Biografia

Berln Diaries 1940-1945.

Vassiltchikov, Marie, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Vintage, (1988). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. Secret diaries of a 23 yr old White Russian princess who worked in the German Foreign Office from 1940-44 & then as a nurse. A unique glimpse of wartime life in the sector of German society from which the 20th of July plot to kill Hitler...

The Real and Only Life.

Peerman, Nancy, foreword by Keith Miller, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Waco, TX, Word, (1968). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark. Nancy tried to be a capable mother & perfect wife but needed tranquilizers & drink to maintain the veneer.

Robert Wood Johnson: the gentleman rebel.

Foster, Lawrence G., · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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State College, PA, Lillian Press, (1999). 1st ed. Fine in Fine DJ. With a flair for adventure, piloting planes & autogyros, racing sailing vesses across the oceans, Johnson headed up the Johnson. & Johnson company into a giant. He created the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ded...

Presidential Vignettes.

Weddle, Dr. J. Owen, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Odessa, TX, Univ of Texas, 1974. VG stapled PB. Pictorial ft cover of Washington. Yellow binding with brown illus. Scrape back cover.

The Mountains, the Main, and Members of Our Tribe: true life stories.

Beal, J. Holland, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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N. Conway, NH, Reporter Press, 1969. Fair in Fair DJ. Damp stains, boards warped, DJ chipped. Born at Nahant, a Victorian summer resort, educated at Fay, Groton, Harvard and. the Virginia Seminary, Beal was first a banker but resigned from Kidder Peabody to enter theological s...

The Farm on Nippersink Creek: stories from a midwestern childhood.

May, Jim, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Little Rock, August House, (1994). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

The Other Mother: a woman's love for the child she gave up for adoption.

Schaefer, Carol, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Soho, (1991). VG PB. She surrendered her baby for adoption & sarched for him 19 years later.

The Hungry Ocean: a swordboat captain's journey.

Greenlaw, Linda, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Hyperion, (1999). 4th ptg. VG PB. A woman succeeding at the highest level in one of the most male dominated & dangerous professions.

The Adoption Triangle: sealed or opened records: how they affect adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents.

with new introduction, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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San Antonio, Corona Pub Co, (1984). VG PB. Highlighting.

Confessions of a Lost Mother.

[email protected], · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Baltimore, MD, Gateway Press, (1996). VG PB. Inscribed by author. Author Barton pioneered development of electronic support groups for those who gave up children. Here. she weaves together their words & thoughts. What adoption really means by those who live it day by day.

Let Me Speak!: testimony of Domitila, a woman of the Bolivan mines.

Victoria Ortiz, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Monthly Review Press, (1978). 8th ptg. G PB. The courageous wife of a Bolivian tin miner. Social & economic deprivation drove her to pro-Marxist political action as a. leader of a Housewives' Committee, dedicated to improving miners' & peasants' conditions. A vivid account...

High Mediocre! (and other foolish tales).

Jenni, Barbara Love, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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np, Privately printed, (1999). VG PB. By author of "Please Don't Feed the Children" (Tales of Tarry-a-While). Inscribed by author.

The Fool of Venus: the story of Peire Vidal.

Cronyn, George, · 1934 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

NY, Covici Friede, 1934. 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Peire Vidal was the Knight of Song & greatest of troubadours of Provence. Owner bookplate, DJ edges wear & browned. During the turbulent years of the Crusades, no singer could stir an army like Vidal. One of the ugliest men of the ...

The Life of Ethelbert Nevin from his letters and his wife's memories.

Thompson, Vance, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Boston, MA, Boston Music Co, 1913. 1st ptg. Fair. Damp stains & discoloration on page edges, buckram binding, paste down illus title on ft cover & spine (discolored), edge wr. Nevin made his debut as a pianist at a recital in Pittsburgh.

When LaGuardia Was Mayor: New York's legendary years.

Heckscher, August, · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Norton, (1978). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. "This is a city of huge spaces that are too small--of millions of people that are really big. Nick DJ ft fore-edge.

Winston Churchill: an intimate portrait.

Carter, Violet Bonham, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Harcourt Brace, (1965). 1st Amer ed. VG. Edge wear, binding rubbed & faded on edges, top corners bumped,.

A Guide to the Papers of the Weeks Family of Lancaster, NH.

Weeks, Sinclair, foreword by, introduction by Herbert Wells Hill, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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Hanover, NH, Dartmouth College Library, 1969. VG in VG DJ.

A Cape Cod Journal.

Fisk, Erma J., foreword by Bob Hale, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Norton, (1990). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Owner bookplate fep, few small dents along DJ bottom edge & edge wear.

Under a Wing: a memoir.

Lindbergh, Reeve, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Simon & Schuster, (1998). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author. Youngest child of Charles & Anne, Reeve describes what it was live growing up as a Lindbergh.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

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

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NY, Oxford Univ Press, (1988). 4th ptg. VG 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 for abol...