Biografia

Glimpses of Fifty Years: the autobiography of an American woman.

Willard, Frances E., introduction by Hannah Whitall Smith, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Source Book Press, (1970). Facsimile. VG ex-library. Unabridged replication of 1889 Chicago edition. Discard & library markings. Very tight sturdy copy.

Dark Wind: a survivor's tale of love and loss.

Chaplin, Gordon, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1999). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB advance reader's edition. Two lovers decide to ride out a typhoon on their sailboat. Advance reader's edition.

Great Big Beautiful Doll: the Anna Nicole Smith story.

Redding, Eric & D'Eva, · 2007 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Fort Lee, NJ, Barricade, (2007). 1st PB ed. VG PB.

My Faraway Home: an American family's WWII tale of adventure and survival in the jungles of the Philippines.

Maynard, Mary McKay, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Guilford, CT, Lyons/Globe Pequot Press, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor & attacked the Philippines, American families working on Mindanao fled into the. jungle for what they thought would be a short evacuation. It lasted two years. They surv...

The Tumult and the Shouting: the memoirs of George Slocombe.

Slocombe, George, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Macmillan, 1936. VG. A journalist looks back. Red binding, gilt lettering. Book plate ft endpaper, spine tanned, bottom fore-edge soiled.

Salute Me!: the dilemmas of a second lieutenant.

Bristol, Lieutenant George, · 1943 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dial, 1943. G. Owner inscription ft endpaper, fading at binding edges & spine.

Boudoir Mirrors of Washington.

Anonymous, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Philadelphia, Winston, (1923). G. Red binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Foxing.

Wendell L. Willkie (1892-1944): courageous pioneer of the utility industry.

Whiting, Justin R., · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

np, American Newcomen, (1950). 2nd ptg. G PB. Top corner creased, tanning toward edges.

Mamie Doud Eisenhower: a portrait of a first lady.

Brandon, Dorothy, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scribner, 1954. VG in VG DJ. Publisher's editorial copy notice laid in. Memories from scores of people as well as Mamie herself. DJ edge tan.

Portrait: Adlai E. Stevenson: politician, diplomat, friend.

Whitman, Alden, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper Row, (1965). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Focuses on Stevenson public man with a forceful & penetrating narrative separating him from the legend. Blue binding, sl. fading toward edges.

Something of Men I Have Known with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective.

Stevenson, Adlai E., · 1909 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Chicago, McClurg, 1909. G ex-library. Grover Cleveland's Vice President, grandfather of Dem. candidate for president in 1952 & 1956. Library markings.

Adlai Stevenson.

Ross, Lillian, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Phildelphia, Lippincott, 1966. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The day after Stevenson died, Ross began writing this memoir and bringing him back again into our presence. DJ price clipped. owner inscription ft endpaper, DJ few nicks along back edge, edge wear.

Up 'Til Now: a memoir.

McCarthy, Eugene, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. McCarthy led the revolt against the Vietnam war and his candidacy in 1968 led to Pres. Johnson's decision not to run & altered. Robert Kennedy's campaign strategy.

Putting First Things First: a Democratic view: recent speeches and papers.

Stevenson, Adlai E., · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Random, (1960). 1st ptg. VG PB. 8 speeches on such subjects as Western Europe, Soviet Russia, China, the Middle East, assistance to underdeveloped countries,. the responsibilities of private capital, education and housing. As a group they express his concern with lack of d...

In Search of L. L. Bean.

Montgomery, M. R., · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, New American Library, (1985). 1st ptg thus. G PB. Bean catered to the outdoor needs of generations of sportsmen, Preppies & Yuppies. Edge wear.

Sleeping with Cats: a memoir.

Piercy, Marge, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Perennial, (2002). 1st ptg. VG PB. Piercy's development as a woman and writer.

Private Peat.

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

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merill, (1917). G. Owner names in ink on ft endpaper and inside front cover. Title on spine and front cover faded. Corners bumped.

Letters of Robert Browning collected by Thomas J. Wise.

Hood, Thurman L., edited & with introduction & notes by, · 1933 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New Haven, Yale Univ Press, 1933. G ex-library. Laid in newspaper review from NY Times Book Review 6/4/1933. Library markings.

Take Heed of Loving Me.

Vining, Elizabeth Gray, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1964. 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Photo of Donne on back of DJ. Love story of Donne & Anne More. DJ tanned at edges, owner name ft endpaper.

Dante: his life and writings: The Dilettante Library.

Browing, Oscar, · 1891 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1891. VG. Brown textured binding. Small tear at top of half title page, edges of spine backstrap split, gilt lettering on spine.