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Cross, Wilbur L.
CONNECTICUT YANKEE An Autobiography
DJ worn & taped together. Wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper ; Autobiography of the four-term Connecticut governor; 8vo
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Roosevelt, Eleanor
THIS I REMEMBER
Chipping and small tears to DJ. Bookplate and previous owner's name to half-title page ; SIGNED by Mrs. Roosevelt to half-title page. Her life with the four-term president; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 387 pages
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Alpert, Hollis
THE BARRYMORES
Light wear to DJ; The story of the thespian family of Ethel, Lionel, and John Barrymore, with many photographs; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 397 pages
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Corti, Count Egon Caesar
THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD
Wear to DJ with sunning; Originally published 1928, this is a film tie-in with photos from the 1934 film of the same name in the endpapers and with George Arliss on the cover ; 8vo; 432 pages
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Williams, Roger L.
THE MORTAL NAPOLEON III
Wear & small open tears to price clipped DJ; 8vo; 226 pages
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Tsuzuki, Chushichi
THE LIFE OF ELEANOR MARX 1855-1898 A Socialist Tragedy
Slight wear and chipping to price clipped DJ; The life of the daughter of Karl Marx; 8vo; 354 pages
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Chatwin, Bruce
WHAT AM I DOING HERE
Slight wear to DJ; Author Chatwin's own collection of his biographical stories, various anecdotes, and travel writings, in a witty and engaging style; 8vo; 367 pages
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Conway, Jill Ker
THE ROAD FROM COORAIN
INSCRIBED by author to title page ; 8vo; 238 pages
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Le Hardouin, Maria
COLETTE A Biographical Study
DJ browned with wear & chipping ; Who among writers could be more quintessentially French?; 8vo; 186 pages
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Addams, Jane
A CENTENNIAL READER
Chipping with small tears & dampstaining to DJ. Browning to endpapers; The pioneering social worker shares views on many issues ; 8vo; 330 pages
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Pottle, Frederick A.
JAMES BOSWELL The Earlier Years 1740-1769
Wear & slight chipping to DJ; biography of the biographer; 8vo; 606 pages
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Swift, Hildegarde Hoyt
THE EDGE OF APRIL A Biography of John Burroughs
Tape residue to endpapers. Small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper; Dramatized story of the noted naturalist; Woodcuts; 8vo; 316 pages
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Salter, Elizabeth
THE LAST YEARS OF A REBEL A Memoir of Edith Sitwell
Wear & blemishes to DJ; The last years of the noted poet, by her secretary; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 208 pages
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Taylor, John Russell
INGRID BERGMAN
Slight wear to DJ with some laminate peel; illustrated portrait of the noted actress; B&W & Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages
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Carter, Jimmy
OUR ENDANGERED VALUES America's Moral Crisis
Slight wear to DJ; The former President writes with regret of the abandonment of formerly cherished American values ; 8vo; 212 pages
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Clarke, Gerald
CAPOTE A Biography
Slight wear to DJ; comprehensive biography of the noted writer of In Cold Blood, among others; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 631 pages
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Douglas, William O.
GO EAST, YOUNG MAN The Early Years
Wear & chipping to DJ; The story of the noted jurist up to his appointment to the US Supreme Court ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 493 pages
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Williams, Stanley T.
THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON IRVING [VOLUME ONE ONLY]
Slight wear to extremities. Dampstaining to rear board, bleeding through slightly to rear endpaper ; Stated first printing. Volume one only of the life story of the noted New York chronicler; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 501 pages
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Rollyson, Carl
LILLIAN HELLMAN Her Legend and Her Legacy
Top corners bumped. Light wear to DJ ; Life story of the noted playwright, which purports to fill in the details left out of her autobiographies; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 613 pages
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Clinton, Hillary Rodham
LIVING HISTORY
Sticker residue to Brodart covering; SIGNED by author to bookplate tipped in to front free endpaper ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 562 pages
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Parton, J.
THE LIFE OF HORACE GREELEY Editor of the New York Tribune
Binding broken pg. 144. Wear to extremities ; Life of the noted newspaper editior and briefly a member of the House of Representatives, best known for the saying, 'Go West, young man!'; 8vo; 442 pages
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Edwardes, Michael
NEHRU A Political Biography
Wear & spotting to boards. Wear & small open tears to price clipped DJ ; Seen as Gandhi's heir to lead India politically, author Edwardes writes that he was unfortunately not up to the task; 8vo; 351 pages
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De Rothschild, Baron Philippe & Littlewood, Joan
BARON PHILIPPE The Very Candid Autobiography of Baron Philippe De Rothschild
Slight wear & creasing to DJ; Provocative life story of the noted raconteur; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 329 pages
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Kobal, John
RITA HAYWORTH The Time, the Place and the Woman
Slight chipping to DJ. Light browning to endpapers ; Biography of noted film star Hayworth from author Kobal who befriended the actress in the early 1970s ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 328 pages
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Milland, Ray
WIDE-EYED IN BABYLON An Autobiography
Light wear to DJ; Actor Milland, best known for his Oscar-winning turn in The Lost Weekend, tells his own story. The front and rear of the DJ are exactly the same, which is interesting; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 264 pages
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Alsop, Joseph
FDR A Centenary Remembrance
Chipping & open tears to DJ. Browning to endpapers; Lavishly illustrated look at the life & presidency of FDR, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his birth; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages
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Lorant, Stefan
FDR A Pictorial Biography
Wear to extremities; Profusely illustrated with photos covering every aspect of the four-term President's life; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages
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Keats, John
YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
Light wear to DJ extremities with a bit of fading to spine; The story of the noted humorist and charter member of the Algonquin club. Stated first printing; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 319 pages
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Mellow, James R.
CHARMED CIRCLE Gertrude Stein & Company
Wear & chipping to DJ with sticker residue to front flap ; The literary circle in Paris including Stein, Toklas, Hemingway, Cocteau, et al ; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 528 pages
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White, William S.
THE PROFESSIONAL: LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Apparent pencil marks to front board; INSCRIBED by Lyndon Johnson to half-title page. A look at his life & political career from early in his Presidency; 8vo; 273 pages
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Burton, Isabel & Wilkins, W. H.
THE ROMANCE OF ISABEL LADY BURTON [TWO VOLUME SET] The Story of Her Life
Both volumes show wear to extremities, spotting to boards, and less than completely tight bindings, volume one more than volume two; The life of the wife of the noted explorer, told by herself and W. H. Wilkins ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 778 (374,404) pages
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Cortissoz, Royal
THE LIFE OF WHITELAW REID [TWO VOLUME SET]
Volume one shows wear to extremities, bookplate to front pastedown. Volume two shows bumping to corners, small tears to spine covering and a bookplate to front pastedown. Both volumes have some uncut pages ; Two volume biography of the newspaper editor and unsuccessful 1892 vice presidential candidate ; 8vo; 424,472 pages
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Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn
THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THOMAS ARNOLD, PH.D. [VOLUME TWO ONLY]
Wear to extremities with cuts to spine covering. Previous owner's name to first blank page. Foxing to first few and last few pages; Volume two only of the biography of the theologist ; 8vo; 395 pages
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Bode, Carl
MENCKEN
Chipping & small open tears to price clipped DJ ; From boyhood in Baltimore to the Scopes trial to the founding of the American Mercury, if there was a great literary moment, Henry Louis Mencken was involved; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 452 pages
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Alpert, Hollis
THE BARRYMORES
Wear to price clipped DJ. Tape residue to endpapers from affixing DJ thereto; Brodart cover. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper ; The story of the thespian family of Ethel, Lionel, and John Barrymore, with many photographs; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 397 pages
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Kaplan, Justin
LINCOLN STEFFENS A Biography
Slight wear & fading to DJ. Small area of tape residue to front endpaper; Theodore Roosevelt called investigative reporters 'muckrakers,' and Steffens was one of the foremost examples of courageous journalists who were not afraid to challenge power; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 380 pages
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Berle, Milton & Frankel, Haskel
MILTON BERLE An Autobiography
Light wear and browning to DJ; Candid life story of the comic. Stated first printing; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 337 pages
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Boswell, James
LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
Light fraying to top spine; Forty-fourth volume in a set of some of the greatest literary works ever written. What greater honor could a writer have than to have his name be synonymous with a genre? Does not every historical figure have his or her 'Boswell? ' ; Great Books of the Western World; Vol. 44; 8vo; 618 pages
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De Polnay, Peter
GARIBALDI The Legend and the Man
Wear & fading to DJ. Pages a bit warped ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 234 pages
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Cremer, Jan
JAN CREMER WRITES AGAIN
Slight wear to DJ; Author Cremer writes of his travels in various locales in Europe and Northern Africa. Not for the faint of heart, as most of the author's adventures involve women and some unsavory behavior ; 8vo; 346 pages
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Bailey, Pearl
TALKING TO MYSELF
Wear and flap creasing to price clipped DJ; Nicely INSCRIBED ('Love/Pearl') on half title page with blue marker; 8vo; 233 pages
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Marcus, Stanley
QUEST FOR THE BEST
Light wear & chipping with small closed tears to price clipped DJ. Front free endpaper a bit creased, not affecting signature ; SIGNED to title page by author, former head of Nieman-Marcus department store ; 8vo; 228 pages
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Sherr, Lynn
OUTSIDE THE BOX A Memoir
Light wear to price clipped DJ; SIGNED by author. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. Autobiography of the noted newscaster ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 360 pages
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Bonaduce, Danny
RANDOM ACTS OF BADNESS My Story
Slight dampstaining to DJ, not affecting boards or text; INSCRIBED by author, noted for co-starring in 70s sitcom The Partridge Family, to verso of half-title page ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 293 pages
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McGovern, George
TERRY My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle with Alcoholism
INSCRIBED by former senator and presidential candidate McGovern on title page; 8vo; 208 pages
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Messner, Tammy Faye
I WILL SURVIVE...AND YOU WILL, TOO!
Light wear to DJ; INSCRIBED to title page; 8vo; 284 pages
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Dixon, Jeane
MY LIFE AND PROPHECIES Her Own Story As Told to Rene Noorbergen
Wear with browning and slight chipping to DJ ; INSCRIBED by Dixon to front free endpaper. Ms. Dixon speaks of her life and her belief that she had a direct line to God, hence her predictions; 8vo; 219 pages
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Cocteau, Jean
PROFESSIONAL SECRETS An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau
Slight wear to DJ with laminate starting to bubble ; Drawn from his writings by Robert Phelps and translated by Richard Howard ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 331 pages
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Monsarrat, Nicholas
BREAKING IN-BREAKING OUT An Autobiography
Light wear to DJ; Author and naval officer best known for his novel, later a film, the Cruel Sea; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 542 pages
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Browne, Lewis
THAT MAN HEINE
Spine ends quite frayed with small tears. Binding not tight. ; Life story of the noted poet/essayist Heinrich Heine, (1797-1856) who was considered a radical in his time and eventually decamped to Paris. He fought in duels and married a woman he both loved and loathed; 8vo; 420 pages
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