Biografia

Blueberry God: the education of a Finnish-American.

Hannula, Reino Nikoli, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

San Luis Obispo, Quality Hill Books, (1979). VG in VG DJ. Story of first generation Finnish-Americans who immigrated to U.S. in years 1890-1914 & unique culture they built here. Owner name ft endpaper.

This Stubborn Soil.

Owens, William A., · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Scribner, (1966). 1st ptg. VG. An account of Owen's childhood & youth in Texas, frontier life that seems incredible in this century, a struggle with poverty. One of 50 best books on Texas. DJ flaps glued to flyleaf, tape & sticker on ft endpaper.

Selected Literary and Political Papers and Addresses of Woodrow Wilson: vol. III only.

Wilson, Woodrow, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, nd (ca 1930). VG. Green binding, black lettering on spine. Few spots on spine.

Brave Men.

Pyle, Ernie, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Holt, (1944). 7th ptg. VG in VG DJ. By America's best-loved & most widely read correspondent who wrote Scripps-Howard columns every day of the war. DJ tanning.

Collected Papers of Herbert D. Foster: professor of history at Dartmouth College 1893-1927: historical & biographical studies.

Foster, Herbert D., · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Privately printed, 1929. VG. Green binding, gilt lettering. Sl tanning ft endpaper, spine sl faded.

Uncle Henry: autobiography of n irrepressible entrepreneur.

Keuls, Henry P. C., · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Canaan, NH, Phoenix Pub, (1981). VG in VG DJ. How he progressed from ranch hand to salesman, middleman broker, entrepreneur, inventor, financier, engineer & gentleman. farmer.

Francis Parnell Murphy: governor of New Hampshire: biography of an American.

Guard, Samuel R. & Lloyd Graham, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

E. Aurora, NY, Roycroft Shops, (1940). G. First Irish governor of NH. Leather binding, gilt lettering. Binding spotted.

Francis Parnell Murphy: governor of New Hampshire: biography of an American.

Guard, Samuel R. & Lloyd Graham, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

E. Aurora, NY, Roycroft Shops, (1940). G. First Irish governor of NH. Leather binding, gilt lettering. Binding spotted.

A Countdown at Eighty: an American perspective.

Chapin, Henry, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Dublin, NH, William L. Bauhan, 1977. VG PB. A talker with fine tales to tell.

Reminiscences and Addresses.

Bachelder, Nahum J., · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

E. Andover, NH, Highland Farm, 1930. VG. Laid in compliments of author card. Former NH governor 1903-04, Secretary of Bd of Agriculture & Commissioner of Immigration,. Master NH State Grange & Nationl Grange. Tan binding with cream title block, maroon spine. Title letters sl s...

Stories.

Webster, Robert N., · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

np, Side Effects Pub, (2002). 1st ed. VG spirl bound PB. Inscribed by author. Pictorial cover.

Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs of New Hampshire.

Burroughs, Stephen, preface by Robert Frost, · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

NY, Lincoln MacVeagh/Dial, 1924. VG. In his preface, Frost says tht Burroughs was driven out of Pelham with pitchforks, taking a pocketful of sermons stolen. from his father. Brown spine, patterned binding, edge wear.

Harley Fish Roberts of The Taft School: an appreciation.

Dallas, John T., Bishop of New Hampshire, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Concord, NH, Rumford Press, nd. VG. Burgundy binding, cream title box, black lettering. Sl edge wear & soil to title box.

Mitchell: pioneer of air power.

Levine, Isaac Don, · 1943 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Duell Slon & Pearce, (1943). 1st ed. G. Black binding, gilt lettering on spine, sl mottling on ft cover.

The Sisters: the saga of the Mitford family.

Lovell, Mary S., · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (2001). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. They were beautiful, brilliant, gloriously eccentric & their humor was legendary. Everything was perfect except their. politics.

Last of the Great Scouts: the life story of Colonel William F. Cody.

Wetmore, Helen Cody (his sister), introduction by Donald F. Danker, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Lincoln, Univ of Nebraska Press, (1965). Reprint. VG PB. Artless & affectionate biography by his sister, period piece, with interesting sidelights on his adult life.

Remember Laughter: a life of James Thurber.

Grauer, Neil A., · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Lincoln, Univ of Nebraska Press, (1995). 1st ptg. VG PB. Most famous for his hilarious, often bittersweet stories published in the New Yorker in the 1930s & 1940s, he was also a. brilliant cartoonist. Grauer also addresses serious & often disturbing features of Thurber's life.

Sean Connery: biography.

Passingham, Kenneth, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martins, (1983). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Born to grinding toil in an Edinburgh tenement with a wardrobe drawer for a cot, Connery was out working on city streets at 9. deliver milk 7 days a week. DJ sl edge wear.

A Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor; comprising a narrative of events connected with his professional career.

Fry, J. Reese & Robert T. Conrad, · 1847 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$58.00 (€52.62 | £43.89 | ¥9,263)

Philadelphia, Griff, Elliot & Co, 1847. VG. From public documents & private correspondence & authentic incidents of his early years. Brown embossed binding, gilt. lettering on spine. Spine sl faded, owner name in pencil ft endpaper.

Tears of Heartbreak and Happiness.

Merry, Lillian, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Bowdoinham, ME, Privately printed, (1984). VG PB. Inscribed by author plus laid in promo sheet with note from author on back.