From Purdah to Parliament by Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah - 1998-05-01

New York: St. Martins Press. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312589441 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Explores the personalities and lives of all nine Osmond children, traces the family's rise in the entertainment world from their early church performances, and examines Donny and Marie Osmond's independent careers. ; B&W Photographs; 135 pages .

FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Harper & Row. HARDCOVER. 1987. FIRST U. S. Edition, FIRST Printing.. AS NEW, bound in brown cloth with gold titles in brown pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Dust jacket photograph of G. K. Chesterton on his journey to America in 1921. 'So round, so firm, so fully packed' biography of the famous prolific writer of essays, poems, articles, and novels, including the beloved Father Brown series.. First U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes. The British and U.S. first editions of the eight main text volumes were published between 1966 and 1988. This is a proof copy of the first volume of the official biography, spanning the years 1874 to 1900, from Churchill's birth, to his early career as a soldier and war correspondent, to his return to England from an American lecture tour in order to embark on his storied political career. This copy is in very good+ condition. It is bound in unmarked tan wraps. The half-title reads: "PROOF COPY This proof copy has been prepared for Mrs. Jackson." The name Mrs. Jackson is handwritten in ink. The card covers are in sound condition with light soiling and just a lttle wear at edges. There are no tears or losses. The contents… Read More

New York, Published for the Committee by the Milbank Memorial Fund, 1930. Hard Cover. 39, [1] p. incl. portrait frontispiece; 26.5 cm. Title continues: "Washington, D.C., April 8, 1930. And an Account of the Celebrations in Honor of Dr. Welch in Many Parts of the World. With Two Illustrations." Includes a printed invitation to the event. Bound in full red leather, spine replaced; edges sunned. Stock#OB593.

London: London: Printed for Thomas Kelly No. 17 Paternoster-Row, 1821. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition, large quarto; viii + 724pp. In original half leather binding, very worn, boards detached, spine backstrip missing, opening and closing leaves loose with marginal chipping and creasing without loss of text, text block otherwise sound with unobtrusive sporadic light staining and soiling only, complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, extra engraved title page and 16 full page engraved plates. Despite its tired condition, still a complete working copy of this early illustrated biography in first edition.

NY: Putnam, 1988. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Putnam. SOFTCOVER. 1988. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS as issued by publisher for the hardcover edition, September 1988. AS NEW, pad bound in devil grass-green stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Hefty 624 pages plus photo section. Biography of Cornell Woolrich. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads (2001).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. xxvii, 314 pages. Photos. Inscribed by the author. No dust jacket. Production flaw caused ink smudges to fore edges of a couple of pages. "The actor who appeared in Gunsmoke and McCloud recounts the story of his life, from his childhood and military years through his career as an entertainer and efforts as a spokesperson for environmental and social concerns.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author 'For Anthony, Some shared places, with much affection George Nov 11/86' on the half-title page, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner and spine end bumps, light foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, corner chips, light wrinkle to top of front panel, short closed edge tear at front flap, in new Brodart sleeve. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773

Private Printing. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. ; Gift of Joseph F. Guffey with his business card pasted in front.; Ex-Library; 184 pages .

Privately Printed, Dallas, TX, 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Padded leather cover is cracked along the spine, but this does not reach the pages themselves, and affects only the front cover. 1" chip out of the cover at the base of the spine. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 25 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Cover is moderately soiled. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History::Texas History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001316. .