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For Art's Sake Chicago: Self Published, 1953. very good hardcover, no dustjacket, memoirs of the reknowned artist, and student of Thomas Eakins. Privately published with no copies for sale, the book was distributed to friends and clients. Inscribed on the half-title page by the author to a lady who had posed for him as a child. Formatted as stories from his life, rather than an autobiography, the stories follow his movements and development as an artist. BA504895. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. (more information)
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Pen and Politics, the Autobiography of a Working Writer Morgantown: West Virginia University Library, 1970. Good in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soiling top edge of dust jacket, top corner bump, name inside front endpaper, BA615124.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. (more information)
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Only One Year NY: Harper & Row, 1969. Good in Good jacket Hardcover, BA01764.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. (more information)
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$2.58
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The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography NY: Paddington Press, 1975. excellent hardcover in fine dustjacket, no markings, appears unread, BA504121. Reprint of 1868 Edition . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. (more information)
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Wonders of Human Nature, a Series of Memoirs of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons Illustrated By Nearly One Hundred Characteristic Portraits Glasgow: Richard Griffin & Co., 1842. fair hardcover, no jacket, spine open, spine needs repair , 360 pages, short pieces on many historical figures to about 1830. rare. BA502766. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)
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$225.00
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch, His Life and His Theory of Modern War NY: Dodd Mead, 1919. Good. No Jacket Hard Cover. 1st Print. BA06326.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. (more information)
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$22.50
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By Myself NY: Knopf, 1979. Very Good in Very Good jacket Hardcover, Knopf, NY, 1979, 2nd print, BA02322.. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. (more information)
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$7.20
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Daybreak NY: Dial Press, 1968. Very Good in Very Good jacket Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BA603444.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. (more information)
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Four Portraits and One Subject, Bernard DeVoto Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. good hardcover with good jacket, cocoa stain spots top edge of pages and corner of dustjacket, date inside front board, rear board wear at top edge, BA503152. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. (more information)
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That Reminds Me Garden City, NY: Doublday, 1954. Good + in Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, Doubleday, NY, 1954, political biography, BA615133.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. (more information)
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That Reminds Me Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. VERY GOOD hardcover, gray boards, not noticeable wear, clean, binding tight, interior pages very clean and white. Black and white photos of Barkleys family and political life before and after he bacame Vice President for President Truman from 1949-53. 288 pgs. Autobiography, politics. BA705440. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. (more information)
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Lady of Fashion, the Life and Theatre of Anna Cora Mowatt NY: Scribner's, 1954. jacket aged worn and torn, no markings, BA503333. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. (more information)
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Mayflower Madam, Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows NY: Arbor House, 1986. BA. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. (more information)
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Luther Burbank Plant Magician New York: Julian Messner, 1943. GOOD hardcover, spine end wear, boards not worn, small spot on front. Binding tight. GOOD jacket, edgewear, chipping and tears but intact. Interior pages clean. Biography of Luther Burbank whose farms in southern California gave the name to the town of Burbank. 252 pgs. Biography. BA706011. 4th Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Henderson, Luis M.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)
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Fabric of Memory New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. GOOD bright blue hardcover, rubbing on corners and spine, binding tight, very slight slant. GOOD jacket, bright blue edgewear, small tears and chips, back top spine has one inch tear, intact. Interior pages clean and white, a few black and white photos. Autobiography of opera singer, and patron of the arts, women's organizations, fund-raising for the arts, Red Cross. Stories of the famous and greaty figures of her time. 1930-1950's. 311 pgs. Women, biography, opera. BA705453. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. (more information)
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Humphrey Bogart Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1975. excellent hardcover in good dustjacket, jacket shows rubbing on leading edge and wear along top edge, PA504236. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)
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Confessions of a Capitalist London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1948. Good in Good-Edge & Spine Wear jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BA615132.. Thirteenth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. (more information)
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Cow By the Tail Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. coffeestained boards and jacket, stains also on top corner of pages, still shows well in new Brodart sleeve. tear on jacket front, brightly colored jacket, signed by Richard Summers "Don't believe more than 60% of what you read here. Take it from the "ghost" - me. Richard Summers" Stains aside this book is clean. A life story of Benton, who grew up in Denton Co.Texas, in the 1870s and became a cowboy at 13. A story of the American west. BA503688. Signed by Ghost Writer Summers. 1st Print - Autographed. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. (more information)
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Where Do I go from Here, the Life Story of a Forger NY: Lee Furman, Inc., 1936. good+ hardcover, no dustjacket, signed on front endpaper "George B. Berry, The Star - May, 1936" Unknown if forged by the author. light board soil, contents clean, BA506786. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". (more information)
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James Brindley - Lifelines 14, an Illustrated Life of James Brindley 1716 - 1772 London: Shire, 1973. very good trade paperback, biography of the father of British waterways, BA506442. 2nd Print - 1976. Paperback. Very Good. (more information)
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Maeve Brennan: Homesick At The New Yorker Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 2004. very good hardcover in fine dustjacket, remainder mark, clean , BA505295. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. (more information)
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Mostly in Clover NY: Dutton, 1964. Very Good in Good jacket Hardcover, Dutton, NY, 1964, 1st, worn top spine dj, BA01940.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. (more information)
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The Merry Mariner: During World War II and After, a Travelogue Vision Books International, 1997. very good hardcover, no dustjacket as issued, no markings, a reminiscence of WWII and after in the Merchant Marines. BA506393. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. (more information)
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Samuel Pepys, the Man in the Making London: Reprint Society, 1949. Very Good in Fair jacket Very Good in Good-Chipped jacket12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Nice hardcover copy in a dust jacket that is worn and chipped at the edges. In Brodart sleeve. BA609389.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. (more information)
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$39.38
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Born of Those Years New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1951. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author GOOD hardcover, binding tight, bright blue boards clean, light corner edgewear. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Previous owner's name fep. Interior pages clean. Autobiography of world travels in search of a cure for leprosy. 307 pgs. BA705034.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. (more information)
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Big River to Cross Mississippi Life Today New York: John Day, 1940. Good. Missing DJ Green boards, binding tight, Interior pages clean, black and white illustrations throughout. The remembrances of a riverboat captain on the life and lore of the Mississippi River. 294 pps. BA503021. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Caddy, Alice. (more information)
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Big River to Cross Mississippi Life Today New York: John Day, 1940. Fair. Missing DJ Good-Ex Library. No JacketEx-church Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green boards, ex-church library, plate inside front boards, fep removed, previous owner's name on fep, binding tight, inside ep separated at binding from spine but still glued tight to board. Interior pages clean, black and white illustrations throughout. The remembrances of a riverboat captain on the life and lore of the Mississippi River. 294 pps. BA204589.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Caddy, Alice. (more information)
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Barbara Bush: A Memoir NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, machine signed edition, buyers looking for signed limited edition should look for 0399519752. name on front endpaper, BA504865. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. (more information)
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Five Minute Biographies NY: Greenberg, 1937. waterstains on edges of endpapers, not affecting contents, pencil writing on front endpaper, BA504509. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. (more information)
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Jenny Lind's America Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co, 1969. very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, gift inscription on front endpaper, the effect of P. T. Barnum bringing Jenny Lind to America. BA504948. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. (more information)
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