Search Results: Biography from Scraps of American History

New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. Early reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 423 pages with index, illustrated with tissue protected frontispiece and decorated half title. Standard Library Edition, American Statesmen series, edited by John T. Morse, The Jeffersonian Democracy, Albert Gallatin. Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt top edge. Some spotting of cover, spine a bit darkened, a little edge wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight.

New York: Harper Collins, Publisher, 2013. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 257 pages, illustrated with small black and white photographs. The story of a direct descendant of the famous Astor family who grew up impoverished on the Hudson Valley estate of her ancestors. White boards with white cloth spine, black titles on spine, end papers illustrated with family trees. Corners a little bumped, cover and interior pages clean, binding tight. Decorated blue dust jacket with black titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, small nicks in upper edge, otherwise bright and clean, not price clipped. No remainder marks.

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1999. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 774 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photo plate sections. The autobiography of the man who worked his way up from unemployment to membership in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party and went on to serve as Prime Minister. Black boards with black cloth spine, gilt titles on spine. Very light ege wear, a small spot or two on cover, small wrinkle at base of spine, gilt bright, signed and inscribed by author on front free end paper with another signature and inscription, interior pages clean and bright, binding tight. Black illustrated dust jacket with copper and white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, scuffing and minor spotting on back of jacket, not price clipped.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1900. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 506 pages. The autobiography of the famous artist. No translator is given and no date for this edition. Red leatherette binding with gilt titles and blindstamped decoration on front cover and gilt decoration and titles on spine, gilt top edge, marbled end papers. Some edge wear to leather, especially at spine, corners and spine ends bumped, a little fading of front cover, minor spotting, former owner's bookplate (David Bloom) on front fixed end paper, interior pages bright, binding tight. Measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.

Washington DC: Goverment Printing Office, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 1863 pages, illustrated with black and white photo plates in front of book. Contains a foreword facsimile signed by Carl Hayde, Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing, a section on Officers of the Executive Branch of the Government, sections on the members of the Continental Congress and those of the Congress of the United States from 1789 to 1961, a section on Census Apportionment of Representatives, and then a section on biographies of members of Congress. Brown cloth binding with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt titles on front cover and spine. Cover a bit scuffed and clouded, particularly at spine and leading edge of back cover, some spotting, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, titles bright, pencil notation "Hornbeck Collection" on front fixed end paper, crease in front free end paper, creases in title page, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Oversized, measures… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. 247 pages, indexed and illustrated with black and white photo sections. Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant, CH, CBE. Ex-library. The authorized biography of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, who ws the controversial advocate of saturation bombing during World War II. Navy boards with black cloth spine with titles on spine. Very light edge wear to cover, boards sprung at front hinge, library stamp on page edges and on title page, front end paper cut out, interior pages bright. Illustrated jacket with tan and light green titles has mylar cover, light edge wear to jacket, back cover of jacket darkened, not price clipped, mylar cover taped into book.

New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. Early reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 423 pages with index, illustrated with tissue protected frontispiece and decorated half title. Standard Library Edition, American Statesmen series, edited by John T. Morse. Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt top edge. Some spotting of cover, spine a bit darkened, a little edge wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, minor scratches and some scrubbing, interior pages lightly tanned with darker tanning of end papers, binding tight.

199 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs and facsimile letters. The autobiography of a hard-hitting, fast paced Special Agent with the U. S. Treasury ATF Bureau, with many of his adventures in law enforcement. Bright blue cloth binding with gilt titles on front cover and spine. A little edge wear with slight bumping of corners, author signed on front free end paper, bookseller's sticker on front fixed end paper, interior pages clean and bright, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with red, blue and white titles on front cover and spine shows a little wear, spotting and scrubbing, corners bumped, not clipped.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 336 pages, illustrated with black and white photo section. The story of the wild daughter of the Duke of Rutland who married the diplomat Duff Cooper, knew many of the social, musical and stage stars of the day and worked as an actress in British films. Black quarter cloth over black boards, blindstamped title on front cover and silver titles on spine. Very light edge wear, a little spotting, corners and spine ends barely bumped, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated pink dust jacket with white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear with some curling at edges, light creases, minor spotting and scuffs on back, inner fold shows some creasing and tanning at edges, not price clipped.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 164 pages, plus Putnam's advertising, illustrated with black and white photo plates. With an introduction by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh of the Powell Colorado River Expedition of 1871. The memoir of a ten-year-old girl and her travel with her family down the Colorado River and Lower California. Orange cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine, pictoral end papers. Spine faded and a bit soiled, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, a little spotting, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight, pencil notations on blank pages before half title, a little worming of back end papers with some surface loss.

354 pages with index, illustrated with black and white photographs. The biography of a little known but influential Appalachian artist. Illustrated boards with white titles on front cover and spine. A little bumping of corners, interior pages bright, binding tight.

A reprint of an 1862 edition written by a Hungarian vintner and nobleman considered the founder of the California wine industry. Burgundy cloth spine over tan boards, silver titles on spine, black end papers. Cloth is spotted and faded at edges, light edge wear to cover, spine ends and corners a bit bumped, front board a little curved, interior pages a little tanned, binding tight. Illustrated gray dust jacket with black titles on front cover and blue titles on spine is a little faded at spine, minor creases and short tears along edges of dust jacket, a little spotting, small creases and tears at top of back jacket, price clipped.

New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1987. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 197 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition hard cover with "1" printed in number line. The unusual story of the interesting life of a woman who considered herself a performer, wife and mother, told in a unique autobiographical collection. Quarter red cloth over white board, silver titles on spine. Minor shelf wear with a little soiling along bottom edge, light bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated silver jacket with red titles shows a little scrubbing, some edge wear, spotting, tanning of interior folds, not price clipped.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885. Early Reprint. Original Cloth. Good +/No jacket as issued. Volume 1: 348 pages; Volume 2: 324 pages; Volume 3: 340 pages. Tissue protected engraved frontispieces in each volume, seven other plates and two page plate facsimile of George Eliot's handwriting from "Notes on 'The Spanish Gypsy.'" Compiled by the husband of Eliot and considered a standard reference with material taken from personal papers, letters and other critical sources. Harper & Brothers Library Edition. Green pebbled cloth binding with gilt facsimile signatures on front covers, gilt titles, brown end papers. Light edge wear to covers, minor scrubbing and spotting, corners and spine ends a little bumped and slightly frayed, former owner's names, dates and a calling card cut in on blank pages of Vol. 1 & 3, page edges darkened and a little wormed on top edge, interior pages very lightly tanned with a little spotting.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 324 pages, indexed. Biography of the popular novelist and poet. Quarter green cloth over olive boards, gilt titles on leather title block on spine. Title block leather chipped, titles still bright, some edge wear to cover, minor spotting, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages tanning a little, gift inscription on front free end paper, binding tight.

Ex-Library. 544 pages with index, illustrated with black and white frontispiece. Another look at the life of the first President of the United States and his Revolutionary War career. Rebound library copy. Some wear to cover, especially at spine edges, corners and spine ends bumped, light spotting and scrubbing, library number on spine, old sticker and glue on back cover, back cover scrubbed and spotted, discard stamp on front free end paper, library stamp on half-title, creases in bottom corners of first few pages, library stamp on title page, a few ink marks and notations in first few pages, library stamp on last page of foreword, stain on edge of a few pages, pages otherwise clean and lightly tanned, small library notation on last page, library stickers and remains of pocket with discard stamps on back end papers, binding tight.

New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 342 pages with index, illustrated with tissue protected color frontispiece and black and white plates. Also includes a short biography of Lady Salisbury. Black cloth binding with blue titles on spine. Cover stained and spotted, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, titles a little affected by stains, hinges a bit weak, some tanning of interior pages, especially black and white plates, which are a bit wrinkled. Second plate is detached and laid in, showing some wear along edges and with crease in inner bottom corner, book seller's sticker on back fixed end paper "Bretano's, New York," binding otherwise tight. Measures 5 1/2 x 9 inches.

London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. An interesting volume, possibly rebound, that is a collection of diverse biographies. Each section has a title page as if from a separate book. Contains The History of Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden, by M. de Voltaire; The Life of Edward Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, Written by Himself. With a Prefatory Memoir; Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson by Lucy Hutchinson; The Life of Luther by M. Micheletm Translated by G. H. Smith; The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man: Relating Particularly His Shipwreck Near the South Pole, By R. S., A Passenger in the Hector; A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44 by George Anson, to Which Are Prefixed A Memoir of Lord Anson, and Preface. Some Frontispieces and illustrations to title pages, main text in double columns. Half leather over marble boards with gilt bands and gilt title "Biographies" on spine, tan end papers. Some wear to… Read More

Detroit, Michigan: Kerr, Doughty & Lapham, 1853. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 364 pages. A collection of editorials and artlcles written by the author for a newspaper in New York. Brown cloth binding with blindstamped decorations on front and back covers and gilt titles on spine. Heavy spotting of cover with some fading and edge wear, gilt worn, corners and spine ends bumped, old obituary for William A. Engeman pasted to front free end paper over handwriting, paste smudges on end paper, interior pages bright with a good bit of foxing and a few stains, binding shaken.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good. 284 pages, illustrated with black and white photo section. The dramatic story of a group of missionaries and their children on a ship sunk by a German U-boat attack during World War II and how one man's faith led to forgiveness. Bright blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Minor edge wear with a little bumping of corners and spine ends, minor scuffing of boards, former owner's address sticker on front free end paper, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, scratch down one side of front with scuffs at either eidge of front, a little tanning, not clipped.