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(Biography titles are arrnged by subject)
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Carol First Edition
1995 ISBN: 0818404728 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. An intimate biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Illustrated with photographs. JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS,JFK,FIRST LADIES,AMERICAN PRESIDENCY,PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE,ARISTOTLE ONASSIS Book #5812 |
US$15.00 |
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Crown 1998 ISBN: 1581650469 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. One of the A & E BIOGRAPHY series. JFK,AMERICAN PRESIDENCY,PRESIDENTS,FIRST LADIES,WHITE HOUSE,ARISTOTLE ONASSIS Book #6826 |
US$10.00 |
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Carol First Edition
1994 ISBN: Very Good Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Previous owner's name and date written small on front paste-down and two items underlined in Bibliography. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Begins where the best-selling phenomenon A Woman Named Jackie left off, going even further into the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Lester David evokes in fascinating detail what happened to Jackie after her marriage to Aristotle Onassis. Illustrated. ARISTOTLE ONASSIS,JACK KENNEDY,JFK,KENNEDYS Book #3071 |
US$12.50 |
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Warner First Edition
2000 ISBN: New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "Jackie, Ethel, Joan carefully separates fact from innuendo and explores the women's complex relationship with one another, as well as with the ambitious, raucous, and powerful Kennedy clan that nearly devoured them all." Illustrated. KENNEDYS,JACQUELINE KENNEDY,ETHEL KENNEDY,JOAN KENNEDY,JFK, RFK,JOHN KENNEDY,ROBERT KENNEDY,TED KENNEDY,POLITICS,GOVERNMENT, U.S.PRESIDENCY Book #4000 |
US$17.50 |
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Doubleday First Edition
2000 ISBN: 0385496338 Near Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Very faint top edge spotting and corner creasing of several leaves - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The harrowing account of the early life of the daughter of a Korean woman by an American soldier. KOREA,KOREAN-AMERICAN,MIXED-RACE CHILDREN Book #6838 |
US$8.00 |
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Alfred A.Knopf 1992
ISBN: 0679413456 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. MEMOIRS Book #1144 |
US$7.00 |
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Vintage 1999 ISBN: Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Close friends and former college roommates Kate Montgomery and Hilary Liftin promised to write when Kate joined the Peace Corps and went to Africa. Over the course of a year, they exchanged a series of letters that tell - with warmth, humor, and vivid personal detail - the story of two women navigating their post-college lives in very different ways and, above all, of the friendships we are sometimes lucky enough to find - and keep. FRIENDSHIP,WOMEN'S STUDIES,WOMEN'S ISSUES,TRAVEL,PEACE CORPS,AFRICA Book #3955 |
US$7.00 |
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Harcourt,Brace,Jovanovich Book
Club Edition 1976 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Slight corner wear of binding and very slight edge spotting. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild wear; in a clear protective cover. Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1936-1939. AVIATION,CHARLES LINDBERGH Book #2469 |
US$14.50 |
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John Wiley & Sons Second
Printing 1998 ISBN: Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. An extraordinary memoir of a courageous woman's triumph over despair in a lifelong search for acceptance, love, and understanding. Unfolding against a turbulent backdrop of social, political, and cultural upheaval, Falling Leaves is at once a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare portrait of twentieth-century China. Illustrated. CHINA,HONG KONG,CHINESE SOCIETY,CHINESE CULTURE,TWENTIETH CENTURY Book #3585 |
US$12.00 |
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Anchor / Random House
2002 ISBN: 0385489498 Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. “Antonia Fraser’s lavish and engaging portrait excites compassion and regard for all aspects of the queen, immersing the reader not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, but in the culture of an unparalleled time and place.” Illustrated. FRENCH HISTORY,LOUIS VI,FRENCH ROYALTY,FRENCH REVOLUTION,EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Book #7019 |
US$9.50 |
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W.W.Norton Book Club Edition
1984 ISBN: Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and several small, closed tears; in a clear protective cover. Edited by Anne Benjamin and Adapted by Mary Benson. Illustrated. SOUTH AFRICA,APARTHEID,NELSON MANDELA Book #2314 |
US$10.50 |
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Hyperion ARC 1998
ISBN: Near Fine Advanced Reading Copy (Uncorrected Proof) in wraps. Small area of sticker residue on reverse of front wrap - else Fine. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. The brother of Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes. Malachy now tells the story of his own hell-raising twenties beginning in the late 1950's when he left Ireland behind in search of fame, fortune and fun in New York City. IRELAND,NEW YORK CITY,EMIGRATION,IMMIGRANTS Book #3508 |
US$15.00 |
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Leathers 1998 ISBN: Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Cast in the 1940's, this is a coming-of-age story which captures the childhood of a small boy in Chicago. The goal here is to make you feel the heart of a little boy in a huge city. MEMOIRS,CHICAGO,BOYHOOD,CHILDHOOD,COMING OF AGE Book #5083 |
US$7.95 |
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Peregrine Smith Books Second
Printing 1986 ISBN: 0879052201 Near Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. SIGNED by author. Small non-authorial gift note on front endpaper. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. On the deserted sagebrush plain just west of his Taos home, John Nichols has found a healing serenity and an astonishing variety of life and mood that casual observers rarely notice. NEW MEXICO,TAOS,ENVIRONMENTALISM,NATURE,DESERT,AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Book #6369 |
US$12.00 |
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Arcade First English-Language Paperback Edition 2006 ISBN: 1-55970-328-8 New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. “Making extensive use of Nobel’s letters and writings, Fant’s portrait reveals Nobel in all his aspects - industrialist, pacifist, arms manufacturer, and poet - and does full justice to a compelling and visionary figure whose name will resonate for generations.” Illustrated. NOBEL PRIZE,DYNAMITE,INVENTORS Book #7786 |
US$12.50 |
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Meredith First Edition
1968 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Slight corner wear of boards - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and several very small, closed tears; now in a clear protective cover. "Willi Frischauer, who has known Onassis for years, has based this frank and very personal portrait on discussions the two have had, bringing out the magnate's own views and predictions about himself and his career." Illustrated. GREECE,SHIPPING,MARITIME Book #3523 |
US$14.50 |
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HarperCollins First Edition
1995 ISBN: 0060173041 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. By the author of You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again. MEMOIRS,LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA,HOLLYWOOD,MOVIES,MOVIE STARS Book #4460 |
US$12.00 |
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Springer First English Language
Edition 1978 ISBN: 0826121403 Fine Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Book is tight ,bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and two small closed tears: now nicely held in a clear protective cover. Author Prause went to the sources - biographies, letters, diaries, school records - to piece together the school experiences of famous persons from all spheres of life (Hitler, Einstein, Lenin, Joyce, Kissinger and many, many others). Illustrated. HISTORY,PEDAGOGY,TEACHING,EDUCATION,MEMOIRS Book #5338 |
US$16.75 |
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Simon & Schuster First
Edition 1991 ISBN: 067164646X Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The controversial unauthorized biography of Nancy Reagan by the author of His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra. Illustrated. FIRST LADIES,RONALD REAGAN,U.S. PRESIDENCY,WHITE HOUSE Book #5631 |
US$14.50 |
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Random House First Edition
1989 ISBN: Near Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Corner creasing of one leaf - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. Well illustrated. RONALD REAGAN,U.S.PRESIDENCY,WHITE HOUSE Book #2121 |
US$15.50 |
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Broadway Books 1999
ISBN: 0767903382 Fine Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Spiced with Reichl's infectious humor and sprinkled with her favorite recipes, Tender at the Bone is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist's coming-of-age. MEMOIRS,FOOD,COOKING,GORMET,CUISINE,FOOD CRITICS,RECIPES Book #6609 |
US$8.00 |
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Doubleday 1998
ISBN: 0385485158 New Unread Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. A book about friendship and antiquarian bookselling by two well-known bibliophiles. Illustrated. BOOKSELLING,ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS,RARE BOOKS,FRIENDSHIP Book #4630 |
US$12.00 |
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Viking Fifth Printing
1971 ISBN: Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with a small, closed tear; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. While still in her early teens she left her native Poland for Australia, where she used a family face-cream recipe to establish a cosmetics empire...By her death in 1965 she had amassed a personal fortune that made her one of the world's ten richest women. Illustrated. BUSINESS,COSMETICS,ENTREPRENEURS,ENTREPRENEURSHIP,FASHION Book #5674 |
US$12.50 |
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University of California Press
First Paperback Printing 1996. ISBN: Near Fine Trade Paperback. Very slight wear of wraps and a tiny spot on one page. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. "The story of See's family speaks for the countless people who reached for the shining American vision, found it eluded their grasp, and then tried to make what they had glitter as best they could." AMERICAN SOCIETY,FAMILY Book #2612 |
US$10.50 |
