Biografia

To Me It's Wonderful.

Waters, Ethel, introduction by Eugenia Price & Joyce Blackburn, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Harper Row, (1972). G PB. Inscribed by Waters. Ft cover creased. Binding rubbed.

The Hearsts: family & empire the later years.

Chaney, Lindsay and Michael Cieply, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1981). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark. DJ price clipped. The American epic of family & corporation continues to the present day.

Harriet Beecher Stowe: a biography.

Gerson, Noel B., · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Praeger Pubs, (1976). VG in VG DJ. Lincoln called her the "little lady who made this big war". Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a crusading feminist.

Poet in America: Winfield Townley Scott.

Donaldson, Scott, · 1972 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, (1972). G in G DJ ex-library. Back ep partially removed. Biography of Scott (1910-1968) which describes the predicament of the artist in contemporary. American society. Scott suffered deeply from what he considered to be a lamentable lack...

Thomas Mann Diaries 1918-1939.

German by Richard & Clara Winston, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

NY, Abrams, (1982). G in G DJ ex-library. Index, index of reference to Mann's work, 44 pages of biographical notes.

When Daylight Comes: a biography of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

Murphet, Howard, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Wheaton, IL, Theosophical Pub House, (1975). VG PB. Blavatsky founded The Theosophical Sociey and it allegedly was a cover for Russian espionage & later a money-making scheme. Murphet explores the myths & rumors to find the truth about this infamous woman.

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 crease near corner on beginning 1/4 of book.

The Duchess and the two restorations: famous women of the French Court.

de Saint-Amand, Imbert, translated by James David, · 1894 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Scribner, 1894. VG. Tissue guarded frontis, sl edge wear, top corners bumped, binding edges few dents, cover spots near spine & bot edge.

The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin.

De Jonge, Alex, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Coward McCann & Geoghegan, (1982). VG in VG DJ. DJ edge wear, bk flap creased. Story of an illiterate Siberian peasant who penetrated highest circles of the Romanov dynasty. His pilgraimages & struggles of conscience warred with sexual rapacity & a predilection for drink, ...

Bernstein Remembered.

Stern, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1991). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ edgewear.

The Gutter and the Ghetto.

Wilkerson, Don with Herm Weiskopf, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Waco, TX, Word, (1969). VG in VG DJ.

It Wasn't All Velvet: an autobiography.

Torme, Mel, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Viking, (1988). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark. Damp stain on top corner page edges.

The World of Washington Irving.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dutton, 1944. VG. Owner's book plate. Edgewear, bottom corners bumped. Gilt decoration on front cover.

The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr..

Peck, Ira, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scholastic, (1968). 2nd ptg. G PB ex-library. Library stamps on last ep.

Down All the Days.

Brown, Christy, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Crest, (1971). VG PB. Life on which "My Left Foot" was based. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Brown could only use the little toe of his foot.

Zlata's Diary: a child's life in Sarajevo.

Pribichevich-Zoric, introduction by Janine Di Giovanni, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Vikin, (1994). 1st Amer ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Zlata's diary begins when there was peace in Sarajevo and she was a carefree young girl of 11. Then bombs fall on Dubrovnik.

Flying.

Millett, Kate, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

NY, Knopf, 1974. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Foil DJ rubbed.

Dear Departed: a memoir.

Yourcenar, Marguerite, translated from French by Maria Louise Ascher, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1991). 1st ed thus. G in G DJ ex-library. 1st published in 1974 under title Souvenirs Pieux, less a chronicle of her life than an inquiry into time, change & past. The history of a family is a window into the history of Europe: the author's forebears...

The Hidden Ground of Love: letters on religious experience & social concerns.

Merton, Thomas, selected & edited by William H. Shannon, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1985). G in G DJ ex-libraray. Back ep removed, back hinge cracked. Leters of Daniel Berrigan, Erich Fromm, Aldous Huxley, Ethel Kennedy,.

Paula.

Allende, Isabel, translated from Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper Collins, (1994). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Ft DJ flap creased at price. An autobiography with acceptance of the magical & spiritual worlds initiated by her daughter's. illness & coma. Bizarre ancestors began to appear, bitter childhood memories, youthful anecdotes, in...