Category: Biography

Memoir of Reverend James M. Cook

Price: $50.00

Publisher: James M. Usher : 1854

Seller ID: 20086

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

430 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, red cloth ornately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, 430 pages, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving with tissue guard. ; Dedicated to Second Universalist Society of Providence, Rhode Island. ; The Rev. James Monroe Cook (1818-1850) was well known in upstate New York as a fierce debater in defense of Universalism and was founding editor of the Western Luminary, a Universalist paper. This excellent memoir was written by his brother, also a Universalist minister. ; Very little wear. A touch of foxing to a few pages at front and rear. Gift note 'Elizabeth...
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Louis Craig Cornish : Interpreter of Life

By: Cornish, Frances Eliot Foote

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Beacon Press : 1953

Seller ID: 20115

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

149 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [xii] + 149 pages, 3 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; The Rev. Louis Craig Cornish (1870-1950) was president of American Unitarian Association 1927 to 1937, president of International Association of Religious Freedom 1937 to 1946, forged ties with Universalist Church of America which led to their closer cooperation and eventual consolidation. This excellent biography was written by his wife. ; Only a touch of edgewear.
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My Life on the Plains : Or, Personal Experiences with Indians

By: Custer, George Armstrong (Gen) ; Illustrated by A. Roberts

Price: $575.00

Publisher: Sheldon & Company : 1876

Seller ID: 18600

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

256 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, pale umber-brown cloth, black decor, gilt lettering and gilt buffalo head on front, 256 pages, footnotes, table of outrages committed by Indians in 1868; 8 full-page b/w plates with captions. ; Copyright 1874. This printing 1876. ; Plates, engraved by A. Roberts, and others, depict: 1) frontispiece portrait of Custer, 2) portrait of Kiowa chief Satanta, 3) Attack on the Wagon Train, 4) the Kidder Murder, 5) Battle of the Washita, 6) Kiowa chief Lone Wolf, 7) Arapaho chief Yellow Bear, 8) Arapaho chief Little Raven. ; Cloth shows light wear at extremitie...
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas : Voice of the River, an Autobiography

By: Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, with John Rothchild

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Pineapple Press : 1987

Seller ID: 23496

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

268 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Softcover, 268 pages, 24 b/w photos with captions. ; Introduction by John Rothchild. ; Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) was journalist, feminist, author of fiction and nonfiction, suffrage activist, and defender of Florida Everglades, which she called the River of Grass. She was namesake of famous high school Parkland, Florida, recipient of many honors, early resident of Miami and influential in its growth. ; Small vintage pricesticker on rear. No other defects. Laid in: unused color postcard of the Avenue of Flags, Century of Progress, World's Fair, Chicago, ...
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Asa Gray, 1810-1888 : American Botanist

By: Dupree, Anderson Hunter

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press : 1968

Seller ID: 24283

ISBN-13: 9780674049000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

526 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [xvi] + 505 + 5 pages, total 526 pages, extensive index, tons of endnotes, 23 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Copyright 1959. This is 2nd printing, 1968. ; Biography of greatest American botanist of 19th century. ; Very light shelfwear. Top edge and fore-edge show minor foxing. Jacket rubbed, clipped, lightly foxed, with three small edge chips. ; Laid in: Announcement of Classes and Lectures, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Spring 1975, being 4 pgs on white glossy paper, listing 5 classes, 6 lectures, and 3 bonsai courses (tau...
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Thomas A. Edison Album, the : A Pictorial Biography of Thomas Alva Edison

By: Frost, Lawrence A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Superior Publishing Company : 1969

Seller ID: 20842

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

175 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, brown boards, 175 glossy pages, chronology, index, bibliography, over 200 high-quality historical b/w photos with captions, many never before published. ; Wonderful pictorial biography of great inventor. ; Book shows only a touch of shelf wear. Main defect, vintage bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket clean and intact with small amount ot rubbing to spine, small sticker at heel.
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Life of Charlotte Bronte, The, Volume 2

By: Gaskell, Elizabeth C.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company : 1857

Seller ID: 21454

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

269 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Volume 2 ONLY of a 2-vol set. ; Hardcover, brown blindstamped cloth, [x] + 269 + 9 pages, striking pastel-blue endpapers, b/w frontispiece engraving of Haworth Church and Parsonage, drawn by Gaskell, engraved by J. C. Armytage. ; Originally published 1857. This is very early reprint, 1857. ; This first biography of the author of Jane Eyre came from the pen of fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, noted Unitarian and author of Cranford. ; Cloth shows moderate wear to extremities. Old name penciled on front endpaper dated 1870. No other marks. Gilt on spine rubbed and ...
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Six White Horses : An Illustrated Poem about John-John (Signed)

By: Geer, Candy; Illustrated by Leslie Bennett

Price: $35.00

Publisher: M & W Quill Publishing Company : 1964

Seller ID: 21852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

48 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Oblong hardcover, white cloth illustrated in black, 48 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout with b/w drawings. Title page SIGNED by author Candy Geer. ; Subtitle: 'An Illustrated Poem about John-John'. ; Touching poem written about John F. Kennedy Jr at the funeral procession of JFK, by high school student Candy Geer of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Illustrated by Leslie Bennett of Detroit. Book produced and published by Charles Manos and Lauren Wild. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No other defects apart from autograph. No jacket, as issued. ; Laid in: Holy Father's ...
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Memoir of Rev. Edward Mott Woolley : By His Daughter, with an Appendix Containing Selections from His Sermons

By: Gillett, Fidelia Woolley

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Abel Tompkins : 1855

Seller ID: 20161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

360 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark brown blindstamped cloth, 360 pages, appendix of 6 sermons, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving of Woolley, with tissue guard. ; Written by the Rev. Fidelia Woolley Gillett, assisted by the Rev. Aaron B. Grosh. ; The Rev. Edward Mott Woolley (1803-1853) was an early American Universalist preacher in western New York and one of the first in Michigan. His daughter was also a noted pastor in Michigan, one of the earliest ordained women in North America (1877); We have graded this book Poor. Edges quite worn, tips rounded, pages yellowed from age, wit...
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Jones Very : The Effective Years, 1833-1840

By: Gittleman, Edwin

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1967

Seller ID: 20174

ISBN-13: 9780231030434

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

436 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, two-toned gray cloth, [xx] + 436 pages, beige endpapers, index, bibliography, endnotes, b/w frontispiece portrait of Very on glossy plate. ; Jones Very (1813-1880) was a well-known poet, mystic and Transcendentalist of mid-19th century America. He was a Unitarian, briefly a minister, and taught Greek at Harvard. In 1840 his literary career came to a screeching halt when he announced he was the Second Coming of Christ. ; Book shows no sign of wear, but 44 pages near front have underlining and/or brief margin notes in a small hand, by former owner, a Unit...
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Orvie, the Dictator of Dearborn : The Rise and Reign of Orville L. Hubbard

By: Good, David L.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Wayne State University Press : 1989

Seller ID: 24383

ISBN-13: 9780814322901

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

466 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Red and gray softcover, 450 + 16 pages, extensive index, bibliography, endnotes, appendix with 2 b/w maps and 3 tables, 38 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, for 36 years, Orville Hubbard was a notorious racist who aggressively kept his little piece of suburban Detroit lily white until 1974. This comprehensive biography reveals much about local politics, often intertwining with Ford Motor Company, headquartered in Dearborn. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Fore-edge has one very pale spot. No other defects. Scarce. ; Great Lakes Books Ser...
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Nigger : An Autobiography

By: Gregory, Dick, with Robert Lipsyte

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pocket Books : 1965

Seller ID: 23809

ISBN-13: 9780671812140

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

209 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, [xii] + 209 + 3 pages, all edges inked red, 20 b/w photos with captions. ; Pocket 75091. Copyright 1964. This is 1st Paperback Edition, July, 1965. Co-written by Robert Lipsyte. Autobiography of revolutionary stand-up comedian, social critic, civil rights activist. "Powerful and ugly and beautiful. A moving story of a man who deeply wants a world without malice and hate and is doing something about it." ; Covers are worn with small creases and scrapes and one very small chip to front fore-edge from thumbing. Text pages a bit yellowed from age. Everything ...
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Emancipated Spirits : Portraits of Kalamazoo College Women

By: Griffin, Gail B., with Josephine Csete, Ruth Ann Moerdyk, Cheryl Limer

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Published by Authors : 1983

Seller ID: 22778

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

336 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark red buckram cloth, [xiv] + 336 pages, endnotes, 12 fullpage b/w portrait photos. ; Limited edition of 1000 stated. Biographies of four pioneer women in Michigan history, all associated with Kalamazoo College. ; Contents: Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, principal of the womens department, mother of clubs, heretic, Unitarian. Frances Diebold, professor of biology. Pauline Byrd Johnson, teacher, first black woman graduate of Kalamazoo College. Nelda K. Balch, launched and directed Kalamazoo Festival Playhouse. Plus essay on women's education in the American mi...
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Journey into Life

By: Grossbard, Aron

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Alef Alef Publishers : 1993

Seller ID: 24394

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

232 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; White and blue hardcover, 232 pages, small map of pre-WW2 Poland, 21 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Memoirs of Aron Grossbard, hasidic Jew, grandson of a Rabbi, who grew up in Mlawa Poland, lived in Warsaw, in Bnei Brak (Palestine) where he worked as cement mixer, then in Tel Aviv, came to America 1938 and settled in Elgin (Illinois) then Detroit. Much obscure Jewish history, shtetls, anti-semitism in Tel Aviv, Jewish enclaves in Elgin, Chicago, Detroit, etc. Special chapter on Mordecai Sauerhaft, Jewish refugee who survived Nazis, pogroms in Ukraine, then...
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Zane Grey : A Biography

By: Gruber, Frank

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Walter J. Black : 1969

Seller ID: 18619

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

284 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, 284 pages, ivory-white cloth, red cloth over boards, blue and red bands and gilt lettering on spine. Includes bibliography, chronology, filmography, lists of serials and magazine stories, 20 b/w glossy photos with captions. ; Dated 1969, true first, published by Walter J. Black. ; Exterior shows almost no wear but faint foxing is visible. Top edge blue is deep and dark as issued. No marks or scribbles. Binding tight. ; Two items laid in: 1) Meet the Man Behind Your Books, a 2-sided glossy flyer plugging this book, with 6 b/w photos and illustrations, 2...
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Horace Greeley : Voice of the People

By: Hale, William Harlan

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers : 1950

Seller ID: 14362

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

376 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, pale gray lettering, 376 pages, index, bibliography, b/w photo portrait on jacket. ; Published in 1950. Biography of one of the most influential individuals of 19th-century America, defender of liberty, champion of women's rights, staunch supporter of Lincoln, founder and longtime owner-editor of New York Daily Tribune, candidate for president in 1872. ; Book shows no signs of use, only a slight yellowing of pages, as usual. Jacket (uncoated) is remarkably intact, apart from the usual wear at extremities, mainly heel and crown. No marks,...
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Memoir of Mary L. Ware : Wife of Henry Ware, Jr.

By: Hall, Edward B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: American Unitarian Association : 1869

Seller ID: 20030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

434 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, purple cloth, [x] + 434 pages, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. ; Copyright 1852. This printing 1869. 12th thousand stated. ; Hailed as one of the best biographies of its era, this is the life and correspondence of Mary Lovell Pickard Ware, tireless worker for charities and causes, written by the Rev. Edward Brooks Hall, brother-in-law of Mrs. Ware and longtime pastor, Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island. ; Cloth faded from purple to tan around edges. Spine lettering dull and difficult to read. No other defects. Binding tight. Scarce. Scar...
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Lennon Legend : An Illustrated Life of John Lennon (in slipcase with CD and all removable memorabilia)

By: Henke, James

Price: $33.00

Publisher: Chronicle Books : 2003

Seller ID: 20235

ISBN-13: 9780811835176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

64 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Hardcover, packed with b/w and color glossy illustrations, sidebars, plus 40 'removeable' (from small tipped-in envelopes, as issued) reproductions of vintage memorabilia such as ticket stubs, drawings, handwritten lyrics, photos, etc, etc. ; A wonderful and innovative biography of this legendary star, authored by Rolling Stone writer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator. ; New condition. No defects of any kind. No jacket, as issued. All components present.
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Life and Times of Joseph Gould, the : Reminiscenes of Sixty Years of Active Political and Municipal Life

By: Higgins, W. H.

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited : 1972

Seller ID: 20825

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

336 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Pale tan-yellow softcover, 336 pages, several lists and tables, several appendixes, 16 b/w photos with captions on 8 glossy plates. ; Originally published 1867. This is Centennial Edition facsimile reprint, 1972, with new appendixes by C. B. Willis, L. M. Nichols, Hilda A. Fitzhenry, P. T. Bernhardt, Leila E. Hvidsten. ; Biography of businessman and longtime member of Canadian Parliament who did much to develop Uxbridge township, Ontario, in mid-1800s. ; Only a touch of edgewear. Scarce.
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And . . . Howe ! : An Authorized Autobiography (Signed 1st Edition)

By: Howe, Gordie, and Colleen Howe, with Tom DeLisle

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Power Play Publications : 1995

Seller ID: 21382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

427 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Hardcover, black boards, gray endpapers, [x] + 427 pages, several appendixes of stats, 182 b/w photos on glossy plates, with captions. SIGNED on front page (NOT on a bookplate) by both Gordie Howe and Colleen Howe in red ink. ; 1st edition. NAP. ; Book shows no defects. Jacket lightly wrinkled.
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Category: Biography