Biografia

Juliette Recamier: her life and times.

Austrian, Delia, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

VG. Inscribed by author's sister (to whom book is dedicated). Illus on title page & first chapter but missing 2 other illus listed. Blue binding, black spine & lettering. Fading toward edges of binding.

The Beautiful Life and Illustrious Reign of Queen Victoria: a memorial volume.

Rusk, Rev. John, Ph.D., · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston, MA, James H. Earle, (1901). G. Paste down pictorial cover, purple binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Some mottling on cover, wear along spine edges,. hinges cracked.

Life and Work of Theodore Roosevelt, typical American, patriot, orator, historian, sportsman, soldier, statesman & president.

Major-General Leonard Wood, · 1919 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

np, L. H. Walter, (1919). Memorial Ed. VG. Also special articles & tributes of respect by many leaders in public life, intimate friends & political associates. Royal blue binding with gilt lettering & black decoration. Smudge endpaper, bottom corners bumped, light spot ft cove...

Wallenda: a biography of Karl Wallenda.

Morris, Ron, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$122.00 (€110.69 | £92.33 | ¥19,484)

Chatham, NY, Sagarin Press, (1976). VG in VG DJ. Signed by Karl & Rietta Walenda. The most famous circus performer, from childhood days of poverty & performances in the. Biergartens of WWI Germany to earn money to feed his family, then on to days of triumph and tragedy as the ...

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory.

Bryant, Anita, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Revell, (1970). VG in VG DJ. From being born in Barnsdall, OK, to singing Battle Hymn of the Republic at the White House. Owner name ft endpaper. DJ fading. & edge wear.

Who's Who in New England:v.3 biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the states of Maine, New Hampshire....

Marquis, Albert Nelson, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Chicago, A.N. Marquis Co, 1938. VG.Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear to spine bottom.

EV: the man and his words (Senator Everett Dirksen).

Bauer, Fred, edited by, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Hewitt House, (1969). G in G DJ ex-library. Last of the Williams Jennings Bryan types, old barrel-chested profundos whose voice could muss hair of ladies in the balcony. and coax tears our of men. Searching the record, Congressional and otherwise, Bauer has found Dirksen's...

James Martineau: biography and study 1805-1900.

Jackson, A. W., A.M., · 1900 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Boston, Little Brown, 1900. 1st ed. VG. Unitarian theologian who preached in chapel in Liverpool (1832-57), professor of mental and moral philosophy, author of. influential philosophical works. Maroon binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Edge wear.

In the Stillness Dancing: the journey of John Main.

McKenty, Neil, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, Darton, Longman and Todd, (1987). Reprint. VG PB. Journalist, soldier, barrister and Benedictine monk, Main's spiritual odyssey was a quest for an authentic life of prayer. He met a swami who taught him to meditate using a mantra, then he entered the Benedictine novici...

Cotton Mather: the puritan priest.

Wendell, Barrett, · 1891 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dodd Mead, (1891). G ex-library. Index. Public and personal life of Mather from his diaries and published works. Dark blue binding, library markings.

Paul, Envoy Extraordinary.

Muggeridge, Malcolm & Alec Vidler, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper Row, (1972). 1st U.S. ed. VG in G DJ. What was Paul really like, a compulsive power maniac, a fanatical hot-gospeler, cold and forbidding, lovable?. A collection of opinions about Paul by famous and infamous people. What does he have to say to us now? Is the message...

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less.

Ryan, Terry, foreword by Suze Orman, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2001). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. An enterprising woman kept poverty at bay during 1950s & 1960s "contest era" by writing jingles & entering contests.

Prayers in the Pantry.

Weigle, Jacqueline Sanborn, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

np, Privately printed, (1973). G PB. A week of grief in a couple's life as they lose friends & family members to death during Christmas week. Olive binding,. book does not lay flat.

Special People.

Eisenhower, Julie Nixon, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1977). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Descriptions of special people Julie met.

Being Little in Cambridge when everone else was big.

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Appleton-Century, 1936. G. Flowered orange/green/yellow cloth binding, blue title square, spine faded, owner name ft endpaper.

Early Days in Wellesley.

Bradford, Gamaliel (1863-1932), · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Wellesley, Wesllesley National Bank, 1929. 1st ed. VG. Dark green binding, gilt lettering. Few scape maarks opposite frontis. American biographer.

Yankee Genius: a biography of Roger W. Babson: pioneer in investment counseling & business forecasting who capitzlized....

Smith, Earl L., M.B.A., Vice President, Babson's Reports, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Harper, (1954). G.on investment patience. Laid in note from grandson saying his grandfather asked to sent book to recipient dated 1/11/1962. Pages of last half of book do not lay flat inside binding.

I'll Come Back in the Springtime: John F. Kennedy and the Irish.

Hennessy, Maurice N., · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Washburn, (1966). G in G DJ. Kennedy had a specil empathy for Ireland and its people and they for him. Traces his background & ancestry & many Irish. associations in his life. Binding soiled, DJ edge wear.

Set and Spring Your Own Net or Traps: results of combinations of experiences.

Hicks, John Tyler, Inventor of Small Ideas, · 1904 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

Medford, MA, John T. Hicks, 1904. 1st ed. G. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. 1st blank flyleaf removed, hinges cracked, edge wear, bottom corners bumped.

Old Light on Separate Ways: the Narragansett diary of Joseph Fish 1765-1776.

Simmons, William S. & Cheryl L., editors, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Hanover, University Press New Eng., 1982. VG. Pictorial binding showing prayer meeting outdoors.