Biography/Autobiography from MLC Books

New York: HarperCollins, 2023. Lunden suffered from a chronic, mysterious illness for five years before finding hope and healing in the biography of Alice James, sister of Henry James and William James. First printing. Spine ends gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2023. Previously unpublished, Nouwen recounts trips to recently-independent Ukraine in 1993 and 1994. In his work there Nouwen was able to identify certain spiritual and moral qualities struggling to assert themselves, the same qualities the Ukrainian people have mobilized in their current struggle for freedom and independence. With an introduction by Archbishop Borys Gudziak.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1997. Salter's memoir of his time at West Point, as a pilot in the Korean War, and his second life as a writer. First printing. Spine ends gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket. Signed by Salter on the front end paper.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near… Ler mais sobre este item

Tartu Academy of Theology, 2022. Memoir of the Estonian Lutheran pastor, who was arrested in 1948 and spent 8 years in a camp in Siberia, 239 pages. Fine, opens a bit too readily to the title page.. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Black Willow Press, 1998. A poetic memoir by the former professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Of the 500 copies published, the first 100 were numbered and signed by Carver, this being number 77. Staplebound chapbook, 22 pages, with dust jacket in fine, as new condition.. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Fine/Fine.

Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Carleton College, 1965. A poetic memoir by the former professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Reprinted from "The Carleton Miscellany", preceding the Black Willow edition. Staplebound chapbook, 10 pages. Tanning near the spine with some foxing on the back.. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. Ten profiles of scientists, from the sixteenth century to the twentieth, 306 pages. First U.S. edition. Gently bumped with the previous owner's bookplate and name on the front end papers, dated Oct. 1936. Jacket lightly rubbed with small chips at the edges, spine darkened with faint drip marks. Internal tape… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1969. Biography of Rubinstein, with 8 pages of photographs, 178 pages. Lightly rubbed at the corners and spine ends, a couple of pages corner creased. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine sunned with a drip mark near the heel. Price clipped, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing, 1987. Biography of the founder of Control Data Corporation, one of the first major computer companies. Light foxing to the edges of the text block. Jacket lightly rubbed with small chips and tears, spine slightly sunned, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper "To Wally Moe - Best regards, William C.… Ler mais sobre este item

Surrey: Kingston University Press, 2010. A memoir of friendship, which began in Londin in the 1960's, 143 pages. Fine, as new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

London: Macmillan, 1974. Biography of Dr. Johnson, 388 pages. Lightly bumped, spine slightly darkened, with pencil underlining and marginalia to various passages. Inscribed by Wain on the front end paper "George and Carolyn's copy with all good wishes. John 1974." From the library of Wain's friend and contemporary George Soule. Laid in is the progra from… Ler mais sobre este item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1949. An American woman marries professional hunter Sasha Siemel and raises a family in Mato Grosso, in the wilds of Brazil. 308 Pages with 8 pages of photographs, mapped end papers. Green boards bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Edges of the pages are a bit wavy, no indication of… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Dial Press, 1973. Biography of the baseball player who became a celebrity after throwing a no-hitter early in his rookie year for the 1962 Los Angles Angels. Belinsky was notorious for his partying, womanizing, and squandered talent. 308 pages with 24 photographs. Lower corners bumped. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, in Brodart.. First Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants , 2000. Genealogical research, 176 pages. Spine sunned, scuff on the front. No creases or markings noted.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1949. Family and local history, staplebound, 48 page pamphlet. Very gently handled with the previous owner's name and number on the back and a few spots of marginalia. Laid in is an offprint article "Coal, Art and the Beaumonts" by E.M. Howe, reprinted from the April 1974 issue of History Today.. Staplebound Wraps. Good/No Jacket.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: David McKay, 1965. Biography of the man who invented the method for producing aluminum cheaply (when he was 23!), a founding partner of Alcoa, and holder of 22 patents, 213 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit darkened, binding square and solid. Inscribed "With heartfelt thanks to Walter Reeves. Sincerely, Rosamond Young." Reeves, of… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1976. A biography of mathematician Richard Courant, 314 pages with 36 photographs. Gently bumped and rubbed with a tiny spot on the upper edge of the front board. Jacket rubbed, crimped and tanned with chips and tears, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper "For Dean and Pat from Constance. August 1979.". Inscribed… Ler mais sobre este item

Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1978. A personal account of the world of opera in the first half of the twentieth century, taken in part from the diary of the author's father, George Hamlin, 96 pages. Light rubbing at the corners and spine ends. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine and rear panel sunned. Price clipped,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. Biography of the master of noir, 613 pages. Very gently bumped. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges, laminate wrinkled on the spine and rear panel, in Brodart. Inscribed on the title page "For Marv Lachman who loves Woolrich too. Mike Nevins." . Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1989. Profiles and bibliographies of three influential figures in crime fiction, 383 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.