Biographies

Format Title Author Publisher Date Condition Price
HC/DJ W.C. Fields by Himself [Fields, W. C. ] Fields, Ronald J. Prentice-Hall 1973 Very Good book, slightly bumped/Good DJ, one tear. Illus. 4th edition. His Intended Autobiography. Commentary by Ronald J. Fields.
7.50
HC/DJ/1st Jean Cocteau and the French Scene Alexandra Anderson And Carol Status [Edited By] Abbeville Press, NY 1984 Fine book/G DJ has some splits and upper edge wear. Profusely illustrated with reproduction of nearly 100 period photos, paintings and drawings many previously unpublished.
10.00
HC The Unknowable Gurdjieff. Anderson, Margaret New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc 1970 G+/ no DJ. Slight spine bumps. 212 pp., 7 illus. Illustrated by illus.
15.00
HC Anne Boleyn Anthony, Evelyn Cromwell, NY 1957
10.00
HC Memoirs of an Assasin Avner Anthony Blond, London 1959 No DJ. Nice copy G+. During the days of British rule in Palestine, the Stern Gang performed their missions of terror and murder in a most proficient fashion. This is the story told by one of their coolest and most merciless killers who exposes all the cloak and dagger methods regarding the killings, dynamiting, bank raids for cash and the ill-fated attempt to blow up the House of Commons.
50.00
HC/1st No Man Stands Alone Barney Ross and Martin Abramson Lippincott, NY 1957 G+/ no DJ. Slight soil. This is an advance Copy of 1st edition, REVIEW COPY. (Slip on paperclip laid-in, that has caused slight rust stain in place. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. 256 pp. Autobiography of the boxer. Nice little handled copy.
45.00
HC MOLLY AND ME Berg, Gertrude with Cherney Berg McGraw-Hill, NY 1961 VG/No dj. 1st Edition. Binding is hardback 8X5 278 pages illustrated.
15.00
HC/DJ The Bridge And The Abyss Bertram D. Wolfe Frederick A. Praeger, NY 1967 Fine/Good, Frayed At Top, Light Scuffing All Over, Tears On Back, Edition not stated.
18.00
HC/DJ Bulls Balls Bicyles & Actors Bickford, Charles Eriksson, NY 1965 DJ slightly split. Book fine. 2nd edition. Autobiography of Broadway and Hollywood actor Charles Bickford.
12.00
HC/1st Life of Robert Burns Blackie, John Stuart.  Walter Scott, London 1888 Good, spine damaged, gilt edged. Ex-Libras
15.00
HC Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 Boswell, James McGraw-Hill, NY 1950 G+, Prepared by Frederick A. Pottle and preface by Christopher Morley. ., blue cloth-backed paper- covered boards. 8vo. 370pp. Has an index. First published from the original Manuscript. Endpaper's map of London 1761.
5.00
HC/DJ Yankee From Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family Bowen, Catherine Drinker Boston: Little Brown and Company 1945 Near Fine/G+, some chips DJ. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall ISBN:0899666361
5.00
PB/1st Marcel Ayme Brodin, Dorothy R. Columbia University Press, NY 1968 Good copy.
5.00
PB Dark Hazard: The Story of a Gambler Burnett, W.R. New York: Hillman Books 1949 G+, yellowing, price-cut, solid and square, very light wear. Scarce.
12.00
PB Sylvia Plath Butscher, Ed Kangaroo, NY 1977 G-. Reading copy
2.00
HC/DJ/1st The World of Colin Wilson Campion, Sidney Muller, London 1962 Fine/VG+, edge foxing DJ. Price cut. Biography of British author Colin Wilson (who rose from obscurity to literary stardom at age 24 with his book The Outsider) up to age 30. Illustrated with photos. Rare.
65.00
HC/1st Caught Short! : a Saga of Wailing Wall Street Cantor, Eddie Simon and Schuster, NY 1929 VG, corners and spine minor bumped, fore-page missing. no dj Illustrations by Sid L. Hydeman; A. C. * means after crash; 4 1/2 x 6 1/4; 47 pages Cantor describes himself as Comedian, Author, Statistician and Victim; funny material appropriate for 21st century.
7.50
HC/DJ/1st Carpentier By Himself Carpentier, Georges. Hutchinson, London 1955 Near Fine copy in g+ dj. Octavo. 208pp. , index, illus.
28.00
HC Freud Clark, Ronald W. Hawthorn, NY 1980 No DJ very good copy
5.00
HC/1st The Roar of the Crowd Corbett, James J. G.P. Putnam's Son's, NY 1925 Very Good and tight signed second printing of Gentleman Jim's autobiography. The Inscription reads 'To Jamie from Jimmie Salsies just palsies (and my sweetest critic)' Corbett had beautiful handwriting an excellent personal example. Rare in my research. No Jacket. Good 8vo-over 7¾-9¾ tall 329 Pages.
550.00
HC/DJ Eye on the World Cronkite, Walter Cowles, NY 1971 G, some scratches/DJ water damaged
20.00
PB Life with Fiorello Cuneo, Ernest Avon, NY 1955 G+, some edge chipping not in text.
3.00
PB Legs Diamond Curzon, Sam Monarch, CN 1962 Very good to fine
25.00
PB Rolling Stones. An unauthorized biography in words, photographs, and music. Dalton, David Amsco,NY 1972 352 pp. 1st edition. Fully illustrated. One of the best books on the Stones. Dalton's introductory essay captures the history, aura & flavor of the Stones better than any words ever written on the boys. Great photos. Good to G+
25.00
Hc/Dj/1St Stormy Petrel: The Life And Work Of Maxim Gorky Dan Levin Appleton-Century, NY 1965 Fine,/Good, Tears At Top, Spine, Scuffing Along Edges, Price cut. A life and analysis of work of Gorky by a novelist, poet, teacher and critic. Highlights Gorky's influence on modern Russian idealism and literature, and reflects on origins of Russian revolutionary movement.
30.00
HC/1st Between Sittings. An Informal Autobiography of Jo Davidson Davidson, Jo The Dial Press, NY 1951 G/NoDJ bumped a bit soiled. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. Textured black cloth with gilt stamped facsimile signature of author to front and gilt stamped lettering to spine. Illustrated, photos of busts of FDR, Woodrow Wilson, Einstein, J D Rockefeller. DJ. 64 illustrations of Davidson's work + Frontis portrait of Davidson.
4.00
HC/DJ The Confessions of an Opium-Eater De Quincey, Thomas E. P. Dutton 1967 Fine/Fair DJ, split and chipped and taped.
5.00
HC The Greek of Toledo de Trevino, Elizebeth B. Crowell, NY 1959 NO DJ Signed first edition. Bio of El Greco Very Good copy.
50.00
hc/dj/1st Last Flight Earhart, Amelia harcourt, brace and company, ny 1937 Fine/VG+,mild wear to spine DJ. Stated First Edition. 8vo. 250pp. This book was to be entitled World Flight. But Amelia Earhart's great flight ended tragically in mid Pacific; on July 2, 1937, she left New Guinea on the longest and most difficult stage of her journey - and was never seen again. (Blurb).
125.00
PB And So it Goes Ellerbee, Linda Berkely, Ny 1987 G+ read general wear. Adventures in TV
4.00
HC/DJ The World of Dylan Thomas Emery, Clark University of Miami Press 1963 Fine book/Good DJ, soiled, small tears. 2nd printing. 319pp. 8vo, cloth. Solid book with clean, tight text in green cloth cover, contains analysis & criticism of Thomas' poetry. Attempts to meet Thomas on a human and humane level.
8.00
HC/DJ Bardot Evans, Peter Drake, NY 1973 DJ torn, chipped. illus with photos. DJ only fair book very good
45.00
PB Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me Farina, Richard Dell, NY 1970 Fair
2.00
PB Rainbow: Story Life of Judy Garland Finch, Christopher Ballantine, NY 1976 First Ballantine edition. Full of candid and famous Judy shots. Best bio.
5.00
PB Killer: Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man By Joey Fisher, Dave, With Joey Pocket, NY 1974 Fine copy. 4th printing.
10.00
HC/DJ Minutes of the Last Meeting (Biography of Sadakichi Hartmann) Fowler, Gene. Viking, NY 1954 DJ scuffed/ book fine. 1st edition, Photographs; 277 pages
35.00
Hc/Dj/1St Cocteau Francis Steegmuller Little, Brown And Company, Boston 1970 G/Vg+ Lamination peeling Near Spine, Light Scuffing Near Edge, Top Right Corners Slightly bumped. 597pp., illus. The definitive biography of Cocteau in any language. Highly readable, exhaustive in scope.. Brooks
45.00
HC Autobiography Franklin, Benjamin J.M. Dent, London 1948 VG+ copy no DJ. Really nice 11cm x 17cm
10.00
HC/DJ/1st Killer: A Journal of Murder Gaddis,Thomas E. & James O.Long. Macmillan, NY 1970 FINE/FINE, 1st edition. Illus. Scarce.
145.00
HC/DJ To Life Gertz, Elmer McGraw Hill, NY 1974 DJ one spine tear 1/4 VG/Fine. Chicago Lawyer, for more than 40 yrs. a defender of personal rights & civil liberties), 252 pp. w.d.j., OP.
25.00
HC/DJ/1st Meetings with Pasternak Gladkov, Alexander Harcourt, Brace, Janovich, NY 1973 Fine/G+. Nice copy of memoirs. Stated First American Edition. 8vo - over 7_ - 9_ tall. ISBN:0-15-158590-3. Translated and edited with notes and introduction by Max Hayward. 223 pages; light blue boards/navy cloth. Near fine condition; dust jacket very
10.00
PB The Divine Sarah -- a Life of Sarah Bernhardt Gold, Arthur and Robert Fizdale Vintage, NY 1991 Fine-NM. Illus.
5.00
PB I, Paid my Dues: Good Times.. No Bread A Story of Jazz Gonzales, Babs East Orange, NJ Expubidence Publishing Corp 1967 VG+, as new yellowing. First edition. Autobiographical account by the New Jersey- born African American bop poet. Scarce.
35.00
PB Gorky Gourfinkel, Nina Grove Press, NY 1960 illus. book fine
5.00
PB Wife to Mr. Milton: The Story of Marie Powell Graves, Robert Penguin, NY 1968 G+, solid read copy.
4.00
HC Letters from Famous People Green, Sharpless D. NY: Gregg Publ. Co. 1925 VG+/no DJ, 12mo.Gift letter very nice penmanship, owners name in cover
12.00
HC/DJ COVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE Grobel, Lawrence New American Library, NY 1985 Fine, 244 pp. Foreword by James Michener Illustrated by Photos
20.00
HC/DJ The Ghouls Haining, Peter, editor Stein and Day, New York 1971 Fine Copy/Fine DJ. 383 p. illus. The Devil in a convent, by F. O. Mann. --The lunatics, by E. A. Poe. --Puritan passions, by N. Hawthorne. --Phantom of the opera, by G. Leroux. --The magician, by S. Maugham. --Freaks, by T. Robbins. --Most dangerous game, by R. Connell. --Dracula's daughter, by B. Stoker. --All that money can buy, by S. V. Benét. --The body snatcher, by R. L. Stevenson. --The beast with five fingers, by W. F. Harvey. --The beast from 20,...more. INTRO BY VINCENT PRICE. AFTERWARD BY CHRISTOPHER LEE
15.00
HC Oscer Wilde His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank Covici, Friede, NY 1930 Well read copy of this friends book. No DJ fair but solid copy
15.00
HC Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank Garden City 1930 G+ no DJ
15.00
HC/DJ Ralph Richardson Hobson, Harold Macmillan New York 1958 DJ chipped G/Book Fine. 1st edition Theatre World Monograph #11 An illustrated Study of His work With A List Of His Appearances on Stage and Screen
25.00
EP Benjamin Franklin Hornberger U.of Minnisota ND G+
2.00
HC/DJ/1st Lena: A Personal and Professional Biography of Lena Horne Horne, Lena and Schickel, Richard Doubleday & Company, NY 1965 Fine/Fair DJ, split and chipped.
35.00
PB Kilgallen Israel, Lee Dell, NY 1980 good copy of Dory bio.
5.00
HC/DJ/1st Brendan Behan: Man and Showman Jeffs, Rea World Pub. Co. Cleveland, OH 1968 NF/VG+, some minor scuffing DJ. First edition thus. 8vo, 256 pp with index. A Chronology of the Main Events in Brendan Behan's life.
24.00
HC/DJ/1st THOMAS WOLFE / A CRITICAL STUDY Johnson, Pamela Hansford Heinemann, London 1947 First edition 7 1/4 x 5 138pp. Fine/Fine
35.00
HC/DJ/1st Thomas Wolfe: A Critical Study Johnson, Pamela Hansford William Heinemann, London 1947 VG/VG. Browning at edges, Dj minor wear but splitting at front fold over.
15.00
HC/DJ Ernest Hemingway and the Little Magazines: The Paris Years Joost, Nicholas. Barre, MA 1968 Fine in solid DJ w/one center closed tear
40.00
HC Zola and His Time Josephson, Matthew Star, Garden City 1928 G+ some cover wear and stain. 8vo - over 73/4 - 93/4 tall. 558 pages + plates. The history of his martial career in letters; with an account of his circle of friends, his remarkable enemies, cyclopean labors, public campaigns, trials, and ultimate glorification (title page); includes a 5-section appendix (with selected bibliography and index).
5.00
HC When the Lights Go Down Kael, Pauline Holt, Rinehart, Winston, NY 1980 Ex Libras reading copy
5.00
HC/DJ Mother: A Collective Portrait Kalergis, Mary Motley Dutton, NY 1987 G+ Large format folio10X13
5.00
HC/DJ/1st Howard Hughes Keats, John New York: Random House 1966 Near Fine/VG+ minor scuffs DJ. w/photographs
30.00
HC/DJ/1st Charles Chaplin: My Life in Pictures King, David Bodley Head Limited (England) 1974 Fine/ VG dj with 1/2 strip missing off top back and a couple of cracks. 21.5 x 30 cm. Stress marks on cover. Mylar wrapped.
65.00
HC My Last Fifty Years Klein, Henry H. Isaac Goldmann, NY 1935 NO DJ good book. signed.
35.00
HC Dylan Thomas Korg, Jacob Twayne Publishers 1965 Fine copy no DJ, 205pp. 12mo, fabricoid, d. w. N. Y. , (1965). Twayne's English Authors Series #20. Sylvia E. Bowman, series editor.
7.50
PB Kings and Desperate Men Kronenberger, Louis Vintage, NY 1959 good, price cut
5.00
PB Genghis Khan Lamb, Harold Bantam, NY 1965 Fair, well read
5.00
HC/DJ/1st American Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll Larson, Orvin New York Citadel Press 1962 VG/G+ DJ, owners name in cover. First Edition stated. Index, notes, bibliography, 4 glossy b/w halftone photos. ; 8vo; 316 pp. Biography of the great 19th century agnostic, orator and freethinker.
45.00
PB D.H. Lawrence Leavis, F.R. Clarion. NY 1969 Fine, owner name in cover
5.00
PB A Small Personal Voice Lessing, Doris Doubleday, NY 1974 Fine
5.00
HC Marjorie Dean- High School Sophomore Lester, Pauline A.L. Burt, NY 1917 Some loose pages, bright cover
20.00
HC/DJ Conversations with Eldridge Cleaver Lockwood. Lee McGraw Hill, NY 1970 G+. pc
15.00
PB Mister Jelly Roll Lomax, Alan Pan, London 1959 VG+ save price cut, edge water stain, no warp, minor bumped corner. Illus.
25.00
HC Genius and Character Ludwig, Emil Harcourt Brace, NY 1927 Good copy, spine frayed/ no DJ. 8 Illus. 8vo, cloth. photographic plates, frontispiece of Da Vinci. Interesting accounts of many famous men. Bismarck, Wilson, Lenin, da Vinci, Voltaire, Byron, Goethe, others.
10.00
HC/1st Toulouse Latrec Mack, Gerstle Knopf,NY 1938 G+, some bumping. illus. color& B/w.
20.00
HC/DJ Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart Martin, Robert Bernard Oxford University Press Oxford 1980 VG+/VG, come soil, one spine chip DJ. Edition not stated. ISBN:0198120729. Frontispiece is wonderful pen and ink drawing of Tennyson by Richard Doyle. 24 additional illustrations throughout include ing many black and white photos. ISBN:0-19-812072-9.
22.00
HC/DJ/1st The House of Elrig: An Autobiography of Childhood Maxwell, Gavin Dutton, NY 1965 G+/G+. illus.+ photos. Story of childhood on moors of Scotland.
10.00
HC/DJ/1st Portrait of Dylan : A Photographer's Memoir McKenna, Rollie Stemmer House, MD 1982 G+/VG+. First Edition. Introduction by John Malcolm Brinnin. Large quarto. 111 pp. B/w illustrated endpapers. Green cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated DJ. Light wear along the edges. ISBN:0916144917
20.00
HC/DJ Chester Himes Millikan, Stephan U of Missori 1976 Fine
30.00
PB/1st Sun and Steel / His Personal Testament on Art, Action, and Ritual Death Mishima, Yukio; John Bester, Translator Grove 1970 Fine copy 1st thus. Review copy.
15.00
HC Memoirs of my Dead Life Moore, George Heinmann, NY 1915 Well read copy, very well illustrated, solid. Excellent reading copy of this artistic and literary genius. The second of his three progressive autobiographies.
25.00
PB Confessions of a Disloyal European Myrdal, Jan Vintage, NY 1968 very good
5.00
PB Lawrence of Arabia Nutting, Anthony Signet, NY 1961 G+, some cover soiling.
2.00
PB Are You Somebody? O'Faolain, Nuala Henry Holt, New York 1999 Fine. Amazingly clear and poignant memoir of a sweet, honest and sensitive contemporary working single woman. a rich, fierce memoir. The New Yorker, well put.
3.00
HC Mary Magdalen Oliver, Edith Appleton-Century 1932 NO DJ good copy
10.00
HC/DJ The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo Oscar Zeta Acosta Straight Arrow, SF 1972 Hard Cover. Fine/DJ taped at upper spine.. Not Stated. A beautiful copy of this autobiography. If you've read Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas, then you have to read this, by Dr. Gonzo himself. A must for all readers into the outlaw cultures of the sixties.
50.00
PB James Joyce Par Lui-Meme Paris, Jean Ecrivains de Toujour, Paris 1957 VG, in French
15.00
HC Fugitives: the story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Parker, Emma and Cowan, Nell Barrow and Fortune, Jan (editor) The Ranger Press, Inc, Dallas, TX. 1934 Good copy/no DJ. 1st prtg. 12mo, 255, cloth covering. Story about Bonnie & Clyde slightly distorted as it was told to editor by Mrs. Emma Parker (Bonnie's Mother) and Nell Barrow Cowan (Clyde's Sister). ,Illustrated, frontispiece.
125.00
HC Sir Roger De Coverley Papers Paul, H.G. D.C. Heath & Co., US 1930 G/no DJ. Spine stained. Illus.
10.00
HC/DJ Mailer: His Life and Times Peter Manso Simon & Schuster, NY 1985 Fine/G, yellowing
25.00
HC Against the Law Peter Wildeblood Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1955 A Fair copy, reading copy. 2nd edition/no DJ. Spine damaged and separating, overall condition delicate but complete . 8. 6 x 5. 8. vi pp. + 190 pp. Peter Wildeblood, a London journalist, was one of five men charged with homosexual acts in the notorious Montague Case and was sentenced to 18 months.. Written in 1955, he gives a first hand account of what it was like to be a homosexual and one of the central figures in a 'cause celebre'. In 1954. This is a harrowing story written with candor and detachment.
5.00
PB Wilhelm Reich: A Personal History Reich, Ilse Ollendorff Avon, NY 1970 Fine copy. Illus.
12.00
HC/DJ Soapy Smith Robertson, Frank G. and Harris, Beth Kay Hatings, NY 1961 PC. illus/ Good DJ/ Fine book
25.00
HC/1st We Were Interrupted Roscoe, Burton Doubleday, NY 1947 VG solid clean copy/ no DJ. 8vo, 338 pp. Memoirs of the author and editor of A Bookman's Daybook and The Joys of Reading.
8.00
HC/1st Wine Women and Words Rose, Billy Illus.Salvador Dali Simon & Schuster 1948 Good book, solid cover a bit scuffed face and edge.8vo 5. 75 X 8. 5 NO DJ 295 Pages. B/W drawings. Numerous illustrations by Dali.
35.00
PB Bogey: The Man, The Actor, The Legend Ruddy, Johnah and Hill, Jonathan Tower, NY 1965 Tape tear damage on back. Reading copy.
15.00
PB/1st Reich Rycroft, Charles London: Fontana 1971 Near Fine, unread First edition thus. 16mo, 104pp. Summaries of Reich's controversial views on human sexuality. Cover art by Oliver Bevan. Edited by Frank Kermode. Series: Fontana Modern Masters.
12.00
PB How I Made a Million Sarlat, Noah, editor New York: Lion Books 1955 Fair, solid but browning and spine chip. Stories from 22 millionaires and how they did it.
2.00
HC Bone of Contention: life story and confessions. SCOTT, Cyril. Arco Publishing Company New York 1969 Book fine, no DJ
15.00
HC/DJ T.S. Eliot: A Memoir Sencourt, Robert; Adamson, Donald (ed.) New York: Dodd, Mead and Company 1971 NF/NF illus.8vo, 191pp. 27 b/w illus.471g. T.S. Eliot's work is famous throughout the English-speaking world, yet surprisingly little is known about his life. This memoir, the first to be published, sheds much new light on one of the supreme poets and playwrights of the twentieth century ISBN:0396063470
18.00
PB/1st Ghandi: a Memoir Shirer William L Washington Square Pres, NY 1982 Fair copy.
5.00
PB Clifford Odets Shuman, R. Baird Twayne, NY 1962 Reading copy. Complete.
5.00
HC/DJ George Berkeley Sillem, Edward A.  Longmans, Green and Co 1957 Fair copy, soiled. Good reading copy And The Proofs For The Existence Of God
10.00
HC BUBBLES: A SELF PORTRAIT Sills, Beverly Bobbs-Merril 1976 Fine/ no DJ. Inscribed by author to her coach Tim Jenkins. illus. b/w & color
30.00
PB Alexander Pope Sitwell, Edith Penguin, UK 1958 G, some soiling and browning
2.00
HC/DJ Taken Care Of: The Autobiography of Edith Sitwell Sitwell, Edith Antheneum, NY 1965 Dust Jacket price cut. G+/G+. A fine work by the sharpest of minds.
50.00
HC/DJ THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF GENE FOWLER. Smith, H. Allen William Morrow and Company, Inc., NY 1977 G+/G, bumped edges. pc. illus.
40.00
PB And I Don't Want to Live this Life Spungen, Deborah Fawcett Books 1990 G, some wear
3.00
HC/DJ/1st Edie: An American Biography Stein, Jean NY Alfred A. Knopf 1982 VG+/VG. Minor wear to DJ. 1st edition. Edie Sedgwick and the 'Factory'. An American tragedy.
5.00
HC Lust For Life: A Novel of Vincent Van Gogh Stone, Irving HERITAGE PRESS, NY 1936 P-F. No DJ Spine face missing. 150 illus. [by Van Gogh], 506 p
10.00
HC/DJ A Long Row of Candles Sulzberger, C.L. MacMillan, NY (Book Club Ed.) 1969 G/VG. DJ slightly soiled
40.00
PB Gambling Secrets of Nick the Greek Thackrey, Ted Jr. Pocket, NY 1970 Good, but worn. Introduction by Groucho Marx. The most successful gambler of all time gives you his advice on: Fundamentals..Winners..Casinos..Craps..Blackjack... ISBN:0-671-77172-8
8.00
HC/2nd Marie Antoinette Tschudi, Clara translated by E.M. Cope E.P. Dutton, NY 1902 Fine save for fore page cut away. Bright red cloth 16cm x 23cm 8vo. Gilt lettering on spine.
20.00
HC Chaim Soutine Tuchman, Maurice NYGS, NY 1968 G+ LA County Museum of Art
10.00
HC/1st Some of These Days Tucker, Sophie Garden City, NY 1946 Reprint. First thus. VG, solid though fragile, browning and slightly chipped on edge of lead sheets. Signed by the author to Nick and Anne Paradise, 1947. This gal signed a lot of these.
15.00
HC Byrons Daughter a Biography of Elizabeth Medora Leigh. Turney, Catherine Readers Union 1975 VG, written on inside cover./no DJ
5.00
PB Choices Ullmann, Liv New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books 1985 G+
1.00
HC/1st Personal Recollections of Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, Elizabeth-Duquesne Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1913 VG copy minor corner bumping and spine end bumps. Edge wear. Two reproductions glued to end sheet, errata slip and advertisement for Houghton Mifflin tipped in.8vo, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Illus. b/w 58 pp.
85.00
HC/DJ Not Without Tears VARICK, MARY M. Our Lady of the Cape 1963 Fine/VG+ DJ. Signed edition not stated, likely first. B&W Photographs; 8vo Scarce.
45.00
HC Little Masterpieces of Autobiography Vol III: Men of Science Various Doubleday, NY 1908 Fine. Darwin, Huxley, Edison, Curie and more
5.00
HC John Barrymore: The Legend and the Man Waters, Alma Powers Julien Meisner, NY 1941 NO DJ . Very good shape, Photos. Foreword: J. Brooks Atkinson. Thick 8vo. Cloth. First Edition.
25.00
HC Conversations with Marilyn Weatherby, W. J. Mason/Charter Pub., ny 1976 Conversations with Marilyn Monroe G+ book, few bumps and soiled cover/no DJ.
10.00
HC/1st Sappho of Lesbos: Her Life and Times Weigall, Arthur Fredrick Stokes Co., NY 1932 VG, some soiling to cover and fore page, hinges wearing, owners plate. Thirteen reproductions from sketches and photographs. 328 pp.
12.00
PB Ivan P. Pavlov Toward a Scientific Psychology & Psychiatry Wells, Harry K. International Publishers 1956 G+ softcover. Edition not stated. 224pp,
12.00
HC/DJ God's Gambler West, Dr. R. Frederick Prentis Hall, NJ 1964 VG+/VG, some soiling DJ. P.c. edition not stated. Conversations Between Bruce Garner and his Pastor. An important point worthy of notice: This analysis of a gambler wrestling to achieve a mature philosophy of life in the face of death, shows that both in his life and in that of his associates, many of the moral qualities so much praised by the church members are practiced in a higher degree by the gambler, the prostitute, and by persons outside the law.
28.00
HC/DJ/1st Bernard Shaw Wilson, Colin Atheneum, NY 1969 Fine/Fine
65.00
HC The Human Side of Science Wilson, Grove Cosmopolitan, NY 1929 fair, binding failing. Science biographies. 397p. A look at the personalities who have shaped western science and civilization. A fine perspective for the general reader who finds science daunting and scientists intimidating. This reading puts it all into
10.00
HC Poor Splendid Wings Winnar, Francis Blue Ribbon, NY 1933 NO DJ. Bio Rossettis and their circle. Soiled cover, wear. Reading copy
15.00
HC/DJ/1st Royalty, Religion and Rats Wood, Georgie Private Limited Edition, UK ND Fine/VG+ DJ Private Limited First Edition, no date (1960s). 8vo. 256 pp. Limited Edition of 2,000 copies. hardback. Signed by the author at the front. Illustrated. Scattered recollections after a life in Music Hall and Variety performance around the globe, where he was known as Wee Georgie Wood.
35.00
HC/1st Tom Paine: America's Godfather 1737-1809 Woodward, W.E. NY: Dutton 1945 G+, some soiling to cover/no DJ.
5.00
HC/DJ/1st The Letters of Alexander Woollcott Woollcott, Alexander Viking, NY 1944 VG+/VG DJ, one spine chip, minor edge wear. Price cut. xxiv, 410 p. illus. (incl. plan) port, facsimiles. 22 cm. Letters to such worthies as Dorothy Parker, Noel Coward, Archibald MacLeish, Rebecca West, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gustav Eckstein, Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Thornton Wilder, et al.. The Algonquin round table at their personal witty best.
7.50
PB The Persian Expedition Xenophon penguin, UK 1952 G+, browning, solid and strong. Rex Warner translation. Map showing the March of the Ten Thousand
4.00
HC/DJ Ben Franklin: A Biography in His Own Words Newsweek, NY 1972 Fine
10.00
HC/DJ/1st Stieglitz: A Memoir/ Biography Lowe, Sue Davidsin New York, NY, : Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1983 VG+/VG+ near fine copy. Stated First edition Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. 455 pp. A lavishly detailed story of novelistic richness and pace.
18.00
HC/DJ Olympio Maurois, Andre New York: Harper & Brothers 1956 G+/G+, exlibris in mylar wraps, usual marks pocket removed. Biography of Victor Hugo.
5.00
HC G.B.S. : A Full Length Portrait (George Bernard Shaw) Pearson, Hesketh Harper & Brothers, NY 1942 G+
5.00
HC/DJ/3rd George Kaufman: An Intimate Portrait Teichman, Howard N.Y.: Atheneum 1972 VG/VG price-cut 8vo A comprehensive biography of the man who shaped comedy and collaborated with the Marx Brothers and others, in the American theater for more than 40 years. Illustrated by 16 pages b&w photos.
5.00