Category: Biography & Memoir

Publisher's quarter bound black over light green boards, red and black emblem on cover and spine, endpaper decoration by Wilfred Jones, frontispiece decoration of Lincoln at bedside. . Moderate wear to head and heel of spine with some loss, spine and boards mildly rubbed and faded, pages yellowed, former owner's name on fep, otherwise unmarked and clean. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 49 pp
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The Lincoln Reader

By: Angle, Paul M (Editor)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press: 1947

Seller ID: 11691

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall. xii, 564 pp
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Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian

By: Annan, Noel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1984

Seller ID: 23928

ISBN: 0394530616

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket

Quarter bound in grey cloth over grey boards, copper lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with eight pages of B&W photographs. . Edges of boards sunned, former owner's inscription on ffep, some very light marks and underlining throughout, newspaper review of book has been taped to rfep, else near fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild shelf-wear, spine lightly sunned. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD+. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xv, (i), 432 pp
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

By: Anonymous (Sir John Barrow)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London, John Murray and Thomas Tegg: N.D.

Seller ID: 15917

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Full calf, spine in six compartments, gilt lettering on burgundy label in one compartment, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Peter the Great. nd (c. 1850).. Hinges professionally reinforced, a portion of upper board lightly sunned, else unmarked, tight, square, supple and clean. An extremely handsome binding. VERY GOOD. . Portrait Frontispiece. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xvi, 366 pp
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Catherine the Great

By: Anthony, Katharine

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1925

Seller ID: 21562

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in beige cloth over decorated boards, black lettering on spine, t.e.g. (black), fore and bottom edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W plates. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, spine sunned, tops of several pages lightly stained, not affecting text, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 331 pp
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Westward Journeys: Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail

By: Applegate, Jesse A.; Lavinia Honeyman Porter; Martin Ridge (ed)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company: 1989

Seller ID: 19919

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with a color map showing both routes, an engraved frontispiece, and several additional photographs and drawings.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. . Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 87. B&W Photographs. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. lxiii, 416 pp
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Cervantes: Adventurer, Idealist and Destiny's Fool

By: Arbo, Sebastian Juan

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Thames and Hudson: 1955

Seller ID: 9165

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Full red cloth, gilt medallion on cover, gilt lettering on spine. . Boards slightly warped, some slight wear to corners and head and heel of spine, some mild rubbing on spine, some light foxing on endpapers. VERY GOOD- . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 261 pp
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Napoleon and his Women Friends

By: Aretz, Gertrude

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1927

Seller ID: 13794

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Stated first edition. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine, fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with 16 full-page, glossy, B&W illustrations. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. . Spine very lightly sunned, some mild rubbing around corners and head and heel of spine, former owner's name and date (1927) written on ffep, else fine. NEAR FINE.. B&W Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 375 pp
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Up The Years From Bloomsbury: An Autobiography

By: Arliss, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Blue Ribbon Books: 1927

Seller ID: 14523

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full green cloth, black lettering on cover and spine, t.e.g. (green), fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece. . Spine moderately sunned with mild wear to head and heel, corners bumped, rear cover lightly stained, former owner's name on ffep, some light underlining throughout, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 321 pp
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The Domestic and Artistic Life of John Singleton Copley, R. A.

By: Armory, Martha Bobcock

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1882

Seller ID: 14989

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on maroon leather label on spine, top edge deckle, green endpapers, tissue-protected engraved portrait frontispiece. . Head and heel of spine and edges moderately shelf-worn, label on spine rubbed, minor offset of frontispiece on title page, else fine; unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD.. B&W Frontispiece. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 478 pp
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LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Two Volumes in One

By: Arnault, M. A. and C. L. F. Panckoucke (trans)

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: N.D.

Seller ID: 19226

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Two volumes in one. Publisher's full blue cloth with gilt on spine, floral design embossed in black on cover and spine. The Alta Edition. . Title page and front endpapers are disbound, head and heel of spine and tips are rubbed, front hinge is cracked, top edge is dust soiled, else unmarked, square and clean. FAIR. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. iv, 498 pp
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The King in Love: Edwards Vll's Mistresses : Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel and Others

By: Aronson, Theo

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1988

Seller ID: 11552

ISBN: 0060160330

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over rust boards, gilt lettering on spine, salmon endpapers. Illustrated with numerous B&W photographs.. Minor shelf-wear and light spotting on edges, otherwise unmarked, tight and square. Dust jacket only slightly worn. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xii, 301 pp
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Grandmama of Europe: The Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria

By: Aronson, Theo

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1973

Seller ID: 25798

ISBN: 067251723X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Former owner's name written on ffep of volume, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild wear, small closed tear at bottom of front panel. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xii, 353 pp
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Days of Grace

By: Ashe, Arthur; Arnold Rampersad

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1993

Seller ID: 19213

ISBN: 0679423966

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xii, 317 pp
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Myself

By: Ashton-Warner, Sylvia

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1967

Seller ID: 12918

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, t.e.g. (yellow). Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner MBE (1908 – 1984) was a New Zealand writer, poet and educator. She spent many years teaching Maori children, using stimulating and often pioneering techniques which she wrote about in her 1963 treatise Teacher and in the various volumes of her autobiography. Her success derived from a commitment to "releasing the native imagery and using it for working material" and her belief that communication must produce a mutual response in order to effect a lasting change. As a novel...
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An Autobiography (Volume 2, only, of 4)

By: Asquith, Margot

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Company: 1920

Seller ID: 18537

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's red linen, blue lettering on spine, author's facsimile signature blind-stamped on cover, frontispiece shows B&W sketch of author by the Marchioness of Granby. Margot Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864-1945), born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant, was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit. She was married to H. H. Asquith, a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1894 until his death in 1928. Her writing style was not always critically accepted—the most famous review of Asquith's work came from New York wit Dorothy Parker, who wrote, "The affair between Margot ...
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Napoleon

By: Aubry, Octave

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Paris, Flammarion: 1936

Seller ID: 12488

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's card wraps, silver lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of in-text monochrome photographs and several full-page photogravures. . Professionally refurbished, tight, and square; ex-Library with the usual markings. VERY GOOD. . Ex-Library. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (vi), 384 pp
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I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Program

By: Auster, Paul (Editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 2001

Seller ID: 17059

ISBN: 0805067140

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxi, (iii), 383, (3) pp
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Civil Was Diary of James T. Ayers

By: Ayers, James T.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Springfield, Occasional Publications of the Illinois State Historical Society: 1947

Seller ID: 23961

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Full grey cloth, blue lettering and illustration on covers and spine. B&W frontispiece. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, spine sunned, frontispiece page is coming loose, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxv, 138 pp
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Journal of an Itinerant Artist

By: Bacigalupa, Drew

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Huntington, IN, Our Sunday Visitor: 1977

Seller ID: 14900

ISBN: 0879738871

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Publisher's full off-white cloth, brown lettering on spine and brown desert cactus on the front cover. Author's dedication on frontispiece; illustrations at head of each chapter; collection of author's columns secured into back. . Printed bookplate, else the volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket has small tears at the head of the spine, the upper tips and the top edge of the cover. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD-. . Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 176 pp. Signed by Author
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A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

By: Backes, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press: 1997

Seller ID: 21986

ISBN: 0816628424

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in green cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, gilt decoration on front cover, green endpapers. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W photographs. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, and square. Some water damage at bottom of pages in first half of volume, else near fine. VERY GOOD+. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xvi, 387, (2) pp
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The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh

By: Bacon, Francis

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1971

Seller ID: 1934

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, elaborate gilt and red decoration on covers, top edge green, illustrated endpapers. Printed at the University Printing House, Cambridge. Color and B&W iIllustrations printed at Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Norwich. Bound by W & J Mackay, Chatham. Includes Introduction by Editor, Foreword, Genealogies, reproduction of Henry's Account Book, and Biographical Index. Bacon's biography of Henry VII was first published in 1622. . Spine rubbed, slipcase lightly worn, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W a...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition by Basil Montagu, Esq. (16 Volumes, Complete)

By: Bacon, Francis

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: London, William Pickering: 1825-34

Seller ID: 17890

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The most desirable edition of Bacon's works in a contemporary binding by R. Riviere in full tree calf. All of the volumes have since been rebacked in brown leather with the original gilt-on-black labels laid on, except Volume 2, which has been rebacked in brown leather with the spine in six compartments separated by gilt borders, with the gilt title in one compartment, the volume number in one and the date (1825) in another. Vol. 1: Essays (1825). xlii, 464 pp. The labels on this volume have been hand written in gilt. The first preliminary page of this volume contains the following inscrip...
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To Be a Trial Lawyer

By: Bailey, F. Lee

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Marshfield, MA, Telshare Publishing: 1982

Seller ID: 16033

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full red leatherette with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Inscribed by the author on the fep and signed "Lee". With an introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. . Gilt on spine is slightly faded, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. NEAR FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xvi, 215 pp
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Category: Biography & Memoir