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The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White
by Wiencek, Henry
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1999 1st ed.
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- 9780312192778
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$25.00
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New York:St. Martin's Press, 1999 1st ed. 361pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [a top edge bump and a top corner bump; touch of top edge foxing; else a nice crisp copy] Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography.
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For the Defense Thomas Erskine: The Most Enlightened Liberal of His Times, 1750-1823
by Stryker, Lloyd Paul
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- 1947 1st ed.
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$25.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947 1st ed. 624pp. frontis. illus. burgundy cloth tall 8vo: Good+ to near Very Good/no dj [some light age browning; touch of shelfwear @ extremities; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A legal biography of Baron Erskine (1750-1823), who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain for a time during the early years… Read more
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Bad Dates: Celebrities (and Other Talented Types) Reveal Their Worst Nights Out
by Markin, Carole
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1990.
- ISBN
- 9780806511580
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$6.99
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New York: Citadel Press, 1990. 255pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Good [front covers are torn & thumbed @ top edge; edge browning; else a clean, complete & tight copy] Almost 100 celebrities ranging from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Gloria Steinem dish on their own experiences.
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Years with Frank Lloyd Wright: Apprentice to Genius
by Tafel, Edgar (on Frank Lloyd Wright)
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1985 1st ed. thus.
- ISBN
- 9780486248011
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$12.00
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New York: Dover, 1985 1st ed. thus. 228pp. illus. paperback 4to: near Fine. Includes 372 black & white illustrations.
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The Life of Thomas More
by Ackroyd, Peter
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1998 reprint.
- ISBN
- 9780385477093
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$9.95
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New York: Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, 1998 reprint. 447pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [ink name; spine is creased; else a clean, complete & tight copy]
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Mary Mildred Sullivan (Mrs. Algernon Sydney Sullivan): A Biography
by Holmes, Anne Middleton
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Edition
- 1924 1st ed.
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$30.00
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Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1924 1st ed. 196pp. port. illus. hardback 8vo w/gilt titles: about Good [covers are worn but book is clean, complete & tight] A title privately issued for the records of The Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, New York City.
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Gertrude Jekyll
by Festing, Sally
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1991 1st ed.
- ISBN
- 9780670827886
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$6.99
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New York: Viking, 1991 1st ed. 323pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Good in a Fine dj [short rem. line bottom edge; age darkening of edges with several tiny fore edge spots; else a complete & tight copy] A bio of the famous English gardener Jekyll (1843-1932).
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Aristocrats
by Lacey, Robert
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1983.
- ISBN
- 9780771045813
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$9.95
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. 249pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: near Very Good in a near Fine dj [some top edge foxing; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy]
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The First Elizabeth
by Erickson, Carolly
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1983 1st ed. thus.
- ISBN
- 9780671503932
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$4.99
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New York: Summit Books, 1983 1st ed. thus. 447pp. illus. paperback tall 8vo: Good+ to near Very Good.
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Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House
by Updegrove, Mark K
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 2006 1st ed.
- ISBN
- 9781592289424
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$9.95
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Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2006 1st ed. 321pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj [touch of top edge foxing; else a nice crisp copy]
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Jesse Stuart: His Life and Works (inscribed)
by Blair, Everetta Love (on Jesse Stuart)
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Edition
- 1967 1st ed.
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$15.00
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Columbia: Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1967 1st ed. INSCRIBED by author ffep & also inscribed by Jesse Stuart. 288pp. mustard cloth 8vo: fair in a Good+ dj in poly cover [some unfortunate insect staining near lower portion of fore edge; else a complete & tight copy; would be Good+ without this flaw] A scholarly lit crit biography of the… Read more
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Newt! Leader of the Second American Revolution (signed)
by Williams, Dick (on Newt Gingrich)
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1995 1st ed.
- ISBN
- 9781563522260
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$4.99
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Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1995 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 230pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj.
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The Saga of H. A. W. Tabor
by Coquoz, Rene L
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1993 5th ptg.
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Boulder, CO: privately issued, 1993 5th ptg. 42pp. illus. staple-bound paperback 8vo: Fine.
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Collins Gem Famous Irish Lives
by Shaw, Carol P. & Alastair Fyfe
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1996 1st ed.
- ISBN
- 9780004709406
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Glasgow: HarperCollins, 1996 1st ed. 255pp. illus. paperback 32mo: Very Good+ [some foxing of edges; else a nice clean and crisp copy] A shirt pocket-sized book of 150 biographical sketches ranging from Field Marshal Harold Alexander to Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats.
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Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
by Tisserand, Michael
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2016 2nd ptg.
- ISBN
- 9780061732997
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$12.00
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New York: Harper, 2016 2nd ptg. 545pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a Very Good dj [small roughed place @ spine tail; else a nice crisp copy]
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Last of the Great Scouts (Buffalo Bill)
by Wetmore, Helen Cody & Zane Grey
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
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- Good
- Edition
- c1918 reprint.
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1918 reprint. 333pp. illus. green cloth sm 8vo: Good in a worn dj [age browning; else a clean, complete & tight copy]
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Dictionary of American Biography Supplement Five 1951-1955 with an index guide to the supplements
by Garraty, John A., editor
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1977 1st ed. thus.
- ISBN
- 9780684150543
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$30.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977 1st ed. thus. 799pp. burgundy cloth sm 4to: near Fine/no dj.
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Osbert: A Portrait of Osbert Lancaster
by Boston, Richard
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1989 1st ed.
- ISBN
- 9780002163248
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$6.99
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London: Collins, 1989 1st ed. 256pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj [hit of age darkening to top edges; else a nice crisp copy] A bio of the wonderful English illustrator Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908-86).
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The General Who Marched to Hell: William Tecumseh Sherman and His March to Fame and Infamy
by Miers, Earl Schenck
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1951 1st ed.
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$7.50
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New York: Knopf, 1951 1st ed. 349pp. + xvii index pp. blue cloth 8vo: Very Good+/no dj. A Sherman bio by the American historian Miers (1910-72).
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Mussolini: A Study in Power
by Kirkpatrick, Ivone
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1968 1st ed. thus
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New York: Avon Discus Books. 1968 1st ed. thus. 701pp. illus. paperback: Good+. A history by the distinguished British diplomat Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick (1897-1964).
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