The Most Wanted Man in America
New York: Stein and Day, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
The best biographies give us a satisfying glimpse into a great person’s life, while also teaching us about the context in which that person lived. Through biography, we can also learn history, psychology, sociology, politics, philosophy, and more. Reading a great biography is both fun and educational. What’s not to love?
New York: Stein and Day, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A celebration of the author's lifelong love for the art of birdwatching captures the drama, excitement, and thrills of his hobby and offers profiles of other devoted fans whose obsession has taken them around the world.....
London: Seeley & Co. Limited, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. William Carpenter Bompas (1834 - 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie River diocese and then of the Selkirk (Yukon).....
New York: Harpercollins, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. A revealing biography of the man who shaped modern art into what it is today probes the excesses, contradictions, and often shocking lifestyle of Andy Warhol.Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm. Illustrated.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover. An autobiographical account of Glenna Collett's career up to this point. Collett won the U. S. Women's Amateur Championship six times and was the dominant female player of her time.Ref: Murdock, 138; D&M,12730.
Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Holmes, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Omnigraphics Inc, 1996. Hardcover.
First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. "Conway, a college prof and ex-newspaper man, covers this ancient tale in a way that makes it feel like a hot news story." [New York Post]“Engrossing . . . Conway skillfully paints a backdrop of fierce and flamboyant personalities who paraded across.....
U.S.A. The Overlook Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Ellen Wayles Coolidge arrived in London in June 1838 at the advent of Queen Victoria’s reign―the citizens were still celebrating the coronation. During her nine-month stay, Coolidge kept a diary that reveals the uncommon.....
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc., 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A vigorous, lasting record of Wilson’s life and achievements. This is a long overdue, revelatory portrait of one of our most important presidents, particularly resonant now, as another president seeks to change the way government.....
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Background Information:Charles II, byname The Merry Monarch, (1630—1685), king of Great Britain and Ireland who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as.....
New York: Random House, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. In this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that in fact an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses.....
New York: Penguin Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. The book theorizes that a president's successful election, administration, and legacy is largely due to effective image building, describing how presidents throughout history have written their own stories to maximize acceptance, in a social study that also.....
New York: Viking Adult, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Describes how German scientists under Hitler knowingly broke international agreements in order to build deadly weapons prior to World War I, discussing German innovation and breakthroughs that paved the way to the discovery of.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'The definitive edition [of the letters] in any language. . . . The book is a 'must' for all those who are seriously interested in this traumatic clash of civilizations and.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Soft cover. A well-researched and documented presentation of the off-neglected artists of Washington D,C.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The author Sir Reginald Coupland was a prominent historian of the British Empire.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1953. Hardcover.
London: Henry Colburn, 1824. A Good Hardcover. William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one.....
New York: Doubleday, 1939. Later Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The biography written by Marie Curie's daughter is probably the most intimate journal of Polish scientist's life. As Eve had access to family documents, letters, anecdotes and was in touch with family members as she was an insider.
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Book Club Edition. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. This work chronicles the virtual destruction of an American division in one of World War II's most costly and useless attacks. First-hand testimony from both German and American survivors as well as recently declassified.....
London: Daily Telegraph, 1952. 8 Pages of biographical articles and photos; page 8 was devoted to the new Queen Elizabeth.
New York: Putnam, 1973. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. The intimate memoirs of the head nurse to Joseph P Kennedy during the last 8 years of his life.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A brilliant man but eccentric, John Randolph strutted around the House of Representatives with a whip in his hand. Historian Russell Kirk described him as "a radical man yet a political conservative" with "alternating ferocity and compassion, his duels, his.....