Biography from Astro Trader Books

[GEORGE LUCAS]. (MARCUS HEARN, RON HOWARD). THE CINEMA OF GEORGE LUCAS. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2005. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Biography of legendary film director George Lucas spanning four decades. Foreward by film director and actor Ron Howard. 264 pgs. 4to

[JOE DOMANICK]. TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE: The LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams. Pocket Books, New York, 1994. First Edition, First printing with full number line. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Binding is solid and tight. One-quarter bound black cloth over light gray boards with titles foil stamped in silver on spine. Dust jacket is… Read more

[NUALA O'FAOLAIN]. SIGNED. ALMOST THERE: THE ONWARD JOURNEY OF A DUBLIN WOMAN. Riverhead Books, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is near fine with mild shelf wear to edges. Signed on title page by author Nuala O'Faolain. Modern autobiography, signed collectible. 275 pgs. 8vo.

BENJAMIN BUSCH. DUST TO DUST: A MEMOIR. Ecco Press / Harper Collins, New York, 2012. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine / Near fine. As issued unclipped with original price and intact. Signed, inscribed; "We are stars and oceans and Earth. May my journey take you… Read more

[REGIS PHILBIN]. SIGNED. HOW I GOT THIS WAY. (FOREWARD) DAVE LETTERMAN. HarperCollins, New York, 2011. First Edition. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, with mild shelf wear and a few soiling specks to dust jacket, jacket is unclipped, barely noticeable remainder marked with tiny dot on top edge of pages, pages are… Read more

[BOBBY SHORT, ROBERT MACKINTOSH]. BOBBY SHORT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A SALOON SINGER. Clarkson Potter, New York, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is unclipped, creases, micro chips to edges with light shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by musician Bobby Short on the half-title page. Illustrated… Read more

[OZZIE NELSON]. OZZIE. Prentice-Hall,Inc, New Jersey, 1973. First Edition, First printing with full number line. Book Condition: Very Good+. Appears unread, in original publishers one quarter black cloth with blue tweed boards, titles in gilt on spine, light rubbing, bumping to corner spine edges, tanning to corner extremities, trivial finger print soiling to first endpaper, otherwise pages are clean, bright,… Read more

[HENRY TOBIAS]. MUSIC IN MY HEART AND BORSCHT IN MY BLOOD. (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY). Hippocrene, New York, 1987. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust jacket is unclipped with very light edge wear. Scarce signature, drawing, dated with inscription to the manager of Jazz singer Nancy Wilson; "To Devra Hall [Levy], Read, laugh and… Read more

[RONALD STEEL]. SIGNED & INSCRIBED. WALTER LIPPMANN AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1980. First Edition. True First Edition stated. Book Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. With mild shelf wear, appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. In original red cloth and type in gilt on spine. Neat notes by previous owner on pages… Read more

[NOEL COWARD]. PRESENT INDICTATIVE. Doubleday, Doran, and Co., New York, 1937. Second Edition. Second Edition stated on first inner flap of dust jacket. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. With publisher's original orange cloth covered boards, author's initials blind stamped on front cover with black and gilt title to spine. Appears unread, light shelf wear, trivial light soiling to cloth… Read more

[BARACK OBAMA]. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM. Crown Publishers, New York, 2006. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Condition: Very Good. Gently read, previous owners marking on a few pages, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket is about fine, not price clipped with the original price of $25.00 on the first inner flap, mild… Read more

[HORACE WALPOLE]. ANNA B. MCMAHAN. EDITOR. LAUREL - CROWNED LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE: THE BEST LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE. A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1890. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. In original publisher's brown cloth, titles and decorations stamped in gilt on cover and spine, with A.C. McClurg acorn logo stamped in gilt at tail of… Read more

[BRANDO SKYHORSE]. TAKE THIS MAN: A MEMOIR. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust jacket is not price clipped with only mild shelf wear. Signed and inscribed on the title page by author Brando Skyhorse. Not a book club, not ex-library and not a facsimile autograph.… Read more

[ALAN ALDA]. NEVER HAVE YOUR DOG STUFFED: AND OTHER THINGS I'VE LEARNED. Random House, New York, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is not price clipped with only mild shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by actor Alan Alda. Not a reprint, not signed on a book plate… Read more

[GARY CAREY]. DOUG & MARY: A BIOGRAPHY OF DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AND MARY PICKFORD. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1977. First Edition, second printing. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, in original publisher's one-quarter black cloth under red paper boards, titles stamped in silver on spine, pages are clean, bright unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket is unclipped… Read more

[VICKI GOLDBERG]. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. HarperTrade, New York, 1986. First Edition, First printing. True first edition stated with full number line. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust jacket Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Not price clipped with the original price of $25.95, mild shelf wear and micro-creases to extremities. Overall a near… Read more