

Gardner, John, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, 1977. 1st ed 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Here the Chaucer whose voice was always so close to us becomes a man who is close to us: a wise, gentle, much-loved man. Gardner recreates for us the climate, the feel of Chaucer's day, of life at the court and for the poor. Owner ...

The Physician's Wife and the things that pertain to her life.

Firebaugh, Ellen M., · 1894 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Co, 1894. VG. A country doctor's wife expands on a talk she gave before the Aesculapian Society of the Wabash Valley by the same title. Light green binding, black lettering on ft cover, gilt lettering on spine, floral endpapers. Edge wear.

Dorothy's World: childhood in Sabine Bottom 1902-1910.

Howard, Dorothy, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Prentice Hall, (1977). BCE. VG in G DJ. The author's childhood on an East Texas farm in early 1900s. It recreates the learning experience and we see the world as. she sees it. DJ edge wear & tanned interior at bottom.

Fidel Castro: rebel, liberator or dictator?.

Dubois, Jules, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Indianapolis, NY, Bobbs-Merrill, (1959). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inside story of the Cuban revolution & a close-up picture of the bearded leader who dominated it. It was Castro's ideals of. freedom, democracy & human decency that inspired Cubans to spend their lives for t...

Pat Nixon: the untold story.

Eisenhower, Julile Nixon, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1986). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Story of an intensely private woman was in the spotlight for 40 years by her daughter Julie.

Klaus Barbie.

Hoyos, Ladislas de, translated from French by Nicholas Courtin, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, McGraw Hill, (1985). 1st U.S. ptg. VG. Yellow binding, green spine with red lettering.

PT 109: John F. Kennedy in World War II, with introductory letter by President Kennedy.

Donovan, Robert J., · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Crest, (1961). VG PB. A man assailed by hunger, heat, cold, discouragement and danger, and rising.to greatness, acting not in panic but in. coolness. Sl edge wear, some tanning on binding, few corner creases.

Woodrow Wilson: 4 volumes: life and letters vol. 1 Youth 1856-1890; Princeton 1890-1910 and vol. 3: Governor 1910-1913.

Baker, Ray Stannard, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

NY, Doubleday Page, 1927 & 1931. 1st ed. VG. 4 President 1913-1914. Black binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt.

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., Ex-Third Battalion First Canadian Contingent, · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,955)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1917). G. Owner inscription & Christmas seal ft endpaper, binding rubbed, edge wear.

Emerson the Enraptured Yankee.

Michaud, Regis, translated from Frencyh by George Boas, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Harper, 1930. 1st ed. G. Tan binding, brown spine, spot on ft cover.

Mrs. Appleyard and I.

Kent, Louise Andrews, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968. 1st ptg. VG. Louise was born to an English father and an American mother in Brookline, MA. Summers were spent at Iron Bound, an island in. Frenchman's Bay, where her grandparents ran a hospital house. Back cover sl mottled looking.

Mrs. Appleyard and I.

Kent, Louise Andrews, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968. VG in VG DJ. Louise was born to an English father and an American mother in Brookline, MA. Summers were spent at Iron Bound, an island in. Frenchman's Bay, where her grandparents ran a hospital house.

A Family on Wheels: further adventures of the Trapp Family Singers.

Trapp, Maria Augusta with Ruth T. Murdoch, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1959). 1st ed. G. Tan binding, blue lettering, owner inscription ft endpaper. The Trapp family's international concert tours.

The Van Cliburn Legend.

Chasins, Abram with Villa Stiles, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Doubleday, 1959. 1st ed. G in G DJ. At 23 Van Cliburn won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958. DJ edge wear, book does not lay flat.

John Lennon Summer of 1980.

Ono, Yoko, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Perigee/Putnam, (1983). 1st PB ptg. VG lg sz PB. Photographic tribute of Lennon & Ono including bedroom, walking, dining scenes. Sl crease to ft cover.

Soundings at Sea Level.

Hough, Henry Beetle, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Fabled editor of the Vineyard Gazette shares the adventures and landmark battles of his 83rd year. Library markings.

My Self.

Andersen, Wayne, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Geneva, Fabriart, (1990). VG in VG DJ. Fragments from a professor's journal with personal letters chronicling a spiritual & geographical exile, essays challenging. certain principles of art & criticism, science and religion. An exploration of the myth of the insane artist. DJ ...