Biografia

THE AMAZING WORLD OF KRESKIN

Kreskin · 1973 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Random House First Edition Light shelf wear to DJ.; INSCRIBED (To Liz/ESPecially/Kreskin) by the noted mentalist. Some the Amazing Kreskin's amazing feats are herein described. An admission ticket from a March 1980 show at Seton Hall Univer...

RACE HOSS; Big Emma's Boy

Sample, Albert Race · 1984 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$110.00 (€99.81 | £83.27 | ¥17,566)

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Eakin Press Including a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the literary agency and addressed to Gordon Parks. The book is stamped on front free endpaper by the literary agency; 8vo; 320 pages Austin

FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON; A Character Sketch with a Small Selection from Letters Addressed to Him and Bibliographical Notes on a Few of the Books Formerly in the Rowfant Library

Birrell, Augustine · 1920 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Very Good+ Charles Scribner's Sons Nice contemporary bookplate; Scarce. With etched frontispiece; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 206 pages New York

THE BLOOD OF ABRAHAM

Carter, Jimmy · 1985 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Houghton Mifflin Company First Edition Pages a bit yellowed (as usual).; 8vo; 257 pages Boston

SHARING GOOD TIMES

Carter, Jimmy · 2004 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Simon & Schuster First Edition Nicely SIGNED "Carter" on title page by the former President; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 175 pages New York

LA PALABRA EL PENSAMIENTO Y LA ACCION

Peron, Eva · 1950 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Very Good Pages and boards a bit browned; Nd. [1950's]. A rare historical propaganda under Peron. Issued by "Presidencia de la Nacion Subsecretaria de Informaciones"; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 245 pages

MEANING NO OFFENSE; Being Some of the Life, Adventures and Opinions of Trader Riddell, an Old Book Reviewer, in the Dark Continent of Comtemporary Literature; Including an Assortment of Strange Interviews and Literary Follies

Riddell, John · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Very Good- Illustrated by Covarrubias The John Day Company Fifth Printing Gilt spine lettering faded. Previous owners name in front free endpaper. Binding not tight; A collection of humorous anecdotes by the book reviewer for Vanity Fair which hold up well today, slightly remi...

A BRIGHTER LATER LIFE

Whitman, Howard · 1961 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Prentice Hall DJ with minor rubbing and one small closed tear; INSCRIBED by Whitman on front free endpaper; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages Englewood Cliffs

C. W. POST [CHARLES WILLIAM POST]; The Hour and the Man. a Biography with Genealogical Supplement

Major, Nettie Leitch · 1963 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Press of Judd & Detweiler DJ spine a bit sunned and with light rubbing and small chipping; Frontispiece is a beautifully embossed shield of the Post family in gilt and red.; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 318 pages Washington

A VOYAGER OUT; The Life of Mary Kingsley

Frank, Katherine · 1986 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Houghton Mifflin Very small open tears to DJ. Front hinge weak; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 333 pages Boston

THE LIFE OF JOHN STERLING

Carlyle, Thomas · 1851 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Very Good Chapman and Hall First Edition Original dark green cloth boards. Minute tears to top and bottom spine. Two Bookplates - one older and one newer looking. Front hinge cracked, back hinge started. Last few pages with minor foxing. Spine slightly cocked; 8vo - 8" to 9" t...

MARCHING ALONG; Recollections of Men, Women and Music

Sousa, John Philip · 1928 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$340.00 (€308.49 | £257.37 | ¥54,294)

Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Hale, Cushman & Flint Small chips on DJ along spine; INSCRIBED by Gilian Sousa Cary, a family member. Top edge gilt; 8vo; 384 pages Boston

INDIA RUBBER MAN; The Story of Charles Goodyear

Wolf, Ralph F. · 1939 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Very Good+ Caxton Printers, Ltd. Front endpaper a bit warped from apparent binding error; INSCRIBED by the author on front endpaper. Biography of Charles Goodyear, who, while he didn't invent rubber, made it respectable; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages Caldwell

T. E. LAWRENCE BY HIS FRIENDS

Lawrence, A. W. [editor] · 1937 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.47 | ¥27,945)

Very Good- Jonathan Cape First Edition Spine a bit slanted. Light spotting to fore edge and bottom edge. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.; An extensive collection of essays about Lawrence by his friends, sorted by the times he met them. With an introduction by Lord ...

THE JOURNAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT; From the Original Manuscript At Abbotsford

Scott, Walter (Sir) · 1890 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.47 | ¥27,945)

Very Good Harper & Brothers First US Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's neat inscription to front free endpapers. Vol I, bookplate. Vol. II, pp. 439 with a small closed tear.; Dark green boards with framed vignettes in silver. Steel engraved front...

WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE; The Man from Emporia

Rich, Everett · 1941 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$225.00 (€204.15 | £170.32 | ¥35,930)

Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. DJ browned and with light chipping and a few open tears. Slight browning to rear endpapers.; The Biography about the Kansan Newspaper Editor and author. This is a nice association copy: Nicely inscribed by both the a...

BILL HAYWOOD'S BOOK; An Autobiography of William D. Haywood

Haywood, William D. · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Very Good+ International Publishers First Edition A handsome copy with light bumping to one corner.; "Wm D. Haywood's own story told against the turbulent background of American labor struggles - strikes, lockouts, deportations, imprisonments, murder trials, martial law, lynch...

CLARENCE DARROW FOR THE DEFENSE

Stone, Irving · 1941 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$225.00 (€204.15 | £170.32 | ¥35,930)

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Doubleday & Company, Inc. First Edition DJ with light chipping and a bit of darkening. Boards with the slightest hint of a small dampstain and with some light rubbing to extremities. Blindstamp on halftitle page. Endpapers a bit browned.; Th...

SIR RICHARD BURTON'S WIFE

Burton, Jean · 1941 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Alfred A. Knopf First Edition DJ a bit worn and with color wearing off in places. Light fraying to bottom spine. Bookplate. A bit of browning to endpapers; Biography of Isabel Burton, the wife of the great explorer.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" ...

D. H. LAWRENCE; An American Interpretation

Seligmann, Herbert J. · 1924 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Very Good Thomas Seltzer Boards a bit browned and with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name in front; Seligman was the first critical American reviewer of Lawrence's work; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 76 pages New York