Biography & Autobiography from Brentwood Books

Mother House of the Sisters of the Holy Names,, 1934.. Paperback. Used, very good. Original 1934 paperback edition/printing. Large offwhite softcover, black & white photos, 309pp. Book doesn't quite lie flat due to improper storage; cover has slightest wear, very lightly soiled by use; minor dampstain in outer page margins, dampstain is larger on about 20 pages. No… Read more about this item

Holiday House,, 1992.. 1st. Hardcover. Used, very good. Like new book in almost like new jacket. First printing. This is a large hardcover with mustard colored boards and red cloth spine, 1992, unpaginated. Book in perfect condition. Jacket not price clipped (14.95), slightest (barely visible) wear, remnants of small sticker on back panel. ** We are a… Read more about this item

Coward-McCann,, 1971.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. Book and jacket almost like new. First printing. Coward-McCann,1971, 388pp, black & white photosl. Book perfect except page edges not quite pristine, small price sticker on first page (same price as on jacket). Jacket has slight edgewear, very lightly soiled by use, not price-clipped (6.95). ** We are a… Read more about this item

Merrymount Press,, 1895.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. Almost like new book without jacket. Hardcover, gray paper covered boards, offwhite cloth spine with paper title band, Merrymount Press, 1895, no additional printings indicated. Cover has slightest (barely noticeable) wear, titlle band a little rubbed and foxed, upper edges a little soiled due to being dusty for a long… Read more about this item

Henry Holt,, 1985.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. First printing. Book and jacket in very nice condition except for a 1" light brown spot on the top of the front panel of the jacket that is also on the front cover of the book; also, the jacket is sun tanned for an inch around the upper and outer… Read more about this item

New York Graphic Society,, 1986.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. Like new book in almost like new jacket. First US printing. This is a very large hardcover bound in fine gray cloth, published by NYGS, 1986, 256pp. Book is in perfect condition. Jacket is not price clipped (35.00), small 1/2" tear at base of spine and base of… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap,, 1968.. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. Personalized gift inscription signed by Humphrey on the front free endpaper, laid-in letter to a "delegate" from HHH's press secretary presenting the book, on stationary of the Office of the Vice President. CONDITION: Almost like new book in VG- jacket. Large light blue hardcover, 1968, unpaginated. Book as new… Read more about this item

T. Fisher Unwin,, 1914.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, good. Blue ribbed cover, gold lettering on spine and front cover, thin yellow border on spine and front cover, 1914, stated "First published in 1914" with no additional printings indicated, 324pp. black and white reproductions. Only "good" condition because was formerly owned by a library and has the usual markings. Cover… Read more about this item

Doubleday,, 1964.. 1st. Hardcover. Used, very good. Almost like new book without jacket. First printing. Dark blue hardcover, 1964, stated first edition, not book club. As new except slightest fading on edge of cover, clean, no marks or writing. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. … Read more about this item

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 2007.. Paperback. NEW. NEW. This is a large paperback. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA..

Perkins Book Company.. Hardcover. Used, very good. 24 volumes. Small (7.5" x 5.3") hardcovers bound in blue cloth, gold lettering on spines, published by the Perkins Books Company around 1900 except "Julius Caesar" in almost the same format but published by A. L. Burt in the same time period (see photos). Nice condition--slight wear, spines just a little… Read more about this item

Bantam Books,, 1974.. 1st. Paperback. Collectable, good. First printing of the Bantam Books mass market paperback edition, 1974. Cover about VG, clean, unmarked, binding split at one place due to glue getting brittle with age. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service… Read more about this item

Warner,, 1979.. 1st. Paperback. Collectable, very good. Almost like new. First mass market paperback printing. Warner Books, 1979, ISBN=044682996x. Cover very slightly rubbed, hinges and spine not creased, interior like new. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to… Read more about this item

S. Fischer,, 1923.. Hardcover. Used, very good. Almost like new. Hardcover without jacket. Dark blue cloth spine with gold lettering, brown paper-covered boards, 1923, 1925 printing, 465pp. Slighest wear, formerly owned by an institutional library and has a very small taped-on call number on spine, bookplate and library card sleeve on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked; slight… Read more about this item

Bunce & Huntington,, 1865.. 1st. Hardcover. Used, acceptable. Oiriginal 1865 edition/printing. Green hardcover with elaborate gold lettering and design on spine and front cover, bust of Lincon frontispiece, illustration of "early home of Abraham Lincoln as it now stands in Elizabethtwon, Hardin County, Kentucky", 288pp. Cover has almost no surface wear but cover is split along front hinge… Read more about this item

Gorham Company,, 1931.. 1st. Hardcover. Used, very good. Almost like new. Very large hardcover tan cloth spine and highly decorated dark blue cover, 1931, 28pp. Perfect condition except very slight smudge on first page, one page with a 1" tear. OVERSIZE. Overseas orders may require additional shipping. ** We are a small family business selling fine new… Read more about this item

H. S. Nichols LTD,, 1926.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, good. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Original edition publshed by H. S. Nichols, blue cover with gold title and fleur-del-lis pattern on spine and front cover. Cover surfaces almost like new, edges slightly rubbed, 1" tear in cloth at upper edge of rear cover, gold still clear and bright;, faint glue… Read more about this item

Mentor Association,, 1918.. StapleBound. Used, like new. Like new, slightest wear. Large gray pamphlet, 12pp, the 6 original reproductions laid in. "Lafayette". ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE… Read more about this item

R. C. Church of St. Helena,, 2003.. Hardcover. Used, very good. Almost like new. This is a very large glossy pale yellow hardcover with cover photograph of the priest and young girl with leg in a cast. 171pp. lots of black and white photos. As new except cover has slightest wear (visible in reflected light). OVERSIZE. … Read more about this item

Portage Publications,, 1994.. Hardcover. Collectable, like new. Book and jacket are like new. Personalized gift inscription by author on first page. Apparent first printing (no additional printings indicated. Perfect condition except for signature. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention… Read more about this item