Biografia

Mrs. Appleyard and I.

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

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name. DJ chipped.

At Eighty Two.

Sarton, May, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Norton, (1996). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Sarton died just a few months after she finished this pilgrimage through her 82nd year. Name crossed out on ft endpaper.

A Writer's Story: from life to fiction.

Bauer, Marion Dane, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Clarion, (1995). 1st ptg. VG PB. 13 year old Caitlin is looking forward to a camping trip with her older sister who has been away at college.

Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful.

Barreca, Regina, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Storrs, CT, Biblliopola Press, (2000). VG PB. Inscribed by author. In this witty collection of essays, Barreca brings alive moments in her life - fun-loving Italian. aunts who taught her to dance, the young man she followed to London, the mysterious scrap of a family letter sh...

James Taylor: biography plus music.

Wise, Herbert, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

NY, Big 3 Music Corp, (1971). VG lg sz PB. In his own words and those of his friends, Taylor describes his life, plus music to some of his most famous songs. Crease top cover corner.

Stevenson Speeches and a Brief Biography of Adlai Stevenson.

Ralph Martin, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Random, (1952). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. "I don't believe the Democratic party has ever had a candidate better qualified to be President.than Stevenson." Harry Truman. Sl edge wear.

Saint Francis of Assisi.

Cunningham, Lawrence, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

San Francisco, Scala/Harper & Row, (1981). 1stPBed 1stptg. VG lg sz PB. Authentic personality of the saint in rare & complete personal portraits & scenes from his life painted after his death. Beautiful book, stunning photos. Title page & 3 following pages have scratch down ce...

F.D.R. 1882-1945: a centenary remembrance.

Alsop, Joseph, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Viking, (1982). VG.

Dance of a Fallen Monk: the twists and turns of a spiritual life.

Fowler, George, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, (1995). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Former Trappist monk Fowler adhered to an oath of silence for 17 years only to spend the next 20 preaching against organized. religion. Fowler's own story of the path to manhood & his deep struggles with a profound rel...

Woodrow Wilson: life and letters: 4 vols. Youth 1856-1890; Princeton 1890-1910; Governor 1910-1913; President 1913-1914.

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

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

NY, Doubleday Page, 1927-31. 1st ed. VG. Complete set of 4 volumes. Black binding, gilt lettering on spine. Edge wear to top of spine, v. 4 has scrape along bottom. front corner. Nice tight bindings. Excellent interiors.

They Shall Not Pass: the autobiography of La Pasionaria.

Ibarruri, Dolores (La Pasionaria), · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.16 | ¥3,833)

np, International Publishers, (1966). 1st ed. VG. Red binding, silver lettering on spine.

Alexander Hamilton: an essay on American Union.

Oliver, Frederick Scott, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Putnam, 1923. New ed. VG. Dark blue binding, gilt lettering on spine.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by herself.

introductioncby Jean Fagan Yellin, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, (1987). VG lg sz PB. Jacobs was born a slave in N. Carolina in 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She recorded her triumphant struggle for. freedom in an autobiography that was published pseudonymously in 1861. In this edition, Yellin i...

Rachel Jackson.

Stokes, Nellie Treanor, · 1942 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Nashville, TN, Lakes Hermitage Assn, 1942. VG PB. Paste down pictorial oval on ft cover, a replica of miniature Gen. Jackson wore daily & only removed at night placing it with. his Bible and spectacles on a table beside his bed. Inscribed by author's daughter, Ellen Stokes.

Diary of Sarah Connell Ayer: Andover & Newburyport, Massachusetts, Concord and Bow, NH; Portland and Eastport, Maine.

Ayer, Sarah Connell, · 1910 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,708)

Portland, ME, Lefavor-Toward Co, 1910. VG in VG slipcase. Gray binding with cream spine, slipcse tanned at edges. Pages unevenly cut, some still uncut, pg 13 rumpled.

George Mason Gentleman Revolutionary.

Miller, Helen Hill, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Chapel Hill, Univ of North Carolina Press, (1975). VG in G DJ. Inscribed by author on title page. DJ tanned on edges & sl edge wear.

The Carol Burnett Story.

Carpozi, George Jr., · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Warner, (1975). 1st ptg. VG PB. "I love doing physical comedy. I love being socked and slapped and thrown out of windows. And doing those screaming roles is. better than going to an analyst." Great condition.

Out of the Air: the most radio-active woman in America her own story of the golden decades of broadcsting.

McBride, Mary Margaret, · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, (1960). BCE. VG in VG DJ. McBride 5 days a week brought books, events & drama into American living rooms via radio. DJ price clipped. During the war Gen. Gradley talked about a general's job, Lilli Palmer spoke about having a baby during the blitz, John Hersey d...

Mister Bell: a life story of Walter D. Bellingrath, founder of Bellingrath Gardens.

Barney, Howard, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Mobile, AL, Bellingrath-Morse Foundation, (1992). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Bellingrath's rise from the piney woods of south central Alabama to the creation of Bellilngrath Gardens. He was the son. of a German metalworker who feld to the U.S. from the political unrest of his count...

At Seventy: a journal.

Sarton, May, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Norton, (1987). 7th ptg. VG PB. Slight creasing near outer corners.