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Hemingway, Jack
Misadventures of a fly fisherman : my life with and without Papa
Octavo in yellow DJ (white spine); 326 p, [32] p of plates : b&w illus/portraits ; 24 cm. Author is son of Ernest Hemingway. || Fishers -- Autobiography.
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Mazo, Earl
Richard Nixon : a political and personal portrait
Octavo in grey-white DJ; 309 p; 22 cm. Signed official Vice President card with facsimile signature of Richard Nixon laid in (and in original envelope). Also, a VP 'business card' with real "Dick Nixon" signature in pen paper-clipped to ffep.|| Biography; Government.
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Beebe, Lucius Morris; Clegg, Charles (editor); Emrich, Duncan (editor)
The Lucius Beebe reader
Quarto in white illus DJ; 398 p; 24 cm. Autobiography. Memoir. "The good life."
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Sullivan, Eleanor
Whodunit : a biblio-bio-anecdotal memoir of Frederic Dannay, "Ellery Queen"
Octavo in white paper DJ (glasine); 45 p, [1] leaf of plates : b&w illus ; 23 cm. Author signature to endpaper and artist signature to front plate. Stated limitation of 150 copies. || Biography.
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Everage, Dame Edna
My gorgeous life : an adventure
Octavo in pink DJ (white spine); 292 p, b&w illus ; 24 cm Biography; Humor. Transvestite comedians. Cross dressing.
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Greenspan, Alan
The age of turbulence : adventures in a new world
Large octavo in white DJ (golden spine); 531p, b&w illus ; 25 cm. Government economists -- United States -- Biography.
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Steinberg, Jonny
The number : one man's search for identity in the Cape underworld and prison gangs
Grey octavo; xx, 440 p ; 20 cm. Prison gangs -- South Africa -- Western Cape; Autobiography.
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Baer, Robert; Baer, Dayna
The company we keep : a husband-and-wife true-life spy story
Large octavo in white DJ (black spine); 305 p, b&w map ; 25 cm. Intelligence officers; Spies -- United States -- Biography.
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Todd, Olivier
Andre Malraux : une vie
White octavo; 694 p, b&w illus ; 24 cm. In French. || Novelists, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Agulhon, Maurice
De Gaulle : histoire, symbole, mythe
White duodecimo; 163 p ; 18 cm. In French. || Presidents -- France -- Biography.
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Gumina, Deanna Paoli
A woman of certain importance : a biography of Kathleen Norris
Black octavo; 312 p, b&w illus; 24 cm. Women novelists, American -- Biography; San Francisco.
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Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
Pilote de guerre
White duodecimo; 221 p ; 18 cm. In French. || Air pilots, WWII -- France -- Biography.
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Waldorff, Jerzy; Kiepura, Jan
Jan Kiepura
Octavo in pink DJ; 93 p, [28] leaves of plates, b&w illus ; 22 cm. In Polish. || Biography.
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Malraux, Andre
Le miroir des limbes I
White duodecimo; 516 p In French. || Author; 20th century; Biography.
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Court, Artelia
Puck of the droms : the lives and literature of the Irish tinkers
Octavo in a white DJ; xv, 297 p, b&w illus ; 24 cm. Tinkers -- Ireland -- Biography.
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Newman, Ernest
Gluck and the opera : a study in musical history
Teal-cloth octavo; xx, 300 p ; 23 cm. Biography; Music.
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Gonord, Francois; Klarwill, Victor (editor)
Francois Gonords Silhouetten aus dem Jahre 1781
Red-cloth octavo (black spine); xl, 231 p, b&w illus; 24 cm. In German. || Biography.
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Troyat, Henri
Verlaine
White octavo; 479 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. In French. || Biography.
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Lawton, Mary
Schumann-Heink : the last of the Titans
Blue-cloth octavo; 390 p, b&w plates; 23 cm. Biography.
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Willard, Frances E.
Nineteen beautiful years : or, Sketches of a girl's life
Brown-cloth duodecimo; xiii, 241 p, front b&w portrait; 18 cm. Biography written by her sister.
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Gilbert, Martin
Winston S. Churchill Volume VII : Road to victory, 1941-1945
Octavo in white DJ; xx, 1417 p, [13] leaves of plates, b&w illus, b&w maps ; 24 cm. Prime ministers; Government -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Chong, Thomas
The I Chong : meditations from the joint
Octavo in white DJ; 218 p, [8] p of plates, color and b&w illus ; 22 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. || A memoir by the iconic comedian, inspired by his 2003 imprisonment, describes how the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration attempted to make an example of him when they convicted him of supporting terrorist interests through his marijuana use. || Prisoners -- United States -- Biography; Drugs.
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Roman, Joe
Pablo Neruda
Large light blue octavo (white-pink spine) in strong library binding; 111 p, b&w illus ; 25 cm. Describes the life and times of the Chilean poet and diplomat. || Poets, Chilean -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Cockcroft, James
Diego Rivera
Large yellow octavo (white-pink spine) in strong library binding; 119 p, [8] p of color plates, b&w illus ; 25 cm. Examines the life and times of the noted Mexican muralist, discussing his art and politics. || Contents: Hispanics of achievement -- Only in America -- Wonder child -- Mexican cowboy abroad -- Artist's life in Paris -- paintings of Diego Rivera -- Years of glory -- Most important fact -- Portrait of America -- Out of favor -- God is dead -- Further reading -- Index. || Painters -- Mexico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Small, Constance Scovill
The lighthouse keeper's wife
Blue octavo; xiv, 170 p, b&w illus, b&w map ; 23 cm. Out of print. || Lighthouse keepers; Women -- Maine -- Biography.
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Bogarde, Dirk
Great meadow
Octavo in multicolored DJ (blue-green spine); viii, 205 p, [8] p of plates, b&w illus; 23 cm. Film -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Mannix, Daniel P.
Memoirs of a sword swallower
Large reddish-orange quarto; 123 p, b&w illus ; 28 cm. Circus performers -- United States -- Biography.
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Williams, Robbie; McCrum, Mark; Page, Scarlet (photographer)
Somebody, someday
Quarto in white multicolored DJ (black spine); 250 p, b&w illus, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm. Inside of DJ signed and inscribed by author. || Rock musicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Madden, Henry Miller
Xantus, Hungarian naturalist in the pioneer West
Octavo in white DJ; 312 p, b&w plates; 23 cm. Biography.
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Petersen, Christa
Iron Henry
B&W octavo; 101 p Signed and inscribed by author. || Autobiographies; World War II.
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Rubino, John Michael
Yano : from the prune ranch to skyscrapers : a Sicilian-American shares lessons in success
White octavo; xvii, 180 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. Sicilian Americans -- California -- Biography.
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Dexter, Juliane Nick
Gold! ... no gold
Octavo in white DJ; xiv, 151 p, b&w illus ; 24 cm. Signed by author. || Biography.
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Plaza, Juan Bautista
Temas de musica colonial venezolana : biografias, analisis y documentacion
Light green octavo; 260 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. In Spanish. Scarce. || Composers -- Venezuela -- Biography. Colonial Music in Venezuala
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Lira, Mariza
Chiquinha Gonzaga : grande compositora popular brasileira
Grey octavo; 154 p, b&w illus, music ; 21 cm. Only 3,000 copies. || In Portuguese. || Composers; Biography; Brazil. || Interesting cover art.
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Federn, Karl
Richelieu
Orange-cloth octavo; 253 p, b&w illus, b&w portraits; 23 cm. Biography; France.
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Loewenthal, Lise
Shalom, Ruth, shalom
Yellow octavo (white spine); 259 p; 22 cm. In Italian. || Autobiography. Judaica. Jewish.
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Sevilla, Marlyna O.
The living past
White octavo; 390 p, b&w illus, b&w maps ; 24 cm. Advanced copy. || World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography; Filipino. || Scarce; only 4 holdings in WorldCat.
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Teresa, of Avila
Los libros de la madre Teresa de Jesus : fundadora de los monesterios de monjas y frayles Carmelitas descalÁos de la primera regla : en la hoja que se sigue se dizen los libros que fon
White octavo; 560 p ; 23 cm. In Spanish. || #54 out of 500 copies. || Several pages unopened. || Carmelites -- Biography; Christian saints; Spain. || Reprint of the 1588 edition. || Facsimile edition.
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Benjamin, Walter; Scholem, Gershom (editor)
Berliner Chronik : mit einem Nachwort hrsg von Gershom Scholem
Large grey-cloth duodecimo; 107 p ; 19 cm. In German. || Authors, German -- 20th century -- Autobiography. ||
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Kent, William Winthrop
The life and works of Baldassare Peruzzi of Siena
Large octavo in light brown DJ; 85 p, 89 plates, b&w front portrait; 25 cm. Biography; Painters -- Italy. || Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 ñ 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena and died in Rome.
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Anderson, M. S.
Peter the great
Octavo in black DJ; 207 p, [8] leaves of b&w plates; 23 cm. Russia -- Kings and rulers; Government -- Biography. || Peter the great (9 June 1672 ñ 8 February 1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother. In numerous successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a huge empire that became a major European power. According to historian James Cracraft, he led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and rationalist system.
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Smith, E.A.W.
Benedict's Wars : The True Story of an Extraordinary American Hero
Large octavo; 446 p, b&w illus Inscribed & signed by author. || Surprisingly scarce. Only 1 holding in WorldCat || World War II -- Pilot experiences; Biography. || William Pershing Benedict was truly one of those few who "put out his hand and touched the face of God." Ted Smith does an exemplary job of portraying this ordinary American airman as the extraordinary patriot he truly was.
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Douglas-Home, Charles
Rommel
Quarto in multicolored DJ (red spine); 224 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 26 cm. World War II. -- Campaigns -- North Africa; Germany; Biography. || Scarce; only 6 holdings & 2 records in WorldCat. || Erwin Rommel (1891 ñ1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a German Field Marshal of World War II. He won the respect of both his own troops and the enemies he fought.
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Saroyan, Aram
Genesis angels : the saga of Lew Welch and the beat generation
Octavo in light orange-white DJ; 128 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. Typed review slip included. || Beat generation authors -- Biography.
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Friedland, Roger; Zellman, Harold
The Fellowship : the untold story of Frank Lloyd Wright & the Taliesin Fellowship
Octavo in black DJ; xii, 689 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 24 cm. Contents: Masters and disciples -- Taking root -- The Fellowship -- Cult of genius -- Behind the lines -- The struggle within -- Losing ground -- Olgivanna unbound. || Architects -- United States -- Biography. || Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, gave rise to a fascinating and provocative cultural experiment: the Taliesin Fellowship, an extraordinary architectural colony where Wright trained hundreds of devoted apprentices, while using them as the de facto architectural practice where all of his late masterpieces--Fallingwater, Johnson Wax, the Guggenheim Museum--were born. This book draws on hundreds interviews and countless documents from the Wright archives to create a portrait of Taliesin and the three mercurial figures at its center: Wright, his imperious wife Olgivanna Hinzenberg, and her spiritual master, the Greek-Armenian mystic Georgi Gurdjieff. The authors reveal how the idealistic community became a kind of fiefdom, where young apprentices were both inspired and manipulated by the architect and his wife. They trace the war of wills between Wright and Olgivanna, in which organic architecture was pitted against esoteric spiritualism in a struggle for the soul of Taliesin. They chronicle Wright's perennial battles with clients, bankers, and the government, which suspected him of both communist and fascist sympathies. And they tell the stories of Wright's devoted apprentices--many of them gay men--who found an uncertain refuge in the architect's Wisconsin and Arizona compounds, and who helped the master realize his dreamlike architectural visions, often at great personal cost.--From publisher description.
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Gewirtz, Isaac
Beatific soul : Jack Kerouac on the road
Large quarto in black DJ; 207 p, b&w illus (some color) ; 29 cm. Beat generation; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. || Contents: The Beat Generation -- Early life, influences, and writings -- On the Road proto-versions: drafts, fragments, and journals -- On the Road: the scroll and its successors -- The Buddhist Christian -- On writing and the creative act.
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Le Clezio, J.-M. G.
Diego et Frida
White octavo; 237 p, b&w illus ; 23 cm. In French. || Painters -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Conmy, Peter Thomas
Philip Augustine Roach, 1820-1889 : California pioneer
Green octavo in plastic sleeve; 29 p, front b&w portrait ; 22 cm. Biography; California.
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Cornelius, F.
Keith, old master of California : Volume II
Octavo in yellow DJ; 296 p, color front plate, b&w plates (some color); 24 cm. Landscape painters -- California -- Biography.
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Jacquin, Francois
De Constantinople a Tahiti : seize ans d'aquarelles autour du monde 1840-1856 : en suivant Rene Guillotin
White oblong quarto; 174 p, color illus (some b&w) ; 25 x 29 cm. In French. Numerous large-scale reproductions of the artist-traveler's water colors. || Painters; France; Biography. || Scarce; only 6 holdings & 1 record in WorldCat.
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