Codresch Anderi

The Blood Countess

Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684802449. Signed by Author(s). The Blood Countess by Codresch, Andrei Signed Simon & Schuster, 1995, lst. ISBN: 0684802449 Hardback in good+ condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Board cover and dust jacket are clean. Signed by Codresch on title page. This is the story of Elizabeth Bathroy 1560-1613 who lived and bathed on the blood of her maids and others, it was said she had murdered over 650 people. Her end was rather gruesome as she was walled up in a room in her castle where she lived for five years. A true horror story. 347 pages Good/Good.

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Book number: 005273

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: VAMPIRES, ELIZABETH BATHROY 0684802449

Anderson, Ivy & Angus Devon

Alice Memoirs of A Barbary Coast Prostitute

Heyday, 2016. First Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Alice Memoirs of A Barbary Coast Prostitute by Anderson, Ivy & Angus, Devon Heyday Books, 2016, Advanced Reading Copy Softcover in good+ condition, ADVANCED READING COPY SIGNED by Authors This is a non-fiction work drawn from a 1913 ghost written account, newspapers of the day, articles on the underbelly of the Barbary Coast and letters of the period. Reading list, 345 pages. Very Good.

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Book number: 004881

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: BARBARY COAST, PROSTITUTION, SAN FRANCISCO

Arnold

The Six Chief Lives From Johnson's Lives of the Poets

Russell & Russell, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. The Six Chief Lives from Johnson's Lives of the Poets Edited by Arnold Russell & Russell, 1968 reproduction of 1881 ed. Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Brown paper bag type cover is clean and shows little signs of wear. Arnold edited this reprint of the 1881 edition. Milton, Dryden, Swift, Addison, Pope and Grey are covered. Also included is Maculay's "Life of Johnson". 466 pages, this is a nice copy for the lover of Johnson's works. Good/Good.

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Book number: 004069

Catalogue: Literature, Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: LIVES OF POETS, JOHNSON'S POETS

Baeza, Abelardo

Man of Aztlan

Eakin Press, 2001. First Edition. Soft cover. 1571685642. Signed by Author(s). Softcover in good condition, text clean, binding tight, cover good. Rudolfo Anaya is widely heralded as the "founder of Chicano Literature" His Bless Me, Ultima and many of his other works are standard texts for Chicano Studies. Signed Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000340

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: RUDOLFO ANAYA, CHICANO LITERATURE 1571685642

Finnerty. Barry

Start

Self Pub, 2015. 1st Edition. Softocver. 978194424306. Signed by Author(s). Start by Finnerty. Barry Inscribed by Finnerty Self pub. 2015 ISBN: 9781944243036 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean inscribed on title page by Finnerty. Warning this book contains Sex!, Drugs!, Jazz! and reality of the New York scene of the mid 1990ies. Finnerty is an internationally know guitarist and was in on the ground floor of the New York Jazz scene. 311 pages. Good.

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Book number: 005286

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Barry Finnety, NEW York Jazz Scene 978194424306

Blackwood, Caroline

The Last of the Duchess

Pantheon, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. 0679439706. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, DJ good+. One of the worlds best known woman, A king gave up his throne for her yet she ended her life a prisoner of her lawyer Suzanne Blum. Blum a wily old gorgon, who was paranoid and perverse, herself loosing it thinking she was the Dutchess. The Dutchess old and ill, kept away from friends was in a bizarre and sinister relationship that ended her life. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000397

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: WINDSOR, DUTCHESS, ENGLAND, DEATH 0679439706

Bodnar, Les

Carnie

St. Augustine Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Carnie by Bodnar, Les St. Augustine's press, 2010, lst. ISBN: 978158731017 Hardback in good+ condition with good+ dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover is clean as is dust jacket. This explores the romance of carnival life, escaping the 9-5 job, being free, yet there is week after week of hard work and trials. Putting a show together day after day, week after week. He explores the life of these road gypsies starting in the 1920ies. Filled with shills and cons, freak shows, rides galore, trust between some unlikely characters and above all Carnie family. I index, 164 pages. Good/Good.

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Book number: 004771

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: CARNIVAL LIFE, WORKING CARNIVALS

Boyd Brian

Vladmir Nabokov the Russian Years

Princeton Univ. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691067945. Vladimir Nabokov by Boyd, Brian The Russian Years Princeton Univ. 1990, lst. ISBN: 0691067945 Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover with gold embossing on spine is clean, dust jacket shows little if any sign of wear. This covers the Russian Years of Nabokov who is considered one of the great twentieth-century writers. Uprooted by the Revolution and then WWII he became a permanent wanderer and did not achieve fame until late in life with Lolita. It covers his life from childhood through the period at the end of WWII. B&W photos, abbreviations, notes, index, 605 pages. Good/Good.

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Book number: 004605

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: NABOKOV, VLADMIR, LOILTA 0691067945

Bricknell, Ralph

Ralph's Scrapbook

Self, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Ralph's Scrapbook by Bricknell Ralph Self pub. 1905 Hardback leather bound in good condition. NO dust jacket as published. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, pages clean. Cover has rubs to leather but is good over all with gold embossed title; casing is fully gold as well. This book was written in memory of the Bicknell's son who died at a young age. Mr. & Mrs. Bicknell wanted to perpetuate the life work and memory of their departed son. Starting with the family coat of arms in color the book contains a collection of stories, poems, travel adventures, family history dating to the 1600's etc. B&W photos, 453 pages. Good.

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Book number: 005272

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: RALPH BRICKNELL

Bush, Barbara

A Memoir

Scribners, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 0025196359. Signed by Author(s). 575 pages, Hardback in like new condition with very good DJ. Former first lady Mrs. Bush with her usual wit and candor gives readers a look at her private life as lived in the public eye. Large appendix and index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000391

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: BUSH, POLTICS 0025196359

Seitz Don C

Artemus Ward

Haper Bros, 1919. Unstated. Hardcover. Artemus Ward by Don C. Seitz Harper Bros. 1919, Ex-Library Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Ex-Library has usual library markings. Cover shows signs of wear. Artemus Ward aka Charles Farrar Browne was a humorist in the style of Bob Hope. He was a favorite of President Linclon and before he presented " The Emancipation Proclamation" to the Cabinet, he read to them the latest episode of Wards "Outrage in Utky". He is also said to have a strong influence on Mark Twain dating from the time Ward performed in Virginia City where Twain was working for the newspaper. B&W illustrations, bibliography. Good.

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Book number: 004202

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: ARTEMUS WARD, HUMOR

Carter, Jimmy

Turning Point

Times Books, 1992. First Edition - 2nd Impression. Cloth. 0812920791. Signed by Author(s). Hardback in good+ condition. Dust Jacket good. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Dust Jacket is clean and unworn; shows fold signs, unclipped, otherwise good. By Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States admired for his peacekeeping and other humanitarian works; and disliked by others for his current stand and outspoken comments against the current administration. This book tells the story of how he came to first seek office and what happened once he achieved that office. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000163

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: POLITICS, JIMMY CARTER 0812920791

Clinton Catherine

Fanny Kemble's Journals

Harvard Univ. 2000. First Edition. Soft cover. Fanny Kemble's Journals by Clinton, Catherine Harvard Univ. Press, 2000, lst. ISBN:067400550x Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Cover is clean and shows little if any signs of wear, owners name in ink inside cover. This is the life of Fanny Kemble who lived for most of the 19th century from childhood to death. She was a well known actress and kept a running commentary in letters and diaries on the great and near great issues of the day. She was also a raid abolitionist, and like many suffer personal tragedy as well as professional triumphs. A full life well lived. Chronology of her life starting in 1809 thru her death in 1893, list of her published works, index, 210 pages. Very Good.

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Book number: 004300

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: FANNY KEMBLE, 19TH CENTURY

Day Celia

Your Dog is in the Bar

Self, 2009. First Edition. Soft cover. 9781439248898. Signed by Author(s). Is Your Dog in the Bar by Day, Celia R. Signed Self Pub. 2009, first, ISBN: 9781439248898 Softcover in good condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean, signed on title page by author. This is the story of daughter of South Dakota returning home after 35 years in the big city. While some faces have changed life has not this is the story of her adventure and return to her roots.543 pages Good.

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Book number: 005243

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: SMALL TOWN AMERICA 9781439248898

Hatfield Charles

William Jessop

David Charles, 1979. Unstated. Hardcover. William Jessop, Engineer by Hatfield Charles and Skempton, A.W. Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Board cover is clean, dust jacket shows little signs of wear and is clean, price clipped. Jessop was the major engineer of the Industrial Revolution. He is best known for his canal and bridge building however he also build docks, several railways and was known as a brilliant land drainage engineer. This is his life story and the story of his projects. B&W photos and illustrations, index, 315 pages. Good/Good.

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Book number: 002872

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: WILLIAM JESSOP