Biography

Hardcover. London, George Allen, 2nd, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol. I - 540 pages. Light pencil marking in margins. Gilt top edge. Covers show light wear. Vol. II - 615 pages. Light pencil marking in margins. Gilt top edge. Covers show light wear.

Record # 607778

Hardcover. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 5th printing, 1891, Dust Jacket: None, 471 pages. B/W frontisportrait of Lincoln with tissue guard (guard is partially detached). Stain around edges of frontispiece page and very faintly at bottom of title page. Pages age toned and browned on edges. Some browning and discoloration of front inside cover and front flyleaf. Minor smudging and marking to read endpaper. Very faint water stain along bottom edge of pages. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear, marking, and scuffing. Light edgewear, and wear to top and bottom of spine. Corners are rubbed and bumped.

Record # 803244

Softcover. Indianapolis, Brean-Jones Publishing Co, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Minor edgewear to cover. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 851727

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 333 pages, illustrated, with foreword and conclusion by Zane Grey. Author is the sister of Buffalo Bill. Dust jacket edge wear and wear, one inch chunk missing from top spine edge, foxing on edges. Otherwise, internally clean and tight copy.

Record # 853363

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 178 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Silver titles and decoration on spine and cover. Some soil to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 2011

Hardcover. NY, MacMillan, 4th, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 2045

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Story of Dorothea Dix, American reformer. Previous owner's signature.

Record # 2682

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, sticker residue front end paper.

Record # 2695

Hardcover. New York, W.J. Johnston, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, pseud of Phillips, Walter P. Sketches of life in a telegraph office. Pages slightly soiled. Edge wear to green cloth covers.

Record # 3604

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 4449

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 4912

Hardcover. London, Thames & Hudson, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, 33 illustrations.

Record # 5209

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED by ALLISON on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 5810

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 7608

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, b&w Illustrations, photos

Record # 16291

Hardcover. New York , Eriksson, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, ex-lib with number written on bottom of dj spine and also very small, clean remains of pocket on back paste-down, otherwise in beautiful condition.

Record # 19559

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, color, b&w Illustrations. old price stamp front fly leaf, dj w/ light edgewear, crease to front flap otherwise

Record # 20843

Softcover. Boston, MA, Nonpareil Books, 2nd, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 590 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Minimal amount of black and white pictures throughout. Clean and tight copy.

Record # 30013

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, A.C. McClurg & Co, reprint, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Gutter cracks throughout. rough cut page block. Illustrated with pictures and decorations by Margaret and Helen Maitland Armstrong. White and gold on light green pictorial cloth, designed by Margaret Armstrong, with her monograph.

Record # 30044

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 522 pages, mild rubbing fore edge, previous owner's notations on front end papers, price clipped, moderate bumping to spine and corners, light creasing on top dust cover spine, b/w photos throughout.

Record # 30045

Hardcover. New York, The Experiment, LLC, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. B/w photographs throughout. Clean inside and out! The definitive biography of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's pro-democracy leader.

Record # 30114

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 431 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title to spine. Top edge dyed. Light foxing to edges. Clean inside. Some age wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's dated inscription on front flyleaf. Poet, novelist, playwright, William Gibson writes his autobiography.

Record # 30287

Hardcover. New York, Liveright Publishing Corp., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 201 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket slightly yellowed with age, otherwise very clean inside and out. From the dust jacket front flap: "John Osborne shows in this book not only that he is the best 'Nixonologist' covering the White HOuse but also how other writers...have themselves been victims and even unknowing perpetrators of the Nixon image."

Record # 30318

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. Remainder mark on bottom edge.

Record # 30346

Hardcover. Canada, Broadview Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust cover slightly yellowed, but clean inside. In good shape. From the dust cover front flap: " This book presents a compelling view of one of the great travellers of this century and of the last days of "the Old North."

Record # 30381

Softcover. London, FB & c, Ltd., reprint, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 324 pages. Hardcover. Reprint of original text dated 1868. Clean inside and out. Like new. Civil War officer's life and contributions are brought to light through his correspondence during the war.

Record # 30392

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 639 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. In good condition, clean inside and out, very small repair to dust cover at bottom of spine, but barely shows from outside.

Record # 30468

Hardcover. London, Benjamin Blom, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Red fabric covered. In good shape, clean inside and out. History of Holland House.

Record # 30488

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 513 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. From the front flap: "In When Hollywood Had A King, the distinguished journalist Connie Bruck tells the sweeping story of MCA and its brilliant leader, a man who transformed the entertainment industry--businessman, politician, tactician, and visionary Lew Wasserman.

Record # 30500

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 174 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out, in great shape.

Record # 30571

Hardcover. New Jersey, The Ecco Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 149 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Very clean inside and out. Dust jacket unclipped.

Record # 30580

Softcover. Victoria, British Columbia, Sono Nis Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Other than a slight yellow to the edges from age, clean inside and out. In great shape. Previous bookstore price tag on back cover.

Record # 30608

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine. In excellent condition, clean inside and out.

Record # 30671

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges.Former owner's signature on front flyleaf, dated 12/12/1929. Covers bound in maroon fabric, in excellent shape for its age. Pages and edges a little yellow with age.

Record # 30721

Hardcover. Essex Junction, VT, Battenkill River Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 Pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Very clean copy, bright inside and out. Dust jacket unclipped. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS.

Record # 30729

Hardcover. New York, Walker & Company, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 468 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. B/w illustrations throughout. In excellent condition, clean inside and out.

Record # 30730

Hardcover. Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine. In excellent condition, clean inside and out.

Record # 30797

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1st, 1889, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 274 pages. Hardcover. Bound in green with gilt title on spine (slightly faded) and decoration on front cover (still bright). Previous owner's address label on front endpaper. Former library book with expected seals, label residue and marks. Where library label was removed some damage to back endpapers. Pages untrimmed. Some darkening to spine and yellowing to edges/pages from age. Still in decent condition considering age.

Record # 30842

Softcover. n/a, Adamant Media Corporation, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. In excellent condition. Very light wear to covers, clean inside and out.

Record # 30876

Hardcover. 1966, Alfred A. Knopt, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 352 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear. Deckled foreedge, dyed top edge. A little age-yellowing to pages, but clean inside and in good condition.

Record # 30948

Hardcover. England, Sutton Publishing, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages. Hardcover. Full color and b/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Boards bound in bright red. Beautiful condition, clean inside and out. Dust jacket unclipped. Very slightly discoloration on spine of dust jacket (shelf wear) and very small tear on back (patched with tape from inside). Faint tone to edges.

Record # 31225

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. , 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustration on frontispiece. Untrimmed deckled edges. Binding still quite tight. Covers bound in black cloth, blind stamped, gilt title on spine faded. Spine has some fraying to top. Pages and edges have some tanning. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper.

Record # 31385

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1937, 570 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers bound in blue cloth, decorative red stamp on front and spine. Binding tight. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Some moisture damage to back cover and foreedge, but doesn't affect text or illustrations. Former library book with stamps/labels and expected markings.

Record # 31387

Hardcover. Boston, Shambhala, 2nd, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 506 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Gray covers. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has a small tear at top of spine, patched with tape. In excellent condition. Ken Wilbur talks about his short time with his wife who died of breast cancer.

Record # 31393

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 383 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear, but in good shape. Red boards, with black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Deckled edges. Some foxing to edges, however pages clean.

Record # 31443

Softcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 579 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. Great copy. Perfect for the Kubrick enthusiast.

Record # 31522

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 573 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, clean inside and out. Beautiful copy, looks near new.

Record # 31537

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 357 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age tanning, a little chipping and a tear (1") with tape repair at spine. Cover boards bound with brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Other than a touch of age tanning pages and edges are in excellent shape. Some light (erasable) penciling. In very good condition for its age. Replacing legend with truth, Thomas Quinn Curtiss, drama critic of the Paris Herald Tribune and a long-time friend of Von Stroheim, tells the complete story of this great director's tragic career, life and work for the first time.

Record # 31554

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Tan boards. Like new, in great shape. Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence, Klingensmith, Ruth Elder, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols and Louise Thaden.

Record # 31556

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books/Penguin, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt titles and decoration on spine and front cover board. Clean pages/edges. Binding tight. In great shape. "Lipton's great business success makes for a compelling story of innovation and achievement."

Record # 31560

Hardcover. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 286 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Blue cover boards, some moisture damage to top right on front cover board and top left on back cover board, doesn't affect pages or edges. Binding tight. In great shape.

Record # 31571

Hardcover. New York, Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 333 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, spine straight. Blue cover boards, red title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. A small scrape to back of dust jacket, otherwise very good. In great shape for its age. Drawing from a 20,000-page, never-before-mined treasure trove of recently discovered family letters and documents, the author sets straight, and even recreates the record with this portrait.

Record # 31649

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 315 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and bright, binding tight, spine straight. Dark brown cover boards, gilt title stamped on spine and author's initials blind embossed on front cover. In beautiful condition, looks barely read.

Record # 31689

Hardcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, Reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 475 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title stamped on spine. Cover boards excellent. Dust jacket unclipped, pristine. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight, spine straight. Like new. Tracing Jascha Keifetz's little-known upbringing, this book uncovers the events and experiences that shaped one of the modern era's most unique talents and enigmatic personalities.

Record # 31712

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 419 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gray cover boards pristine, black binding tape and purple gilt title stamped on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Remainder mark on bottom edge, other edges clean. Pages bright and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Like new. Hayes brings to life the story of one of America's most musically gifted, creative, intelligent, and productive women.

Record # 31713

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st Deluxe Edition, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 560 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Decorated endpapers. Light remainder mark on bottom edge. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Spine straight. Looks nearly new. Beautiful copy. Ophan Pamuk's portrait of his city is a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy that all Istabullus share: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire.

Record # 31715

Hardcover. Boston, MA, James R. Osgood & Company, 1st, 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in dark brown cloth, gilt title on spine and design embossed on front cover. Cover boards have some age wear, fraying, rubbing, chipping. Front and rear hinges cracked, but binding still tight. Spine slightly cocked. Some moisture staining along foreedge, but doesn't affect text or illustrations. Moisture damage to back cover board. Tanning from age throughout. In great shape for its age.

Record # 31723

Hardcover. London, Victor Gollancz, 1st English, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Translated by Geoffrey Sutton. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Green endpapers. Binding tight. Previous owner's name in pen on front flyleaf. Brown cover boards, gilt title on spine. Light tanning and a few drops of soil to edges. Pages clean. In great shape. This book covers Mazeaud's mountaineering memories up to and covering the unfortunate and tragic 1971 Everest Expedition.

Record # 31754

Softcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1st Thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very good. A touch of tanning and a little bit of soil to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight. "A tender, ironic portrait of the philosopher William James, who came at the world with energetic diffidence and forged an inspiring philosophy of pluralistic, psychological nuance."

Record # 31759

Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 361 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket very good, unclipped, has a touch of tanning from age. Brown cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Deckled edges, a touch of tanning and the beginnings of foxing to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. "Wineapple brings to life the intense, compelling woman who, sporting a monacle, came to be synonymous with our bittersweet, romantic view of Americans in Paris between the wars."

Record # 31768

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 573 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, pages bright, spine straight. Yellow cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. In great shape, looks barely read. "Tracing the arc of this incredible life, from the humble beginnings in Hoboken to the twilight years as a living legend in Malibu, Sinatra follows a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower - and criminal connections."

Record # 31769

Softcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, Advanced Reading Copy, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 808 pages. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight.Clean inside and out. In great shape. Giddins focuses on Crosby's most memorable period, the war years and the origin story of White Christmas.

Record # 31771

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2nd, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 442 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Light green cover boards, dark green quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Deckled foreedge. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. The life story of Benjamin Franklin's sister, Jane Franklin.

Record # 31776

Hardcover. New York, Penguin Group, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Green cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine in green. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. pages clean. Looks barely read, in great shape. "In Namath Mark Kriegel has written the first major biography of this authentic icon, uncovering the truth behind the Broadway Joe legend."

Record # 31789

Hardcover. New York, Flatiron Books, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages bright. In great shape. Alicia Keys shares her quest for truth - about herself, her past, and her shift from sacrificing her spirit to celebrating her worth.

Record # 31790

Softcover. Jeffersonville, VT, Brewster River Press, 1st Paperback, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 591 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. In great shape. John Lonergan's life story is an inspiring tale of unswerving devotion to Ireland and equal loyalty to the United States.

Record # 31793