‎Biographie‎

‎ADB = ALLGEMEINE DEUTSCHE BIOGRAPHIE:‎

‎Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Hrsg. durch die Historische Commission bei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2. unveränderte Auflage.‎

‎Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1967 - 1971. 56 volumes Bände 1 - 45: A-Z. Bände 45 - 55: Nachträge A-Z. Band 56: Register Orig. blue cloth with red title labels.; 24 cm. Text in German gothic fraktur script. Price when new 6200 euro for the unchanged 1981 edition. - traces of removed library labels on spines ticket on rear title page library stamp on some bottom edges cloth sl. sunfaded although still very good set see image ¶ Neudruck der von 1875 - 1912 erschienenen 1. Aufl. -- Die Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ADB ist auch heute noch für die historische Forschung auf allen Gebieten des polititschen kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Lebens eine unersetzliche Fundgrube für Informationen über ca. 26.300 bedeutende Persönlichkeiten aus dem deutschen Sprachraum sofern sie vor dem Jahre 1900 verstorben sind. Bis 1648 sind auch Niederländer aufgenommen. Während die Werke der Biographierten im Artikel charakterisiert werden findet sich die Sekundärliteratur an dessen Schluß. Die ADB enthält eine Vielzahl von Biographien über Persönlichkeiten die in neueren Nachschlagewerken nicht mehr erwähnt werden. Die Artikel sind in einem individuellen meist sehr gepflegten oft essayistischen Stil verfaßt und bringen Informationen in einer nicht mehr erreichten Ausführlichkeit. -- Info from Duncker & Humblot.n Duncker & Humblot hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20252

‎Chong, Tommy‎

‎CHEECH & CHONG: The Unauthorized Autobiography‎

‎Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2008. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy. Uncorrected Proof. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink with a drawing of a smokin' doobie under his signature. The straight dope on one of the most popular comedy teams of all time. From pot smoking to politics to the universe at large CHEECH & CHONG: The Unauthorized Autobiography is the closest you'll ever get to sitting in a van made entirely of marijuana trading stories with an unlikely legend and feeling.well.kind of funny. New ARC in pictorial wraps. <br/> <br/> Simon Spotlight Entertainment paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11890

‎Sandford, Christopher‎

‎POLANSKI: A Biography‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Palgrave MacMillan 2008. First American Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Edition. This revelatory biography of Roman Polanski weaves together the rich and complex life of the celebrated and controversial film director Holocaust survivor and exile based on a wealth of sources and new material. This gripping new account is filled with revelations about all aspects of Polanski's life including his childhood poverty in a Krakow ghetto his wife Sharon Tate's brutal murder by the Manson family the psychological complexity of his workand the assault charges that ultimately led to his exile from the United States. Acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford contextualizes Polanski's films within his life drawing on a wealth of resources such as previously sealed transcripts of his criminal hearings and dozens of interviews with actors who have worked with him. Roman Polanski's work continues to garner praise and attention. This fascinating biography of a man whose life has been punctuatred by extreme tragedies and triumphs illuminates the work of one of the most important figures in modern cinema. New collectible ARC in pictorial wraps. A78 <br/> <br/> Palgrave MacMillan paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11989 ISBN : 0230607780 9780230607781

‎Burgess, Robert F.‎

‎The Sharks‎

‎Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. 1970. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover. Examines the various species of the shark family how they are useful to science and what is being done to preserve them. Review taped to front free endpaper. August 7 1975 Washington Star newspaper clipping of the capture of a 15-foot long weighing 2400 pounds white shark off the coast of California laid in at title page. Edgeworn DJ previous owner's name. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 159 pages; 26593 . Doubleday hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26593

‎Fisher, M. F. K.‎

‎LAST HOUSE: Reflections Dreams and Observations. 1943-1991‎

‎New York N. Y. U.S.A.: Pantheon Books 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. A68/A85 <br/> <br/> Pantheon Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11828 ISBN : 0679439080 9780679439080

‎Richards, Susan‎

‎CHOSEN FOREVER: A Memoir‎

‎Soho Press 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author of the NY Times bestselling CHOSEN BY A HORSE. "Richards reflects on how rich life becomes when one travels her own best path. . . . Richards writes more courageously than she perhaps realizes and each page of this uplifting book will touch a chord in everyone who enjoyed her first book."-- Booklist New unread first edition first printing in new mylar-protected dust jacket. Not remainder-marked or price-clipped NFBS1 <br/> <br/> Soho Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11861 ISBN : 1569474923 9781569474921

‎Hilliard, Jack‎

‎My Mother Built The Fire Stories of Growing Up in the Country‎

‎Hester Publications. Very Good. 1998. Softcover. Inscribed by author. True stories of growing up in the West Tennessee countryside before WWII. Told in the southern country English commonly used at the time. Very minor wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages; 26285; Signed by Author . Hester Publications paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26285

‎Janes, Ted, and Henry Lyman, Clyde Ormond, Frank Woolner, edited by Lee Wulff‎

‎The Sportsmans Companion‎

‎Harper & Row. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1968. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very small tear and scuff on upper edge of rear DJ panel. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 413 pages; 26336 . Harper & Row hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26336

‎Robinson, Robert‎

‎Thomas Bewick: His Life and Times‎

‎Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed for R Robinson. 1887. First Edition. Hardback. 4to green cloth with paper title label on spine. Two hundred illustrations. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Good hardback. Book is bumped to corners with 3 inch vertical wear down top back edge of spine. Shaken hinges. Foxing to outer pages. Title label worn with small losses. Printed for R Robinson. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22540

‎Maddox, Brenda‎

‎FREUD'S WIZARD: Ernest Jones and the Transformation of Psychoanalysis‎

‎Cambridge MA U.S.A.: Da Capo Press Inc. 2007. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's widely-praised biographies include ROSALIND FRANKLIN: The Dark Lady of DNA; NORA: The Real Life of Molly Bloom and lives of W.B. Yeats and D.H. Lawrence. She has won the Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography the Silver PEN award and the Whitbread Biography Prize. As new unread copy in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. NF39 <br/> <br/> Da Capo Press Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11794 ISBN : 0306815559 9780306815553

‎Trussoni, Danielle‎

‎FALLING THROUGH THE EARTH: A Memoir‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Henry Holt and Company Inc. 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 2025 by author on title page in black fountain ink.An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin Trussoni also attended the Iowa Writer's Workshop which awarded her its 2005-6 James A. Michener/Copernicus Society of America Award. FALLING THROUGH THE EARTH her debut "an intense at times searing memoir revisits the author's rough-and-tumble Wisconsin girlhood spent on the wrong side of the tracks in the company of her father a Vietnam vet who began his tour as "a cocksure country boy" but returned "wild and haunted" unfit for family life and driven to extremes of philandering alcoholism and violence. Trussoni mixes these memories with spellbinding versions of the war stories her father reluctantly dredged up and with reflections on her own journey to Vietnam undertaken in an attempt to recapture and come to terms with her father's experiences as a "tunnel rat" who volunteered for the harrowing duty of scouring underground labyrinths in search of an elusive and deadly enemy." FALLING THROUGH THE EARTH was named by the NY Times Book Review as one of its top ten books of 2006. As new unread first edition first printing in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Not remainder-marked or price-clipped BUNDNFB3/A86 <br/> <br/> Henry Holt and Company, Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11707 ISBN : 0805077324 9780805077322

‎Gibbs, Terri (Ed. )‎

‎Reflections From A Mother's Heart A Family Legacy For Your Children A Glossy Padded Journal to Keep for a Year‎

‎Dallas: Word Publishing. As New. 1995. Hardcover. 0849952158 . This hardcover memory journal offers a beautiful place to record a mother's life experiences--family history childhood memories lighthearted incidents cherished traditions dreams and spiritual adventures for her children to treasure. Nothing has been written in this book ready for your life story in your own words. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages; 26176 . Word Publishing hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26176 ISBN : 0849952158 9780849952159

‎Blaine, John W. Vandercook; Illustrator Mahlon‎

‎Black Majesty The Life of Christophe King of Haiti‎

‎Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Date code: D-F April 1931 This may be the first american edition. The only other older edition was published in 1928 in London. Spine title faded. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 207 pages; 26180 . Harper & Brothers hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26180

‎McNeal, Robert H.‎

‎STALIN: Man and Ruler‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: New York University Press 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new unread copy in near-fine 1" upper front edge tear tape-repaired inside jacket else fine mylar-protected dust jacket. A72 <br/> <br/> New York University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11563 ISBN : 0814754430 9780814754436

‎Clinton, Bill‎

‎MY LIFE‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new unread first edition first printing in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 957 pp; index.Not remainder-marked or price-clipped" A78 A67 <br/> <br/> Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11612 ISBN : 0375414576 9780375414572

‎Trynin, Jen‎

‎EVERYTHING I'M CRACKED UP TO BE: A Rock & Roll Fairy Tale‎

‎Orlando Florida U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & Company Inc. 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new unread first edition first printing review copy with publisher's material laid in in fine mylar-protected dust jacket.A67/A78 <br/> <br/> Harcourt Brace & Company, Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11635 ISBN : 0151011486 9780151011483

‎King, Larry (compiled by)‎

‎LOVE STORIES OF WORLD WAR II‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Crown Publishers Inc. 2001. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author/CNN host Larry King on title page. Both poignant and inspiring these are the moving stories of men and women who met amid the chaos of the most devastating war in history and became the loves of one another's lives. Many are now enjoying their seventies and eighties together after more than fifty happy years of marriage. They met in many remarkable ways some in the briefest of chance encounters and their love endured heart-rending ordeals of long separation and the constant threat that a husband or lover might not return. As these couples reflect on the profound experience of the war the stories they most like to tell are of the deep bonds they forged during that tumultuous time bonds so strong that they lasted a lifetime. As one man put it "We've all got war stories. Some of us like to tell them and some don't. But the story of how we fell in love with our wives well that's still with us every day and I know a lot of us can still get a little choked up over it. The war was a long time ago one part of our lives. But we're still living the love stories." Bestselling author and master interviewer Larry King tells the stories of these love affairs just as the couples recalled them capturing the special feeling of those times in their own words. The stories are complemented with a wealth of personal photographs and reproductions of touching memorabilia including V-mail letters cartoons cards newspaper accounts and even the ticket stub from the movie seen on a first date. The stories reflect a wonderful range of experiences from couples who met and got married within a few weeks to those who waited years after a brief first meeting to see each other again. There are stories of falling in love at first sight stories of tragedy transformed by love and stories of the remarkable resourcefulness that can be exercised by two people determined to be together.A treasure trove of unique reminiscences Love Stories of World War II offers an unprecedented view into this personal side of the World War II experience and celebrates the incredible legacy of remarkable relationships forged in the midst of tragedy. As new unread copy in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. NF22 <br/> <br/> Crown Publishers, Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11679 ISBN : 0609607235 9780609607237

‎Mason, Bill; Gruenfeld, Lee‎

‎CONFESSIONS OF A MASTER JEWEL THIEF‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Villard Books 2004. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. N33 <br/> <br/> Villard Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11478 ISBN : 0375508392 9780375508394

‎Svenvold, Mark‎

‎ELMER McCURDY: The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Basic Books 2002. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new unread first edition first printing in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Not remainder-marked or price-clipped NF24 <br/> <br/> Basic Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11473 ISBN : 046508348X 9780465083480

‎Masters, Alexander‎

‎STUART: A Life Backwards‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Delacorte Press 2006. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this extraordinary book Alexander Masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man an unlikely friendship and a desperate world few ever see. A gripping who-done-it journey back in time it begins with Masters meeting a drunken Stuart lying on a sidewalk in Cambridge England and leads through layers of hell.back through crimes and misdemeanors prison and homelessness suicide attempts violence drugs juvenile halls and special schools-to expose the smiling gregarious thirteen-year-old boy who was Stuart before his long sprawling dangerous fall. Shocking inspiring and hilarious by turns STUART: A Life Backwards is a writer's quest to give voice to a man who beneath his forbidding exterior has a message for us all: that every life-even the most chaotic and disreputable-is a story worthy of being told. As new first edition first printing. in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Not remainder-marked or price-clipped BIOS2 <br/> <br/> Delacorte Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11506 ISBN : 0385340001 9780385340007

‎Feldman, Ed; Barton, Tom‎

‎TELL ME HOW YOU LOVE THE PICTURE: A Hollywood Life‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Written by a behind-the-scenes legend this incredible Hollywood memoir is penned by one of moviedom's most renowned producers. Feldman produced such films as Save the Tiger Witness The Golden Child Green Card 101 Dalmatians and The Truman Show in a career spanning more than fifty years. As new in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. A70 <br/> <br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11533 ISBN : 0312348010 9780312348014

‎Ozment, Steven‎

‎THE BURGERMEISTER'S DAUGHTER: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In an era when women were supposed to be disciplined and obedient Anna proved to be neither. Defying 16th-century social mores she was the frequent subject of gossip because of her immodest dress and flirtatious behavior. When her wealthy father discovered that she was having secret simultaneous affairs with a young nobleman and a cavalryman he turned her out of the house in rage but when she sued him for financial support he had her captured returned home and chained to a table as punishment. Anna eventually escaped and continued her suit against her father her siblings and her home town in a bitter legal battle that was to last 30 years and end only upon her death. Drawn from her surviving love letters and court records THE BURGERMEISTER'S DAUGHTER is a fascinating examination of the politics of sexuality gender and family in the 16th century and a powerful testament to the courage and tenacity of a woman who defied the inequalities of this distant age. Fine first edition first printing in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Not price-clipped or remainder-marked NF73 <br/> <br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11399 ISBN : 031213939X 9780312139391

‎Brinkley, Douglas‎

‎TOUR OF DUTY: John Kerry and the Vietnam War‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Harper Collins Publishers Inc. 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on ffep. As new unread first edition first printing in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Not remainder-marked or price-clipped NF21 <br/> <br/> Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11409 ISBN : 0060565233 9780060565237

‎Tosches, Nick‎

‎KING OF THE JEWS‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Ecco Press/Harper Collins Publishers Inc. 2005. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author of TRINITIES. As new in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. A80 <br/> <br/> Ecco Press/Harper Collins Publishers, Inc. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11411 ISBN : 0066211182 9780066211183

‎Bowen, Ezra‎

‎Henry And Other Heroes‎

‎Boston: Sports Illustrated. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0316103950 . From the son of Catherine Drinker Bowen and editor of many Time-Life series including the Old West and This Fabulous Century. DJ moderately rubbed and chipped at heel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; 25467Qsp . Sports Illustrated hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25467 ISBN : 0316103950 9780316103954