Biography



Alpern, Sara. Freda Kirchwey: A Woman of the Nation. Harvard University Press, 1987. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition. 319pp., index; remainder marks bottom edge, else clean and tight. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0674318285 Bookseller Inventory # 3016 $8.50.

Armstrong, Helene H. Francis Bacon: The Spear Shaker. Golden Gate Press (1985). Hardcover without d.j. 201pp., b/w illustrations. Small bump on bottom edge, else Very Good+. Bookseller Inventory# 2176 $50.00.

Attali, Jacques. A Man of Influence: The Extraordinary Career of S.G. Warburg. Adler & Adler, 1987. Hardcover in dust jacket. First U.S. Edition. 380pp., index, bibliography; a repaired tear on back cover of dj, else clean and tight. Very Good+/Very Good. ISBN: 0917561368 Bookseller Inventory# 3145 $12.50.

Bottrall, Margaret (Selected By). Personal Records: A Gallery of Self-Portraits. John Day Company, New York, 1962. First American Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. 234pp., Biographical Index; dj is price clipped with repaired tears and edge chips, book is clean and tight with only a minor edge bump. Very Good/Fair. Bookseller Inventory# 2432 $8.50.

Canfield, Cass. The Incredible Pierpont Morgan, Financier and Art Collector. Harper and Row, NY, 1974. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition. 176pp., appendix, notes, bibliography, index, color & b/w illustrations; dj has minor edge wear and the back has some bubbling of the laminate covering, book is Very Good+. ISBN:0060105992 Bookseller Inventory # 2618 $11.00.

Decker, Hannah S.   Freud, Dora, and Vienna 1900. Free Press, N.Y. (1991) First Printing. 299pp., photos, NF/NF. Book# 286 $12.50.

Drury, Aubrey. John A. Hooper and California's Robust Youth. San Francisco, 1952. Foreword by Arthur W. Hooper. Printed by Lawton Kennedy; b/w photos, 85pp., red cloth cover shows some minor fading. Very Good. Book# 1030 $20.00.

Duke, Marc.  The Duponts: Portrait of a Dynasty. E.P. Dutton, N.Y., 1976. First Edition. 340pp., photos, d.j. has edge wear and a tear, VG/G. Book# 335 $10.00.

Dworkin, Susan.  Miss America, 1945: Bess Myerson's Own Story. Newmarket Press, N.Y., 1987. First Edition. 229pp., photos, VG/VG. Book# 153 $6.50.

Elmer, Isabel Lincoln.  Cinderella Rockefeller. Freundlich Books, N.Y. (1987). 1st Printing. 217pp., photos, VG/VG. Book# 337 $10.00.

Felson, Gregg. Tombstones: 75 Famous People and Their Final Resting Places. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 1996. Softcover. First printing (stated). 151pp., color photos; slight creases at bottom corner edges. Very Good+. ISBN: 0898158605 Inventory # 2626 $9.00.

Forbes, Malcolm.   They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died. Simon and Schuster, N.Y. (1988). 1st Printing. 329pp., VG/VG. Book# 341 $10.00.

Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. Trade Paperback. 398pp., photos, notes, bibliography, index. Very Good. ISBN:0007119534 Bookseller Inventory# 2438 $8.00.

Gerry, Willard B. The Gerry Story: A Chronicle of the E.E. Gerry Family. M & N Printing, Oxnard, CA (1970). Inscribed and SIGNED by author. 158pp., b/w photos. d.j. is present but worn with tears and chips; book is VG+. Book# 1742 $20.00.

Gurko, Miriam.  Restless Spirit: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Crowell , N.Y. (1962) First Printing. 271pp., d.j. chipped w/sun-fading, cover of the book also shows sun-fading, else Good. Book# 471 $15.00.

Gurr, Andrew. William Shakespeare: The Extraordinary Life of the Most Successful Writer of All Time. Harper Perennial / HarperCollins (1995). First Edition. Softcover. Color photographs & b/w illustrations, 192pp. Cover shows some rubbing and surface marks. Very Good+. Bookseller Inventory# 2120 $11.50.

Hesburgh, Theodore M.  God, Country, Notre Dame. Doubleday, N.Y., 1990. First Edition. 331pp., b/w photos, VG/VG. Book# 445 $10.00.

Hesburgh, Theodore M. Travels With Ted & Ned. Doubleday, N.Y., 1992. First Edition (stated). 320pp., end papers are map illustrated, NF/VG. Book# 787 $10.00.

Hippius, Zinaida.  Between Paris and St. Petersburg: Selected Diaries of Zinaida Hippius. University of Illinois Press (1975). Translated and edited by Temira Pachmuss. 329pp., d.j. lightly rubbed and price clipped, remainder marks top and bottom edge, else VG/VG. Book# 459 $12.50.

Hirsch, H.N. The Enigma of Felix Frankfurter. Basic Books, New York, 1981. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Printing. 253pp.; dust jacket is price clipped and has a stain, book is clean and unmarked in a sound binding. Very Good+/Very Good-. ISBN: 046501979X Bookseller Inventory # 3224 $10.50.

Howe, Will D. Charles Lamb and His Friends. Bobbs-Merrill Co., NY, 1944. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition (stated). 364pp., illustrations, index; dust jacket has edge chips, closed tear, and some darkening. Very Good/Good. Bookseller Inventory# 2427 $10.00.

Hoyt, Edwin P. A Gentleman of Broadway: The Story of Damon Runyon. Little, Brown, Boston (1964). First Edition (stated). 369pp., b/w photos, NF/NF. Book# 558 $20.00.

Lynch, Denis Tilden. An Epoch and a Man: Martin Van Buren and His Times. Horace Liveright, New York, 1929. Hardcover, no dj. First Edition. 566pp., index, illustrations; cover frayed and worn at edges, spine faded, binding sound, bookplate, text clean and unmarked. Good. Bookseller Inventory # 3063 $20.00.

MacEwan, Grant. Charles Noble, Guardian of the Soil. Western Producer Prairie Books, 1983. Softcover. Signed by Author. 208pp., index, b/w photos; cover shows some minor rubbing, soiling and creases, text is clean and binding sound. Very Good. ISBN:0888330928 Bookseller Inventory # 3263 $8.50.

Mackintosh, Alastair. No Alibi: the Memoirs of Captain Alistair Mackintosh. Frederick Muller, London, 1961. Hardcover, no dust jacket. First Edition. 188pp., illustrated b/w photos; some light staining to cover. Good. Bookseller Inventory# 2450 $30.00.

Meeropol, Robert and Michael .  We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1975. First Edition. 419pp., photos, NF/NF. Book# 301 $15.00.

Merton, Thomas. Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. HarperCollins, San Francisco (1997). The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Five 1963-1965. Edited by Robert E. Daggy. 363pp., hard cover, NF/NF. Book # 1505 $15.00.

Oliver, Sydney; Oliver, Margaret (Ed.). Sydney Oliver Letters and Selected Writings. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition. 252pp., index, b/w photos; dj is Fair with edge chips and tears; book has owner's stamp on fep, else Very Good. Bookseller Inventory # 2665 $25.00.

Pahlaui, Mohammad Reza (Shah of Iran). Answer to History. Stein and Day, New York, 1980. Hardcover in dust jacket. First U.S. Edition. 204pp., index, appendices; owner's name stamp on fep and minor edge wear to dj. Very Good/Very Good. Bookseller Inventory# 3144 $15.00.

Pollock, Channing. Harvest of My Years: An Autobiography. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1943. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition (stated). 395pp., index, b/w illustrations and photos; dj shows minor edge wear, small tear and light soiling. Very Good/Very Good-. Bookseller Inventory# 2636 $12.50.

Purcell, Robert M. Merle Armitage Was Here!: A Retrospective of a 20th Century Renaissance Man. Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, CA, 1981. Signed, Limited Edition (# 83 of 475). Decorated hardcover in glassine jacket, illustrated, bibliography of works by Merle Armitage. Near Fine. Bookseller Inventory # 3056 ISBN: 0930704088 $125.00.

Sigerist, Henry E. Henry E. Sigerist: Autobiographical Writings. McGill University Press, 1966. Selected and translated by Nora Sigerist Beeson. Hardcover in d.j. 247pp., owner's name stamp on eps and date received stamp on title page, price marked out on d.j. Very Good+/Very Good+. Bookseller Inventory# 2152 $12.50.

Sills, Beverly. Bubbles: A Self Portrait.Bobbs-Merrill (1976). First Printing. Signed. 240pp., color & b/w photos, NF/NF. Book# 596 $20.00.

Stephens, Edward and Andrew Carpenter (Editor). My Uncle John: Edward Stephens Life of J. M. Synge. Oxford University Press, 1974. Hardcover. 222 pp., illus., b/w photos, map. Very Good+/Very Good+. Bookseller Inventory # 1884 $8.50.

Theroux, Phyllis. California and Other States of Grace: A Memoir. William Morrow, N.Y., 1980. First Edition. Author's inscription. 300pp., d.j. has minor edge wear, NF/VG+. Book# 595 $20.00.

Walgreen, Myrtle R.; as told to Bro, Margueritte Harmon. Never a Dull Day: An Autobiography. Henry Regnery Co., 1963. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed by author, dated "May 1963". 334pp., color and b/w photos; dust jacket is worn and soiled with tears and small missing pieces; the book, green cloth, is clean, bright and tight. Very Good+/Poor. Bookseller Inventory# 2384 $15.00.

Wallace, George M. Joseph Francis Satori 1858-1946. Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles (1948). Hardcover, gilt lettering and decoration. 120pp., owner's bookplate. Very Good+. Bookseller Inventory # 2093 $25.00.



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