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HEYWOOD BROUN AS HE SEEMED TO US
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NY: The Newspaper Guild of New York (Random House). Very Good with no dust jacket 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Wear at corners and edges of cover. Spine faded. ; Blue cover w/black lettering. Comments on Heywood Broun's life by his contemporaries, including Uohn L. Lewis, Fiorello H. Laguardia, Quentin Reynolds, Edward G. Robinson, Herbert Bayard Swope, Etc. A stenographic record of the Heywood Broun Memorial meeting in 1940.; 4to; 48 pages . more information
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IMAGES OF THE SOUTH Visits with Eudora Welty and Walker Evans
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Memphis, TN: Center for Southern Folklore. Very Good with no dust jacket 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Minor wear around edges. ; Brown and black illustrated cover. ; Southern Folklore Reports, Number 1; B&W Photographs; 4to; 43 pages . more information
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J. EDGAR HOOVER LATE DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Memorial Tributes in the Congress of the United States and Various Articles and Editorials Relating to His Life and Work
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Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office. F/NONE 1974. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Black cover w/gold lettering and decoration. Fine with no defects. An important resource for anyone interested in the development of the FBI. ; 8vo; 329 pages . more information
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ORDEAL My Ten Years in a Malaysiasn Prison
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NY: Arcade Publishing. F/F 1991. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Red and Gray cover w/gold lettering on the spine. ; 8vo; 212 pages . more information
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DOWNSTREAM FROM TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA A Memoir of Richard Brautigan
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Santa Barbara: Capra Press. F/VG 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Small tear at the bottom edge of the dust jacket. Orange cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. Rare. ; 8vo; 174 pages . more information
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SIR HARRY VANE His Life and Times (1613-1662)
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Boston: Gambit Incorporated. F/F 1973. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Red and black cover w/gold lettering. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 498 pages . more information
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THE ELOQUENT JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS A Portrait in Her Own Words
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NY: William Morrow. F/F 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Black and gray cover w/green lettering on the spine. Includes the Fifty Minute DVD from the A&E Biography. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 246 pages . more information
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Three Tenant Families. Three Tenant Families
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket 1960. Dust Jacket. HB. Reissue of book first published in 1939. Includes 63 photos by Evans, many more than the original edition. Black cover w/silver lettering on spine, almost worn off. DJ is soiled with many chips around edges and folds. 471 pages plus photo section in front. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information
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GO QUIETLY...OR ELSE (His Own Story of the Events Leading to His Resignation)
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NY: William Morrow & Co.. F/F 1980. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Blue and white cover w/gold lettering on spine. ; 8vo; 288 pages . more information
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FROM EMPEROR TO CITIZEN (TWO VOLUMES) The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover; Third Printing. Fine with fine dust jackets. Two Volumes. Illustrated. Black covers with gold lettering and decoraton. The autobiography of the last emperor of China before it became the Peoples Republic of China. Originally published in English in 1965. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 496 pages. more information
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MADAM SECRETARY A Memoir
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NY: Miramax Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket 2003. Third Printing. Hardcover. Gray and black cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Signed by the author on the half-title page. With Bill Woodward. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; Color Photographs; 8vo; 562 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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Aaron Burr the Proud Pretender
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NY: Harper & Brothers. VG/NONE 1937. First Edition. First Printing. / HB. First Edition. Black cover w/faded spine. Previous owner's name written on ffep. Front hinge slightly cracked at cover. Illustrated. 390 pages. ; 8vo; 390 pages . more information
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BETWEEN THE STIRRUP AND THE GROUND (A Book about Horses and People)
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Washington: The Naional Press, Inc.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some small nicks and chips at edges of dust jacket. Cover attached upside down. ; Red cover w/gold lettering on spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on endpaper. ; 8vo; 313 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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Ansel Adams. a Biography
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NY: Henry Holt And Company. F/NONE 1996. Softcover. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof. B/W paper wrap. No Photographs. 472 pages. One corner of back cover bent. . more information
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MY FATHER'S HOUSE (Israel's Foreigh Minister Looks Back At the Heroic People, Heroic Country of His Youth)
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NY: W. W. Norton & Co. F/VG 1976. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Some signs of wear around the edges of the dust jacket. ; Translated from the Hebrew by Reuven Bwen-Yosef Brown vover w/gold lettering. Ilustrated. ; 8vo; 205 pages . more information
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STAY OF EXECUTION A Sort of Memoir
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Fine in Very Good dust jacket 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket is price clipped w/small tear at top edge. ; Blue cover w/gold lettering on spine. Inscription on title page states: "For Clark Clifford, a friend, this book by our mutual friend-in affection- if not always, alas in political concord. All the Best!" Signed by a third party but we are unable to decide who. ClarK Cliffored was a high governement official in the administrations of Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, etc. 312 pages. Describes Alsop's fight with cancer. ; 8vo; 312 pages . more information
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LAUGHTER'S GENTLE SOUL The Life of Robert Benchley
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NY: W. W. Norton & Co. F/F 1997. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Red and black cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 382 pages . more information
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NOTES OF A REVOLUTIONARY
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. F/VG 1982. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Dust Jacket slightly shelf worn at edges. ; Black cover w/faded gold lettering on spine. Fine/VeryGood Dust Jacket. HB. ; 8vo; 343 pages . more information
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Dear Dad Letters from an Adult Child
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NY: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket 1989. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Red and beige cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Signed by Rhea Anderson, one of the author's sisters. Life in the Anderson familiy dominated by the alchoholic father. Author became one of the US' best known comics. Book is fine in a fine dust jacket. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 209 pages . more information
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THE FIERY FOUNTAINS The Autobiography. Continuation and Crisis to 1950
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NY: Horizon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket 1969. Hardcover. Red and brown cover w/gold lettering. Illustrated. Originally published in 1951.; 8vo; 239 pages . more information
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ROBERT FROST AND JOHN BARTLETT The Record of a Friendship
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NY: Holt Rinehart And Winston. F/F 1963. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Tan cover w/black and white lettering, Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 224 pages . more information
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ADLAI E. STEVENSON: A CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE A Personal Memoir
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Princeton, NJ: Privately Issued. Fine with no dust jacket 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cover w/gold lettering. No. 41 of a limited edition of 1, 000 copies. Signed by the author on the title page. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author . more information
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THEY PUT ME HERE
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Baltimore. F/NONE 1951. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Slight wear at edges of spine. ; Fine/no Dust Jacket. HB. Green cover w/gold lettering. A family history. ; 8vo; 71 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME
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NY: Random House. VG/F 1974. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Doodle on the inside front cover. ; Red cover w/red and gold lettering. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; 8vo; 214 pages . more information
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BEFORE THE CURTAIN FALLS
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.. VG/NONE 1932. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Minor wear at bottom edge of cover. Lettering on spine somewhat faded. ; Black cover w/gold lettering and embossed design. Some accounts may have been fictionalized. ; 8vo; 333 pages . more information
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THE PROMISED LAND
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. VG/NONE 1912. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Ex-school library with some blind stamps ; Blue cover w/gold lettering and decoration. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 373 pages . more information
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THE JOURNEY HOME Jewish Women and the American Century
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NY: The Free Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red and yellow cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the endpaper. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 410 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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GROWING UP BLACK IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI Memories of a Family, Heritage of a Place
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NY: Walker & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. White cover w/copper lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 156 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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FANNY KEMBLE A Passionate Victorian
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NY: The Macmillan Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine faded, some damage to fold of spine and wear at edges of cover. ; Red cover w/gold lettering and decorations. Frontispiece portrait of Fanny Kemble. ; 8vo; 387 pages . more information
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TRELAWNY A Man's Life
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NY: The MacMillan Co.. VG/NONE 1940. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Very minor wear at edges and corners of cover. ; Red cover w/gold lettering. Illustrated endpapers. ; 8vo; 379 pages . more information
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THE EXTRAORDINARY OPERATIC ADVENTURES OF BLANCH ARRAL Translated by Ira Glackens. William R. Moran, Editor
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Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cover w/blue lettering on the spine. Illustrated. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; 8vo; 352 pages . more information
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YOURS, ISAAC ASIMOV A Lifetime of Letters
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NY: Doubleday. F/NONE 1995. First Edition. Softcover; First Printing. Illustrated cover. Uncorrected proof. ; 8vo; 352 pages . more information
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Now
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Corners had been folded down on several pages. Dust Jacket is price clipped. Otherwise Fine. ; Black cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 214 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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EMINENT EUROPEANS Studies in Continental Reality (Central Europe)
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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. G/NONE 1922. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Ex-library w/library stamps, pocket, etc. Some wear on cover. ; Brown cover w/gold lettering on spine. Queen Marie of Roumania, Thomas Masaryk, Paderewski, Admiral Horthy, etc. Illustrated. ; 8vo; 283 pages . more information
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AGAINST THE ODDS Riding for My Life
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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. F/F 2005. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Blue and black cover w/gold lettering. Signed by Jerry Bailey on the title page. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 232 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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AGAINST THE ODDS Riding for My Life
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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. F/F 2005. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Blue and black cover w/gold lettering. Signed by Jerry Bailey on the title page. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 232 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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THE STEVENSONS A Biography of an American Family
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NY: W. W. Norton & Co. F/VG 1996. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Dust jacket is price clipped, otherwise fine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page. ; Beige and blue cover w/gold lettering on the spine. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 577 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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OF DIAMONDS & DIPLOMATS An Autobiography of a Happy Life
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. F/P 1968. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Dust jacket is torn around the edges. ; Blue cover w/gold lettering and decorations. ; 8vo; 337 pages . more information
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AN AMBASSADOR'S JOURNEY An Exploration of People and Culture
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Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Fine with no dust jacket 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cover w/gold lettering on spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the endpaper. No defects. ; American Values Projected Abroad; 8vo; 131 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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BOW BELL MEMORIES
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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. G+/NONE First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Cover worn at corners and edges. ; Black cover w/gold lettering on spine. Illustrated. ; 8vo; 246 pages . more information
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ULYSSES S. GRANT ON LEADERSHIP Executive Lessons from the Front Lines
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Roseville, CA: Forum. Fine in Fine dust jacket 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket is price clipped. ; Blue and white cover w/gold lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket. ; 8vo; 176 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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REX BARNEY'S THANK YOUUUU For 50 Years in Baseball from Brooklyn to Baltimore
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Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers. G+/VG 1993. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Previous owner's writing on endpaper, and label attached to half title page. Dust jacket is price clipped and taped down to cover. ; Signed and inscribed by Rex Barney on endpaper. Black cover w/copper lettering on spine. ; 8vo; 264 pages; Signed by Author . more information
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JEFFERSON THE MAN IN HIS OWN WORDS Published in Association with the Library of Congress
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Golden, CO: Fulcrum/Starwood Publishing. VG/NONE 1993. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Maroon cover w/gold lettering. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. ; Small 8vo; 54 pages . more information
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MY FIRST LOVE WEARS TWO MASKS
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El Cerrito, CA: Seaview Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor chips at top edge of dust jacket at spine, otherwise fine.. ; Blue cover w/gold lettering and decorations. Signed and inscribed on endpaper by Miss Miller. ; 8vo; 392 pages; Signed by One Author . more information
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ELIZABETH BARRETT TO MISS MITFORD The Unpublished Letters of Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford Edited and Introduced by Betty Miller
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New Haven: Yale University Press. VG/NONE 1954. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Edges of three pages damaged, not extending into text. ; Red cover w/gold lettering on spine. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 284 pages . more information
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Irving Berlin. a Daughter's Memoir
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NY: Simon & Schuster. F/F 1994. First Edition. First Printing. HB. First Edition. Red and marbled cover w/gold lettering on spine. Illustrated. 320 pages. Appears unread. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall . more information
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Co.. VG/NONE 1926. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Previous owner's names written on inside front cover and end paper. ; Maroon cover w/faded gold lettering. Many photographs. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; Unpaginated pages . more information
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THREE UNDER THREE A Baltimore Tale
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Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press. Fine in Good dust jacket 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket is chipped and worn around edges, with some stains. ; Red cover w/gold lettering. Illustrated with black and white photos. Growing up in Roland Park in Baltimore, MD early in the 20th Century. ; 8vo; 70 pages . more information
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THE PUBLIC YEARS My Own Story
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NY: Holt Rinehart Winston. F/VG 1960. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Dust jacket shelf worn w/minor chipping around edges. ; Green cover w/gold lettering. Illustrated. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 431 pages . more information
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These Ruins Are Inhabited
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London: Robert Hale Limited. F/VG 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. HB. First Edition. Violet cover w/silver lettering on spine. Illustrated. Small chips in DJ at corners and spine. 188 pages. American winner of the Nobel prize and his family visits Oxford. ; 8vo; 188 pages . more information
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