Biographies & Memoirs

Houston: William Marsh Rice University, 1963. Light foxing or spotting to page edges. The book is about fine in all other aspects.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Inauguration Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer Rice University. more information

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New York: Vantage Press, 1993. Small tear on jacket at tail of the spine, else fine. Memoir from the wife of a country preacher in the Rio Grande area of Texas during the 1920s and Great Depression.. ISBN: 0533102626. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Country Preacher Texas Rio Grande Great Depression. more information

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Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn, 1966. Some age toning around the extremities. Glassine cover, no slipcase. A facsimile reproduction of the original 1883 edition. Cover photos of Jesse James and his wife from the N.H. Rose Collection, courtesy of the Division of Manuscripts, University of Oklahoma Library. 96 pages, illustrated with the original drawings and color added by Carol Rogers.. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Jesse James Outlaw Old West. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Autobiography from the author of Watership Down.. ISBN: 0679401172. First American Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. MEMOIR AUTOBIOGRAPHY RICHARD ADAMS WATERSHIP DOWN BERKSHIRE BRADFIELD COLLEGE OXFORD WORLD WAR II. more information

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New York: Harmony Books, 2009. Signed on the half-title page by Aldrin (name only) at a Houston appearance. 326 pages, with notes about the ShareSpace Foundation, Acknowledgments, and Index.. ISBN: 9780307463456. SIGNED. First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Apollo 11 Moon Mission Astronaut NASA Biography. more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN: 0198112378. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Alan Paton Biography Author. more information

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British Columbia, Canada: Gray's Publishing, 1969. 209 pages, Bibliography, Index. Jacket has tear on rear panel and a bit of rubbing. Protected now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Western Canada Mounted Police History Major Walsh. more information

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New York: Clarkson Potter, 1997. 388 pages, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Black & white photos.. ISBN: 0517799898. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. YEATS W B WILLIAM BUTLER BIOGRAPHY POET. more information

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New York: Exposition Press, 1973. Moderate wear, small stain to fore-edge. Jacket hows edge wear and chipping; protected now in a new mylar cover. 319 pages, illustrated. Biography of the great 17th-century Czech educator and his vision of a systematized learning for a worldwide institution.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. JOHN AMOS COMENIUS EDUCATOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA CZECH SYSTEMATIZED LEARNING 17TH CENTURY. more information

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New York: HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN: 0060176903. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ONASSIS JACQUELINE KENNEDY 1929 1994. more information

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Lexington, KY: The Thoroughbred Press, 1984. Bumped corners. jacket hads light wear to spine ends and tps. An intimate view of Kentucky medical history by the author--a look at the surgical and horse worlds he was involved with and his career on both sides of the Ohio River. . First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kentucky Medical History Doctor Physician. more information

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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1974. Jacket chipped at the spine ends. Author generically inscribed and signed the front free endpaper: "Good luck and good reading, Charles Ashman.". SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. JOHN CONNALLY TEXAS POLITICS. more information

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New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1983. ISBN: 0312927304. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NONFICTION MEMOIR RUSSELL BAKER CHILDHOOD NEW YORK TIMES. more information

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New York: Atheneum, 1984. Upper-corner of fornt free endpaper clipped. Rear panel of jacket has some wrinkling.. ISBN: 0689310307. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. WILLIAMS WILLIAM CARLOS BIOGRAPHY POET. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEDICAL SURGEON HEART TRANSPLANT SOUTH AFRICA CHRISTIAAN BARNARD. more information

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San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: HarperSanFrancisco, 1989. Crease to lower corner o front flap.. ISBN: 0062500589. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Bender, Sue & Richard Bender. SELF ACTUALIZATION PSYCHOLOGY SIMPLICITY AMISH PHILOSOPHY GENERAL RELIGION CHRISTIANITY HELP PERSONAL GROWTH. more information

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Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1989. 286 pages with Index.. ISBN: 0520065271. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. ART HISTORIANS BIOGRAPHY BERNARD BERENSON CLOTILDE MARGHIERI LETTERS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ARTISTS. more information

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New York: Times Books, 1986. Price-clipped jacket. The life and career of one of America's best sports journalists. 302 pages with index. Illustrated with black & wite photos.. ISBN: 0812912039. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SPORTS JOURNALISM RECREATION GENERAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1974. Moderate shelf wear, bumping to corners and spine ends. A few spots on top-edge of pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Jacket is very slightly chipped in places. The front flap has a corner crease. Jacket protected in a Brodart cover. Known as "Mr. Television" and "Uncle Miltie," Milton Berle was an enormously successful comedic television, stage, and screen personality. His autobiography strips away the comic's mask to reveal the real person. Illustrated with black & white photos that offer glimpses into both his personal and professional life. Berle's facsimile signature on blank page following ffep.. ISBN: 0440056098. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. BERLE MILTON 1908 2002 COMEDIANS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMING ARTS. more information

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Houston: Swan Publishers, 1990. Very light wear, a slight lower corner crease on front and rear cover. The true story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez and his heroics on the battlefield during the Vietnam War. Inscribed by Benavidez: "To Bill, Glad I met you. Roy Benavidez, 4 Dec 1990, Duty Honor Country" Black and white photos, 224 pages.. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. more information

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1995. Hard cover reprint of the 1957 paperback original. Autobiography of John R. Bisagno, the retired pastor of Houston's 22,000-member First Baptist Church. The story of a promising young Jazz musican who traded his music for the Gospel. Signed by Bisagno on the front free endpaper. A clean, crisp, unread copy.. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Houston First Baptist Church Music Band Revivals religion. more information

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1973. Light wear to boards. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Jacket price-clipped, worn at corners and spine ends. Couple of tears on front panel. A book about the author's mother, his book The Exorcist, and life after death.. ISBN: 039307479x. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. AMERICAN FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR LITERARY. more information

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New York: Paulist Press, 1999. ISBN: 0809105039. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. PIUS XII POPE WORLD WAR II TWO. more information

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New York: David McKay Company, 1973. Very mild wear to this copy, some rubbing to the jacket. Binding tight and solid, interior clean. 360 pages, black & white photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. BOBST AUTOBIOGRAPHY PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY BUSINESS. more information

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1973. Lightly bumped in a lightly edge-worn, price-clipped jacket. The memoirs of an American diplomat from the beginnings of World War II to Vietnam. Bohlen helped open the first embassy in Moscow. He learned through secret sources in the German Embasy of the Nazi-Soviet pact. He was transferred to Japan, and, after the Pearl Harbor attack, witnessed Doolittle's bombing of Tokyo. he became an interpreter and adviser to President Roosevelt and later served through a succesion of Cold War crises. He advised presidents ennedy and Johnson on Soviet affairs and Vietnam. 562 pp., photos. Clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. AMERICAN DIPLOMAT RUSSIA U.S. SOVIET RELATIONS WORLD WAR II JAPAN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. more information

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Austin, Texas: University of Texas, 1983. 178 pages, illustrations, maps, appendix with complete roster of S.S.U. 585 from August 7, 1917 to April 23, 1919, and a second appendix with a Station List, Section 585. Light edge-wear, bumping. Previous owner address label on half-title and rear pastedown along with a written date.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. WORLD WAR I AMBULANCE DRIVER DIARY. more information

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California, CA: Chronicle Books, 2005. Signed "To Jeri.". ISBN: 0811850439. SIGNED. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. FICTION. more information

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New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. 446 pages, Index, Bibliographic Notes, Churchill's Election Record, a list of his government record, and a list of books he authored. Light shelf wear. Jacket chipped with wear along the edges and extremities. Rear panel rubbed. Protected and looking nice in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Winston Churchill Queen Victoria Parliament British Politics. more information

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1967. Some bumping to boards. Jacket price-clipped, with a few chips. Protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. SIR RICHARD BURTON BIOGRAPHY EXPLORER DISCOVERY. more information

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New York: Back Stage Books, 2005. 416 pages, Bibliography, Index, black & white photos.. ISBN: 0823087999. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. ALAN PAKULA DIRECTOR CINEMA TELEVISION PERFORMING ARTS FILM MOVIE. more information

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London: Constable, 2004. ISBN: 184119526x. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. CATULLUS GAIUS VALERIUS POET ROME. more information

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New York: Julian Messner, 1991. Maroon cloth boards, lightly bumped. Jacket show slight wear at head of spine and some color bleed to inside of jacket at head of spine. The Newbery Award winning author finally gets her childhood wish of having a pet snake, which she finds on her front porch. This is the story of the summer she got to know Moon the blacksnake, with reminiscences through her childhood. 96 pages with a bibliography of published works to date and photos of the author and her family from childhood to present.. ISBN: 0671741667. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. AUTHORSHIP JUVENILE LITERATURE SNAKES AUTHORS AMERICAN NONFICTION ANIMALS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY LITERARY LANGUAGE ARTS COMPOSITION CREATIVE WRITING CRITICISM GENERAL MEMOIR. more information

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New Albany, Ohio: Crown Publishers, 1982. ISBN: 0517547945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SID CAESAR TELEVISION COMEDY COMEDIAN ACTOR. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. General light shelf/reading wear. No tears, marks or stains.. ISBN: 0394499735. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. JOHNSON LYNDON B BAINES TEXAS SENATOR PRESIDENT POLITICS. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Gift sticker on front pastedown (obscured by flap). Price-clipped jacket.. ISBN: 0671611577. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. FEMINISTS JOURNALISTS BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES JOURNALISM SOCIAL SCIENCE FEMINISM FEMINIST THEORY. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Slightly bumped upper corners. Former President Carter has signed a bookplate afixed to the front free endpaper. Laid in is a letter, with envelope, from Southwestern University president, Jake B. Schrum, in which he references an upcoming speech Carter will give at the university. The letter is dated March 15, 2001 and the accompanying book was given as a gift to the recipients of the letter.. ISBN: 0743211936. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. President Jimmy Carter Memoir Reminiscence Childhood. more information

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Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1983. Small area of paper loss from sticker removal on the front free endpaper.. ISBN: 0802835791. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. THEOLOGY RELIGION. more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1974. Corners bumped, smudges to front cover, staining at head of spine. Dust jacket shows chipping at head of spine and slight edge wear. Pages are clean throughout.. ISBN: 0-15-116130-5. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Talk Show Television. more information

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New Holland, IL: Random House, 1977. Some spotting to the top edge. Remainder mark bottom edge. Minor wear to jacket.. ISBN: 0394478770. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES. more information

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New Haven: Orion Press, 1960. Brown spotting to top edge of book and front panel of jacket, heaviest along-side the spine. Initials or a name written on the front pastedown (hidden by the jacket flap). Jacket also has a small tear at the bottom of the rear panel and chipping to the head of the spine. Clean interior. Stated Second Printing. First English printing of Chagall's earliest autobiography, covers up to 1922, when he and his family were about to emigrate from Russia to Paris. Chagall designed twenty illustrations (black & white) for this book, representative of the humor and imagination of is best work. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. MARC CHAGALL AUTOBIOGRAPH JEWISH ARTIST PAINTER. more information

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New York: Random House, 1964. Light edge wear, chipping to jacket. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Whittaker Chambers Columbia Journalist Editor Communist Biography. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Tiny nick and bump to the lower edge of the rear cover. Signed by Ms. Channing in red ink on the front free endpaper.. ISBN: 0743216067. SIGNED. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine+. SINGERS UNITED STATES ACTORS CAROL CHANNING BIOGRAPHY. more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. Slightly bumped with a slightly bowed front cover. Jacket has a minor amount of soiling to rear panel. Front panel curls outward a bit. Binding square and tight, interior clean. A nice copy in protective Brodart cover. First full-length, illustrated biography of the most gifted Negro entertainer of his time: 1892 until his death in 1922. W.C. Fields called him the funniest man he ever saw and the saddest man he ever knew. Booker T. Washington had this to say about Bert Williams: "He has done more for the race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts. I have been obliged to fight my way." Though held back in life and his career by racial prejudices, he was successful enough to open the door for future black entertainers, singers, and dancers.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. BERT WILLIAMS NEGRO BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTERTAINER SINGER DANCER VAUDEVILLE COMEDIAN NOBODY. more information

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Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibson M. Smith, Inc./Peregrine Smith Books, 1987. ISBN: 0879052732. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. SOVIET UNION BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1973. Very light wear, tail of spine bumped. Previous owner name to front free endpaper. Jacket has a small tear at top of front panel and light crease near bottom of rear panel. No other chips or defects. Not price-clipped (price: $2.95). Illustrated with black & white photos.. ISBN: 0800706072. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. JOHNNY CASH COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC NASHVILLE RELIGION GOSPEL JESUS CHRIST. more information

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New York: Rugged Land, 2003. 203 pages, with photos. Signed publisher's bookplate"Nellie Connally.". ISBN: 1590710142. SIGNED. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. CONNALLY JOHN BOWDEN 1917 1993. more information

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New York: Rugged Land, 2003. 203 pages, with photos. Signed on the verso of the front free endpaper: "Enjoy! Nellie Connally". ISBN: 1590710142. SIGNED. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. CONNALLY JOHN BOWDEN 1917 1993. more information

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Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1984. Brown leatherette with gilt title to spine. Jacket slightly rubbed, a trace of edge wear, and a tear on the upper spine. Protected now in a new archival sleeve. 240 pages with Index. Illustrated with numerous photos document the life and career of the famous Houston heart surgeon. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to the previous owner of the book. Signed by Dr. Cooley and dated in the year of publication. A scarce signed copy of this important medical biography.. ISBN: 0890154554. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Denton Cooley Cardiac Heart Surgeon Houston Biography. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1977. Remainder spray bottom edge. Jacket rubbed, very minor edge wear.276 pp., black & white photos.. ISBN: 0385048254. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON LBJ BIOGRAPHY MEMOIR PRESIDENCY. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Covers scuffed a bit. Inner hinges cracking. Penciled note on front free endpaper, some underlining on a few pages. Light stain to top-edge that does not affect the interior pages. Light stain also to the bottom-edge that is visible on the lower corner of interior pages 55-276. 328 pages plus ads. The book's Bibliographical Note, which follows Garland's Introduction, outlines the books that comprise this volume. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee (1834) is presented here precisely as it originally appeared, with a few misprints corrected. An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East (1835) is reprinted here with the omission of all "verbose and repetitious political speeches" except one. Scattered arguments and reflections at the end have also been omitted. The third autobiography in this volume is Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (1836) and is not seriously accepted as having been written by Crockett (it ends with him writing about his last hours at the Alamo). It is included here, minus the Preface by Alex J. Dumas and the final chapter recounting the last hours.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. David Davy Crockett Tennessee Texas Congress Alamo Independence. more information

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