Biography / Autobiography

Cambridge, MA: Suhrkamp Publishers, 1987. Hard Cover. New/New. Two of twelve volumes of collected works; still in publisher's plastic. This two-volume set is Goethe's autobiography of his early life, before he departed for Weimar. Included is Poetry and Truth, Volumes I-IV, Campaign in France 1792, and Seige of Mainz. 800 pages, bound in cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pantheon Books, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Amongst the prose there are reproduced letters and poetry. DJ has on 1/2" tear at the top back and very slight wear on corners. Author is a Pulitzer prize and National Book Award winner. 364 pages are fine, no tears or marks. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 2001. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. An astonishing story of bravery and honor; one man's quest, against incredible odds, to fight for justice and to uncover the painful truths of his own life, his childhood. As New York City's 40th police commissioner, the September 11 attacks marked the latest and most visible in a series of extraordinary challenges Bernard Kerik has faced throughout his singular law-enforcement career. From cocaine fields in Colombia to the razor wire of Rikers Island and the streets of New York City, Kerik has dedicated his life to fight the injustice he sees around him. But his most personal battle was waged within himself - and of his mother who abandoned her young son forty-one years ago. This is a harrowing, inspirational, and uniquely American story. Price not clipped. 361 pages with dozens of color and black & white photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good (2 Jackets). Inner dust jacket is very plain; the outer dust jacket is a fabulous painting fairly depicting growing old. Both jackets are worn the same - slight nicks at the bottom and top, a small tear at the top near the spine and a few tiny nicks along the spine. 374 pages, yellowed at the top and side, no pages torn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. As New/As New. The house on Mary Street was home to Jennifer, her older brother B.J., their hardworking father, and their mother. Through a child's eyes, the skies of Carson City were forever blue, and life was perfect - a world of Barbies, Bewitched, and the Beatles. Her mother had pain from a mysterious illness that could be patted away with a kiss. . . . But soon, everything Jennifer has come to love and rely on begins to crumble, sending her tumbling into a hole of loss and loneliness. In a world unhinged by tragedy, where mothers die and families are warped by the unbearable, a young girl must transcend pain and mistreatment to discover her richest resource:: Her own unshakable will to survive. 406 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. This memoir follows her first book, Blackbird. In this book Jennifer Lauck continues the riveting true story. Clutching her pink trunk filled with secret treasures, twelve-year-old Jenny steps off a bus in Reno and straight into the wide-open future, where no path is certain except that of her own heart. Separated from her brother, passed from caretaker to caretaker, Jenny endures as she always has: by following the inner compass of the survivor. When her brother chooses a shocking, tragic destination, Jenny must at last confront the secrets, lies, and lineliness that have held her prisoner for years. 419 pages, the binding is half cloth. There is a 1 1/2" black remainder mark on the bottom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Doris Lessing is a prolific author. She has written numerous novels, series, short stories, opera, poetry, and non-fiction works. This autobiography begins with her childhood in Africa and ends on her arrival in London in 1949 at the age of 30 with the typescript of her first novel, The Grass is Singing, in her suitcase. There are few modern autobiographies so revealing of the mind of their creator. This shows a woman uncompromising, from the beginning, in every aspect, who breaks all the rules, who battles at every turn against her upbringing and environment, who looks at the world clear and hard; and yet who also displays a softness, a wonderful sense of humor, a compassion for human failure. The jacket has shelf wear at the bottom edges. 419 pages, 16 pages of photographs, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Kodansha Amer Inc, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Ani Pachen has vivid memories of her life as a young girl in Tibet. She remembers the days spent racing her father on horseback through the fields near her village, evenings when the bright and powerful of the village would meet in her family's home to share stories. She remembers afternoons spent in solitary prayer, preparing for her future as a Buddhist nun. She remembers when her biggest fear was the possibility of an arranged marriage. In the blink of an eye though, her life changed forever. Her powerful father died, and shortly after, Chinese invaded Tibet. Ani Pachen relinquished her religious dreams and assumed her father's position, leading her people in the fight against the Chinese as one of only a handful of female resistance leaders. Her capture by the Chinese shortly after was only the beginning of twenty-one years of imprisonment and almost constant torture. Several years after her release from prison, Ani Pachen finally realized her lifelong dream of meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama. To hear her tell of the meeting is to relize the power of hope and prayer. 293 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Old Tappan, NJ, U.S.A.: Fleming R. Revell Company, 1968. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. This is an autobiography of Shea, who is a religious singer and has worked with Billy Graham's Association. The forward is written by Billy Graham. The dust jacket has some wear around the top and bottom spine ends as well as the corners. On the back there is a small spot where the blue jacket paper is missing. 176 pages, no marks or tears. 14 pages of photographs included. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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