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1) BY MYSELF
Bacall, Lauren

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979 Lauren Bacall's autobiography. A clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket with the original price. First edtion stated. 377 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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2) THE FIRST LADIES
Barzman, Sol

New York: Cowles Book Company, 1970 A clean tight copy. A chapter is devoted to each of the 37 first ladies from Martha Washington to Pat Nixon, with a picture of each at the head of the chapter, with the exception of Martha Jefferson, for whom no portrait is extant. 370 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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3) PRINCE CHARLES
Brown, Michèle

New York: Crown Publishers, 1980 a solid clean copy, dust jacket is sunned along top edges of flaps, but without any chips or tears. Full of color photos of the young Prince Charles in the various aspects of his royal life and duties, including photos of his early girl friends. 184pp.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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4) LEAVING HOME, A Memoir
Buchwald, Art

New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1993 memoirs of Buchwald's childhood and early years, b/w photos, 254pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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5) SERGEANT YORK AND HIS PEOPLE
Cowan, Sam K

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922 A biography of the Tennessee country boy who was the great hero of World War I, who singlehandedly outfought a battalion of German soldiers and captured 132 of them. A clean square copy, head is pushed and there is minor soiling to the covers, 292 pages. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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6) MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Fraser, Antonia

New York: Delacorte Press, 1970 9th printing, red boards, gilt lettering, gift inscription on ffep, 613pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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7) ME, STORIES OF MY LIFE
Hepburn, Katharine

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 Hepburn's own vivid account of her life, with many, many photos. A clean copy in a bright dust jacket. 420 pages. Name on endpaper, else fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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8) SOPHIA:LIVING AND LOVING,HER OWN STORY
Hotchner,A.E

New York: WILLIAM MORROW, 1979 photo of Sophia Loren on dust jacket front and back 256pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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9) SINATRA, THE PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY
Irwin, Lew

Philadelphia: Running Press , 1995 Coffee table size biography full of photos of Sinatra from childhood to stardom to aging icon, with all the gang, political notables, and lots of nice ladies. Dust jacket chipped at top of spine and bottom of front flap. A clean, crisp copy. 120 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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10) TRADER HORN: Being the life and works of Alfred Aloysius Horn
Lewis, Ethelreda

New York: Simon and Schuster, NY 1927, 1927 Tenth Printing(same year as First), green boards with orange decorations and gilt lettering, mapped endpapers, frontispiece is photo of Trader Horn, name on ffep, owner's stamp on ffep and p. 296.,302pp.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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11) SOME OF ME
Rossellini, Isabella

New York: Random House, 1997 Second printing. An autobiography by the daughter of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. An as new copy with many photos, both color and b/w, 179 pages. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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12) D.W.GRIFFITH, AN AMERICAN LIFE
Schickel, Richard

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984 head pushed, back panel bowed, dust jacket price-clipped, clean copy, dust jacket has no nicks or tears. A biography of the great American film pioneer, many b/w photos of the filming of his movies, 672pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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13) JENNY LIND, THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE
Schultz, Gladys Denny

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1962 A clean, square copy, head pushed. 345 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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14) MARILYN / NORMA JEAN
Steinem, Gloria

New York: Henry Holt, 1986 5th printing, text by Gloria Steinem, photographs in color and b/w by George Barris, a collaboration featuring Steinem's insightful journalism and Barris's skillful photography, which was done shortly before Monroe's death. Neat bookplate on rear pastedown, 182 pages.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by George Barris. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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15) CECIL BEATON, A Biography
Vickers, Hugo

Boston: Little Brown, 1985 A clean copy in a bright dust jacket. 656 pages.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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16) IVAN THE TERRIBLE
Von Eckardt,Hans

New York: Alfred A.Knopf NY 1949, 1949 An exciting biography of the great but frustrated czar who stood for a time at the crossroads of European history. Red stain from top edge has bleed faintly to top fore edge, dj chipped and worn.421pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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