Search Results: Biography from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Random House, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author on title page. Quarter black cloth, dark brown paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & initials on front board, pictorial endpapers, xix, 537, [2] pp, b & w photos, notes, bibliography, index. Author's signature is dated 10-93. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was the wife of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., his partner in philanthropy, and founder of the Museum of Modern Art. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, series title gilt-stamped on front board, x, 373 pp, 8 ff photo plates, bibliography, index. DJ slightly chipped, tide marks along bottom of dj are matched by faint marks on boards and first and last few leaves, head and tail of spine lightly rubbed, 2 leaves dog-eared, 1 small stain on p. 65. Tight and clean except as noted. DJ in Brodart cover. Part of the Mainstream of America Series. How America's early millionaires made their money, from New York fur trader and real estate tycoon John Jacob Astor to William Randolph Hearst. From secondary sources. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G+/G+. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: The Viking Press, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue (nearly black) cloth, gilt titles on spine, xv, 272 pp including dozens of b & w photos & drawings, index. Small cockled spot on p. 1, else fine. DJ has tears under 2 cm to top edge; in Brodart archival cover. Banesh Hoffmann was a colleague of Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Helen Dukas, who was Einstein's secretary and trustee of his literary estate, is the source of "many documents and photographs... reproduced here for the first time." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 16 cm.

London: Profile Books, 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gold foil titles on spine, [xi], 724 pp, 3 maps, 4 ff b & w plates, notes, bibliography, index. Top corner of front board bumped, otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The DJ blurb has this to say about Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America: "As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the French Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, he had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. ... Deeply affected by the experience of France's disastrous revolutions, Tocqueville was profoundly impressed by the success of the law-abiding American republic. ...this will stand as the standard biography of Tocqueville for years to come." Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, foil titles, pictorial endpapers, top edge dyed green, 445 pp, index. Lightly bumped, previous owner's name on ffep. Carl Sandburg's autobiography. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. BCE. . Near Fine/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.

New York & London: R. R. Bowker Company, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Teal cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xiii, 1100 pp. Few small spots on top edge, else fine. Brief biographies of 16,000 scientists "with consulting experience, as evidenced by information submitted for inclusion in American Men and Women of Science, 13th Edition," followed by discipline & geographical indices. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 7 lbs.. . VG+/No dj. 28½ X 22½ cm.

New York et al.: Harper & Row, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full burgundy cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, endpaper maps, [xi], 255 pp. Cloth sunned near edges, owner's name on ffep, gift inscription on fly-leaf, else fine. DJ has faint soil, browning near edges; in Brodart archival cover. Memoir of Dillard's childhood in Pittsburgh during the 1950s. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 15 cm.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1930 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth textured to resemble watered silk with black-on-lilac paper labels, 286 pp, frontispiece, portrait. Spine sunned, top right corner bumped, extremities rubbed, leaning, boards warped, "Book Club / Central High School" and owner's bookplate on fpd. Biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning based in part upon her letters and those of Robert Browning and their friends. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Good/No dj. 21 X 15 cm.

New York: The John Day Company, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, vi, 360 pp, map, illustrations at chapter heads. Top corners bumped, damp stain near top of front board, a few smudges on both boards. According to the Author's Note, Landon has condensed the story contained in Anna Harriette Leonowens' two books, The English Governess at the Siamese Court (Boston, 1870) and The Romance of the Harem (Boston, 1872), added details from Anna's letters and other sources, and changed the form from first person to historical narrative. This book is the basis for the play Anna and the King, and for the musical The King and I. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). 9th ptg. . VG-/No dj. Illus. by Margaret Ayer. 22 X 15 cm.

New York, London & Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Edition not stated, but book club suspected. Dark green cloth with light green titles on spine, [xiii], 399, [2] pp, 4 ff plates, notes, index. Edges of boards slightly rubbed and faded, top edge lightly soiled, paper browning a bit. Price-clipped DJ rubbed, several small tears, spine ends and corners chipped, browned at fore-edges, sticker mark on front flap; in Brodart archival cover. "...a masterpiece of description of two great men and the time in which they lived...." Based on both published and unpublished sources. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG+/VG-. 21 X 14½ cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, xxi, 439 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, notes brief bibliography, index. Tiny red spot on bottom edge may be remainder mark. DJ in Brodart archival cover. John Jacob Astor I, son of a German butcher, emigrated to the United States immediately after the peace of 1783, eventually becoming the richest man in America. His descendants in America and England have been important citizens ever since, down to the current 4th Viscount Astor. This is the story of the family over the last two centuries. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles on spine, xi, 884 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, many more illustrations in text, index. Faint spot to front board, spine somewhat darkened by glue used in binding, overall wear quite light, but a marginal tear or two. Steffens was known as a muck-raking journalist. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G+/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 2010 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Off-white boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, burnt-orange endpapers, xix, 736, [3] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 4th ptg. . Fine/Fine. 26 X 18½ cm.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter lilac cloth, light grey cloth-covered boards, foil titles on spine, black facsimile signature stamped on front board, top edge dyed lilac, pale grey endpapers, xiii, 529 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Cloth lightly sunned near top edge, else fine. DJ spine sunned, a bit of rubbing to corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Christie finished her autobiography at the age of 75, so it misses her last few years, but is a good source on her early life and her feelings about writing. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 4th ptg. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, 333 pp. DJ rubbed at corners & spine ends, has a few tears up to 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. In his first book of nonfiction, Wilson gives "a rollicking account of how he, together with his young and attractive second wife and their two-year-old daughter, moved aboard a boat on which they intended to live while cruising to the Bahamas." Jacket designed by Muriel Nasser. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Fine/VG. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Literary Guild of America, Inc., 1937 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth w/debossed device on front board, xix, 442 pp. Boards lightly damp stained, top corners bumped, owner's address label on fpd, else VG. DJ has all four corners clipped, worn at edges, with closed tears, the largest of which is 1½ inches; in Brodart archival cover. Autobiography of Chicago Tribune literary editor and critic. In the course of his engaging account of his years on the staff of the Tribune, Rascoe provides what is now social history of the United States during WW1, and Chicago before prohibition. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. BCE. . G/G. 22 X 15 cm.

New York & London: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author recto ffep. Full maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, xiii, 358 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates including frontis., bibliography, index. Yellow highlighting scattered throughout, else VG, top corners bumped, owner's name on ffep as is author's signature. Biography of a pioneer of electrical engineering, inventor of the three-phase dynamo, the arc welder, cream separator, alternating-current distribution, the repulsion motor, various types of transformers, the magnetic blowout, electric motor controllers, lightning arresters, improvements to X-ray tubes and high-frequency radio. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . G+/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, xi, 628 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, footnotes, index. Boards faded. DJ has quite a few tears 4 to 6 cm, a 3 cm chip, other smaller defects, but no loss of text or photo. This biography was written shortly after Shaw's death by one of his friends, giving a personal look at Shaw especially in his later years. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/G. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Random House, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, pictorial endpapers, viii, 486, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, bibliographical notes, index. Bottom corners bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Michael Holroyd counterpoints the private and public Shaw with humor, compassion and originality. Listening to the subtle mind behind Shaw's laughter and divesting G.B.S. of his pantomime clothing, he reveals the man who orphaned himself from his parents to become the child of his own writings." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, 222 pp, glossary. Spine cocked. Price-clipped DJ shows slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Memoir of an Indian businessman during the decades immediately before and after independence. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG+/VG+. 22½ X 14 cm.