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Engel, Lehman
THIS BRIGHT DAY An Autobiography
Wear to price clipped DJ. Slight spotting to boards and small dampstains to rear endpaper & previous page, not affecting text ; Author Engel produced numerous Broadway musicals over a period of fifty years and seems to have known everyone who was anyone in the theater during those years, among them Welles, Styne, Merrick, cummings, Gish, Cukor, and many others ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 366 pages
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Toynbee, Arnold J
EXPERIENCES
Wear and chipping with removal residue to DJ; As he approached his eightieth year, author Toynbee sets down his views on a number of topics including portions of his own life experiences; 8vo; 417 pages
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Mansbridge, Albert
MARGARET MCMILLAN Prophet and Pioneer Her Life and Work
Wear with chipping, tape repair and small open tears to DJ; SIGNED by author to front free endpaper. The life's work of Margaret McMillan and her sister Rachel, who pioneered health, nutritional, and educational initiatives for children ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 178 pages
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Sitwell, Edith
TAKEN CARE OF
Wear and chipping to DJ with small open tears; The life story of the noted poet. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 239 pages
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Wolff, Cynthia Griffin
A FEAST OF WORDS The Triumph of Edith Wharton
Slight wear & chipping to price clipped DJ; The long journey from child of New York society in a society that took for granted the role of women into a renowned novelist ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 453 pages
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Hennessy, James Pope
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A Biography
Light wear to price clipped DJ; Robert Louis Stevenson fell out of literary favor during the twentieth century, and author Hennessy ably fills the need for an objective look at Stevenson's life and work; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 320 pages
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Stannard, Robert
EVELYN WAUGH The Early Years 1903-1939
Light wear to DJ; The first part of the life of the noted novelist ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 537 pages
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Hough, Henry Beetle
MOSTLY ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD A Personal Record
Slight wear & fading to DJ with one small closed tear ; Author Hough was editor/owner of the Vineyard Gazette along with his wife. It became a well-respected journal ; 8vo; 298 pages
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Barrymore, Ethel
MEMORIES An Autobiography
Ex-NBC library with inkstamps to front endpaper, pg. 19, and contents page. Card pocket (with card) to rear endpaper; The memoirs of one of the grand ladies of the theatre ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 310 pages
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Hildegarde with Fletcher, Adele Whitely
OVER 50-SO WHAT!
DJ worn with staining and significant open tears. Binding could be tighter ; INSCRIBED by author, a noted supper club entertainer, to the front free endpaper; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 184 pages
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Weintraub, Stanley
PRIVATE SHAW & PUBLIC SHAW A Dual Portrait of Lawrence of Arabia and G. B. S.
DJ shows rubbing with chipping and small closed tears; After having finished Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T. E. Lawrence decided to go 'underground' and enlist in the RAF first under the name Ross, then using Shaw. George Bernard Shaw had just finished Back to Methuselah and was recharging his creative batteries, when, in March 1922, the two men met and formed a friendship that lasted until Lawrence's passing in 1935. Both Shaws are presented here in the context of that friendship; 8vo; 302 pages
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Lewis, Wyndham
BLASTING AND BOMBARDIERING Autobiography (1914-1926)
Slight wear and chipping to DJ. DJ spine sunned. Binding loose pg. 96; Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 312 pages
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Gardner, John
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHAUCER
Slight wear & chipping to DJ. A little browning to endpapers ; The life of the elusive poet; 8vo; 328,x pages
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Guiles, Fred Lawrence
STAN The Life of Stan Laurel
The first full length biography of the legendary comedian; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 240 pages
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Eban, Abba
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Light wear to DJ with spine faded; the life of the politician; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 628 pages
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Furnas, J. C.
FANNY KEMBLE Leading Lady of the Nineteenth-Century Stage
Light wear to DJ; Actor, author, abolitionist, autobiographer and more, Ms. Kemble left her mark; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 494 pages
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Taviani, Paolo Emilio
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS The Grand Design
Professor of economics and noted Columbus scholar Taviani has produced a thoroughly researched volume of the life of the explorer; Color Illustrations; 8vo; 573 pages
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Fleming, Candace
OUR ELEANOR A Scrapbook Look At Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life
A profusely illustrated coffetable book, originally written with young adults in mind - but highly recommended for everyone; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages
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Merriam, Eve
EMMA LAZARUS Woman with a Torch
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages
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Eastman, Max
GREAT COMPANIONS Critical Memoirs of Some Famous Friends
Boards with light rubbing to extremities ; Nicely INSCRIBED by Eastman on front free endpaper to Silvia [Salmi], the photographer of the DJ to the book (which is missing) ; 8vo; 312 pages
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Ward, Henshaw
CHARLES DARWIN The Man and His Warfare
Front hinge started. Previous owner's stamp and name on front free endpaper. Frontispiece dampstained ; 8vo; 472 pages
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Ravitz, Abe C.
CLARENCE DARROW AND THE AMERICAN LITERARY TRADITION
Light wear and one tiny hole to DJ ; 8vo; 163 pages
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Freud, Sigmund
MOSES AND MONOTHEISM
Usual browning and light wear to DJ, including a few small closed tears ; 8vo; 218, vi pages
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Freud, Sigmund
DER MANN MOSES UND DIE MONOTHEISTISCHE RELIGION Drei Abhandlungen
Usual browning to DJ. Front hinge started; 8vo
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McCourt, Frank
ANGELA'S ASHES
Former owner's name on front free endpaper; 8vo; 362 pages
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Klein, Rochelle
CITY SLICKERS ON A DUDE RANCH And Other Stories
Nicely INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by the author; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 43 pages
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Davis, Charles Belmont
ADVENTURES AND LETTERS OF RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
Top edge browned. Front hinge could be tighter; 8vo; 417 pages
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Ziegler, Philip
MOUNTBATTEN A Biography
Small chips to DJ ; 8vo; 784 pages
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Morgan, Ted
FDR A Biography
Boards and edges lightly darkened and soiled; 8vo; 830 pages
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Mannes, Marya
OUT OF MY TIME
DJ with light rubbing to extremities ; 8vo; 251 pages
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Johnson, Claudius O.
BORAH OF IDAHO
DJ with one tiny open tear and minor edgewear; 8vo; 511 pages
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Jones, Henry Festing
SAMUEL BUTLER Author of Erewhon (1835-1902). a Memoir [2 Volume Set]
Gilt spine lettering faded. Top edge a bit browned. Hinges could be tighter. Tissue guarded illustrations quite browned; 8vo; 448, 531 pages
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Huang, Yunte
CHARLIE CHAN The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendevous with American History
8vo; 354 pages
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Furbank, P. N.
E. M. FORSTER A Life
DJ with one small chip to top spine. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; 8vo; 359 pages
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Wallace, Alfred Russel
MY LIFE [2 VOLUME SET] A Record of Events and Opinions
Light rubbing to boards. Bookplate. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Vol 1: tipped-in newspaper article on first blank page, which left a tan mark ; 8vo; 435, 464 pages
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Harris, Frank
CONFESSIONAL A Volume of Intimate Portraits Sketches & Studies
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. Back hinge started; Limited edition # 1074 of 3010 copies. ND [1930]; 8vo
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Wright, William
LILLIAN HELLMAN The Image, the Woman
8vo; 507 pages
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Goldsmith Gilbert, Julie
FERBER A Biography of Edna Ferber and Her Circle
8vo; 445 pages
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Erdman, Loula Grace
LIFE WAS SIMPLER THEN
Ex-Library; 8vo; 186 pages
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Mitford, Nancy
FREDERICK THE GREAT
4to 11" - 13" tall; 304 pages
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Glenn, John with Taylor, Nick
JOHN GLENN A Memoir
8vo; 422 pages
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Evlanoff, Michael
NOBEL-PRIZE DONOR Inventor of Dynamite . Advocate of Peace
Pages a bit browned; INSCRIBED in Russian by the author on the first blank page; 8vo; 190 pages
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Harris, Frank
MY LIFE AND LOVES
Pages a bit warped. ; 8vo; 983 pages
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Woodham-Smith, Cecil
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 1820-1910
Light chipping and one small open tear to DJ ; 8vo; 382 pages
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Du Plessix Gray, Francine
AT HOME WITH THE MARQUIS DE SADE
Boards lightly soiled ; 8vo; 463 pages
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Coolidge, Olivia
EDITH WHARTON 1862-1937
DJ with light rubbing to extremities, price clipped ; 8vo; 221 pages
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Tucker, Sophie
SOME OF THESE DAYS The Autobiography of Sophie Tucker
Front hinge weakening; INSCRIBED by Sophie Tucker on half title page; 8vo; 309 pages
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Busch, Noel F.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON OF ILLINOIS A Portrait
DJ a bit browned and with light chipping. Pages a bit browned; 8vo; 236 pages
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Spoto, Donald
LAURENCE OLIVIER A Biography
Small closed tear to DJ ; 8vo; 460 pages
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Grobel, Lawrence
THE HUSTONS
8vo; 812 pages
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