Biografia

Ansel Adams: an autobiography.

Adams, Ansel with Mary Street Alinder, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston, Little Brown, (1990). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Edge wear, surface scratches ft cover, sl curling.

Ecotone: wayfaring on the margins.

Krall, Florence R., · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Albany, NY, State Univ of NY Press, (1994). VG lg sz PB. A teacher, naturalist & feminist uses eco terms for boundary of where inner & outer landscapes of woman/nature continuum meet. Krall reflects on the deep changes necessary for us to transform our world. Edge wear, small ...

The Letter Kills But the Spirit Gives Life: the Smiths - abolitionists, suffragists, Bible translators.

Housley, Kathleen L., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Glastonbury, CT, Hist Society Glastonbury, CT, (1993). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ lg sz PB.

The Year of My Rebirth.

Stuart, Jesse, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, McGraw Hill, (1956). 1st ptg. VG in Fair DJ. Owner name crossed out & scrape fep, edge wear, DJ chipped, rubbed, piece missing DJ back cover. After a lecture in Kentucky. Stuart has a severe heart attack. This is the story of his fight for life but also a vivid chronicle o...

The Inman Diary: a public and private confession: two volumes.

Aaron, Daniel, edited by, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Cambridge, Harvard Univ Press, 1985. 2nd ptg. VG in VG slipcase. Navy binding, ribbon bookmarks. Slipcase edge wear, vol. 1 title box on spine rubbed.

Flip (original title: Flip Wilson Close-up.

Hudson, James A., · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

NY, Scholastic, (1971). 1st ptg. G PB. Edge wear, top corner creased.

Frederic Joliot-Curie: the man and his theories (Profiles in Science).

Biquard, Pierre, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Greenwich, CT, Fawcett, (1966). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. One of the most brilliant scientists & most controversial political figures of this century. With his wife, the daughter. of Marie Curie, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1935 for the discovery of artificial radioactivity. ...

The Call of the Running Tide: a portrait of an island family.

Graff, Nancy Price, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Little Brown, (1992). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Joyces, a fishing family on Swans Island off the coast of Maine spend their lives harvesting the sea's bounty. Ft DJ flap creased.

The Divine Aretino: a biography.

Cleugh, James, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Stein & Day, (1966). 1st U.S. ptg. VG. The son of a shoemaker, Aretino was a successful blackmailer in Renaissance Italy & debaucher of ladies of both high & low rank. Edge wear.

This House of Sky: landscapes of a western mind.

Doig, Ivan, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Harvest, (1978). 11th ptg. VG PB. Doig grew up in rugged elemental Montana wilderness with his life formed among sheepherders & characters of saloons & ranches. Sl edge wear.

Falling Leaves: the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter.

Mah, Adeline Yen, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

London, Penguin, (1999). VG PB. Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation & humiliation. Wrinkle on back cover. Systematic emotional & physical abuse by her stepmother & siblings & rejection by her father still left her with a determination to...

Learning Not to Be First: the life of Christina Rossetti.

Jones, Kathleen, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, St. Martins, (1992). 1st US ed 1ptg. VG in VG DJ. Jones examines Rossetti's life alongside other 19th century writers: Bronte, Browning & Dickinson. Call the "High Priestess. of Pre-Raphaelitism", Christina suffered the tyranny of a loving family. The youngest of 4 childre...

Who the Hell Is William Loeb?.

Cash, Kevin, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

Manchester, NH, Amoskeag Press, (1976). VG PB.

The Director: an oral biography of J. Edgar Hoover.

Demaris, Ovid, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

NY, Harper, (1975). G in G DJ ex-library. Library markings.

Lightly Poached.

Beckwith, Lillian, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Century, (1987). Reprint. VG in VG DJ. Seeing a golden eagle, sitting on a coffin while playing a piano on a ferry, cow, chicken & haymaking problems, poaching.

From Hiroshima to Glasnost: at the center of decision: a memoir.

Nitze, Paul H., · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grove Weidenfeld, (1989). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Tender at the Bone: growing up at the table.

Reichl, Ruth, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Broadway, (1998). 14th ptg. VG PB. Reichl discovered at an early age that food could be a way of making sense of the world. A culinary sensualist comes of age.

Arriving at Work: stories.

Schrader, Steven, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Brooklyn, NY, Hanging Loose, (1989). VG PB.

On Sundays We Visit the In-laws: stories.

Schrader, Steven, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Brooklyn, NY, Release Press, (1979). VG PB. There are few pains greater than the love for a child lost or half-lost through the split-up of a marriage. .

Under the Tuscan Sun: at home in Italy.

Mayes, Frances, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Broadway Books, (1997). 15th ptg. VG PB. Mayes buys and restores an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside & discovers the beauty & simplicity of life in Italy. Sl edge wear.