Biographies

Boston: Little Brown, 1985 NEAR FINE hardcover, inscription to previous owner on first end page, otherwise, interior FINE. 1986 3rd print. NEAR FINE jacket, shiny, very light surface presure marks, no wear or tears, clean. Autobiography with photos of personal life, historic places and nature from his life travels and work. 400 pgs. Biography, photography, nature. AP702341. 3rd Print. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. GOOD hardcover, binding tight, appears UNREAD, no wear, interior pages clean. VERY GOOD jacket in mylar taped to boards, Book would be FINE if no tape on boards. Inspirational stories of famous entertainers, musicians, actors, and dances who found God inspired and helped them in life. Johnny Cash, John Wayne, Jerry Lewis, Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis Jr., Lionel Hampton, and many more. 252 pgs. Inspiration. IN708784. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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NY: Beechhurst Press , 1953. good+ hardcover, no dustjacket, front endpaper removed, no markings, BA507849. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information

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New York: Journal of Living Pub, 1944. VERY GOOD blue leatherette hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, light edge rubbing, gold lettering on spine is bright. Interior pages clean, no marks or wear. Black and white photos and illustrations of famous inventors, explorers and historic persons ancient to 20th Century. 790 pgs. Biography. BA708645. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Pennsylvania: Casemate, 2002 NEAR FINE hardcover, small pinhole in back spine, no otherwise, AS NEW. NEAR FINE jacket, shiny, no tears, pinhole in back spine, light curling along back top edge. Biography of the last 10 months of bombing missions over Germany during WWII. 186 pgs. Biography, military, air corps. MI800103 . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Hyperion, 2008 FINE hardcover, binding tight, appears UNREAD. Interior FINE. NEAR FINE jacket, shiny, no tears, very light edge rubbing. Several pages of photos of Reeves and family. 238 pgs. Biography, performing arts. BA720135. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Bantam, 1997. AS NEW trade paperback, appears UNREAD, clean, no wear. Fourth volume of authors' autobiography starting in New York and her association with the Harlem Writers Guild and civil rights envolvement. First edition thus. 324 pgs. BA709101. First Edition. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Kaiser Permanente , 1970. very good pamphlet, no date ca 1970, BA510369. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. more information

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New York: Garden City, 1925 GOOD purple hardcover, binding tight, two small spots on front, otherwise clean and bright, light fading of spine and front board, spine end rubbing, previous owner's label and an ink number inside front board, interior pages clean, no wear. Biography of Russian Queen. 331 pgs. BA710116. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Berkley, 2001. VERY GOOD trade paperback, APPEARS UNREAD, previous owner's inscription on Title page. Otherwise, AS NEW. Autobiography of cancer victim and 7 time winner of the Tour De France. 289 pgs. BA708372. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1943. VERY GOOD black hardcover, binding tight, light ruffling at spine ends, minimal edge rubbing, clean, previous owner's name on first end page, interior pages unmarked, one small corner turn, clean, no tears. Biography of Paul the Apostle. 754 pgs. religion, inspiration, biography. IN703189. 10th Print. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Coward McCann & Geoghegan, 1973 VERY GOOD hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, light rubbing bottom board edge. Interior FINE. VERY GOOD jacket, small coffee spots and small scrape on front cover, no tears, light ruffling top spine end. Biographical fictional memoir of author's father and his lifelong friend and mentor, S. N. Behrman. 252 pgs. BA709724. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Maine: Thorndike Press, 1980. GOOD ex-lib, hardcover, LARGE PRINT EDITION, binding tight, spine and corners of boards taped reinforced, edgewear, scrape on front board, light soiling, usual stamps, pocket removed inside back board. Interior pages unmarked, clean, no wear. 609 pgs. RARE, FIRST THUS. BA707961. Large Print Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Dodd Mead, 1962. VERY GOOD hardcover, striped boards with green spine, binding tight, boards clean, light edge rubbing, previous owner's name on first end page, interior pages clean, no marks or wear. Autobiography of America's first Auctioneer and her humorous and personal dealings with the profession and the public. Antiques, biography. 213 pgs. BA708762. 2nd Print. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Anderson, Doug. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: St. Martin s, 1974 GOOD hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, previous owner's inscription on first end page, interior pages unmarked, no wear. GOOD jacket, 2 inch tear top back, light surface rubbing. Memoirs of a 76 year old English woman of her life at the turn of the 20th Century rural England and her feeling of freedom when she buys a donkey trap to travel in. 160 pgs. Biography. BA702274. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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England: Faber and Faber, 1944. VERY GOOD orange hardcover, spine fading, lettering and boards bright, no noticeable wear, binding tight, interior clean, no tears. 350 pgs. Autobiography. BA708258. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Calif: Taylor Pub, 1972 VERY GOOD hardcover, oversized, binding tight, staining along top board and small chips, surface rubbing, very light soiling. Interior pages clean, no wear or markings. A reverse, two sided book. One half is the yearbook for Un. Nev. Las Vegas, 1972, 151 pgs.: Reverse side is events month by month, poetry, 119 pgs.. Gary Radunich (Radnich) KNBR radio talk show host SF and basketball Guard Booker T. Washington in book, also John Kerry speaking. Non-fiction. NF720348 . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, Illustrated Boards. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press , 1941. good hardcover, no dustjacket, remainder mark, clean contents, BA507619. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information

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New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006. FINE trade paperback, appears UNREAD, no wear, AS NEW. Autobiography of a Mormon who left the Church. and was free to tell her tale of sexual abuse. 336 pgs. Biography, inspiration. BA703260. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002 NEAR FINE hardcover, light edge rubbing, boards clean, no marks or tears. NEAR FINE jacket, clean, no tears, very light edge rubbing. Memoir of a woman Nicaraguan revolutionary and writer. 380 pgs. Biography. BA709729. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Little, Brown & Company, 1975 very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, no markings, light edgewear along top edge of jacket, BA509616. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. more information

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co, 1977. VERY GOOD dark blue hardcover, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION stated, binding tight, boards clean, very light rubbing to edges, small bottom corner bumps, interior pages FINE, clean, no marks or tears. Biography of the often misunderstood husband of England's Queen Victoria, his true personality and family heritage. Biography. 429 pgs. BA708740. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972 GOOD hardcover, binding tight, ex-lib, stamps in front, very light edgewear, interior pages very clean, no wear. VERY GOOD jacket in mylar taped to boards, light rubbing to spine ends. Biography of Horacio Nelson. 322 opgs. Biography, military, history. MI800258. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Acceptable/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, Inc., 1998 very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, name on front endpaper, BA509615. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. more information

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London: Pan , 1999 very good trade paperback, no markings, bumped at bottom spine, BA905143. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. more information

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New York: Delacorte, 1980 VERY GOOD hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, light ruffling bottom spine end. Interior pages unmarked, no wear or tears, black and white photos. GOOD jacket, surface scrapes along front side edge, small tears spine ends, faint water stains on spine, light surface soiling. Autobiography, movie actress. 489 pgs. Performing arts. PA710091. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Smithmark, 2000 AS NEW hardcover, binding tight, no wear, boards clean, inside FINE. AS NEW shiny jacket, no wear. Memoirs of soldier of the Civil War who won the Medal of Honor. 558 pgs. Civil War.history, memoirs, military. MI800164. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: St. Martins Press, 1967. VERY GOOD hardcover, light rubbing to spine ends, boards clean. GOOD jacket, small tears and rubbing to edges, clean, no major tears. English biography, history, politics. Interrior pages clean, no markings or wear. small soil spot bottom outside pages. 819 pgs. HP702970. 4th Print. Hardccover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Congdon & Weed, 1984 GOOD hardcover, binding tight, join crack in middle of book but tight, spine slant, ex-lib, first page removed, usual stamps, interior pages clean, no marks or wear. GOOD jacket in mylar taped to boards, no noticable tears. Biography of Army General in WW II. 306 pgs. Biography, Military.History. MI800070. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library. more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1944. Good. Missing DJ Very Good. No dust jacketHardcover, Little Brown, Boston, 1944, BA01282.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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Boston: Atlantic Monthly/Little Brown , 1944. VERY GOOD green hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, lightly faded spine, gold lettering bright, no noticeable wear. Interior pages clean, no marks or tears. Three small bottom corners folded over. Black and white family photos, history and biography of the Holmes family 1800-1935. 475 pgs. BA708405. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1945. Good Hardcover, Little Brown, Boston, 1945, later print, g+, BA00350.. Later. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977 GOOD hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, no wear, ex-lib, pocket on first end page, usual stamps. interior pages clean, no wear or tears. VERY GOOD jacket in rubbed mylar taped to boards. Biography of Horatio Nelson. 368 pgs. Biography, military, history. MI800252. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ex-Library. more information

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Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Lyle Stuart, 1974 good trade paperback, waterstains at extreme bottom corner of pages, BA508944. 7th Print - 1997. Paperback. Good. Octavo. more information

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NY: Scribner, 1977 Very Good in Good jacket Hardcover, wear edges of dustjacket BA03557.. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1940. VERY GOOD red hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, light edge rubbing, interior pages clean, no wear. Biography of world traveller and political insider early 20th Century. 412 pgs. politics, biography. BA708930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Elizabeth Ann Guild Inc, 1927. GOOD First Edition. hardcover, binding tight, spine covering and boards slightly loose but firmly attached, black shiny wavy cloth boards clean, corner wear, gold lettering bright on front but faded on spine, interior pages clean, a disclaimer front end page tells of the confiscation of the original plates by the police in an effort to keep this book from publication. The biography of President Warren G. Harding's love child and her effort to be recognized as his child in society. Numerous black and white photos of Harding and family. 439 pgs. BA708580. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Avon, 1987 VERY GOOD paperback, binding tight, light spine crease, no wear, clean, interior unmarked, no tears. Autobiography, 16 pages black and white photos, join crack in center of book. 329 pgs. Performing arts, TV celebrity, biography. BA702349. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1971. very good trade paperback, front wraps crease, no markings, spine uncreased, BA508315. 2nd Print - 1975. Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York: P. F. Collier, 1900 GOOD burgundy hardcover, binding tight, small chips at spine ends, very light edge rubbing, clean boards, bright gold lettering, interior pages unmarked, no wear, lightly tanned. Biographical and political writings of Oliver Cromwell of English Parliment, 17th Century. 600 pgs. literature, politics, history. HP702549. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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NY: Dodd Mead, 1964. good hardcover in good dustjacket, no markings, BA507346. 3rd Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo. more information

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NY: Scribner, 1968. good hardcover, no dustjacket, rear join crack, BA905165. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information

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New York: Ballantine, 1991 FINE trade paperback, binding tight, appears UNREAD, clean, no wear. Actual accounts of military and civilian inhabitants of Hawaii on and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Photos. 60th Anniversary Edition. 300 pgs. Military, history, war. MI800151. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. VERY GOOD dark blue hardcover, no jacket, binding tight, boards clean, two top board and first and last several interior pages top corners lightly bumped, interior pages clean, no marks or wear. Black and white photos of family, friends and events. 957 pgs. autobiography. BA709149. 2nd Print. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1958. NEAR FINE hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, no wear, light ruffling to spine end, Appears UNREAD. Interior FINE except for on last page a list of musicians has a parenthesis in front of four names and the word "violins" in ink, otherwise no marks. VERY GOOD jacket, light fading to top edge, light edgewear, clean, shiny, small tear bottom back edge. Authorized biography of Lawrence Welk, early family photos. 280 pgs. Music, biography. BA508010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. VERY GOOD light green hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, very light edge rubbing, interior pages clean, bright, no marks or wear, one page is creased. Biography of a political powerhouse man born at the end of the Civil War in a defeated South Carolina, who moved into New York during the 1880's and grew to greatness during the years of restoration and booming early 20th Century. Black and white photos of him with famous politicians and presidents. 784 pgs. Biography, politics, history. BA709391. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994 NEAR FINE hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, on small corner bump, no wear, interior AS NEW. NEAR FINE shiny jacket, no tears, light ruffle on bumped corner, light surface rubbing. Anthology of the Roosevelt family. 542 pgs. Biography. BA720107. 2nd Print. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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New York: Pocket, 1998. VERY GOOD hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, remainder mark on bottom, interior unmarked, no wear. VERY GOOD jacket, light edge and surface rubbing, no tears. Biography of singer. 345 pgs. Performing arts, biography. BA702813. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Remainder. more information

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New York: Dell, 1986. GOOD paperback, binding tight, spine creases, front cover scraped and soiled, interior pages clean, no wear. Photos, biography of professional life. 412 pgs. Performing arts, biography. BA702998. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: New Press, 1992 NEAR FINE hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, very light rubbing top spine, interior FINE. NEAR FINE jacket, light surface rubbing and ruffling top spine end, no tears, shiny. Oral history of ordinary Japanese citizens, soldiers, politicians, journalists, woman and children who gave their personal experiences and thoughts from the 1930's invasion into China, Burma war crimes, surviving the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Tokyo, the Militant upbringing of the children, political views, and the meaning of the Rising Sun emblem, unwilling political conscripts, and the last holdouts in the Philippines. 479 pgs. Military, war, history. MI800145. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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