BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

Gardena, CA: Payne Publishing Company, 1965. Hardcover. Hardcover in full-leather boards. 8vo. Limited edition; number 584 of 1000 copies. SIGNED by the author on title page, with an inscription in Armenian. Brown leather boards with gold lettering and decoration. Book is in VG+ condition; there is a previous owner's address stamp on front pastedown and edges of boards are rubbed. A tight, crisp copy. 175 pp. more information

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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page in English and Arabic. Book is in Near Fine condition in red cloth boards with a decoration on the front and gold gilt lettering on the spine. Slight shelf wear and slight sunning to head and foot of spine. Pictorial endpapers. The jacket is in Very Good + condition with sunning to the spine and slight shelf wear at head and foot of spine. In protective mylar. Not price-clipped. 275 pp. more information

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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. SIGNED, dated, and warmly inscribed on the title page to screenwriter, playwright, and Hollywood native Charles Eastman, whose credits include the 1970s films "The All-American Boy" and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy." Book is in Fine condition. Unclipped dust jacket is in Fine condition. 198 pp. In protective Mylar. more information

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Privately printed, 1960. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket. 8vo. SIGNED by the author on frontispiece. Green boards with gold lettering. Tipped-in frontispiece photograph of the author. Contains the lyrics (such as they are recalled by the author) to scores of old-time songs, many of which have faded into obscurity. 46 pp. more information

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New York: Random House, 2005. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. Second printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on half-title page. Book and jacket are in fine condition. A bright, crisp copy. Not price-clipped. 200 pp. including notes. more information

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New York: Modern Library, 1952. No edition stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 12mo. 1952 printing. Book and jacket are in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket has very light rubbing at corners but is basically well-preserved. Bookstore sticker on front pastedown, and former owner's inked name on verso of front free end page. A handsome copy of Dinesen's classic memoir. Not price-clipped. 389 pp. plus several pages of ads for Modern Library Giants. more information

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New York: Delacorte Press, 1995. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. 4to. First edition. Book is in fine condition; jacket is in near fine condition, with lightly rubbed edges. A fantastical, dreamlike autobiography by Garcia, including sketches and drawings. A bright, clean copy. Not price-clipped. Unpaginated. more information

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Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. Reprint of edition originally published in 1929. Book is in Near Fine condition, with lightly bumped corners. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light fading to spine and light rubbing at edges. Foreword by J. Frank Dobie. Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. 272 pp. In protective Mylar. more information

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New York: Kodansha America, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 306 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by Harold Haizlip on the half title page ("To Shirley, Cultivate your garden for a lifetime of love") and SIGNED and dated by Shirlee Haizlip, right beneath. Book and unclipped are in Fine condition, crisp and fresh. Postcard for the book laid in. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. 306 pp. In protective Mylar. more information

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Los Angeles: Harper & Davies, 1940. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed (to fellow office worker) by the author on front endpaper, and dated 1942. Book is in VG+ condition; endpapers are browning. Jacket is in Good condition; spine is sunned and worn and there are two small pieces torn from top and bottom edges as well as several closed tears. Edges of covers are torn and chipped, and corners are torn at tips. Despite flaws, still an attractive copy. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 110 pp. more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket. 16mo. Library binding. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including pocket on front pastedown. Turquoise boards. In VG condition. A memoir of a 19th century childhood; the author was a children's librarian in Hartford, Connecticut. The illustrations for this book are all reproductions from the author's favorite childhood tomes. 136 pp. more information

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Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company, 1999. Paperback. Softcover. 8vo. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on half-title page. Book is in Fine condition. Errata slip laid in. A tight, crisp copy. 187 pp. more information

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New York: Greenwillow Books, 1979. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. Three-volume set. 'The Road From Home' is in VG- condition, with a slight lean to spine, bumped corners, and a previous owner's inscription and address stamp on front endpaper. Other two volumes are in VG+ condition, with faint edgewear and address stamp on front endpaper. Jackets are in VG condition, with a few tears along edges and some shelf wear. 'Finding Home' has a sunned spine. The poet-anthropologist David Kherdian's trilogy about his mother's childhood in Turkey and her immigration to the United States. A heavy set; may require additional postage for other than domestic media mail. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 384 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. Second printing before publication. SIGNED and warmly inscribed in elegant script by the author, a restaurateur of note (Four Seasons, Cafe des Artistes), to a corporate chief of note (his card is laid in). Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean. Dust jacket has a lightly crimped bottom edge. Includes photos and drawings and some recipes. In protective Mylar. more information

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Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Paperback. Fine. 230 pp. Softcover. 8vo. Second printing. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine, As New condition, crisp and clean. Laid in is a card from Lopez, a combat pilot during W.W.II, apologizing that the book never came out in hardcover. At the time of the book's publication Lopez was deputy director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The book is part of the Smithsonian's History of Aviation Series. more information

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New York: Free Press, 2006. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. SIGNED by the author on title page. Book is in fine condition, as is jacket. A clean, bright copy. Unpaginated. 222 pp. more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Hardcover. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. First American edition. Book is in VG condition, with lightly bumped corners and shelf wear to edges, and a previous owner's address stamp on front endpaper. Jacket is in VG- condition, with several small tears along edges. Corners are torn at tips, and surfaces are scuffed. Collected here are nine semi-autobiographical stories of World War II. A tight copy. Not price-clipped. In protective mylar. 307 pp. more information

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Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1990. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in illustrated wraps. 8vo. Second printing. SIGNED, warmly inscribed, and dated by the author on the dedication page to the late writer Charles Eastman, whose screen credits include the 1970s films "The All-American Boy" and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy." Book is in near fine condition--tiny ding to spine at rear. 167 pp. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2005. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. 8vo. Advance reading copy (bound uncorrected proof). Fine condition. Press material laid in. Book's final cover stapled to front over galley cover, which shows an earlier design. The basis for the movie about Julia Child. 307 pp. more information

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Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author on the title page to Charles, "The hero of Yellow Bay [Montana] and my hero, too--With affection and respect..." From the estate of screenwriter Charles Eastman, whose credits include the 1970s films "The All-American Boy" and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy," and who once had a stint as a stand-in for Jerry Lewis. The book is a memoir of the author's life in Montana. 211 pp. In protective Mylar. more information

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