Biografia

Recollections of a Life.

Hiss, Alger, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Seaver Books (Holt), (1988). 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. The long-awaited memoir by one of the most controversial Americans of contemporary history, who was accused of Communism.

My American Journey.

Powell, Colin with Joseph E. Persico, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY, Random House, (1995). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica, Powell goes on to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Before I Forget: '50s reflections through a jaded eye.

Toomer, "Buffalo" George, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Boston, Little Brown, (1991). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. An often bittersweet portrayal of post-WW II days in the South, Howdy Doody, birth of television, atomic bomb attacks, McCarthy.

Lech Walesa: a Way of Hope.

Walesa, Lech, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY, Henry Holt, (1987). 1st ed ss. VG in G DJ. DJ torn, rumpled. Readers can witness a great social revolution as it unfolds & in the words of its leader.

Travels with Henry (Kissinger).

Valeriani, Richard, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1979. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. NBC's TV correspondent writes a witty chronicle of life on the diplomatic road with diplomat Henry Kissinger.

Life of Johnson.

Boswell, James, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Modern Library, (1931). VG. Some browning of eps, spine sunned, worn.

The Woman Within.

Glasgow, Ellen, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Harcourt, Brace, (1954). 1st ed ss. VG. To her literary executors, Glasgow writes this is only a rough draft & because of suffering of mind & body, she cannot edit it. Small "G" marked on spine in ink.

Letters Home: correspondence 1950-1963, selected and edited with commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath.

Plath, Sylvia, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

NY, Harper and Row, (1975). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Sylvia's mother displays her daughter's complexity and depth in more than a 1,000 letters home.

James A. Michener: a biography.

Hayes, John P., · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1984). 2d printing. VG in VG DJ. DJ rubbed. Michener did not begin writing until he was 40 but he hit it big with his first book, "Tales of the South Pacific".

Entering New Worlds: the memoirs of a private man in public life.

Kampelman, Ambassador Max M., · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Haper Collins, (1991). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Head of the U.S. delegation to the Geneva nuclear negotiations, Kampelman takes us behind the scenes to private assessments.

Her Name is Barbra: an intimate portrait of the real Barbra Streisand.

Riese, Randall, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Birch Lane Press, (1993). 1st ed. Fine in Fine DJ. 584 pages about the details of Streisand's life including behind the scenes information.

Wordsworth in England: studies in the history of his fame..

Peek, Katherine Mary, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Octagon Books, 1969. 2d ed. Fine. From study of a relative's collection of Wordsworthiana & also from access to unpublished material in Dove Cottage.

The Jealous Mistress.

Traver, Robert, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Boston, Little Brown, (1967). 1st ed ss. VG in G+ DJ. DJ rubbed. Traver takes us into mysteries of the law, his "Jealous Mistress".

The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia.

Knightley, Phillip and Colin Simpson, · 1970 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, McGraw-Hill, (1970). 1st Amer ed. VG. Black cloth, sl rubbed.

The Night Country.

Eiseley, Loren, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Scribner, (1971). VG in G DJ. DJ chipped, torn. The meditative summation of personal experiences of an anthropologist and sometime fossil hunter.

My Place: an aborigine's stubborn quest for her truth, heritage, and origins.

Morgan, Sally, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Seaver Books, Henry Holt. 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. The Australian equivalent of "Roots", Morgan discovers she is an Aborigine after growing up "white" in the American South.

In Retrospect: the tragedy and lessons of Vietnam.

McNamara, Robert S. with Brian VanDeMark, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random House, (1995). BCE. VG in VG DJ. McNamara's famous book where he called the Vietnam War a "mistake".

The World of Rod McKuen.

McKuen, Rod, · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Random House, (1968). 2d ptg. VG. Owner's book plate ft ep. Edge wear. McKuen's poetry set to music with piano arrangements by Ben Kendall.

The Death and Letters of Alice James: selected corresondence with a biographical essay.

Yeazell, Ruth Bernard - editor, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Berkeley, CA, University of Calif. Press, (1981). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Owner's inscr 2nd fly. DJ clipped, sl chipped. Corner bumped. Only sister of Henry James, Alice writes of family history.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

Thayer, Mary Van Rensselaer, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1961. 1st ed ss. VG. Sl edge wear. Beautiful family photographs accompany this biography of the former first lady.