Biografia

Peary: the explorer and the man based on his personal papers.

Weems, John Edward, foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Los Angeles, Tarcher, (1967). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Childhood experiences that forged Peary's unshakable, ferocious character, controversy that plagued his polar triumph. Scrape ft cover.

Rossetti Papers 1862-1870.

Rossetti, William Michael, compiled by (brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti), · 1903 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

London, Sands & Co, 1903. G ex-library. Papers from compilation by his brother. Index. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering on spine, edge wear, library markings.

The Face of Silence.

Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, · 1927 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dutton, (1927). 3rd ptg. G ex-library. Krishna's teachings of service to God. Black markings, yellow title square. Library markings.

The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson, late vice-president of the United States.

Nason, Rev. Elias, · 1876 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, B.B. Russell, 1876. G ex-library. Green binding, black decoration, gilt lettering. Edge wear, library markings.

Doctor Johnson and Mrs. Thrale including Mrs. Thrale's unpublished journal of the Welsh tour 1774 & much correspondence.

Broadley, A. M., introductory essay by Thomas Seccombe, · 1905 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1905. G ex-library. Began 20 year intimacy with Dr. Johnson 1764. Deep teal binding, gilt lettering, light blue decoration, library markings. saved her second husband, Gabriel Piozzi, Italian musician, from threatened bankruptcy & disposed of...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Eminent Women Series.

Ingram, John H., · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, W. H. Allen & Co., nd. 5th ed. G ex-library. English poet, semi-invalid for man years because of a riding accident, regained strength & eloped with Robert Browning from. her dictatorial father, sympathized with Florentine struggle for freedom, bitterly disappointed by ...

Maria Edgeworth: Eminent Women Series.

Zimmern, Helen, · 1883 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, W. H. Allen & Co., 1883. G ex-library. Rendered practical aid to peasants during Irish famine (1846), author of 20 volumes, daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth,. whom she accompanied to Ireland in 1782, & was his inseparable companion & assistant, completed her father...

From an Old House.

Hergesheimer, Joseph, · 1925 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Knopf, 1925. G in G slipcase ex-library. Cloth binding with paste down paper title on ft cover & spine of book & slipcase. Slipcase edge wear, library markings.

Luce And His Empire.

Swanberg, W. A., · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Scribner, (1972). BCE. vg in G DJ. In success & influence, Luce was the premier journalist of the 20th century & Swanberg recounts in detail his career & the. impact of Time Inc. on our world, including Luce's propagandist crusades. DJ browned on edges.

Kate Remembered.

Berg, A. Scott, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Putnam, (2003. 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. In the last years of her life, Kate started a special relationship with Berg where she spent hours telling him. whatever came to mind. Top of front endpaper shows where owner sticker removed.

The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom.

Delany, Sarah and A. Elizabeth with Amy Hill Hearth, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Kodansha International, (1994). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Answers to questions raised by their first book "Having Our Say". Owner sticker fep.

The Memoirs of Lord Chandos.

Lyttelton, Oliver, Viscount Chandos, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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London, Bodley Head, (1962). Reprint. VG in VG DJ. Educated at Eton & Cambridge, Chandos served in WWI in the Grenadier Guards & after the war became Managing Director of. the British Metal Corp. WWII brought him into politics. He became Controller of Non-Ferrous Metals & then...

Carlos Portrait of a Terrorist.

Smith, Colin, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1977). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. In 1969 the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine began to train young European & S. American radicals to operate in. Europe as terrorists & assassins on behalf of the Arab cause. The most infamous & vicious is C...

Jefferson and Wine: model of moderation.

Lawrence, R. de Treville III, edited by, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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The Plains, VA, Vinifera Wine Growers Assn, nd. 2nd ed rv enlg. VG in VG DJ. Jefferson had a lifelong interest in wines, vines & grapes. He enjoyed it with meals & agriculturally he constantly studied &. sought new crops & superior varieties to bring a better life for his peop...

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: manic depression and the life of Virginia Woolf.

Dally, Peter, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, St. Martins, (1999). 1st US ed 1ptg. VG in VG DJ. Eminent psychiatrist explores the darker of Woolf whose life in the public eye affected her moods & her behavior. On three. occasions she went mad which terrified her & she lived in constant fear of returning to this afflec...

Life of William Hickling Prescott.

Ticknor, George, · 1864 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, Ticknor & Fields, (1864). G. American historian born in Salem, MA 1796-1859. Forest green binding with gilt decoration & lettering on spine. Damp stained. During course at Harvard, an accident destroyed sight in his left eye & subsequent inflammation weakend other eye ...

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

Jacobs, Harriet A., with introduction by Valerie Smith, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Oxford Univ Press, (1988). 12th ptg. G lg sz PB. Born a slave in NC in 1813, Harriet became a fugitive in 1830s & recorded her struggle for freedom pseudonymously in 1861. A remarkable grandmother who hid her from her master for 7 years, a brother who escape & spoke out fo...

Lives of Moral Leadership.

Coles, Robert, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Random, (2000). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Gift quality. How to be a moral leader & how intervention of one person can change the course of history.

Borrowed Finery: a memoir.

Fox, Paula, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Holt, (2001). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Born in the 20s to nomadic, bohemian parents, Fox is left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage but her parents soon arrive to. "rescue" her and proceed to shuttle her from one exotic place to another and give her scattered moments of their ...

When I Was a Young Man: a memoir.

Kerrey, Bob, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt, (2002). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Kerrey came from a family of soldiers so when the Vietnam draft loomed, he volunteered for the elite Navy SEALs but soon came to. face the brutal reality of the war. In his first firefight, women & children died. His second en...