Category: Biography

George Eliot's Life As Related in Her Letters and Journals Arranged and Edited by Her Husband 3 Volumes Cabinet Edition

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood And Sons : 1884

Seller ID: 4681

Complete in 3 volumes. Dark olive green decorated cloth covers. Volume 1 covers dented & bumped with a 3/4"" vertical split to lower edge of spine and dampstain at top spine end on front & back for top 2 1/2" with internal damage along top margin from page 399 through bfep. Previous owner name & acquisition information on top of 2nd ffep, otherwise tight and unread. Remaining 2 volumes show similar wear without dampstaining. Extra postage may be required. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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Humanities: Volume IV. Number 1. February 1974

Price: $6.00

Publisher: National Endowment for the Humanities : 1974

Seller ID: 7707

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light general wear. Features writing by and article about Robert Penn Warren; includes a list of the author's works. Other articles include NEH profiles on The Young Trekkers, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and Ritual Art of the Mende. ; 9 pages
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Judge Kimbrough Stone A Tribute

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kansas City, Kansas City Bar Association : 1929

Seller ID: 3282

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Light wear to edges. Binding remains sound. Block toned with some scattered and light creasing and soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages
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Memorial for William C. Menninger

Price: $8.00

Publisher: None Given : 1966

Seller ID: 6784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Very light general wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages
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William Rockhill Nelson

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Riverside Press : 1915

Seller ID: 3281

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Corners rubbed with slight loss of color. Block edges slightly toned with soiling to the shelf edge. A period owner's signature and May 1916 penned to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages
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Madam Secretary: A Memoir

By: Albright, Madeleine;Woodward, William;Woodward, Bill

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Miramax : 2003

Seller ID: 703

ISBN-13: 9780786868438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Bookplate on half title page reads, "San Antonio camex Campus Market Expo The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright February 27, 2004" and is signed by Madeleine Albright. Book shows very light general wear. DJ has some creasing at corners and surface scratching from removal of price sticker on top foredge corner of front jacket cover.; Signed by Author(s)
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THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES BAIRD WEAVER To Which is Added the Life and Public Services of James G. Field and Achievements of the People's Party (Salesman's Sample)

By: Allen, E. A.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Ferguson & Mcmakin

Seller ID: 710

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

N/D. Salesman's Copy. Covers show moderate wear with some staining on front cover. Corners rounded. Hinges tight. FFEP has a closed tear 3/4 of the way down the page from top. Pages yellowed. Order pages remain blank.
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About John Ford

By: Anderson, Lindsay

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill : 1983

Seller ID: 6844

ISBN-13: 9780070016248

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light toning. Light wear to cover edges and corners. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages
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Authorized and Authentic Life and Works of T Dewitt Talmage

By: Banks, Charles Eugene

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Henry Neil : 1902

Seller ID: 7550

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Ex-Library with the usual marks. Covers faded and spotty with frayed spin ends and bumped corners. Non-author gift inscription, dated 1902, on the ffep. The text is , otherwise, evenly toned and unmarked in a slightly loose binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Lives of the Brothers Humboldt, Alexander and William Translated and Arranged from the German of Klencke & Schlesier

By: Bauer, Juliette

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1854

Seller ID: 5974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Usual library markings. Light wear at cover corners and spine ends. Text has scattered spots of foxing throughout and a few pages with small edge tears but is otherwise very clean. ; Ex-Library
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Virginia Woolf; a Commentary

By: Blackstone, Bernard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace & Company : 1949

Seller ID: 4593

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

Exceptionally clean and probably unread. Covers show light wear to shelf edge and slight denting to bottom corners. Former owner's marks on ffep; front pages are lightly toned, likely from previously laid in newsprint. Jacket has heavy wear and chipping to the top edge including a small amount of loss at spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. [Complete in 4 Volumes] Including a Journal of His Tour of the Hebrides

By: Boswell, James

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger : 1868

Seller ID: 7272

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

All 4 volumes are in similar condition with an edge toned but very clean text block in undamaged bindings. The spines of all 4 books are sun toned and slightly brittle. Only very light wear otherwise. Extra postage may be required. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Border Outlaws An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient or Modern Times The Yonger Brothers Jesse and Frank James and their Comrades in Crime

By: Buel, J.W.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: St. Louis, Dan. Linahan : 1881

Seller ID: 785

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Covers show moderate surface rubbing and soiling. Corners rounded with boards showing. Spine ends chipping. Binding loose. Both hinges show damage but are connected. A signature near the middle of the text is loose but text is complete. Some writing in pencil on endpapers. Light scattered foxing throughout text. Pages slightly browned.
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From Emporia; the Story of William Allen White

By: Buller, Beverley Olson

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Star Books : 2007

Seller ID: 7377

ISBN-13: 9781933466446

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Light general wear. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 112 pages; Signed by Author
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From Emporia; the Story of William Allen White

By: Buller, Beverley Olson

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Star Books : 2007

Seller ID: 7664

ISBN-13: 9781933466446

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Light soiling to covers. Light wear at corners. Light creasing to covers and page corners. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 112 pages
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Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler with Reminiscences, By His Daughter, Mrs. Rosetta B. Hastings and Additional Chapters By Eld. John Boggs and Eld. J. B. McCleery

By: Butler, Pardee, Mrs. Rosetta B. Hastings, Eld. John Boggs, and Eld. J. B. McCleery

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Standard Publishing Company : 1889

Seller ID: 709

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Cloth covers show general rubbing and are heavily chipped over spine ends; Lettering on spine remains clear; Hinges (internal) are broke and covers are starting to loosen from text block; Text block remains tight and contents are clean and intact.
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New Salem: Early Chapter in Lincoln's Life

By: Chandler, Josephine Craven

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Illinois Historical Society : N.D.

Seller ID: 7103

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No date of publication, though circa (1950) ; Revised edition, reprinted from The Journal of Illinois Historical Society, Vol. 22, No. 4, Jan. , 1930; Inscribed by the author on title page; Blue cloth covers show a little rubbing; Volume is otherwise tight and clean.; 64 pages; Signed by Author
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Time, Literature and the Arts: Essays in Honor of Samuel L. Macey. (No. 61 ELS Monograph Series)

By: Cleary, Thomas R. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Victoria, Bc, Canada, University Of Victoria : 1994

Seller ID: 5829

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Covers are a bit soiled with light wear at all edges. Bottom corner has been bumped creasing the front cover as well as very lightly creases the first few pages. Former owner's info written at front, otherwise free from marks and tightly bound. A form letter from the editor requesting a review of the book is laid in.
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Woman Into Space The Jerri Cobb Story

By: Cobb, Jerrie; Rieker, Jane

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall : 1963

Seller ID: 3303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

This copy presented and inscribed by the author to Grace Harris, another female aviator briefly mentioned in this book. A note from the author written on the front jacket flap reads, "P. S. We weren't supposed to mention names but couldn't resist sneaking you in briefly on page 53. Wish I could of said much more of all you've done-" Covers show light wear, mostly at corners. Binding sound though endpages and page 53 are toned, likely from laid in (and now removed) highly acidic paper. Jacket shows moderate to heavy edge wear but remains complete. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Signed by Autho...
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The Trouble with Tom The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine

By: Collins, Paul

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA : 2005

Seller ID: 2828

ISBN-13: 9781582345024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Shows no wear. Binding sound. V+K 05 penned to ffep, otherwise no markings internally (except signature). ; Author's initial signature to title page. ; 256 pages; Signed by Author
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