[Four] Shirley Temple Movie Books
Saalfield Company: Akron, Ohio, 1936. Soft cover. 'Twinkletoes' No. 1730-E; 'On the Movie Lot' No. Cover and some photos crayon-colored; 'Little Playmate' No. 1730-A; In Starring Roles No. 1730-B.
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?
Saalfield Company: Akron, Ohio, 1936. Soft cover. 'Twinkletoes' No. 1730-E; 'On the Movie Lot' No. Cover and some photos crayon-colored; 'Little Playmate' No. 1730-A; In Starring Roles No. 1730-B.
Boston, Massachusetts: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1932. This booklet sits at the intersection of American industrial history and corporate advertising, appealing to collectors of Edison material, early technology, and insurance ephemera.Subjects: Thomas Edison, John Hancock Insurance, Industrial History, American Innovation, 1930s Advertising, Corporate Promotion, Inventors, Great Men Narrative.....
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1900. Jacob Abbott’s History of Julius Caesar is widely regarded as an accessible, engaging introduction to the life and times of Caesar, offering an in-depth view of his rise, military achievements, and political maneuvers. Abbott’s style is both informative and straightforward, aiming to make the complex.....
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. A Good Hardcover Hardcover. The author captures not only Elsa's story, but the Adamson's love of Africa, the people, the animals, the land itself.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. The moving and dramatic climax to the story of Elsa and her cubs.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. First Edition with code b.10.61. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several.....
Lititz, Pennsylvania: Sutter House, 1977. Limited Edition. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - Seymour Adelman was one of the premier American book collectors of the 20th century, known for his world-class Keats and Housman collections now at Bryn Mawr. This volume is a high-quality "Gentleman’s production" printed on rag paper, intended for his inner.....
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Michele Albion explores an important facet of Edison's life that is largely unknown. In doing so, she presents the full story of his professional and leisure time while on holiday. Particularly interesting.....
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
England: Gospel Standard Trust Publications, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Short Biographies of distinguished ladies of the 16th century.
First Edition, First Printing. Historical Significance —Represents a form of grassroots documentation of Caribbean and Keys life, capturing lived experience rather than institutional history. These modest publications often preserve visual and cultural details not recorded elsewhere, offering value to collectors of regional history, vernacular photography, and island studies.
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover.
Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Julia Alvarez emerged as one of the most important Dominican American literary voices of the late 20th century. Her work helped bring immigrant experience, bilingual identity, and Caribbean-American cultural history into mainstream contemporary American literature. ‘Something to Declare’ offers.....
Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Julia Alvarez remains one of the most important Dominican American literary voices of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ‘A Wedding in Haiti’ reflects her growing engagement with questions of migration, education, humanitarian work.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. An insightful examination of the construction of the Ledo Road during World War II. This route, connecting India to China through Burma's challenging terrain, was a significant engineering feat achieved under wartime conditions. Anders delves into.....
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. While Maxwell Anderson died in 1959, his third wife and widow, Gilda Oakleaf Anderson, maintained his legacy. This volume connects the Anderson estate to Ben Raeburn, a titan of mid-century publishing. The accompanying note is.....
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1925. A historical account that explores the legendary expeditions of Dr. David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. This book captures the essence of their groundbreaking explorations in Central Africa during the 19th century, focusing on their individual and joint contributions to the opening up of.....
New York: Ace Books, 1989. Cover Art by Darrell Sweet. First PB Printing, October 1989. Piers Anthony, the mastermind behind the worlds created for the Apprentice Adept and Xanth series, now journeys to a different world--his own. Millions of fans will eagerly join Anthony's personal odyssey through the real life.....
New York: TOR, 2022. First PB Printing June 2022. Illustrated Wraps. Piers Anthony shares his captivating life journey in this candid autobiography, a book certain to captivate and amuse his numerous fans while challenging his critics. The narrative commences with an exploration of the author's formative years, unveiling fresh and.....
New York: Random House USA Inc, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Background Information:'James Atlas is a model biographer. He writes with the conversational ease of a born storyteller, giving us both a richly informed history of one of America's most original and gifted writers and a......
Spain: Dosde, 2018. The Spanish painter Salvador Dali remains one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. Over the last few decades, Salvador Dali has gradually come to be seen, alongside the likes of Picasso and Matisse, as a prodigious figure whose life and work occupies.....
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. The 1912 United States presidential election was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft while defeating former President Theodore Roosevelt and.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. Photography by Edward J. Freeman and John H. Birch Jr. Photo Illustrated Hardcover. Basic Training in the U.S. Marine Corps for World War II described and captured in photographs.
San Francisco: Chronicle, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Hardcover. The author is a creator of pop-up books. This is in the theme with decorated envelopes, illustrated letters, postcards, and very creative artwork. "Impossible to stop until the book's end."
U.S.A. Boydell Press, 1996. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.