Biografia

Historical Sketches 1950-1992.

Richard, Shirley K., compiled and written by, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

np, Maine Federation Womens Club, nd (ca 1992). G ex-library PB.

Virginia Woolf: a biography: both volumes in one.

Bell, Quentin, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1972). 5th ptg. VG. Brown binding, gilt lettering. Sl edge wear.

Twenty Days with Julian & Little Bunny by Papa.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, introduction by Paul Auster, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, NY Review Books, (2003). VG in VG DJ. When Hawthorne's wife visited relatives near Boston, he remained behind with his 4-yr son Julian. This is an account of. their time together.

Life As It Was 1900-1950: New England reflections.

Thomson, William O., · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Kennebunk, ME, 'Scapes Me, (1999). VG lg sz PB. Signed by author.

The Crow Island Journal.

Trowbridge, Clinton, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper Row, (1970). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A summer the author & his family spent on a seven acre island off the Maine coast convinced them to buy it in 1968. Crow. Island became a kind of paradise to them, pure, unspoiled, a standard to measure the rest of life. Map of isla...

His Bright Light: the story of Nick Traina (with new afterword).

Steel, Danielle, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Delta, (2000). 6th ptg. VG PB.

Millay in Greenwich Village.

Cheney, Anne, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

University, AL, Univ of Alabama Press, (1975). VG in G DJ. Edna St. Vincent Millay captured in verse the freedom, spontaneity, quick wit & beauty of the pre-1920s as no other 20s. Few tears along DJ top, owner name.

My Invented Country: a nostalgic journey through Chile.

Allende, Isabel, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, HarperCollins, (2003). 1st US ed. VG in VG DJ.

Abram: the life of an Israeli patriot.

Orenstein, Henry, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Beaufort Books, (1999). 1st N Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. A young man gets thrown into the whirlwind of WWII & learns about courage and honor. Ft cover blurb by Netanyahu, PM,. Israel.

Lee Considered: General Roert E. Lee and Civil War history.

Nolan, Alan T., · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chapel Hill, Univ of N. Carolina Press, (1991). VG in VG DJ. Nolan contends there is little truth to dogmas traditionally set forth about Lee and the war. Nolan questions Lee's decision. to continue fighting long after he believed the war could not be won. Nolan views Lee as a...

William Blake his life.

King, James, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, St. Martins, (1992). 1st PB ed 1ptg. VG lg sz PB. King focuses on contradictions & complexities of Blake's personality, his deeply divided feelings about sexuality as. well as his erotic & sometimes pornographic imagination, a committed Christian who despised Christianity,...

Five Pages a Day: a writer's journey.

Kehret, Peg, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Morton Grove, IL, Whitman, (2002). 1st ptg. VG. Kehret's books are beloved by kids everywhere. Here is how she dreamed of becoming a writer.

Marching Home: to war and back with the men of one American town.

Coyne, Kevin, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Viking, (2003). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Book follows 6 men into battle during WWII and then back to Freehold, NJ. Remainder mark.

Laurel Lee's Journal combining Walking through the Fire and Signs of Spring.

Lee, Laurel, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Chappaqua, NY, Christian Herald, (1980). 1st thus. VG in VG DJ. Laurel's confrontation with death. Pregnant with her 3rd child she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease (cancer). Signs of. Spring is her account of what has happened in the 2 years since she went into remission. ...

The Life-Line of the Lone One; or, autobiography of the world's child.

Chase, Warren (1813-1891), · 1861 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston, Bela Marsh, 1861. Fair. Wisconsin socialist and spiritualist. Embossed brown binding, Owner name stamp ft endpaper, edge wear. spine splitting,. some tannning on pages.

k. d. lang: Carrying the Torch.

Robertson, William, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ECW Press, (1993). VG PB. Lang sent shock waves through the music establishment by playing country music while dressed like a rocker & claiming to. be the reincarnation of Patsy Cline. Since the release of her first album a truly western experience in...

Widower's House: a study in bereavement.

Bayley, John, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Norton, (2001). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Painful, inspirational story of how he began life anew in his mid-70s after his wife's death. Owner bookplate. "In widowhood you lose not only your loved one but much of yourself." Bayley reflects as he stuffs a piece of casserole in hi...

Conversations in Ebury Street.

Moore, George, · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Boni & Liveright, 1924. 2nd ed. G ex-library. Owner bookplate, library markings.

Park Maker: a life of Frederick Law Olmsted.

Stevenson, Elizabeth, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

NY, Macmillan, (1977). BCE. VG in G DJ. Creator of Central Park in New York City, Olmstead in a few years turned a barren expanse into a landscape of beauty. DJ edge wear.

James Ford Rhodes: American historian.

Howe, M. A. DeWolfe, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Appleton, 1929. 1st ed. G. 1848-1927 born Cleveland, in coal & irn business, devoted himself to historical stsudy & writing, author of A History of. the United States, History of the Civil War. Black binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear, sl discoloration to binding.