THORNTON, WILLIS

The Country Doctor Illustrated with the Most Recent Pictures of the Dionne Quintuplets

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The covers have some edge wear, rubbing and bumping. There is some beginning fraying to the cloth spine ends. The rear cover has noticeable toning. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is noticeable toning to the edges of the pages. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "The Dionne quintuplets (born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood. The Dionne girls were born two months premature. After four months with their family, custody was signed over to the Red Cross who paid for their care and oversaw the building of a hospital for the sisters. Less than a year after this agreement was signed, the Ontario Government stepped in and passed the Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, 1935 which made them Wards of the Crown until the age of 18. The Ontario provincial government and those around them began to profit by making them a significant tourist attraction." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 39404

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Willis Thornton Dionne Quintuplets Canada Motion Pictures biopics Biography Doctors Biography

TOKLAS, ALICE B.

What Is Remembered

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of the front endpaper which has some glue residue. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks ans some ground-in dirt. "Perhapsd the most literary friendship of this century was that between Alice Toklas and Gertrude Stein. Sometime after World War One, Gertrude Stein began urging Miss Toklas to write to write her autobiography. But Miss Toklas did not find the time.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 30704

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Autobiography Alice B. Toklas Gertrude Stein Friendships Personalities Biography S-Z

TREVELYAN, GEORGE MACAULAY

Garibaldi and the Making of Italy June - November, 1860

London, England: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1928. New Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good + condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing, bumping and several small nicks and bits of fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have generalized toning / foxing and the edges of the endpapers has some discoloration. The inner rear hinge has dark discoloration as well. "Garibaldi has been called the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in Brazil, Uruguay and Europe. He personally commanded and fought in many military campaigns that led eventually to the Italian unification. Garibaldi was appointed general by the provisional government of Milan in 1848, General of the Roman Republic in 1849 by the Minister of War, and led the Expedition of the Thousand on behalf and with the consent of Victor Emmanuel II. His last military campaign took place during the Franco-Prussian War as commander of the Army of the Vosges.". Good+ .

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Book number: 35459

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography George Macaulay Trevelyan Giuseppe Garibaldi Italy Politicians Generals Military Biography

TWAIN, MARK (HARRIET ELINOR SMITH, EDITOR)

Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0520267192. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with the exception of some nicking, beginning tearing and lifting of the top layer of the bottom rear panel. "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) , the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. His humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", was published in 1865, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California where he had spent some time as a miner.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 34509

Catalogue: Author Biography

Keywords: 0520267192 Author Biography Mark Twain Harriet Elinor Smith Autobiography Mark Twain Samuel Clemens Author Biography

UNDERHILL, CLARA

Theodora the Courtesan of Constantinople

New York: Sears Publishing Company, Inc, 1932. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some edge wear, bumping, and several small nicks. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though with a bit of generalized toning. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front pastedown page. "Theodora (c. 500 – 28 June 548) was empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Justinian I. She was one of the most influential and powerful of the Eastern Roman empresses. Some sources mention her as empress regnant with Justinian I as her co-regent. Along with her spouse, she is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorated on November 14." "Her father, Acacius, was a bear trainer of the hippodrome's Green faction in Constantinople. Her mother, whose name is not recorded, was a dancer and an actress. Her parents had two more daughters. After her father's death, when Theodora was four, her mother brought her children wearing garlands into the hippodrome and presented them as suppliants to the Blue faction. From then on Theodora would be their supporter. Procopius (in his Secret History) relates that Theodora from an early age followed her sister Komito's example and worked in a Constantinople brothel serving low-status customers; later she performed on stage. Lynda Garland in "Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527–1204" notes that there seems to be little reason to believe she worked out of a brothel "managed by a pimp". Employment as an actress at the time would include both "indecent exhibitions on stage" and providing sexual services off stage. In what Garland calls the "sleazy entertainment business in the capital", Theodora earned her living by a combination of her theatrical and sexual skills. In Procopius' account that confirms to rhetorical conventions for slander (or invective) , Theodora purportedly made a name for herself with her salacious portrayal of Leda and the Swan.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 35869

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Clara Underhill Theodora Empress Theodora Constantinople Turkey Ottoman Empire Courtesans Biography

WALKER, FRANKLIN

Jack London & the Klondike

San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1966. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generallyclean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The front and rearw endpapers have a small tape outline to the top and bottom edges. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 44595

Catalogue: Author Biography

Keywords: Author Biography Franklin Walker Califoniana Alaska Jack London The Klondike

WALKER, JEANIE MORT

Life of Captain Joseph Fry the Cuban Martyr

Hartford, CT: The J. B. Burr Publishing Co, 1875. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have bumping, rubbing, edge wear, spots of fraying and noticeable generalized biopredation (bugs nibbling on the sizing of the cloth ). The edges of the text block have gilding (A. E. G. ) but all edges are noticeably rubbed. There are a couple of small edge tears to the spine ends. The text pages have light spots of foxing and ground-in dirt. The front inner hinge has cracked and been repaired by a former owner. The rear endpapers have spots of biopredation (bug nibbles) and spots of dirt (detritus). "Captain Joseph Fry was made the new captain of Virginius from October 1873. Fry had served in the US Navy for 15 years, before joining the Confederacy during the Civil War. Fry was promoted to commodore in the Confederate Navy. However, after that position disappeared after the Union victory in 1865, Fry was underemployed. In 1873 he took the job as captain of Virginius. Virginius, moored in Kingston, Jamaica by this time needed repair, and the boilers were breaking down. As most of the previous crew had deserted, Fry recruited a new crew of 52 men, both American and British. Many were inexperienced and apparently did not understand that Virginius was supporting the Cuban rebellion. Three were very young recruits, no older than 13 years of age. Virginius took on 103 native Cuban soldiers that arrived on board a New York steamer. Fry had been warned by the US Consul at Kingston, Thomas H. Pearne, that he would be shot if captured. However, Fry did not believe the Spanish would shoot a blockade runner. In mid-October, Captain Fry, accompanied by four mercenaries, took Virginius to Haiti and loaded the ship with munitions. On October 30, Virginius sailed to Comito to pick up more weapons and then on the same day started toward Cuba. The Spanish had been warned when Virginius left Jamaica and sent out the warship Tornado to capture the vessel. " (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 40475

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Jeanie Mort Walker Cuba Captain Joseph Fry Blockade Runners Cuban Rebellion Maritime Biography Maritime History Biography

WALLACE, IRVING

The Fabulous Showman the Life and Times of P.T. Barnum

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Includes a Postcard Signed by the Author - The book itself is not signed. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes a postcard signed, and with an inscription, by the author, Irving Wallace. The dust jacket is in mostly clean, bright condition, but does have some light edge wear, rubbing and a couple of small edge nicks and tears along with some light toning, mostly to the spine and edges of the book covers. "Wallace began selling stories to magazines when he was a teenager. In the Second World War Wallace served in the Frank Capra unit in Fort Fox along with Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss – and continued to write for magazines. He also served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force. Soon, however, Wallace turned to a more lucrative job as a Hollywood screenwriter. He collaborated on such films as The West Point Story (1950) , Split Second (1953) , Meet Me at the Fair (1953) , and The Big Circus (1959). He also contributed three scripts to the western television program Have Gun – Will Travel. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 42079

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Irving Wallace P. T. Barnum Showmen Entertainers

WARE, WALLACE L. (FOREWORD BY HARRY S. YOUNG)

The Unforgettables Memoirs of Wallace L. Ware

San Francisco: Hesperian Press, 1964. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, spots of rubbing, especially the flap joints. The rear cover has light generalized toning and ground- in dirt. There is a red ink x on the front flap corner.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 36754

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Wallace Ware California Law Judges California Legislature Biography

WARREN, WILLIAM

The Legendary American the Remarkable Career and Strange Disappearance of Jim Thompson

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1117420531. B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, bumping, and rubbing to the edges, spine joints and corners. There is a small nick to the top rear spine joint. "On Easter Sunday afternoon in 1967, James Thompson, the renowned American from Thailand, vanished into the jungled mountains of Malaysia's Cameron Highlands. His vacation companions at Moonlight Cottage assumed that he was off on one of his frequent solitary strolls, but they grew alarmed when he had not returned by nightfall.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 32477

Catalogue: Author Biography

Keywords: 1117420531 Author Biography William Warren Jim Thompson Authors True Crime Disappearances Author Biography

WHITE, T. H. (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID GARNETT) (TERENCE HANBURY "TIM" WHITE)

America at Last

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean." White's novel Earth Stopped (1934) and its sequel Gone to Ground (1935) are science fiction novels about a disaster that devastates the world. Gone to Ground contains several fantasy stories told by the survivors that were later reprinted in The Maharajah and Other Stories. White wrote to a friend that, in autumn 1937, "I got desperate among my books and picked [Malory] up in lack of anything else. Then I was thrilled and astonished to find that (a) The thing was a perfect tragedy, with a beginning, a middle and an end implicit in the beginning and (b) the characters were real people with recognizable reactions which could be forecast... Anyway, I somehow started writing a book." The novel, which White described as "a preface to Malory", was titled The Sword in the Stone and published in 1938, telling the story of the boyhood of King Arthur. White was also influenced by Freudian psychology and his own lifelong involvement in natural history. The Sword in the Stone was critically well-received and was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1939. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 43816

Catalogue: Author Biography

Keywords: Author Biography T. H. White David Garnett America Travel Exploration

WILKS, BRIAN

Jane Austen

Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1977. Hardcover. Remainder. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is remainder speckling to the bottom edge of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is clean and bright.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 40922

Catalogue: Author Biography

Keywords: Author Biography Brian Wilks Jane Austen Literary Criticism

WINTER, DOUGLAS E. (EDITOR) (SERIES EDITOR ROGER C. SCHLOBIN)

Stephen King Starmont Reader's Guide 16

Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0916732436. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning rubbing to the front spine joint of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 39570

Catalogue: Author Biography

Keywords: 0916732436 Author Biography Douglas E. Winter Roger C. Schlobin Starmont Readers Guide Horror Stephen King Author Biography

WOODWARD, HELEN

Three Flights Up

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book has been signed and dated by the author on the front endpaper in green ink. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine and top front edge of the book covers have fading. The gilt lettering on the spine of the book is noticeably toned and flaked. The text pages are clean and bright. "Helen Rosen Woodward is best known for her contribution to the world of advertising and is generally believed to be the first female account executive in the United States. Born in New York City to Polish and German immigrants Louis and Frederika (Sachs) Rosen, she attended the Girls’ Latin School in Boston and in 1913 married William E. Woodward, a non-Jewish writer and historian. She was largely self-taught, read voraciously, was excited by new ideas, and was imbued with a bristling patriotism." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good .

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Book number: 44653

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Helen Woodward Advertising New York Signed Editions Judaism Office Work Biography A-D