Biography Books

Fairfield WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1996. 307 pp. Includes index. Illus. with B&W drawings, map endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Originally published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia, 1854. Corners square, binding tight, text clean.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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15 pp booklet. White paper wraps, stapled. The story of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Partridge, originally from Hertfordshire, England, and their travel to Alaska during the Gold Rush of 1897. Cover lightly soiled. Text clean, no tears.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pamphlet. (more information)

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Phoenix, AZ: Salt River Project, 1970. 143 pp. A collection of biographies of pioneers who contributed significantly to water development in the Salt River Valley. Binding tight, text clean.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. 290 pp. The author's deeply felt memoir of her Arkansas childhood of the 1940s and 1950s. Binding tight, text clean.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Chelsea House, 1980. 402 pp. plus index. Reprint of the 1900 edition published by Houghton, Mifflin, Boston. Introduction by Dr. David F. Musto, Yale University. Adams represented the United States to great Britain during the Civil War and quietly won battles in London that were as great or greater tha those Grant won in the field. Binding tight, text clean, no spine crease.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 297 pp. with index and bibliography. Illus. with B&W photos. Illustrated endpapers, gray cloth with green outline of Heinz pickle on front. The story of H. J. Heinz, an energetic, freewheeling tycoon who in scarcely more than a generation helped make the United States an industrialized nation. Name erased from front endpaper, edges sl. worn, some soil to top edge. Jacket is worn at edges. Binding tight, text clean.. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Good +/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown, 1956. Corners bumped, spine sl. faded. 380 pp. with index, illus. with B&W photos. Fred Allen's autobiography up until 1956, when he died.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1958. 303 pp .Edges worn, prior owner's name stamp on endpapers and edges. DJ has several small chips and tears. The true love story of an English girl and a Russian aristocrat in the last century. The author is the granddaughter of Ellen Southee, the heroine of the book. Binding tight, text clean.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Broadway Books, 2000. 190 pp. Binding tight, text clean.. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. 523 pp. with index and bibliography. Binding tight, text clean.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Miami FL: Mnemosyne Publishing Co., 1969. 311 pp. Illus. with B&W photos. Pocket glued to front endpaper, number on spine. Originally published 1913 by the Woodruff Press, Lincoln, Nebraska.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Top corner of back cover creased. 317 pp. He was 24, Time magazine's youngest correspondent, when he seized the chance to cover the war in Indochina. This book is Robert Sam Anson's intensely personaly story of camaraderie, rivalry, terror, and exhilaration, set during the period when America was changing its mind about the war.. First Trade Pb Ptg.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Quill, 1991. 511 pp. with Index and Chronological Bibliography and Notes. B&W illustrations. Front endpaper removed, spine lightly creased. Text clean, no tears.. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Tom Doherty Assoc., 2001. 352 pp. A fascinating and provocative autobiography. Binding tight, text clean.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Alton, NH: Andover Green Book Publishers, 2004. 88 pp. Includes list of illustrations. Illus. in B&W. Binding tight, text clean.. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Delta, 1995. 326 pp. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. In America's last frontier, she taught her son the meaning of survival. Cover lightly worn. Text clean, no tears.. Signed by Author. First Pb Ptg.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Santa Barbara CA: John Daniel & Co., 1988. 205 pp. Illus. with B&W photos and drawings. Yellow wraps, illustrated. In 1951, the United Nations asked scientist Albert Baez to teach for a year in Iraq. Two Quaker parents and three high-spirited girls spent "A Year in Baghdad". Spine faded and slightly creased. Text clean, no tears.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Dial Press, 1968. 159 pp. Green cloth, blue lettering and pink flower decoration on front cover. Prior owner's bookplate on front endpaper, sl. bump to bottom edge. Jacket is faded on spine, rubbed, and edgworn with small chips and tears. Jacket is price-clipped.. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 202 pp. Gray cloth. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. The author again finds herself "out on a limb" as the sole female teacher at a private boy's school way out West. DJ is chipped at edges.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1902. 500 pp. B&W illustrations, decorative endpapers. Paper label with photo of Talmage on front cover. Edited by Rev. Louis Albert Banks, D.D., in conjunction with Benjamin J. Fernie, A.M., and George H. Sandison, P.D., with introduciton by his son Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, D.D. Contains Dr. Talmage's life history and the picturesque story of his career and his travels. Also many tributes paid to the world's greatest preacher by the world's master minds. Cover worn, hinges broken, with binding loose, some pages slightly soiled. No writing in text, no tears.. Cloth. About Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: The Dial Press, 1969. 215 pp. Blue cloth. Inspiring men, moments and credos from a lifetime of sports reporting. Binding tight, text clean. Jacket slightly worn and price-clipped.. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1969. 477 pp. with index and bibliography. Light rubs to cover. Binding tight, text clean.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1951. 269 pp. Illus. with B&W photos. Gray cloth. Usual library markings, former owner's name on endpapers. Binding tight, text clean.. Later Printing. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1983. 236 pp. with index. Binding tight, text clean.. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1967. 188 pp. Illus. with 8 plates. Boards slightly warped, edges worn, small date stamp on top edge of text block. Binding tight, text clean.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1936. 348 pp. B&W frontis. Hard cover library binding with title, author, call no. on spine, and library name on spine. Binding tight, text clean.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Woodstock NY: Overlook Press, 1983. 180 pp. Illus. with B&W photos. Signed by author on front endpaper. The author returns to the city of her youth, Prague, after a 40 year absence. Binding tight, text clean. Jacket sl. worn at top edge.. Signed by Author. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Chandler, AZ: Five Star, 2007. 303 pp. Illus. with B&W photos. Signed by the author on the title page. Vincent Beach has crossed many rivers, beginning in 1944 when he left his rural Jamaican home and enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Small crease to bottom corner of front cover. Binding tight, text clean.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: David McKay Company, 1965. 148 pp. with Index. Illus. with B&W photos. The unusual story of a man who has worked closely with wolves, eagles and coyotes and made household pets of a Bengal tiger and a Canadian lynx. Usual library stamps and stickers, pocket, etc. Binding tight, text clean.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Couffer, Jack. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 232 pp. A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page ("for Jeff! Alison Bechdel"). Spine slightly slanted. Binding tight, text clean.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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