The Winter Beach
New York: Morrow, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 321 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. Chip to header of jacket spine. This is a first edition travel memoir by novelist Ogburn. More
Biography & Memoir
Running in the Family
London: Gollancz, 1983. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 207 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Ondaatje's memoir of growing up in Sri Lanka, by the author of The English Patient. More
A Man Named Dave; A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
New York: Dutton, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Red and cream boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 284 pp. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name written on first free endpaper. Inscribed by the author on title page. This is a signed first printing memoir by the author of A Child..... More
Memorial Services held in the House of Respresentatives of the United States, together wwith remarks presented in Eulogy of Edward W. Pou, late a Representative from North Carolina; Seventy-third Congress, second session
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 67 pp. Shelf wear. Stamp of J. Walter Lambeth, Member of Congress, from the 8th District of North Carolina. Rectangle cut from rear endpaper. This is an uncommon book memorializing North Carolina politician Pou. More
The Last Home of Mystery; Adventures in Nepal
New York: Century Co., 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 9"x6". Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration on cover. Decorative endpapers. Many photographic plates. 332 pp. No jacket as usual. Light staining to covers. Previous owner's name in pen on front free endpaper and rear..... More
Biographical and Critical Miscellanies
Harper and Brothers, 1852. Cloth. This is an early edition of the great American historian's essay collection. Binding is nice and tight, but leather spine covering has come away, and there is some further loss on corners and covers. Foxing present throughout. More
The Two Americas; An account of sport and travel. With notes on men and manners in North and South America
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1877. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and cover. Frontispiece and full-page illustrations. 368 pp. Very minor shelf wear and a few speckles of water stain on covers. Hinges overopened but firmly attached. An excellent copy. This is a scarce first..... More
Hell Among the Yearlings
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1978. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and photographic plates. Folding map. 406 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of..... More
Memoirs of Chief Red Fox
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 2nd printing. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's navy cloth. Deckle edge. Numerous photographic illustrations. 208 pp. No jacket. Ex-library with stickers on spine and front cover, card pocket pasted inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is an early printing of the memoirs of Sioux indigenous rights activist..... More
Frederic Remington’s Own West
New York: Dial, 1960. Leather bound. 4to. Original slipcase. Soft calf with gilt lettering on spine and cover, blind-tooled design on cover. Gilt top edge. Illustrated plates throughout. 254 pp. Slipcase has some minor sunning and a few chips to edges. Book is fine. Signed on colophon by McCracken. Rice..... More
Make Trouble; Standing up, speaking out, and finding the courage to lead
New York: Touchstone, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 276 pp. Signed on bound-in page. Minor shelf wear. This is a signed copy of Planned Parenthood Federation president Richards' book about capitalist feminism. More
Memoirs and Artistic Studies of Adelaide Ristori
New York: Doubleday, 1907. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt and silver decoration on front cover. Gilt top edge and deckle fore edge. Frontispiece photo and other photographic plates throughout. 263 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a first American edition memoir by legendary Italian stage actress..... More
When This You See Remember Me: Gertrude Stein in Person
New York: Rinehart, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. 247 pp. Signed on front free endpaper to opera singer Jennie Tourel. Lacks jacket. Shelf wear to edges, including a large chip at header of spine. This is an uncommon signed copy of Rogers' personal biography of Gertrude Stein. More
For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs
New York: Counterpoint, 2010. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 244 pp. Boldly inscribed on title page. This is a signed memoir by Kathleen Rooney. More
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Memorial Address delivered before the joint meeting of the two houses of Congress as a tribute of respect to the late President of the United States
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 84 pp. Shelf wear. This is an uncommon book memorializing President Franklin Roosevelt. More
Advocates and Adversaries; The early life and times of Robert R. Rose
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1977. First Thus. Cloth. 12mo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and Lakeside Press device in gilt on front cover. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 328 pp. Spine uncracked. A fine, unread copy. This is a limited edition Lakeside Press printing of Rose's memoir..... More
Portrait of Hemingway
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 1st edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow quarter cloth over gray boards. Dust jacket. 65 pp. Several scuffs to jacket edges. Tight and clean. This is an early printing of Ross' landmark biography of Ernest Hemingway. More
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
New York: Dutton, 1971. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 214 pp. Several chips and closed tears to jacket edges. 3" closed tear on rear jacket flap. Discolorations on fore and top block edges. This is a first edition of journalist Royko's biography of infamous Chicago mayor..... More
Days of Life and Death and Escape to the Moon
New York: Dial, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 139 pp. Minor shelf wear and some scuffing to edges. This is a stated first printing of Saroyan's 1967-68's literary journals. More
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The Works of Richard Savage, Esq. Son of the Earl Rivers [complete in 2 volumes]; With an account of the life and writings of the author, by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. A new edition.
London: Printed for T. Evans in the Strand, 1777. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary calf. 6-panel hubbed spine with gilt lettering. Blue silk ribbons attached. Vol. I: [11], cxvi, [3], iv, [3], 185, [2] pp. Vol. II: [7], vi, [1], 279, [2] pp. Front hinge of Vol. II overopened but holding. Some..... More
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. Illustrated by the author. This is an early printing of the author's memoir detailing his fifteen year sojourn and adventures in the South Seas. More
Autobiografia di un archeologo alla ricera del mondo omerico [Autobiography of an archaeologist in search of the Homeric world]
Milan: Schwarz editore, 1962. Cloth. In Italian. Large 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Photographic and illustrated plates throughout. 243 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket and some sunning to jacket spine. Tight and clean, unmarked. This is an expanded..... More
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
New York: Gallery Books, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 323 pp. Minor jacket wear. Signed on publisher's tipped-in page. Autograph sticker on front jacket cover. This is a signed first edition memoir by the comedian Schumer. More
Not So Wild a Dream; A Personal Story of Youth and War and the American Faith
New York: Atheneum, 1976. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Taupe cloth. Dust jacket. 522 pp. Wear and some chipping to jacket edges. 1" closed tear top right front jacket cover, 1/2" closed tear top left front jacket cover, and 1" closed tear at center of jacket spine header. Price clipped. Front hinge..... More