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The Man From Lake Wobegon
Fedo, MichaelUnauthorized biography of Garrison Keillor. This is the first printing of this title, fine in a nearly fine jacket (some rubbing to extremeties). H...
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The Gentle Barbarian: The Life and Work of Turgenev
Pritchett, Victor SawdonA nice clean copy of Pritchett's in depth examination off Turgenev. First printing, fine in a VG jacket with a bit of shelfwear and a non-trivial c...
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Our Three Selves: The Life of Radclyffe Hall
Baker, MichaelVery nice first printing of this biography of lesbian novelist Radclyffe Hall. Fine in like jacket, in protective mylar. Book has just a touch of s...
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Escape
Jessop, CarolynThe author's harrowing tale of life in an arranged plural marriage to a fundamentalist Mormon. Fine in a NF jacket (shows minimal wear). Later prin...
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A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance
Juska, JaneFine copy of this unusual true story of the author, a literature professor, who places a personal ad seeking sexual advventure in the months leadin...
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Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa
Mowat, FarleyA nice first printing of this look at Dian Fossey's life and death working to preserve and understand mountain gorillas. Near fine in a VG jacket w...
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Colette: A Taste for Life
Mitchell, YvonneProfusely illustrated biography of Colette by actress/author Yvonne Mitchell. Near fine in a very good jacket (3/4 in. tear to top front near spine...
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My Musical Life
Rimsky-Korsakoff, Nikolay AndreyevicSecond US printing of this memoir from the great composer and orchestrator. Color decorated black cloth over boards, still bright but not perfect....
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Alice James: A Biography
Strouse, JeanFirst printing of this revealing biography of Henry and William James's sister. Near fine (no markings, very slight cock to spine). Jacket is G+ wi...
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Osbert Sitwell
Ziegler, PhilipFine copy of this thorough biography of Sitwell. Fine in a NF jacket (very tiny tear to top rear corner) Not price clipped or remainedered. First p...
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American Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
Taylor, Elizabeth; Cohen, AdamA wide-ranging and thorough look at the first Mayor Daley and his inland empire. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. First printing, not remainder ma...
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Six Queens
Vance, MargueriteIllustrated by Pellicer, J. Luis. First U.K. printing of this examination of the wives of Henry VIII. NF in a VG jacket, purple with black line ill...
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Big Russ and Me: Father and Son Lessons of Life
Russert, TimRussert's touching appreciation of his father. First printing with full number line, VG+ (previous owner's small bookplate to front endpaper, small...
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Enchanted Remembrance 1838-1925: The Life of a Sunday's Child
Schmaltz, SusanneCurious memoir, long of print until this edition, details the life of Susanne Schmaltz, who studied with Brahms and Clara Schumann, before a long a...
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Life Sketches
Hersey, JohnFirst trade edition of collection of biographical sketches from respected author. Subjects include Truman, Sinclair Lewis, Kennedy, Alfred A. Knop...
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In Search of J. D. Salinger
Hamilton, IanNice copy of what remained after Hamilton's ill-fated attempt at a Salinger biography was largely quashed by Salinger. First printing, NF in like j...
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The Dream at the End of the World: Paul Bowles and the Literary Renegades in Tangier
Green, MichelleA look at the expat literary community in Morocco centered on Paul Bowles. Featured prominently are Paul and Jane Bowles, William Burroughs, Allan ...
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Gissing: A Life in Books
Halperin, JohnSigned by author (inscribed to owners). Fairly scarce hardcover biography of Victorian novelist George Gissing. VG+ in VG jacket. Slight lean to b...
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Biographical Essays
Strachey, LyttonTight copy, hardly read. Bump to top of spine, closed 3/4 in. tear at rear top of jacket, price clipped. NOT Ex-library. Hardcover. Harcourt Brace...
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Customs and Characters
Quennell, PeterMemoir containing the author's thoughts on friends and acquaintances who particularly interested or impressed him. Included in this volume are Garb...
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Leonard Woolf: A Biography
Glendinning, VictoriaA nice copy of Glendinning's meticulous biography of Leonard Woolf. Fine in a NF jacket (slight bend to top of front jacket panel, a bit of shelfwe...
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Infants of the Spring
Powell, AnthonyFirst volume of memoirs from this prolific author. VG in like jacket. Some foxing to top and foredge. Jacket has small tear lower front corner, sma...
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Messengers of Day
Powell, AnthonySecond volume of memoirs from the prolific author Anthony Powell. First printing of the U.S. edition, VG in like jacket. Book has some foxing to to...
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The Life and Times of Chaucer
Gardner, JohnIllustrated by J. Wolf. A biography of Chaucer from the noted novelist and medievalist John Gardner. First edition stated. NF in Good + jacket, wit...
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Dylan Thomas and Vernon Watkins: Portrait of a Friendship
Watkins, GwenA look at the lifelong friendship between Dylan Thomas and poet Vernon Watkins, written by Watkins' widow. First U.S. printing, fine in a fine jack...
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A Hard Road to Glory
Ashe, ArthurThird and final volume of Ashe's examination of African American athletes. A little foxing, but overall, a near fine first printing in a fine (but ...
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A Fish in the Water
Vargas Llosa, MarioUncommon UNCORRECTED PROOF. Very good, some soil to cover, small tear upper corner. Soft cover, Advance Reader's Copy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1...
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Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight For Black America
Gibson Jr, Truman K.; Huntley, Robert S.; Gibson, Truman K.; Huntley, SteveFirst printing. A nice copy of this memoir from a fascinating civil rights activist and lawyer. Covers the beginnings of his career in the War Depa...
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Family
Frazier, IanVery nice copy (albeit very likely a book club edition) of Frazier's history of his family down through many generations. Touches on the towns his ...
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The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon
Marnham, PatrickFascinating biography of Georges Simeon, the creator of Maigret. A near fine copy in a fine jacket--two page corners bent. First American Edition s...
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A Day of Pleasure
Singer, Isaac BashevisA near fine first edition of this 1970 National Book award winner by beloved storyteller Singer. Jacket only fair, with large tear at bottom of spi...
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Young Brontes - Charlotte And Emily, Branwell And Anne
Jarden, Mary LouiseIllustrated by Sewell, Helen. A respectable copy of this story driven collective biography of the young members of the Bronte family. This is a sev...
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Man of Action : The Life of Teddy Roosevelt
Mothner, IraYoung adult biography of Teddy Roosevelt, large format hardcover with many B&W photos. Book near fine, a bit of browning to pages. Jacket has l...
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Pocahontas and Her World
Carpenter, FrancesIllustrated by Kihn, W. Langdon. A picture cover binding with a Random House Reading Program" card pocket affixed to the front pastedown. Despite c...
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Zlata's Diary: A Childs Life in Sarajevo
Filipovic, ZlataFirst printing of this remarkable war diary from, at the time of writing, an eleven year old Croatian girl livng in Sarajevo in the midst of war. N...
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