Biografia

Fat Girl: a true story.

Moore, Judith, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Hudson Street Press, (2005). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Honest & darkly riveting memoir of obsession with food & with one's belly, a slap in the face of a book, heartbreaking.

The Life Story of Abe the Newsboy: hero of a thousand fights with U.S. Navy.

Hollandersky, Abe, · 1953 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Los Angeles, CA, Abe the Newsboy, (1953). 17th ed. VG. Signed by Abe. Blue pictorial binding, gilt lettering. Tanning on endpapers.

Black Majesty: the life of Christophe King of Haiti.

Vandercook, John W., · 1928 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Harper, (1928). 11th ptg. VG. Colorful pictorial red/black on yellow binding, black spine & corner tips, illus endpapers. Foreword by author says he has. added nothing to the sparse records of old book and fading memories lingering in minds of men in his own country. Selec...

Medcham: Silence Cannot Be Misquoted.

Bellus, Ronald J., · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Phoenix, Laurent's, (1988). 1st ed. VG PB. Ron Bellus was Arizona Governor Evan Mecham's press secretary 1986/1987 and is his account of the Mecham administration's. dealings with the press. Owner stamp ft endpaper.

Confessions of a Street Addict.

Cramer, James J., · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2002). 9th ptg. VG PB. How the Wall Street game is played, who breaks the rules and who gets hurt.

The Life of Bret Harte.

Pemberton, T. Edgar, · 1903 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1903. 1st ed. G ex-library. Harte was born in Albany, NY, 8/25/1839. His father was a well-known scholar, Prof. of Greek at Albany College. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering. Library markings, edge wear.

Allie Cole: a Maine pioneer.

Cole, Galen, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Portland, ME, Casco Ptg Co, 1980. G ex-library. Bright orange pictorial cover, green & white lettering. Some pages rumpled as if they were wet at one time.

Reminiscences of the King of Roumania.

King of Roumania, edtied from original with introduction by Sidney Whitman, · 1899 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

NY, Harper, 1899. Authorized ed. G ex-library. Library markings.

Our Village: The Camelot Series.

Mitford, Mary Russell, edited & introduction by Ernest Rhys, · 1891 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Walter Scott, nd (ca 1891). G ex-library. Dark blue binding, paper title box (edges tattered), library markings.

The Passing of Mary Baker Eddy.

Farnsworth, Edward C., · 1911 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Portland, ME, Smith & Sale, 1911. G ex-library. In old age Eddy believed a child was already born who never would suffer physical death. She herself lived a long life. Binding soil, library markings.

Metal Cowboy: tales from the road less pedaled.

Kurmaskie, Joe, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Three Rivers Press, (2002). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Signed by author on title page. Whether he is climbing a tree to avoid the insistent pecking of a flock of geese in NH,. tooling around a motel parking lot in Utah with a touring group of Elvis impersonators, or filling in a...

The Man Who Talks with the Flowers: the intimate life story of Dr. George Washington Carver.

Clark, Glenn, · 1939 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

St. Paul, MN, Macalester Park Pub Co, (1939). 125,000th. VG PB.

W.E.B. Du Bois: voice of the black protest movement.

Rudwick, Elliott, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.16 | ¥3,833)

Urbana, Univ of Illinois Press, (1982). VG. Du Bois popularized the belief that only college-educated leaders could save the black race. Paste down pictorial cover. Green binding. Probably a paperback turned into a hardback but no library markings. For a third of a century Du ...

A Minstrel in France.

Lauder, Harry, · 1918 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Hearst's Intl Library, 1918. G. Scottish entertainer in France learns of son's death. Red binding, gilt lettering, embossed design. Red binding, gilt. lettering, few spots on cover, edge wear, wrinkle on ft hinge.

No Mountain High Enough: raising Lance, raising me.

Kelly, Linda Armstrong, foreword by Lance Armstrong, · 2005 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Broadway Books, (2005). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Lance's mother's determination, optimism & joie de vivre nurtured one of our era's greatest athletes.

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). 6th 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.

Walt Whitman: a life.

Kaplan, Justin, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1980). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. As revealing of an era as it is of the man and his work, a bold voice of joy & sexual liberation, the chronicler of the century. of democracy, science, progress and steam. DJ price clipped & chipped, owner inscription.

To the Harbor Light.

Hough, Henry Beetle, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. An account of Hough's 79th year through the seasons on Martha's Vineyard along the island byroads and his mind's pathways.

An Arrow through the Heart: one woman's story of life, love, and surviving a near-fatal heart attack.

Heffernan, Deborah Daw, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Free Press, (2002). 1st ptg. G in VG DJ. In the middle of her yoga class, Heffernan felt her heart explode. After emergency surgery she was left with half a heart. and the looming prospect of a transplant. Spot on ft endpaper & first few pages.

Hemingway: a pictorial biography.

Lania, Leo, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

NY, Viking Studio, (1962). VG. Few nicks back cover, paper residue ft endpaper.