Life and Reign of King George the Sixth. Daily Telegraph; Memorial Supplement; February 7, 1952
London: Daily Telegraph, 1952. 8 Pages of biographical articles and photos; page 8 was devoted to the new Queen Elizabeth.
BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR
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?
The Kennedy Case
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.
The Randolph's of Virginia, America's Foremost Family
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.....
Manchester United in Europe : The Complete Journey 1956 - 2001
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
An Everglades Providence : Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'An impressive look at America during Douglas's lifetime and the growth of America's environmental movement. This outstanding volume is essential for environmental and history collections.' [Library Journal].
Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance: A Woman's Life Unveiled
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Soft cover. Nella Larsen (1891-1964) is recognized as one of the most influential, and certainly one of the most enigmatic, writers of the Harlem Renaissance. With the instant success of her two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), she became a......
Jefferson Davis, The Man and His Hour
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1995. Collectors Edition; Library of the Civil War. A Fine Leather Hardcover. “The fullest and best biography yet written, a work that will remain a standard authoritative account of the life of the Confederate President.” — David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review.
Memoirs of Hope: Renewal and Endeavor
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.
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[Ricketts, Charles; Vale Press] Charles Ricketts's Mysterious Mother.
The Hague: At the Paulton, 2016. Hardcover. Background Information:A lovely and charming book, published by bibliographer and poet, Paul van Capelleveen for the 150th anniversary of the birth of outstanding painter and graphic artist Charles de Sousy Ricketts, founder of the Vale Press. The biography of Cornelia Pia Adeodata Marsuzi.....
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Escape from Laos [Vietnam War, POW]
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos and captured in 1966. After five hellish months of captivity, he escaped with six other POWs but was the only one to survive. - The book.....
Chutzpah
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
A Manual of Music: Its History, Biography and Literature. A Complete History of Music, Illustrated w/ Chronological Charts, Incl. Biographies & Portraits of Eminent Composers with Characteristic Specimens from their Works, Carefully Analyzed and Explained.
Chicago: Manual Publishing Co, 1888. Hardcover.
We are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends
Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln offers a new perspective on the private life of the Civil War president through an examination of his few friendships and close associations; which were marked by estrangements in the face of.....
The History of the Ginger Man
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
Climbing the Mountain
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.ion. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
"With Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite." SIGNED by William F. Kimes, [The Westerners Brand Book Number 14]
Los Angles: The Westerners, Los Angeles Corral, 1974. Illustrations by Holling C. Holling. Limited Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Contents: Western History in 1776: Garces and Escalante in Arizona - Raymund F. Wood / The Jesuit Mission to the Flathead Indians - Gloria Ricci Lothrop / The Golden History of.....
A Book for Bookmen Being Edited Manuscripts & Marginalia With Essays on Several Occasions
London: Dulau & Company, 1926. Limited Edition of 50. A Very Good Hardcover. John Drinkwater was an English poet and dramatist. He was known before World War I as one of the Dymock poets, and his poetry was included in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry. After World War I......
Hen Frigates Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. An intimate portrait of the courageous wives of sailing ship captains in the last century, told for the first time in their own words, through journals and letters.Maritime historian Joan Druett explores the.....
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Weighty Matters: Worthy People [World War II]
England: Memoir Club, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'Weighty Matters' presents a completely different angle and perception to those usually given on military conflict. John Duckworth's involvement with the development of radar, experiences with air & sea craft & the secrecy surrounding his.....
Roger Casement : The Black Diaries - With a Study of His Background, Sexuality and Irish Political Life
Dublin: Belfast Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A full version of the erotically-charged 1911 Diary over which London threatened an obscenity prosecution.The volume provides both a comprehensive text of the diaries, with explanations for their cast of characters, famous, infamous, and fleeting.....
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency Volume II & III [of 3]
Akron, Ohio: St. Dustan Society, Published by M. Walter Dunne, 1901. Editors Autograph Edition. Hardcover.
The Last Home of Mystery: Adventures in Nepal.
New York: The Century Company, 1929. A Very Good Hardcover. Adventures in Nepal together with accounts of Ceylon, British India, the Native States, the Persian Gulf, the Overland Desert Mail and the Baghdad Railway.Background Information:Powell worked as a war correspondent during World War I and his position as a neutral.....
The Testament of Caliban
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. David Edstrom (a.k.a. Pehr David Emanuel Edström and David Edstrom) was an American sculptor and this is his autobiography. Edstrom spent time in Paris, early in the 19th century and became a member of the Gertrude Stein circle.....
A Lioness from Judea Roars: A Lioness from Judea Cries
U.S.A. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010. Soft cover. In The Lioness from Judea Roars, the author attempts to give a window into the dynamics of domestic violence so that those who are lucky enough to have never experienced domestic violence and parental alienation can gain insight into it. In doing.....