Biography And Autobiography from Antiquarian Book Shop

Weston: Society of Historical Engravings. Very Good. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 40 pages; Former owner's name on ffep "Joe Gluek / Jackson's Mill / Weston, West VA / May 1934", otherwise clean and secure in original gray boards with gilt lettering (facsimile autograph); boards unevenly toned. Frontispiece portrait. Printed on paper with Confederate themed… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Reclam. Very Good. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Musiker Biographien 5; 248 pages; Former owner's name on ffep, interesting tiny bookplate, otherwise clean and secure in original tan cloth binding with black lettering at spine and front board; scattered foxing to cloth (not contents). Frontispiece portrait. .

New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. 370 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; wrappers toned at spine. "Complimentary Copy" "To be published in June 1977" An advance reading copy sent out to reviewers before the actual publication of the book; precedes the hardcover first edition.… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Lund Press. Very Good. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Soft Wrappers. Autograph; 96 pages; SIGNED by the author on limitation page [only five hundred copies]; inscribed to Rowland Evans. Quite scarce. Frontispiece photograph of the author/biographee. Six loose octavo gatherings of 16 pages each, plus the frontispiece portrait; original signatures were never … Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Capra Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 138 pages; Clean and secure in original red cloth binding in very nice dustjacket. Illustrated with with black and white photographs. Reminiscences by the author of such once-banned books as 'Tropic of Cancer' and The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy;… Read more about this item

London: Methuen. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 279 pages; Original owner's name on ffep "Chloe Champcommunal", otherwise clean and secure in original beige cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping at spine ends and corners and quarter-sized piece missing at top left corner of front panel, now in mylar… Read more about this item

New York: Gothic Publishing Co. Very Good+. 1922. First Edition. Paperback. 94 pages; Clean and secure in original black wrappers with red lettering, tiny chip at bottom corner of yapped wrappers, minor wear at head of spine. A native of Southern Illinois, Stanley Kimmel, known for "The Mad Booths of Maryland" and other historical works on… Read more about this item

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean and secure in original binding in bright dustjacket (in protective mylar cover). This first volume of a brilliant new biography covers the formative years of the most influential- and controversial- economist of the twentieth century. It is not… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 360 pages; Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. An interesting biography of Italy's greatest composer, wherein Osborne argues persuasively that Verdi was primarily a man of the theater. Former owner's signature on ffep -- "Paul Hume", noted music… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. x, (2), 299 pages; Clean and secure in original brown cloth binding in edgeworn chipped dustjacket. Otto Hermann Kahn was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 222 pages; Clean and secure in original green cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket chipped at spine ends. Translated by Paul Hamburger. Contents: Preface. Janacek's Life. Janacek's Work. Appendices. Catalogue of Works. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated This is the first full… Read more about this item

Seattle: University of Washington Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; x, 318 pages; Clean and secure in original green binding in very nice dustjacket. Ownership signature of Paul Hume on ffep. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, notes, bibliography, indices. Eugène Arnold Dolmetsch (1858 – 1940), was… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 272 pages; Signed by Paul Hume on ffep. Clean and secure in original turquoise cloth binding in very good dustjacket. Translated from German by Samuel R. Rosenbaum. Comprehensive treatment of Ravel's life and professional status in relation to other contemporary… Read more about this item

Boston: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Fine. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 277 pages; Clean and secure in original binding of blue cloth with silver lettering and a mounted photograph illustration on front board. This copy inscribed and Signed by Bobby Kennedy on title page: "To Rolley [Evans] / Lem's great pal - Xmas… Read more about this item

Washington: William M. Belt. Very Good-. 1850. First Edition. Removed Document. 107 pages; Contents clean and complete, lacking wrappers; some offsetting to titlepage from frontispiece illustration of Zachary Taylor Commemorative medal, engraved by W. L. Ormsby OCLC 12780234 Contents include speeches by some members of Congress, a sermon by Rev. Smith Pyne… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages; Some pencil markings made by Susan Mary Alsop on several pages; otherwise contents clean and secure in original cloth binding with gilt lettering at spinein very good dustjacket. This was a reference book for Alsop's research for her book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. … Read more about this item

Paris: Flammarion. Very Good. 1981. Paperback. From the collection of Susan Mary Alsop, with her manuscript notes laid-in keyed to some ink markings in the text, particularly in the chapter on Le Congres de Vienne. This was a reference source for Alsop's book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. From the collection of Susan Mary … Read more about this item

Washington: Heritage Printers, Inc.. Near Fine. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Autograph; 216 pages; Clean and secure in original card wrappers in very good printed dustjacket. On ffep " Given to Polly and Kim [Roosevelt] / December 30, 1989 / by the Author" Also laid-in is a manuscript note Signed by the author -- "Dear Mrs. Roosevelt… Read more about this item

London: Walter Scott. Very Good. 1888. Hardcover. 193, (1), (16) ads pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown polished buckram binding; slight lean. Owner's name signed on ffep "Kim Roosevelt" Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr. (1916 - 2000) was the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was a career intelligence officer who… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, (1), 368 pages; Owner's signature on ffep - "Susan Jay [Alsop] / March 1936" otherwise clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover; faded spot at lower corner of front board. With a Foreword by J.M.Barrie.… Read more about this item