GATHORNE-HARDY, ROBERT

Recollections of Logan Pearsall Smith: The Story of a Friendship

NY, The Macmillan Company. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Hilda Trevelyan Jacket Art. Hardcover, Frontispiece is reproduced from the original water color by Hilda Trevelyan; Textblock is clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of spine; The top edge of the rear board is worn and chewed, otherwise the binding woud have been near fine; Price-clipped, spine sunned and very edge worn dust jacket; Small edge tears, chipped and worn folds and corrners; The top rear edge of the jacket looks to have been nibbled on by a bird or mouse; 259p. Good+/Good (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB15526

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Logan Pearsall Smith Biography, Logan Pearsall Smith Artist, Logan Pearsall Smith Literary Collections & Poetry Hilda Trevelyan Jacket Art

HARPER, WILLIAM RAINEY (EDITOR); THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Leaders of Men, or History Told in Biography [Young Folks Library, Volume XIX]

Boston, Hall and Locke Company. 1902, Third Edition. Half Leather, Cloth Sides, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Six Color Plates; 105 Black and White Drawings. Hardcover, Young Folks Library, Vol XIX only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book - Leaders of Men - is 398p. including notes. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: 24729

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Classic Childrens Literature, Illustrated Childrens Books, Juvenile Literature, Science Literature Literary Collections & Poetry Children's Six Color Plates; 105 Black and White Drawings

HART, KITTY CARLISLE

Kitty: An Autobiography

NY, Doubleday. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385244258). Quarter Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Pink end papers, textblock is very clean and tight, b&w photographs. Cloth spine, bumped at the head and foot of the spine. Unclipped dust jacket, character-soiled sides, creased head and foot of the spine and corners; shelf wear to the edges. 263p. including index. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar).

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N° du livre: SB16537

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Kitty Carlisle Hart Autobiography, Kitty Carlisile Hart Life, Moive Actress Autobiography Social Science 0385244258 B&W Photographs

HEALY, CHRISTOPHER (MEMOIR OF)

Memoir of Christopher Healy, Principally Taken from His Own Memoranda

Philadelphia, Friends' Book Store. 1886. Green Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Aged textblock clean and tight; Binding bumped at the corners, wear to spine extremities, with overall light shelf wear; Rear board is lightly bubbled in several places; A clean, solid copy; 258p. including index. Very Good.

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N° du livre: SB5213

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Quaker Memoirs, Society of Friends History, Quaker Genealogy Genealogy

HENDERSON, WILLIAM

My Life As an Angler

Covent Garden, London, William Satchell & Co. 1880, New Edition. Green Cloth, Gilt Titled, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: 12 Woodcuts Engraved By Edmund Evans; Photograph Frontispiece by Woodbury. Hard Cover, Clean and tight binding with bright gilt-embossed front cover; Former owner's signature neatly penned on ffep, dated Bennington, VT, January 1927; A bit of rubbing, shelf-wear to edges and corners; spine slightly darkened. Spine extremities and board corners scuffed and gently frayed; Top edge gilt; Textblock lightly age-toned. Light foxing on tissue guard protecting a photo of the author. 349p. including appendices. Very Good.

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N° du livre: GF232

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Fishing, Salmon, Trout, Angling, Rod and Line, British Fly Fishing Fishing 12 Woodcuts Engraved By Edmund Evans; Photograph Frontispiece by Woodbury

HILL, JOHN WESLEY

Abraham Lincoln: Man of God

NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1922, Second Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Portrait Frontispiece. Ex-Library Hardcover, This is the 1922 Second Edition (stated); Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels and markings; Textblock is clean and tight; Library label on the spine, bumped corners, bumped head and foot of spine. 416pp. including appendix and index. Good+.

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N° du livre: SB16848

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Abraham Lincoln Biography, Abraham Lincoln Studies, Abraham Lincoln History Portrait Frontispiece

HILL, FREDERICK TREVOR

On the Trail of Washington: A Narrative History of Washington's Boyhood and Manhood , Based on His Own Writings, Authentic Documents and Other Authoritative Information

New York, D. Appleton and Company. 1933, 15th Printing. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Arthur E. Becher Full-Color Frontispiece. Hard Cover, three-line, ink gift inscription on fep, dated August 6, 1934; beautiful, bright,blue cloth binding, very lightly edge-worn; light blue dust jacket is heavily chipped along spine and top edges with spine discoloration (fading) and moderate extremity wear; textblock immaculate and tight; black & white and color illustrations throughout; a large map of the travels of George Washington laid in; 274 pp. Very Good+/Fair (in mylar).

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N° du livre: KD731

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: George Washington, American History, Biography, American American History/Americana Arthur E. Becher Full-Color Frontispiece

HOLLOWAY, JAMES LEMUEL

The Story of My Life

Dallas, TX, Clyde C. Cockrell & Son. 1938, First Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Photographs. Hardcover, Author's inked signature and inscription on fep, dated March 4, 1938; minor age toning, else textblock is clean and tight; Laid in, an appreciation program of Bishop Chas. C. Selecman and Bishop W.C. Martin; Blue cloth binding,worn at the spine tips and board corners; Light bowing to the front cover, rubbing to the edges and corners. 104pp. Very Good. Signed & Inscribed By Author.

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N° du livre: SB15666

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: James Lemuel Holloway Autobiography Photographs

HOLT, RACKHAM

George Washington Carver: An American Biography

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc. 1943, Book Club Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover, Retired Union Printers Home Library copy, lightly stamped and labeled; Age-toned endpapers, else textblock clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of spine, bumped corners. Lacks dust jacket; 342p. including bibliography and index. Very Good.

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N° du livre: SB16922

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: George Washington Carver Biography, George Washington Carver African-American American History/Americana

HONYMAN, DR. ROBERT (JOURNAL OF); EDITED BY PHILIP PADELFORD

Colonial Panorama 1775

San Marino, CA, The Huntington Library. 1939, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Ill.: Two Folded Maps. Hardcover, Former owner's pencil signature on ffep, dated January 1940; Lightly age-toned, else textblock very clean and tight; Cranberry cloth binding, minimally shelf worn, lightly rubbed at the spine head; Beautiful folded maps in rear pocket - One shows a Plan of Boston in 1775, and the other illustrates Dr Honyman's journey from Virginia to Philadelphia, from the North American Atlas, 1777; Lacks dust jacket; 86p. including index. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: SB16656

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Robert Honyman Journal, Americana, Travel and Exploration American History/Americana Two Folded Maps

HOOK, SIDNEY

Out of Step: An Unquiet Life in the 20th Century

NY, Harper & Row, Publishers. 1987, First Edition/1st Printing. (ISBN: 0060156325). Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Frontispiece. Hardcover, Author's ink signature and inscription on ffep; Gift quality copy, textblock is very clean and tight; All page edges are straight and sound. Cloth binding minimally shelf worn. Unclipped dust jacket, light shelf wear; 628p. including index. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar). Signed & Inscribed By Author.

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N° du livre: SB15282

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Sidney hook Biography, Signey Hook Life, American Philosophers Biography Philosophy 0060156325 Frontispiece

HOWARD, FRED

Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers

NY, Ballantine Books. 1988, First Ballantine Books Ed./1st Printing. (ISBN: 0345353935). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Paperback, Textblock is very clean and tight, b&w photographs. All edges are straight and sound. Minor creasing to the corners and slight wear to the edges. 530pp. including bibliographical references and index. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: SB16320

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Wright Brothers Biography, First Flight Biography, Aviation Biography, Wright Brothers History, Wilbur Wright Biography, Orville Wright Biography Aviation 0345353935 B&W Photographs

HUDSON, JAY WILLIAM

Abbe Pierre's People

NY, D. Appleton. 1928, First Edition. Blue Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover, Bookplate of H. Chase Stone inside front cover. Textblock is very clean and tight. Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed. Lacks dust jacket; 337p. Very Good.

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N° du livre: EW5052

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: WWII, History, Biography, War History

HUNT, INEZ; DRAPER, WANETTA W.

Lightning in His Hand: The Life Story of Nikola Tesla

Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak Library District. 2010, First Edition (Thus). (ISBN: 9781567352795). Wraps, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Photos. Paperback, Used copy in excellent condition, lightly edge rubbed; Pikes Peak Library District's 2010 Regional History Series republication of the original edition, first published in 1964; Includes numerous photographs not included in any previous edition, many from the Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia; the front cover illustration is from "The World", New York, July 22, 1894, "showing the inventor in the effulgent glory of myriad tongues of electric flames after he has saturated himself with electricity." This fascinating book examines Tesla's life from early childhood to death, and includes time spent in Colorado Springs from 1899-1900, conducting electrical experiments, and attracting lightning from his laboratory on a hill at the eastern edge of town; 285p. including index. Near Fine.

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N° du livre: 22748AJ

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Mots-clés: Nikola Tesla, Colorado, Colorado History, Electrical Engineering, Alternating Current Generators, Electrical Inventions & Inventors Electronics 9781567352795 Photos