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               Off the Sauce
               Meyer, Lewis

Doubleday First Edition 1967                                    ISBN  0020808208 Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Very slight corner wear of binding and a trace of edge spotting. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear; in a clear protective cover. "It is an extremely frank memoir about a man's life on the sauce and off it.” AUTOBIOGRAPHY,ALCOHOLISM,ALCOHOL ADDICTION, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS,BOOKSELLERS,TULSA,OKLAHOMA           Book# 5899

US$22.50

Random House First Edition 2002                             ISBN  0375507248 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unnmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. In this beautiful, illuminating, and unusual book, Sandra Day O'Connor, with her brother, Alan, tells the story of the Day family and of growing up on the harsh yet beautiful land of the Lazy B Ranch in Arizona. Illustrated. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES,ARIZONA,COMING OF AGE,LAW                  Book# 6319

US$14.00

Macmillan First Edition 1941                                      Very Good Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Slight edge wear. Several small spots on one page. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.  DJ with chips, tears and 1/4 inch missing from top and bottom of spine; in a clear protective cover. The autobiography of a Professor and Romantic. Illustrated. EDUCATION,MEMOIRS                                                                                                  Book# 1472

US$15.00

G.P. Putnam's Sons First Edition 1994                      ISBN  0399140018 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a  clear protective cover. Psychiatrist Robert Pensack, at age 4,  lost his mother to an unusual cardiac disease and, at age 15, was himself diagnosed with the same disease. MEMOIRS,PHYSICIANS,HEART DISEASE,CARDIAC ILLNESS,HCM, HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY,CARDIAC SURGERY                         Book# 6119

US$14.00

Little, Brown First Edition 1991                            ISBN  0316734403 Very Good Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book has previous owner's name and date written small on front endpaper and one sentence underlined. It is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. This is the story of how Danny Rather, an impish Tom Sawyer, became Dan Rather; of the events and values that made him who he is today, even as they formed our country as we now know it. Illustrated. TWENTIETH CENTURY,U. S. HISTORY,TELEVISION NEWS,NETWORK NEWS, BROADCAST JOURNALISM,ANCHORMEN                                                           Book# 3065

US$8.50

Simon and Schuster First Edition 1985                      ISBN  0671525972 Near Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A well-known national broadcast journalist talks about the death of her mother and the issues raised by it. MEMOIRS,SUICIDE,EUTHANASIA                                                                           Book# 6553

US$9.00

Little, Brown 1991                                     ISBN  0316759775 Very Good Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. A top-edge remainder mark and mild corner bumping of boards. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. DJ with slight edge/corner wear; in a clear protective cover. "In this hard-hitting, controversial memoir, Rowan unfolds the fascinating story of how he rose from abject poverty in McMinnville, Tennessee, to a life at the forefront of power and social change." RACIAL ISSUES,GOVERNMENT,POLITICS,WASHINGTON,CIVIL RIGHTS                                                                                                                                                                         Book# 2339

US$12.50

John Wiley & Sons 1999                                    ISBN  0471395366 Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. This highly acclaimed life story offers remarkable insight into one of the most influential, provocative, and beloved figures of our time - a complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age. Illustrated. SCIENCE,SCIENTISTS,ASTRONOMY,ASTRONOMERS,SPACE,EXTRATERRESTIAL LIFE                                                                                                                                       Book# 6239

US$14.00

Viking First Edition 1990                                      ISBN  067082819X Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with slight edge wear; in a clear protective cover. Midstream is a moving, beautifully observed memoir about a mother's death and a daughter's renewal. By the first female editor of The New York Times sports section and then deputy editor of The New York Times Book Review. FAMILY,MOTHERS,DAUGHTERS,DEATH,MOURNING,GRIEF                     Book# 6478

US$7.50

Simon and Schuster First Edition 1985                      ISBN  0671449907 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. By the brilliant novelist and essayist, a moving and hilarious memoir of his undauntable parents, Maisie Ward and Frank Sheed. They preached on street corners, traveled the world lecturing, collected hosts of friends, and started Sheed and Ward Publishing, whose books literally changed the course of the modern Catholic Church. Illustrated. CATHOLICISM,CATHOLIC PUBLISHING                                                              Book# 3049

US$17.50