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	ABBOUD, JOSEPH WITH ELLEN STERN Threads My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion NY: Harpercollins, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0060535342. Front cover's upper fore corner is very lightly bumped, otherwise binding is clean, sound and unworn. Brief note on ffep. Contents and DJ are almost like new. ; Light tan boards, bright gold lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "His off-the-record take on fashion, from the inside out. With breezy irreverence, he looks at guys and taste, divas and deviousness, fabric and texture, and all those ties. He takes us to the luxe bastion of Louis Boston, where he came of age and learned the trade, and to the seductive domain of Polo Ralph Lauren, where he became associate director of menswear design. He reveals the mystique of department-store politics, what's what at the sample sale, and who copies whom. He explains the process of making great clothes, from conception and sketch to manufacturing and marketing. Whether he's traveling by daredevil horse, plunging plane, Paris Metro, or cross-country limo, Abboud is an illuminating gudie to a complex world. " ..Index. 16p color and b/w photos.. VG-/VG . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 30428 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, HENRY The Education of Henry Adams an Autobiography NY: Heritage Press, c, 1918, 1942. Hardcover. Illustrated by Samuel Chamberlain. The tip of the front cover's fore corners are worn through to the boards, else minor wear on the clean and sound binding. Bkpl and date on front endpapers. "22" written small at bottom of page v, else contents are almost as new. No sliplcase. ; Brown Marbled boards, medium brown cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Frontispiece gravure plus 11 full-page gravures in text. Index. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. "Adams came out of an 18th century tradition where it still seemed possible to explain the universe as a unity with man at its center. When that unity began to break up into a multiplicity of conflicting forces, he sought in history for evidence of a more stable and more powerful unity, and found it in Catholicism of the 12th century. Strengthened by that vision, he came back to his own times to search for an explanation of the dynamisms that seemed to be driving his modern world into tempos of change so rapid that it seemed that the whirling multiple civiliation around him must soon break and fly apart. All he learned was the fact of multiplicity and the fact of rapid change. Like Thoreau, who tried to find a formula which would cover both spirit and nature, he found only direction and ended (so he said) more ignorant than he began... As a result, it has become a fashion to speak of this really great book as a monument to genteel futilitariansism..." but it is much better to regard it as a spiritual autobiography. 4 x 6" color photo of John Adam's house in Quincy MA, dated 1999, is loosely laid-in. The book is printed on easy-on-the-eye cream colored paper. ; 10-1/4" Tall; 483 pages. VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 21767 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, WALTER The Test NY: MacMillan, c. 1971. Hardcover; First Printing. Very minor edge wear on clean and sound binding. Minor soil inside back cover. Contents are almost like new. Numerous shallow dent lines on DJ's front panel. Minor edge wear on complete DJ. DJ's inner side is moderately stained, outer side is clean. ; Green cloth, bright silver lettering. 8p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY / EDUCATION. Adams believed that a rank-and-file professor with a love of the university could deal effectively with all elements, on and off the campus, and thus agreed to serve as president of Michigan State University - but for only nine months. He dealt with students' protests against recruiting on campus, black students' occupation of Wilson Hall, an anti-ROTC demonstation, a strice by university employees, and the October 15 Vietnam Moratorium with an equanimity born of genuine interest and concern. His administration style was marked by a certain barbed wit and a willingness to listen and to talk. In this book, he offers a unique insight into the political and emotional turmoil of a major American university during a time of great upheaval. What makes his book more than a vitally important document on higher education in America is that it serves as a model for administering any large organization in which the individual feels depersonalized, dehumanized, and victimized by the bureaucratic machine. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 240 pages. VG/G+ . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 22118 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADENAUER, KONRAD Erinnerungen 1945 - 1953 Stuttgart, Germany: Deutscher Bucherbund, c. 1965. Hardcover. Top of the spine, where not protected by DJ, is a little suntanned, front cover's lower fore corner is lightly bumped, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. 1" piece missing from top of DJ's spine, else minor wear and soil on the DJ. ; Light gray cloth, bright gold lettering in black spine panel. Inhalt. B/w portrait frontispiece plus 14p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Konrad Adenauer war 74, als er das Steuer der deutschen Nachkriegsppolitik in die Hand nahm. 14 Jahre lang lenkte er die schweren Geschicke des deutschen Volkes. Mit 88 begann er, das erst Buch seines Lebens zu schreiben, einen Rechenschaftsbericht, der- gewollt oder ungeqwollt - ein unschatzbares Zeugnis ablegt von des Autors Charakter, vom Frunktionieren seines Geistes, von den Grundintentionen seiner Staatskunst. "; 8-3/4" Tall; 606 pages. VG-/G- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 26297 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, FRED Much Ado About Me Boston: Little, Brown, c. 1956. Hardcover; Fourth Printing. Top 1/16" of binding is faded, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Lightly soiled fore and top edges. Minor margin stains on p. 14-15, very occasional ink marks in top margin, else contents are clean. No DW. Good. ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth, bright gold spine lettering. Index. 8p b/w photos. Here is an excellent view into life on the Vaudeville circuit, the struggles of an aspiring entertainer who isn't sure just what his line of entertainment is/will be. This is a warm, humorous and human look at the early life of one of the great entertainers of the 20th century, Fred Allen, prior to his radio days. ; 8-5/8" Tall; 380 pages. G . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 800] Book number: 2428 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, FRED Much Ado About Me Boston: Atlantic Monthly - Little Brown, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Name in ink on ffep. Light scratch on front cover, spine is darkened but lettering, 'tho a little dulled, is readily legible. Contents are clean. No DJ. ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth, gold spine lettering. Index. 8p b/w photos. Here is an excellent view into life on the Vaudeville circuit, the struggles of an aspiring entertainer who isn't sure just what his line of entertainment is/will be. This is a warm, humorous and human look at the early life of one of the great entertainers of the 20th century, Fred Allen, prior to his radio days. ; 8-5/8" Tall; 380 pages. G+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 14043 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLILUYEVA, SVETLANA Only One Year . NY: Harper & Row, c. 1969. Hardcover. Moderate wear to top & bottom of DJ's spine, o/w minor wear and soil on DJ. Very minor soil on sound and unworn binding. Contents are clean. VG / G + . ; Full black cloth, bight gold lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Translated by Paul Chavchavadaze. In Dec. 1966 Svetlana Alliluyeva she left Russia on a one month's visa. In Dec. 1967 she broke completely with the world of Communism, turned her back on her country, her childen, her friends, and faced the unknown world as she and two American friends joined in a toast to her new life of freedom in Princeton NJ. This is the story of that year , a year of pain, discovery, turmoil and new hope. Svetlana Alliluyeva is the daughter of Josef Stalin . ; 8-5/8" Tall; 444 pages. VG/G+ . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 10064 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLYSON, JUNE WITH FRANCES SPATZ LEIGHTON June Allyson NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Moderate wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall, 215pp. Gray boards, orange lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "As rich in joy and drenched in heartbreak as life itself, full of fights, lovemaking, parties, children, births and deaths. June Allyson's story will plunge the reader alternately into laughter and tears - a book as heartwarming as the lady herself. " William Powell. Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman. Van Johnson. Peter Lawford. John F. Kennedy, Claudette Colbert. Jimmy Stewart. Louis B. Mayer. Robert Walker. Judy Garland. Etc. Etc. 58 b/w photos.. G+/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 30910 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALMODOVAR, NORMA JEAN Cop to Call Girl NY: Simon & Schuster, c. 1993. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0671794256. Very minor rubbing on book's spine - lettering is not affected. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Minor edge wear on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. 8p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. The wanton, wild, and wickedly humorous exploits of a former member of the Los Angeles Police Deparment who became a high-priced Beverly Hills prostitute. Disillusioned by the hypocrisy and corruption in the L. A. Police Dept, she traded in her blue uniform for the lacy lingerie of an upscale call girl. It is all here - the inside story of "The Life" revealed in totally candid and colorful detail. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 312 pages. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 19342 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALVAREZ, WALTER C. Incurable Physician an Autobiography Surrey England: The World's Work Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Minokr top edge foxing. Gift note on ffep. Contents are clean and unmarked, 'tho slightly musty. Moderate edge wear, very minor soil, on the complete DJ. ; Green boards, bright gold lettering. 4p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Here is a full account of a remarkable and versatile career that spans more than half a century of medical history. A lifelong love affair with medicine, plus an unquenchable enthusiasm for life, have made Dr. Walter Alvarez a legend in his own lifetime. Through his popular newspaper column he is thought of by millions as 'America's family doctor. '...Dr. Alvarez tells hundreds of anecdotes and stories - some comic, some tragic - that provide revealing portraits of himself, his colleagues and his patients. " ; 8-3/4" Tall; 274 pages. G/G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 26481 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALVEY, EDWARD, JR. Days of My Youth Fredericksburg VA: Mary Washington College Foundation, c. 1987. Trade Paperback. Front cover's upper fore corner is lightly creased, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Upper fore corner of first few pages are lightly creased, else contents are almost as new. ; Light gray cover is lighter than posterboard. 8 b/w photos & copy of Alvey's first published article from STAMPS, April 1918. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page: "My best wishes! Edward Alvey, Jr. June 1988"... Edward Alvey, Jr. served as Dean and Professor of education at Mary Washington College for 37 years, but this book is not about his time at the college. It is, rather, as the title states, about the days of his youth, ending with the first year of his marriage and his "new work at the University. " The book covers his own school days, his early work experiences, and his principalship at Warm Springs High School and the Valley High School. ; 9" Tall; 189 pages. VG- . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 26213 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, WAYNE My Self Geneva: Fabriart, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 2883880018. Bottom edge's fore edge is a little soiled, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. 1/4" x 3" area on DJ's spine has been purposely rubbed, even to the point of wearing completely through the paper in spots, otherwise very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority , Air or International under standard fees. ; 9-3/4" Tall, 585pp. Blue-gray cloth, light gray and gold lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "A highly original work combining fragments from the journal of a professor at one of the world's most prestigious institutions, MIT, with personal letters chronicling a spiritual and geographical exile, essays challenging certain principles of art and criticism, science and religion...Some of the stories told are delightfully funny, others poignant, others revealing about Andersen's relationship to the Establishme nt. His exchanges with Richard Shiff....one of the important and central metacritical debates of our time. " Index. Occasional b/w photos plus original drawings by Jacques Jubert throughout text.. VG/G . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 30179 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, TERRY Den of Lions, Memoirs of Seven Years . NY: Crown Pub, c. 1993. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0517593017. Binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. Fine / VG + . ; Index. 16p b/w photos . Gray and black boards, bright silver lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY TERRY AND HIS WIFE on half-title: "Janet, God Bless, Terry Anderson, Madeleine Bassil. " What is it like to exist for seven years in darkness and chains, not knowing from one day to the next how much longer you will be a prisoner? Or if you will be released from captivity the next day - or killed. His memoir is not only about how he survived, but also about how his spirit endured and triumphed. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 356 pages. F/VG+ . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 10172 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, GEORGE K. Schoolboy with Satchel a Memoir NY: Hearthstone Book, Carlton Press, c. 1979. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806210753. One tiny dark spot on the front cover, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Gift note on ffep indicates a personal knowledge of the author; it reads "For Jackie in memory of George and with good wishes from Ethel. " Contents are almost like new. DJ is not much to look at (it never was! ) , but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; Blue cloth, black lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Warm, vivid, intense, this book, through the metaphor of a young boy's passage into manhood, recalls the decades when America lost her innocence. The time was the turn of the last century, the twilight of the Victorian age. Anderson reports on his life in China just before the Revolution, in South America at the nascence of American influence; in the eastern and midwestern US before television. "The spirited reminiscence is a gold mine of intriguing facts and data, with a strong lode of reflective assessment of the tenor of the times...the contrast of the beauty of the Himalayas and the splendor of the Taj Mahal with the squalor, death and horror of the streets of Calcutta; the report of the devastating wreck of the Titanic, fathfully recorded with a scientist's eye and a poet's pen...a fascinating account of a nearly forgotten time. " Anderson was awarded a chair in English at Brown University in Rhokde Island and headed its Department of english for ten years. He has been acclaimed for his work in Medieval, Renaissance, and English Literature studies. ; 8-1/8" Tall; 350 pages. VG/G- . USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 25524 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, SPARKY WITH DAN EWALD Sparky ! NY: Prentice Hall, c. 1990. Hardcover; Second Printing. ISBN: 0131094637. Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and rubbing on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Navy-blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Index. 16p b/w photos. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Sparky Anderson is the only man to win a hundred games in both the American and National leagues, to win the World Series in both leagues, and to be named Manager of the Year in both leagues. Herein he offers his unique perspective on the national pastime, both as a manager and as a man. He talks baseball - and he talks turkey. He discusses the qualities a successful manager must have and names the managers he most admires, describing the impact they have had on the game. He looks at the difference between good baseball players, clutch players, and great players - those who have transcended the game to attain heroic status - and picks his all-time dream team at every position. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 264 pages. NF/VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 20108 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDREWS, LYNN V. Star Woman, We Are Made from Stars and to the Stars We Must Return . NY: Warner Books, c. 1986. Hardcover. ISBN: 0446513164. Illustrated by David Tamura. Very minor edge wear to clean DJ. Very minor top edge soil, o/w binding and contents are almost like new, VG + / VG . ; HARDCOVER. Ivory cloth spine, bright gold lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. She joins two American Indian medicine women to further her quest for ancient knowledge and serve as the bridge between the primal mind and the white consciousness . ; 9-1/4" Tall; 246 pages. VG+/VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 11254 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANONYMUS A Woman in Berlin Eight Weeks in the Conquered City, a Diary NY: Metropolitan Books, c. 2000, 2005. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780739466001. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; The illustrated PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "The author, a woman living in Berlin, took meticulous note of everything that happened to her as well as her neighbors and friends from late April to mid-June 1945 - a time when Germany was defeated, Hitler committed suicide, and Berlin was occupied by the Red Army...The earliest entries were literally notes from the underground, recorded in a basement where the author sought shelter from air raids, artillery fire, looters - ultimately rape by the victorious Russians (According to the best estimates, more than 100, 000 women were raped after the conquest of Berlin. ) ...As a semblance of normalcy returned to the city...the author expanded her view, and began reporting on the life of her building, then of her street, then on the forced labor she had to perform and her encouters in other neighborhoods. " ; 8-1/4" Tall; 261 pages. VG . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 27773 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASHBY, LOUISE The Magic of the Mask London: John Blake, c. 2001. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 1903402328. Binding and contents are almost like new. Minor wear and soil on the complete dust jacket. ; Textured black boards, bright silver lettering. 20p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Within hours of a car accident, Ashby was undergoing advanced brain surgery. It took eleven-and-a-half hours to save her life but that was just the start of the fight since she had extensive injuries to her face, with her skin scarred from ear to ear. The reconstructive surgery that followed was genuinely miraculous. It took many years and nearly a million pounds to complete. This is the incredible story of her terrible accident and the amazing events that followed. It is a heartwarming story of the triumph of medicine and the human spirit against seeminly insurmountable odds, for, although doctors said she would never be able to work as an actress again, she now has a flourishing career in Hollywood. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 256 pages. NF/VG . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 21107 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASHBY, LOUISE The Magic of the Mask London: John Blake, c. 2001. Hardcover; Second Printing. ISBN: 1903402328. One undogged page, else binding and contents are almost like new. Minor wear on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Textured black boards, bright silver lettering. 20p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Within hours of a car accident, Ashby was undergoing advanced brain surgery. It took eleven-and-a-half hours to save her life but that was just the start of the fight since she had extensive injuries to her face, with her skin scarred from ear to ear. The reconstructive surgery that followed was genuinely miraculous. It took many years and nearly a million pounds to complete. This is the incredible story of her terrible accident and the amazing events that followed. It is a heartwarmin g story of the triumph of medicine and the human spirit against seeminly insurmountable odds, for, although doctors said she would never be able to work as an actress again, she now has a flourishing career in Hollywood. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 256 pages. NF/VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 24426 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BACON, LEONARD Semi-Centennial Some of the Life and Part of the Opinions of Leonard Bacon NY: Harper & Brothers, c. 1938, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Red coloring of the spine is faded but the black panel and gold lettering are unaffected. Otherwise, very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Ex-church library with markings on ffep and back pastedown. Pencil notes on p. 193's margin & back pastedown. Pages 228, 229, 230 & 231 have foxed areas from the newspaper clipping. Else contents are clean on easy-on-the-eye cream colored paper. ; Extra-durable red buckram cloth, bright gold lettering in black spine panel. AUTOBIOGRAPH Y. Leonard Bacon, (1887 - 1954) was a poet and critic who taught at the University of California. His poetry was published in the Saturday Review of Literature under the pseudonym "Autholycus. " He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for SUNDERLAND CAPTURE. "I have tried to set down what I saw or knew and to expres my feelings about the seen or the known as exactly aand vividly as lay in my powers. The matters I have chosen to relate have been selected from a memory, which, like all memories, is as crowded as the rush-hour in a subway, and they were chosen because I hoped they might divert or attract persons who had never heard of me and might perhaps prefer things that way. " Bacon grew up in Rhode Island, returned here on vacations, and retired to Peace Dale in Rhode Island. Newspaper book review is loosely laid-in. ; 8-7/8" Tall; 273 pages. VG- . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 28316 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BAKER, RUSSELL The Good Times a Memoir NY: Wm. Morrow & Co, c. 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688061702. Name and date on ffep, else Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on clean, complete DJ. ; Maroon cloth spine, bright silver lettering. A few b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "In this wonderful autobiography - funny, moving, exciting, reflective, history haunted - a man writes in valedictory to his striving and achieving twenties and thirties, and to this nation's sunny years under Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. "; 9-1/2" Tall; 351 pages. VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 24160 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BAKER, DAISY Travels in a Donkey Trap NY: St. Martin's Press, c. 1974. Hardcover. Illustrated by Pamela Mara. Ex-church library with call label on DJ's spine, library label on ffep and charge-out slip and pocket on back endpapers. Very minor wear on clean and sound, 'tho slightly cocked, binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ's top edge is moderately worn, else minor wear and soil on complete dust jacket. ; Black cloth, bright gold lettering. Family Bookshelf Edition. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. This is the tale of a 76 year old woman living in North Devon, England, who, because she was no longer able to walk any distance, bought a pony and its cart. The book cover 's her first year's adventures with the pony, many of which brought up memories of her past, which she shares with you. Quite a bit of quiet philosophy along with much nature-lore add extra interest to the tale. ; 7-1/2" Tall; 160 pages. VG-/G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 18933 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BALTER, MARIE & RICHARD KATZ Nobody's Child . Reading MA Addison-Wesley C 1987. Hardcover. ISBN: 0201570734. Clean and unworn DJ's back panel is damp wrinkled. Binding is clean, sound and unworn with no trace of damp but all the pages are wavy. Good + / Good + . ; 201pp. 4p b/w photos. 8vo . HC. Blue cloth spine, ivory boards, bright gold lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on ffep: "To Jerry. May you know God's love, peace & joy. You have done a great job as mother to Dennis! Love & prayers. Marie Balter Nobody's Child. " At the age of 17 she entered a mental hospital where she spent the next 20 years. From the terror of the back wards, where she lay curled in catatonic silence, she gradually fought her way toward health, eventually finished high school, worked her way through college, married, and began a distinguished career in the service of the mentally ill. In this clear, honest, inspiring book the reader can see deep in the nature, and ultimate mystery, of healing, and into the power of hope in one woman's astonishing life .. G+/G+ . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9684 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BANKHEAD, TALLULAH Tallulah My Autobiography Chicago: Sears Readers Club, 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. The color is worn from the tips of the fore corners , the top/bottom of the spine and bottom edges. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Endpapers are moderately foxed. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; 8-1/8" Tall, 335pp. Green boards, silver lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 24-page b/w photo section. Small on-stage parts led to the silent screen, the London stage, and stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway. Index.. G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 30356 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BARNARD, CHRISTIAAN & CURTIS BILL PEPPER One Life NY: MacMillan, 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover; Second Printing. Other than numerous light speckles on the faded top edge, the book is almost as new. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 402pp. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth, bright gold spine lettering. Index. Top edge colored red. Printed on easy-on-the-eye cream colored paper. "The totally fascinating personal and professional quest of a medical pioneer whose dedication often resembled obsession, whose dreams were always greater than his defeats. For above all other things Christiaan Barnard chose life, and the unique moral and practical responsibility of the physician. His compelling autobiography eloquently testifies that this responsibility was not misplaced. " ..."He recounts the successful human kidney transplant which preceded the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky in 1967. And finally, the complete story of that momentous operation itself, and of the remarkable man who was granted a second life with a young girl's heart. ". VG/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 30653 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.

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	ABBOUD, JOSEPH WITH ELLEN STERN Threads My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion NY: Harpercollins, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0060535342. Front cover's upper fore corner is very lightly bumped, otherwise binding is clean, sound and unworn. Brief note on ffep. Contents and DJ are almost like new. ; Light tan boards, bright gold lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "His off-the-record take on fashion, from the inside out. With breezy irreverence, he looks at guys and taste, divas and deviousness, fabric and texture, and all those ties. He takes us to the luxe bastion of Louis Boston, where he came of age and learned the trade, and to the seductive domain of Polo Ralph Lauren, where he became associate director of menswear design. He reveals the mystique of department-store politics, what's what at the sample sale, and who copies whom. He explains the process of making great clothes, from conception and sketch to manufacturing and marketing. Whether he's traveling by daredevil horse, plunging plane, Paris Metro, or cross-country limo, Abboud is an illuminating gudie to a complex world. " ..Index. 16p color and b/w photos.. VG-/VG . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 30428 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, HENRY The Education of Henry Adams an Autobiography NY: Heritage Press, c, 1918, 1942. Hardcover. Illustrated by Samuel Chamberlain. The tip of the front cover's fore corners are worn through to the boards, else minor wear on the clean and sound binding. Bkpl and date on front endpapers. "22" written small at bottom of page v, else contents are almost as new. No sliplcase. ; Brown Marbled boards, medium brown cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Frontispiece gravure plus 11 full-page gravures in text. Index. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby. "Adams came out of an 18th century tradition where it still seemed possible to explain the universe as a unity with man at its center. When that unity began to break up into a multiplicity of conflicting forces, he sought in history for evidence of a more stable and more powerful unity, and found it in Catholicism of the 12th century. Strengthened by that vision, he came back to his own times to search for an explanation of the dynamisms that seemed to be driving his modern world into tempos of change so rapid that it seemed that the whirling multiple civiliation around him must soon break and fly apart. All he learned was the fact of multiplicity and the fact of rapid change. Like Thoreau, who tried to find a formula which would cover both spirit and nature, he found only direction and ended (so he said) more ignorant than he began... As a result, it has become a fashion to speak of this really great book as a monument to genteel futilitariansism..." but it is much better to regard it as a spiritual autobiography. 4 x 6" color photo of John Adam's house in Quincy MA, dated 1999, is loosely laid-in. The book is printed on easy-on-the-eye cream colored paper. ; 10-1/4" Tall; 483 pages. VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 21767 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, WALTER The Test NY: MacMillan, c. 1971. Hardcover; First Printing. Very minor edge wear on clean and sound binding. Minor soil inside back cover. Contents are almost like new. Numerous shallow dent lines on DJ's front panel. Minor edge wear on complete DJ. DJ's inner side is moderately stained, outer side is clean. ; Green cloth, bright silver lettering. 8p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY / EDUCATION. Adams believed that a rank-and-file professor with a love of the university could deal effectively with all elements, on and off the campus, and thus agreed to serve as president of Michigan State University - but for only nine months. He dealt with students' protests against recruiting on campus, black students' occupation of Wilson Hall, an anti-ROTC demonstation, a strice by university employees, and the October 15 Vietnam Moratorium with an equanimity born of genuine interest and concern. His administration style was marked by a certain barbed wit and a willingness to listen and to talk. In this book, he offers a unique insight into the political and emotional turmoil of a major American university during a time of great upheaval. What makes his book more than a vitally important document on higher education in America is that it serves as a model for administering any large organization in which the individual feels depersonalized, dehumanized, and victimized by the bureaucratic machine. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 240 pages. VG/G+ . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 22118 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADENAUER, KONRAD Erinnerungen 1945 - 1953 Stuttgart, Germany: Deutscher Bucherbund, c. 1965. Hardcover. Top of the spine, where not protected by DJ, is a little suntanned, front cover's lower fore corner is lightly bumped, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. 1" piece missing from top of DJ's spine, else minor wear and soil on the DJ. ; Light gray cloth, bright gold lettering in black spine panel. Inhalt. B/w portrait frontispiece plus 14p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Konrad Adenauer war 74, als er das Steuer der deutschen Nachkriegsppolitik in die Hand nahm. 14 Jahre lang lenkte er die schweren Geschicke des deutschen Volkes. Mit 88 begann er, das erst Buch seines Lebens zu schreiben, einen Rechenschaftsbericht, der- gewollt oder ungeqwollt - ein unschatzbares Zeugnis ablegt von des Autors Charakter, vom Frunktionieren seines Geistes, von den Grundintentionen seiner Staatskunst. "; 8-3/4" Tall; 606 pages. VG-/G- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 26297 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, FRED Much Ado About Me Boston: Little, Brown, c. 1956. Hardcover; Fourth Printing. Top 1/16" of binding is faded, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Lightly soiled fore and top edges. Minor margin stains on p. 14-15, very occasional ink marks in top margin, else contents are clean. No DW. Good. ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth, bright gold spine lettering. Index. 8p b/w photos. Here is an excellent view into life on the Vaudeville circuit, the struggles of an aspiring entertainer who isn't sure just what his line of entertainment is/will be. This is a warm, humorous and human look at the early life of one of the great entertainers of the 20th century, Fred Allen, prior to his radio days. ; 8-5/8" Tall; 380 pages. G . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 800] Book number: 2428 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, FRED Much Ado About Me Boston: Atlantic Monthly - Little Brown, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Name in ink on ffep. Light scratch on front cover, spine is darkened but lettering, 'tho a little dulled, is readily legible. Contents are clean. No DJ. ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth, gold spine lettering. Index. 8p b/w photos. Here is an excellent view into life on the Vaudeville circuit, the struggles of an aspiring entertainer who isn't sure just what his line of entertainment is/will be. This is a warm, humorous and human look at the early life of one of the great entertainers of the 20th century, Fred Allen, prior to his radio days. ; 8-5/8" Tall; 380 pages. G+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 14043 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLILUYEVA, SVETLANA Only One Year . NY: Harper & Row, c. 1969. Hardcover. Moderate wear to top & bottom of DJ's spine, o/w minor wear and soil on DJ. Very minor soil on sound and unworn binding. Contents are clean. VG / G + . ; Full black cloth, bight gold lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Translated by Paul Chavchavadaze. In Dec. 1966 Svetlana Alliluyeva she left Russia on a one month's visa. In Dec. 1967 she broke completely with the world of Communism, turned her back on her country, her childen, her friends, and faced the unknown world as she and two American friends joined in a toast to her new life of freedom in Princeton NJ. This is the story of that year , a year of pain, discovery, turmoil and new hope. Svetlana Alliluyeva is the daughter of Josef Stalin . ; 8-5/8" Tall; 444 pages. VG/G+ . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 10064 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLYSON, JUNE WITH FRANCES SPATZ LEIGHTON June Allyson NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Moderate wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall, 215pp. Gray boards, orange lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "As rich in joy and drenched in heartbreak as life itself, full of fights, lovemaking, parties, children, births and deaths. June Allyson's story will plunge the reader alternately into laughter and tears - a book as heartwarming as the lady herself. " William Powell. Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman. Van Johnson. Peter Lawford. John F. Kennedy, Claudette Colbert. Jimmy Stewart. Louis B. Mayer. Robert Walker. Judy Garland. Etc. Etc. 58 b/w photos.. G+/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 30910 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALMODOVAR, NORMA JEAN Cop to Call Girl NY: Simon & Schuster, c. 1993. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0671794256. Very minor rubbing on book's spine - lettering is not affected. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Minor edge wear on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. 8p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. The wanton, wild, and wickedly humorous exploits of a former member of the Los Angeles Police Deparment who became a high-priced Beverly Hills prostitute. Disillusioned by the hypocrisy and corruption in the L. A. Police Dept, she traded in her blue uniform for the lacy lingerie of an upscale call girl. It is all here - the inside story of "The Life" revealed in totally candid and colorful detail. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 312 pages. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 19342 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALVAREZ, WALTER C. Incurable Physician an Autobiography Surrey England: The World's Work Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Minokr top edge foxing. Gift note on ffep. Contents are clean and unmarked, 'tho slightly musty. Moderate edge wear, very minor soil, on the complete DJ. ; Green boards, bright gold lettering. 4p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Here is a full account of a remarkable and versatile career that spans more than half a century of medical history. A lifelong love affair with medicine, plus an unquenchable enthusiasm for life, have made Dr. Walter Alvarez a legend in his own lifetime. Through his popular newspaper column he is thought of by millions as 'America's family doctor. '...Dr. Alvarez tells hundreds of anecdotes and stories - some comic, some tragic - that provide revealing portraits of himself, his colleagues and his patients. " ; 8-3/4" Tall; 274 pages. G/G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 26481 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALVEY, EDWARD, JR. Days of My Youth Fredericksburg VA: Mary Washington College Foundation, c. 1987. Trade Paperback. Front cover's upper fore corner is lightly creased, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Upper fore corner of first few pages are lightly creased, else contents are almost as new. ; Light gray cover is lighter than posterboard. 8 b/w photos & copy of Alvey's first published article from STAMPS, April 1918. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page: "My best wishes! Edward Alvey, Jr. June 1988"... Edward Alvey, Jr. served as Dean and Professor of education at Mary Washington College for 37 years, but this book is not about his time at the college. It is, rather, as the title states, about the days of his youth, ending with the first year of his marriage and his "new work at the University. " The book covers his own school days, his early work experiences, and his principalship at Warm Springs High School and the Valley High School. ; 9" Tall; 189 pages. VG- . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 26213 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, WAYNE My Self Geneva: Fabriart, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 2883880018. Bottom edge's fore edge is a little soiled, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. 1/4" x 3" area on DJ's spine has been purposely rubbed, even to the point of wearing completely through the paper in spots, otherwise very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority , Air or International under standard fees. ; 9-3/4" Tall, 585pp. Blue-gray cloth, light gray and gold lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "A highly original work combining fragments from the journal of a professor at one of the world's most prestigious institutions, MIT, with personal letters chronicling a spiritual and geographical exile, essays challenging certain principles of art and criticism, science and religion...Some of the stories told are delightfully funny, others poignant, others revealing about Andersen's relationship to the Establishme nt. His exchanges with Richard Shiff....one of the important and central metacritical debates of our time. " Index. Occasional b/w photos plus original drawings by Jacques Jubert throughout text.. VG/G . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.5 \| JP¥ 1689] Book number: 30179 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, TERRY Den of Lions, Memoirs of Seven Years . NY: Crown Pub, c. 1993. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0517593017. Binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. Fine / VG + . ; Index. 16p b/w photos . Gray and black boards, bright silver lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY TERRY AND HIS WIFE on half-title: "Janet, God Bless, Terry Anderson, Madeleine Bassil. " What is it like to exist for seven years in darkness and chains, not knowing from one day to the next how much longer you will be a prisoner? Or if you will be released from captivity the next day - or killed. His memoir is not only about how he survived, but also about how his spirit endured and triumphed. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 356 pages. F/VG+ . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 10172 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, GEORGE K. Schoolboy with Satchel a Memoir NY: Hearthstone Book, Carlton Press, c. 1979. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806210753. One tiny dark spot on the front cover, else binding is clean, sound and unworn. Gift note on ffep indicates a personal knowledge of the author; it reads "For Jackie in memory of George and with good wishes from Ethel. " Contents are almost like new. DJ is not much to look at (it never was! ) , but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; Blue cloth, black lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Warm, vivid, intense, this book, through the metaphor of a young boy's passage into manhood, recalls the decades when America lost her innocence. The time was the turn of the last century, the twilight of the Victorian age. Anderson reports on his life in China just before the Revolution, in South America at the nascence of American influence; in the eastern and midwestern US before television. "The spirited reminiscence is a gold mine of intriguing facts and data, with a strong lode of reflective assessment of the tenor of the times...the contrast of the beauty of the Himalayas and the splendor of the Taj Mahal with the squalor, death and horror of the streets of Calcutta; the report of the devastating wreck of the Titanic, fathfully recorded with a scientist's eye and a poet's pen...a fascinating account of a nearly forgotten time. " Anderson was awarded a chair in English at Brown University in Rhokde Island and headed its Department of english for ten years. He has been acclaimed for his work in Medieval, Renaissance, and English Literature studies. ; 8-1/8" Tall; 350 pages. VG/G- . USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 25524 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSON, SPARKY WITH DAN EWALD Sparky ! NY: Prentice Hall, c. 1990. Hardcover; Second Printing. ISBN: 0131094637. Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and rubbing on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Navy-blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Index. 16p b/w photos. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Sparky Anderson is the only man to win a hundred games in both the American and National leagues, to win the World Series in both leagues, and to be named Manager of the Year in both leagues. Herein he offers his unique perspective on the national pastime, both as a manager and as a man. He talks baseball - and he talks turkey. He discusses the qualities a successful manager must have and names the managers he most admires, describing the impact they have had on the game. He looks at the difference between good baseball players, clutch players, and great players - those who have transcended the game to attain heroic status - and picks his all-time dream team at every position. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 264 pages. NF/VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 20108 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDREWS, LYNN V. Star Woman, We Are Made from Stars and to the Stars We Must Return . NY: Warner Books, c. 1986. Hardcover. ISBN: 0446513164. Illustrated by David Tamura. Very minor edge wear to clean DJ. Very minor top edge soil, o/w binding and contents are almost like new, VG + / VG . ; HARDCOVER. Ivory cloth spine, bright gold lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. She joins two American Indian medicine women to further her quest for ancient knowledge and serve as the bridge between the primal mind and the white consciousness . ; 9-1/4" Tall; 246 pages. VG+/VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 11254 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANONYMUS A Woman in Berlin Eight Weeks in the Conquered City, a Diary NY: Metropolitan Books, c. 2000, 2005. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780739466001. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; The illustrated PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "The author, a woman living in Berlin, took meticulous note of everything that happened to her as well as her neighbors and friends from late April to mid-June 1945 - a time when Germany was defeated, Hitler committed suicide, and Berlin was occupied by the Red Army...The earliest entries were literally notes from the underground, recorded in a basement where the author sought shelter from air raids, artillery fire, looters - ultimately rape by the victorious Russians (According to the best estimates, more than 100, 000 women were raped after the conquest of Berlin. ) ...As a semblance of normalcy returned to the city...the author expanded her view, and began reporting on the life of her building, then of her street, then on the forced labor she had to perform and her encouters in other neighborhoods. " ; 8-1/4" Tall; 261 pages. VG . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 27773 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASHBY, LOUISE The Magic of the Mask London: John Blake, c. 2001. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 1903402328. Binding and contents are almost like new. Minor wear and soil on the complete dust jacket. ; Textured black boards, bright silver lettering. 20p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Within hours of a car accident, Ashby was undergoing advanced brain surgery. It took eleven-and-a-half hours to save her life but that was just the start of the fight since she had extensive injuries to her face, with her skin scarred from ear to ear. The reconstructive surgery that followed was genuinely miraculous. It took many years and nearly a million pounds to complete. This is the incredible story of her terrible accident and the amazing events that followed. It is a heartwarming story of the triumph of medicine and the human spirit against seeminly insurmountable odds, for, although doctors said she would never be able to work as an actress again, she now has a flourishing career in Hollywood. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 256 pages. NF/VG . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 21107 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ASHBY, LOUISE The Magic of the Mask London: John Blake, c. 2001. Hardcover; Second Printing. ISBN: 1903402328. One undogged page, else binding and contents are almost like new. Minor wear on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Textured black boards, bright silver lettering. 20p b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Within hours of a car accident, Ashby was undergoing advanced brain surgery. It took eleven-and-a-half hours to save her life but that was just the start of the fight since she had extensive injuries to her face, with her skin scarred from ear to ear. The reconstructive surgery that followed was genuinely miraculous. It took many years and nearly a million pounds to complete. This is the incredible story of her terrible accident and the amazing events that followed. It is a heartwarmin g story of the triumph of medicine and the human spirit against seeminly insurmountable odds, for, although doctors said she would never be able to work as an actress again, she now has a flourishing career in Hollywood. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 256 pages. NF/VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 24426 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BACON, LEONARD Semi-Centennial Some of the Life and Part of the Opinions of Leonard Bacon NY: Harper & Brothers, c. 1938, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Red coloring of the spine is faded but the black panel and gold lettering are unaffected. Otherwise, very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Ex-church library with markings on ffep and back pastedown. Pencil notes on p. 193's margin & back pastedown. Pages 228, 229, 230 & 231 have foxed areas from the newspaper clipping. Else contents are clean on easy-on-the-eye cream colored paper. ; Extra-durable red buckram cloth, bright gold lettering in black spine panel. AUTOBIOGRAPH Y. Leonard Bacon, (1887 - 1954) was a poet and critic who taught at the University of California. His poetry was published in the Saturday Review of Literature under the pseudonym "Autholycus. " He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for SUNDERLAND CAPTURE. "I have tried to set down what I saw or knew and to expres my feelings about the seen or the known as exactly aand vividly as lay in my powers. The matters I have chosen to relate have been selected from a memory, which, like all memories, is as crowded as the rush-hour in a subway, and they were chosen because I hoped they might divert or attract persons who had never heard of me and might perhaps prefer things that way. " Bacon grew up in Rhode Island, returned here on vacations, and retired to Peace Dale in Rhode Island. Newspaper book review is loosely laid-in. ; 8-7/8" Tall; 273 pages. VG- . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 28316 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BAKER, RUSSELL The Good Times a Memoir NY: Wm. Morrow & Co, c. 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688061702. Name and date on ffep, else Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on clean, complete DJ. ; Maroon cloth spine, bright silver lettering. A few b/w photos. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "In this wonderful autobiography - funny, moving, exciting, reflective, history haunted - a man writes in valedictory to his striving and achieving twenties and thirties, and to this nation's sunny years under Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. "; 9-1/2" Tall; 351 pages. VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 24160 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BAKER, DAISY Travels in a Donkey Trap NY: St. Martin's Press, c. 1974. Hardcover. Illustrated by Pamela Mara. Ex-church library with call label on DJ's spine, library label on ffep and charge-out slip and pocket on back endpapers. Very minor wear on clean and sound, 'tho slightly cocked, binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ's top edge is moderately worn, else minor wear and soil on complete dust jacket. ; Black cloth, bright gold lettering. Family Bookshelf Edition. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. This is the tale of a 76 year old woman living in North Devon, England, who, because she was no longer able to walk any distance, bought a pony and its cart. The book cover 's her first year's adventures with the pony, many of which brought up memories of her past, which she shares with you. Quite a bit of quiet philosophy along with much nature-lore add extra interest to the tale. ; 7-1/2" Tall; 160 pages. VG-/G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 18933 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BALTER, MARIE & RICHARD KATZ Nobody's Child . Reading MA Addison-Wesley C 1987. Hardcover. ISBN: 0201570734. Clean and unworn DJ's back panel is damp wrinkled. Binding is clean, sound and unworn with no trace of damp but all the pages are wavy. Good + / Good + . ; 201pp. 4p b/w photos. 8vo . HC. Blue cloth spine, ivory boards, bright gold lettering . AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on ffep: "To Jerry. May you know God's love, peace & joy. You have done a great job as mother to Dennis! Love & prayers. Marie Balter Nobody's Child. " At the age of 17 she entered a mental hospital where she spent the next 20 years. From the terror of the back wards, where she lay curled in catatonic silence, she gradually fought her way toward health, eventually finished high school, worked her way through college, married, and began a distinguished career in the service of the mentally ill. In this clear, honest, inspiring book the reader can see deep in the nature, and ultimate mystery, of healing, and into the power of hope in one woman's astonishing life .. G+/G+ . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9684 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BANKHEAD, TALLULAH Tallulah My Autobiography Chicago: Sears Readers Club, 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. The color is worn from the tips of the fore corners , the top/bottom of the spine and bottom edges. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Endpapers are moderately foxed. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; 8-1/8" Tall, 335pp. Green boards, silver lettering. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 24-page b/w photo section. Small on-stage parts led to the silent screen, the London stage, and stardom in Hollywood and on Broadway. Index.. G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 30356 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BARNARD, CHRISTIAAN & CURTIS BILL PEPPER One Life NY: MacMillan, 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover; Second Printing. Other than numerous light speckles on the faded top edge, the book is almost as new. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 402pp. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth, bright gold spine lettering. Index. Top edge colored red. Printed on easy-on-the-eye cream colored paper. "The totally fascinating personal and professional quest of a medical pioneer whose dedication often resembled obsession, whose dreams were always greater than his defeats. For above all other things Christiaan Barnard chose life, and the unique moral and practical responsibility of the physician. His compelling autobiography eloquently testifies that this responsibility was not misplaced. " ..."He recounts the successful human kidney transplant which preceded the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky in 1967. And finally, the complete story of that momentous operation itself, and of the remarkable man who was granted a second life with a young girl's heart. ". VG/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 30653 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.