biography and memoir
SHAKESPEARE: The Biography
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2005. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in near fine jacket. Jacket sharp and bright with a couple of small rubs at one fold. Unclipped. Book clean and sound. SIGNED by author on published-issued bookplate affixed to ffep. 572pp. with index.
THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
New York: Harper Collins, (2006). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's boards in original dust jacket. Briefly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Albright at half title. Minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Crease at front flap. Boards fresh. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 339pp. The former Secretary of State's examination.....
THE HEART OF A WOMAN
New York: Random House, 1981. First Edition. 8vo. Black boards over black cloth spine, stamped in red. In white pictorial dust jacket. Light scuffing and toning to jacket, with one small closed tear to front panel. Minor wear to boards. INSCRIBED on ffep: "Caroline Little, / Joy! / Maya Angelou.....
TALKING TO MYSELF
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. SIGNED at title page. Jacket suffers some rubbing, soil and wear at spine extremities. Price clipped. Interior pages lightly toned but clean. Very good. Pearl Bailey's follow-up to her successful autobiography THE RAW PEARL.....
J.M. BARRIE AND THE LOST BOYS: The Love Story that Gave Birth to Peter Pan
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1979. Second printing. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter purple cloth over blue boards, in photographic dust jacket. A very good plus copy in like DJ. Mild rubbing and toning to jacket, 1/2" tear to back panel. Slight yellowing to endpapers. Interior else bright and clean throughout.....
KEEPING THE RAILROADS RUNNING: Fifty Years on the New York Central: An Autobiography, and a Review of the Railroad Crisis Today
New York: Hastings House, (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue boards in photographic dust jacket. Near fine in a very good DJ. Small tears to jacket. Clean, bright throughout. 244pp. Memoirs of the former Senior Vice President of the New York Central System. Railroadiana.
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BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON [Complete in Four Volumes]
London: Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, 1859. Hardcover. 8vos. Original publisher's stamped decorative cloth with gilt spines. Good overall;. Some starting here and there. Cloth worn, rubbed. Couple of chips at spine. But clean and sound overall. A handsome edition of one of the greatest biographies ever written.
WINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1951
New York: Philosophical Library, (1952). First American edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth in printed dust jacket. A very good copy, in a good plusjacket. Moderate rubbing to jacket. Touches of soil. Edgewear. 1" tear at spine, small chips to back panel fold. Verso reinforced with tape. Light touches of.....
REMINISCENCES OF HAZEL DOROTHEA CHRISTOPHER
Brooklyn: Remington Publishing, n.d. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Black cloth spine over brown cardstock boards, hand-sewn and decorated. Light edgewear and scuffing. Boards attached to cloth tape of spine, but not to sewn text block, apparently as constructed. Typescript with hand annotations and corrections in pen and pencil. Illustrated with.....
CAPOTE: A Biography
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter turquoise cloth over grey boards, in photographic dust jacket. A near fine copy in a very good plus DJ. Jacket mildly wrinkled at top edge, slightly dented at head and tail of spine. Mild toning/sunning to spine and.....
THREESCORE: the Autobiography of Sarah N. Cleghorn
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green woven cloth. In illustrated dust jacket, unclipped. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to first endpaper: "with pleasure, / Sarah Cleghorn." Jacket with prominent section of loss to lower, rear; additional minor edge wear, chipping. Cloth corners lightly bumped.....
SWEET AND LOW: A Family Story
New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in like jacket. Bright, tight and sharp. Appears unread. SIGNED by author Cohen to title page. Well-received memoir about the author's investigations into his family's conflicts surrounding family business: Sweet and Low artificial sweetener. 272pp.
MEMORIES OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD
(London): Pavilion Books, (1999). Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue silver-stamped boards in jacket. Near fine condition overall. Presentation copy, SIGNED by Cooke to bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Cooke's essay portraits of some of the famous figures he profiled: Wodehouse, Gary Cooper, Frank Lloyd Wright, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.....
LIKE IT IS
Chicago: Playboy Press, (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth in original metallic dust jacket. SIGNED at ffep. Moderate rubbing and edgewear with several short closed tears and creasing at rear panel. Price-clipped. Touched of wear to cloth at edges. Interior bright and clean. Very good. A collection of.....
GIANTS, PIGMIES AND OTHER ADVERTISING PEOPLE
Chicago: Crain Communications, Inc., (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original yellow cloth in dust-jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Mild edgewear. Else clean, sharp, and bright. INSCRIBED by Daniels to front free endpaper: "For Anne Richardson, / who made a flight / from Boise to Chicago.....
THE LAST LOVE SONG: A Biography of Joan Didion
New York: St. Martin's Press, (2015). First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Photographic wraps. Very good plus. ADVANCE READING COPY, with promotional ephemera laid in. Light traces of edgewear, remnant of sticker to front. Interior clean and bright throughout. Good and sound. 699pp. Quite thorough (and acclaimed) biography of Didion.
MADAME IMPRESARIO: A Personal Account of an Epoch
Yucca Valley, CA: Manzanita Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Very good plus in like jacket. Minor edge / shelfwear. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author Esser to title page. Memoir of her time in music, dance, theater, and art. Uncommon in jacket. 230pp. with numerous B&W photos throughout...
YOUNG ROBERT DUNCAN: Portrait of the Poet as Homosexual in Society
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Touches of edgewear. Mild toning to spine. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 361pp. Ekbert's biography of the landmark 20th century poet. From the publisher: "It is Ekbert Faas’s achievement in Young Robert Duncan to bring us.....
HOLDING ON TO THE AIR: An Autobiography
New York: Summit Books, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good-plus in like jacket. Small 4to. Quarter cloth, pastepaper boards. In original pictorial dust jacket. Unclipped. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR i year of publication, to leaf preceding title page: "To Paul, / With warm regards - / Suzanne Farrell / 10.04.90.".....
MY LIFE: As Told to Howard Teichmann
New York: NAL Books / New American Library, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Publisher's black boards with photographic dust jacket. A very good copy in like jacket. SIGNED by Teichmann at front free endpaper. 3/4" tear to back panel of jacket near spine; mild shelfwear, spine lightly sunned. Bright.....
MY DARLING BUFFY: The Early Life of the Queen Mother
London: Richard Cohen, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black boards in photographic dust jacket. A very good copy in a very good plus DJ. 1/4" tear to jacket back panel. Gift inscription penned to half title with attendant fingerprints. Otherwise clean and crisp throughout. Binding tight. 206pp. Account of.....
COMMITTED: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage
New York: Viking Press, (2010). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's binding in original dust jacket. SIGNED by Gilbert at the title page. Near fine or better in like jacket. 285pp. Gilbert's reflections on her decision to remarry, written after the success of her memoir EAT, PRAY, LOVE. An attractive signed.....
GINSBERG: A Biography [and] DHARMA LION: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg [Ex-Libris Lucien Carr, Inscribed to him by Ginsberg]
New York: Simon & Schuster [and] St. Martin's Press, 1989 [and] 1992. First Edition. 8vos. Both volumes near fine in lightly worn jackets. The first inscribed by Ginsberg on half title to Lucien Carr: "Dear Lucien - Here's a copy of a volume I didn't write - Allen 5/24/91 N.Y.".....
AMERICA, OUR NEXT CHAPTER: Tough Questions, Straight Answers
(New York): Ecco, (2008). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in like jacket. DJ unclipped. Trace shelfwear at extremities. Else bright and crisp overall. Warmly and boldly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author Hagel to title page. Policy book from the former Nebraska Senator. 305pp. with index.
A QUINCY HISTORY: A Lucky Heart Book
Quincy, IL: Salt Lick Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good plus. INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY: "For / Ken and Ann Mikolowski / Wonderful printers / James Hanning / 6.29.82." Light hints of toning to wraps; text on spine a bit rubbed but legible. Binding crackling at.....