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DiFranco Ani
No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir
Viking 2019. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. 306pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065290 ISBN : 0735225176 9780735225176
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Graham, Ian
Alfred Maudslay and the Maya: A Biography
University of Oklahoma Press 2002. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. Full cloth binding. 323pp. In a very nice jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. University of Oklahoma Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065317 ISBN : 080613450x 9780806134505
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Manchester, William
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940
Little Brown and Company 1988. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/VG. Full black cloth binding. xxvi 756pp. Photos. Price-clipped jacket is lightly rubbed; offered now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Little Brown and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065419 ISBN : 0316545120 9780316545129
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Benzie, William
Dr. F.J. Furnivall: Victorian Scholar Adventurer
Norman: Pilgrim Books 1983. Stated first edition. Crisp and unmarked F/VG. Full cloth binding. 302pp. Jacket is shelf rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Pilgrim Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065425 ISBN : 093766457x 9780937664575
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Donoghue, Denis
Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls
Alfred A. Knopf 1995. Stated first edition. Name inked on front flyleaf. 361pp. Unclipped jacket in a protective mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065439 ISBN : 0679437533 9780679437536
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Kanigel, Robert
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Alfred A. Knopf 2016. 1st printing. Tight and clean with a remainder dot on bottom page edges. 482pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065443 ISBN : 0307961907 9780307961907
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Trzebinski Errol
The Lives of Beryl Markham: Out of Africa's Hidden Free Spirit and Denys Finch Hatton's Last Great Love
W. W. Norton & Company 1993. Stated first edition. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. Quarter cloth binding. 396pp. Unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. A very nice copy. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065462 ISBN : 0393035565 9780393035568
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Vogt, Helen E.
Charlie Frye and His Times
Peanut Butter Publishing 1997. Clean tight and unmarked. 348pp. Photos. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Peanut Butter Publishing Paperback
Référence libraire : 064957 ISBN : 0897167082 9780897167086
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Caponi, Gena Dagel
Paul Bowles: Romantic Savage
Southern Illinois University Press 1994. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked F/VG. Full cloth binding. 270pp. Very nice jacket is sunned around spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Southern Illinois University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064972 ISBN : 0809319233 9780809319237
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Winslow, Kathryn
Henry Miller: Full of Life A Memoir of America's Uninhibited Literary Genius
Tarcher 1986. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. xiv 364pp. Lightly rubbed jacket with short tear lower edge front panel. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Tarcher Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065001 ISBN : 0874774047 9780874774047
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Canemaker, John
Winsor McCay: His Life and Art
Abbeville Press 1990. Tight square and unmarked. A couple tiny spots to page fore edges. Full red cloth binding. 223pp. Richly illustrated with photos and comics throughout. In a very nice jacket. Large heavy book: NO international orders. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Abbeville Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064997 ISBN : 0896596877 9780896596870
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Calisher Hortense
Herself An Autobiographical Work
Arbor House 1972. 2nd printing. Inscribed by Calisher on half title page. Moderate foxing to page edges. Full cloth binding. 401pp. Jacket is moderately worn along edges with chipping at spine ends. Now in a new mylar cover. Inscribed and Signed. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Arbor House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065007 ISBN : 0877950423 9780877950424
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Haley, Delphine
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt: An Uncommon Life
Sasquatch Books 1995. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked F/NF. Full cloth binding. 344pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Sasquatch Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065023 ISBN : 1570610290 9781570610295
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King, Greg
The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna Tsarina of Russia
Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing Group 1994. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. 431pp Very nice unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing Group Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065034 ISBN : 1559722118 9781559722117
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Knight, Joseph
Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
London: Walter Scott 1887. Full blue cloth hard cover VG. Gilt title on spine. Corner lightly rubbed. Internally clean and unmarked copy. Edited by Eric S. Robertson. 186pp index bibliography. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Walter Scott Hardcover
Référence libraire : 24716
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Doheny, David A.
David Finley: Quiet Force for America's Arts
National Trust for Historic Preservation 2006. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. Full cloth binding. 392pp. Dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. National Trust for Historic Preservation Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065069 ISBN : 0891333983 9780891333982
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Walsh, John Evangelist
Strange Harp Strange Symphony
New York: Hawthorn Books 1967. First edition burgundy cloth hard cover with dust jacket. Clean tight square and well-cared for copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped and is lightly rubbed at extremes. Offered in mylar cover. xvi 298pp.epilogue apendix notes and sources index b&w photographs. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Hawthorn Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 24733
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Van Slyke, Stuart O.
The Life of Stuart O. Van Slyke an Autobiography: Book Two: Memories of the Military in a Different Age May 1946-June 1957
AuthorHouse 2007. Crisp and unmarked. Full blue cloth binding. 357pp. In a very nice jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. AuthorHouse Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065087 ISBN : 1434317293 9781434317292
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Klemperer, Victor
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1933-1941
Random House 1998. 1st printing. Unmarked copy show light reader's use and handling. 519pp. Unclipped jacket has some coffee staining to upper edge. Now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Random House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 065121 ISBN : 0679456961 9780679456964
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Jones, Evan
Epicurean Delight: The Life and Times of James Beard
Alfred A. Knopf 1990. First edition quarter cloth hard cover with dust jacket. Crisp tight clean and unmarked copy. Dust jacket just slightly rubbed. 366pp index photographs illustrated endpaper. The definitive biography of the celebrated chef and cookbook writer. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 24784 ISBN : 039457415x 9780394574158
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Lelyveld, Joseph
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2011. Stated first edition. Prior owner's name inked on front flyleaf otherwise a clean tight copy VG/NF. 425pp. Very nice unclipped jacket. A highly original stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments - his success in seizing Indias imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the countrys minorities outcasts and rural poor. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064607 ISBN : 0307269582 9780307269584
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Grauer, Neil A.
Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber
University of Nebraska Press 1994. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked in full cloth binding. 204pp. Very nice unclipped jacket has some scratches. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. University of Nebraska Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064663 ISBN : 080322155x 9780803221550
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Christy Leskovar
One Night In A Bad Inn: A True Story
Pictorial Histories 2008. Shows only light shelf wear. Clean tight and unmarked. 593pp. Photos. One Night In A Bad Inn is the fascinating true story of two colorful immigrant families who lived through extraordinary times. Rich in history and character this remarkable saga follows a notorious matriarch two daring fugitives a heroic Irish doughboy and a beautiful inspiring lady across the parched plains of eastern Montana to a raucous mining town to the bloody battlefields of the First World War. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Pictorial Histories Paperback
Référence libraire : 064696 ISBN : 1575101424 9781575101422
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Aye Lillian
Iran Caboose
Hollywood: House-Warven Publishers 1952. 2nd printing. Inscribed by Aye on front flyleaf. Full red cloth binding. 190pp. Dust jacket is good only moderately rubbed along edges with chips and wear original price intact on front flap. Now in a new mylar cover. The author spent two years in the Middle East during WWII with the American Red Cross. She and another girl lived for 13 months in a railroad caboose traveling via the Trans-Iranian Railroad. Inscribed and Signed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. House-Warven, Publishers Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064712
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Olson, David R.
Bonded by Water: Memoirs of Family and Friends
Patos Island Press 2014. 1st printing hardcover. A crisp clean copy. Inscribed by Olson on title page. 307pp. In a very nice jacket. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Patos Island Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064715 ISBN : 0984722556 9780984722556
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Haarsager Sandra
Bertha Knight Landes of Seattle: Big-City Mayor
Univ of Oklahoma Pr 1994. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. A decent reader's copy. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Ex.library. Univ of Oklahoma Pr Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064744 ISBN : 0806125926 9780806125923
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Ro, Ronin
Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks
St. Martin's Press 2011. Full cloth binding Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Crisp and unmarked VG/VG. 370pp. Slightly rubbed jacket now in a new mylar cover. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064794 ISBN : 0312383002 9780312383008
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Parker, Richard
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life His Politics His Economics
Farrar Straus and Giroux 2005. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. Quarter cloth binding. 820pp. Very nice unclipped jacket offered now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064795 ISBN : 0374281688 9780374281687
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Colquhoun, Kate
The Busiest Man in England: A Life of Joseph Paxton Gardener Architect & Victorian Visionary
David R Godine 2006. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. Quarter red cloth binding. 303pp. Dust jacket in a new mylar cover. The pre-eminent Victorian to the Victorians themselves was Joseph Paxton 1803-1865. He bestrode the worlds of horticulture urban planning and architecture like a colossus. This was the self-taught polymath who had a solution to every large-scale logistical problem the genius whom an impossibly overworked Charles Dickens dubbed "The Busiest Man in England.". First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. David R Godine Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064885 ISBN : 1567923011 9781567923018
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Thomas, Ella Gertrude Clanton
The Secret Eye: The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas 1848-1889 Gender and American Culture
The University of North Carolina Press 1990. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. Full cloth binding. xvii 469pp. Dust jacket has a crease to front flap. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. The University of North Carolina Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064903 ISBN : 0807818976 9780807818978
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Freidrich, Otto
Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations
Random House 1989. Stated first edition. Small bump to upper edge front board. Tight and unmarked. Quarter red cloth binding. 441pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Random House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064901 ISBN : 0394562992 9780394562995
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Warren Leonard
Maclure of New Harmony: Scientist Progressive Educator Radical Philanthropist
Indiana University Press 2009. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. Quarter cloth binding. 343pp. In a very nice jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Indiana University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064898 ISBN : 0253353262 9780253353269
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Seizaburo Sato
Sasakawa Ryoichi: A Life
EastBridge 2006. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. 241pp. Translated by Hara Fujiko. In a very nice dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. EastBridge Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064948 ISBN : 1891936964 9781891936968
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century
International Publishers 1968. Stated first edition. 1st printing. Clean and unmarked. Full red cloth binding rubbed at extremities. 448pp. Photos. Unclipped jacket is rubbed along edges lightly soiled and has a short tear near spine head. Now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. International Publishers Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064445
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Murray, Ted [Signed]; Bromley, Bill
The Sawdust Gene: Murray Brothers Lumber Company 1902-2002
Barry's Bay Ontario: Murray Brothers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. xi 1 236 pages. Generously illustrated with quality black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents supplemented with recent colour photos. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Author's business card laid-in. A high quality copy of this fascinating and informative Canadian business success story and family history.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Murray Brothers Lumber Company - History MBLC - history Ted Murray Barry's Bay Makawaska Lumber Companies - Ontario Cyra and O'Manique Murray & O'Manique J.R.Booth Mick Murray Tom Murray Eganville; Signed by Authors . Murray Brothers hardcover
Référence libraire : 512H5038
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Parkes, Clara
The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting
Stewart Tabori and Chang 2013. 1st printing. Inscribed by Parkes on title page. 160pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Stewart, Tabori and Chang Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064555 ISBN : 1617690023 9781617690020
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Lelyveld, Joseph
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2011. Stated first edition. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. 425pp. Very nice unclipped jacket offered now in a new mylar cover. A highly original stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments - his success in seizing Indias imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the countrys minorities outcasts and rural poor. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064586 ISBN : 0307269582 9780307269584
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King, Marina
Sunrise to Evening Star: My Seventy Years in South Africa
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1935. 1st printing. Foxing spots to upper page edges. Unmarked but for small label on rear pastedown. Full blue cloth binding that is sunned along edges. 314pp. Jacket is neatly four-corner clipped and moderately rubbed along edges. New mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Funk & Wagnalls Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064318
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Thomas, Lowell
Adventures Among Immortals : Percy Burton - Impresario
New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1937. 1st printing with same date on title and copyright pages. Tight square and unmarked. Full cloth binding. vi 330pp. Jacket is neatly four-corner clipped lightly rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. Biography of impresario -- manager or associate - of Sarah Bernhardt Sir Charles Wyndham H. G. Wells Berhard Shaw Sir J. M. Barrie Shackleton and many others. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064312
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Winston, Richard
Thomas Becket
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1967. Stated first edition. Tight and unmarked showing some light reader's use and handling. Cloth binding. 413pp. index. Unclipped jacket shows moderate shelf wear. Biography of one of the most colorful men of the Middle Ages Thomas Becket Chancellor Archbishop of Canterbury martyr and saint. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063962
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Manchester, William
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill - Visions of Glory 1874-1932
Little Brown and Company 1983. 10th printing. Small sticker remnant on front flyleaf otherwise a clean square copy. Full cloth binding. Map endpapers. 973pp. illustrations notes bibliography index. Jacket is very slightly rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. First book in the landmark two-volume biography. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063959 ISBN : 0316545031 9780316545037
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Festing, Sally
Gertrude Jekyll: A Biography
Viking 1992. 1st printing. Black marker remainder stripe to bottom page edges otherwise tight and unmarked. 322pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064057 ISBN : 0670827886 9780670827886
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Brayer, Elizabeth
George Eastman: A Biography
University of Rochester Press 2006. Reprint Edition. Signed on a bookplate on title page. Crisp and unmarked F/F. 637pp. Jacket in a new mylar cover. Signed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. University of Rochester Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 064069 ISBN : 1580462472 9781580462471
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Hoffman, Andrew J
Inventing Mark Twain: The Lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
William Morrow 1997. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. 572pp. Very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. William Morrow Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063257 ISBN : 068812769x 9780688127695
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Savigneau, Josyane
Carson McCullers: A Life
Houghton Mifflin Company 2001. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. Unclipped jacket lightly rubbed. 370pp. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063276 ISBN : 0395878209 9780395878200
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Marshall, Megan
Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. 365pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063358 ISBN : 0544617304 9780544617308
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Feinstein Elaine
Ted Hughes : The Life of a Poet
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked. 273pp. Unclipped jacket very slightly rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063449 ISBN : 029764601x 9780297646013
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Adair, James R.
The Man from Steamtown: The Story of F. Nelson Blount
Chicago: Moody Press 1967. 2nd printing. Gift note inked on front pastedown. Full cloth binding. 224pp. photos. Good only jacket is moderately rubbed and shelf scuffed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Moody Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063626
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Kaplan, Fred
The Singular Mark Twain: A Biography
New York: Doubleday 2003. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. 726pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Doubleday Hardcover
Référence libraire : 063628 ISBN : 0385477155 9780385477154
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Guthrie, A. B.
The Blue Hen's Chick: A Life in Context
New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company 1965. 1st printing. Tight square and unmarked. 261pp. Unclipped jacket is sheld rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Mcgraw-Hill Book Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 062790
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