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Black Elk, Lakota Visionary : The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition

By: Oldmeadow, Harry, with Charles Trimble

Price: $9.00

Publisher: World Wisdom: 2018

Seller ID: 21635

Condition: Near Fine

1936597608 256 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Tan softcover, [xxii] + 224 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 3 appendices, 12 b/w photos and one full-color illustration on 8 glossy plates. ; Foreword by Charles Trimble. New in-depth biography of famous Native American (Lakota Sioux) holy man. ; No defects of any kind.
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Iron Hunter, the : (1st Edition, 1919)

By: Osborn, Chase S.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Macmillan Company: 1919

Seller ID: 16322

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

316 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, red-brown cloth, gilt lettering, decor in black and cream, 316 pages, 4-pg publisher catalog in rear, 11 b/w photos on unnumbered glossy plates. ; 1st edition, published May, 1919, stated. No other printings. ; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was governor of Michigan 1911-1913. Before he went into politics he was an iron prospector in the Upper Peninsula and a newspaper reporter and owner. As governor he passed the worker's compensation law and eliminated the state deficit. This scarce political memoir has the author's own bookplate on front endpaper. ...
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Lucinda Hinsdale Stone : Her Life Story and Reminiscences

By: Perry, Belle McArthur

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Blinn Publishing Company: 1902

Seller ID: 20026

Condition: Very Good+

1165045591 369 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, gilt lettering, [xiv] + 369 pages, b/w illustration of Hinsdale coat of arms in text, b/w portrait photos of Lucinda Stone and her husband Dr. James Andrus Blinn Stone on glossy plates. Text includes tribute from the Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, pioneer woman minister of People’s Church of Kalamazoo. ; Amazonuyers please note: This is an actul book from 1902. We are sorry that Amazon forces us to list it on a page for fake books. ; Written by Belle McArthur Perry, president, Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. Int...
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Highlights in the Life of Thomas A. Edison : 1847-1931

By: Player, Cyril Arthur

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Detroit Edison Company: 1947

Seller ID: 20824

Condition: Near Fine

23 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Ivory-white softcover booklet, title and portrait of Edison embossed on front, 23 glossy pages, deckle fore-edge on front cover, list of medals and honorary degrees, 9 sepia-toned photos with captions. ; Very nice promotional item from Detroit Edison Electric Company, 1947. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Slight rustiness to staples. No other defects. Scarce.
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William Kuenneth Schubert : (Signed)

By: Regina, Karen, and Beatrice Katz

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: 2010

Seller ID: 16566

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

0998356468 219 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, silver lettering, 219 pages, blue patterned endpapers, 4 appendixes, 18 high-quality b/w photos on glossy plates, with captions. ; Biography of William K. (Bill) Schubert, pioneer of pediatric research, named a Great Living Cincinnatian, who rose in 1983 to become chief executive officer of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. ; Owner name (Eugene V. Perrin, noted pathologist and medical researcher) penned on title page in small letters. Front flyleaf inscribed 'To Eugene' and dated 8-29-10 and SIGNED by Dr. Bill Schu...
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Samuel Gridley Howe : By his Daughter Laura E. Richards

By: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

Price: $12.00

Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company: 1935

Seller ID: 16565

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

283 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine and tips, gray boards, [xiv] + 283 pages, gray title label on spine, index, 3 appendixes, 9 full-page b/w illustrations including frontispiece portrait on glossy plate. ; Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) was a major figure in 19th-century America. He was best known as founder and president of the Perkins Institute, first US school for the blind. With his famous wife, Julia Ward Howe, author of Battle Hymn of the Republic and creator of Mother's Day for peace, he edited the anti-slavery paper 'Boston Commonwealth'. A Unitarian, he ...
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Lotta : Lotta Hitschmanova and the Unitarian Service Committee Story

By: Sanger, Clyde

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Company: 1986

Seller ID: 20176

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

0773720723 266 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, green endpapers, [xiv] + 266 pages, index, footnotes, 4 appendixes, 33 b/w photos on glossy plates with captions. ; Remarkable true story of amazing Lotta Hitschmanova (1909-1990) a petite woman who single-handedly founded and operated Canadian branch of Unitarian Service Committee for 37 years, a worldwide social welfare organization through which she established countless successful programs Hong Kong, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Botswana, and more, earned Order of Canada and dozens of similar accolades from other nations. ;...
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Bob Dylan : An Intimate Biography

By: Scaduto, Anthony

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: 1971

Seller ID: 21653

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

0448020343 280 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, tan cloth, dark green endpapers, [viii] + 280 pages, index, discography, 1 b/w photo in text, 11 b/w photos on glossy plates with captions. ; Blurb: 'The first full dimensional biography of America's most popular, most controversial, most influential and most elusive cultural hero.' ; Book shows only minor wear to tips. Jacket shows moderate wear at tips and at heel and crown. No marks, no other defects.
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Motion Toward Perfection : The Achievement of Joseph Priestley

By: Schwartz, A. Truman, and John G. McEvoy

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Skinner House Books: 1990

Seller ID: 20853

Condition: Near Fine

1558960104 277 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [xxvi] + 277 pages, index, chapter endnotes, 10 chapters by various experts, 28 full-page b/w illustrations. ; Scientist, theologian, pioneer preacher, the Rev. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) discovered oxygen, invented the eraser, discovered photosynthesis, wrote about the Corruptions of Christianity, founded one of the first Unitarian congregations in North America, and much more. ; Only a whisper of shelfwear. Appears unread.
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Commemorative Souvenir Journal, Mary Carter Smith Proclaimed Mother Griot : 12th National Festival of Black Storytelling

By: Smith, Mary Carter

Price: $30.00

Publisher: National Association of Black Storytellers: 1994

Seller ID: 19390

Condition: Very Good+

32 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, 32 pages, 13 b/w photos. Front cover inscribed and SIGNED by Mary Carter Smith. Text includes 1-page bio and 31 pgs of tributes including one from Bill Clinton. ; Tribute to famed storyteller Mary Carter Smith, known as Mother Mary, proclaimed Griot (African storyteller) of the State of Maryland and Mother Griot of the National Association of Black Storytellers. ; Rear cover, which is blank, shows stray inkmarks, very faint. No other defects apart from autograph. Quite scarce. ; Laid in: 1) additional page with four more tributes, as issued. 2) ...
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Arthur Rimbaud : A Critical Biography

By: Starkie, Enid; Illustrated by Giraudon

Price: $21.00

Publisher: New Directions: 1961

Seller ID: 15007

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

491 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Green cloth over spine, white boards, 2 indexes, bibliography, endnotes, 3 appendixes. ; Cover photo by Giraudon. ; Book shows a touch of shelfwear, otherwise crisp, appears unread. Jacket unclipped, but rubbed, creased, with several small edge chips not affecting any text.
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Edward Goodrich Acheson : Inventor, Scientist, Industrialist, a Biography, Illustrated

By: Szymanowitz, Raymond

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Vantage Press: 1971

Seller ID: 20813

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

628 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, red endpapers, 628 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix list of patents, 22 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates with captions. ; Extensive biography of pioneer of electrochemistry, inventor of carborundum, graphite, synthetic diamonds, etc, and holder of 70 patents. ; Small sticker on jacket rear panel with library barcode. No other library marks. Jacket shows light shelfwear to heel and crown. Otherwise appears unused. Scarce.
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Edward Goodrich Acheson : Inventor, Scientist, Industrialist, a Biography, Illustrated

By: Szymanowitz, Raymond

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Vantage Press: 1971

Seller ID: 20814

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

628 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, red endpapers, 628 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix list of patents, 22 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates with captions. ; Extensive biography of pioneer of electrochemistry research, inventor of carborundum, graphite, synthetic diamonds, etc, holder of 70 patents. ; No defects to book. Jacket has two small closed tears, several spots to rear panel, but everything is readable. Scarce.
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Story from Michigan, a : The Life and Times of Clarke E. Davis

By: Thomas, Arthur L.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Published by Author: 1970

Seller ID: 11542

Condition: Very Good+

212 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; White softcover, green lettering, a few endnotes. Errata slip laid in, as issued. Foreword by Benjamin H. Thurman. ; Biography of Clarke Edwin Davis, born 1888, lived and died in Michigan with stints in Utah and in New York, PhD, professor of chemistry, pioneer researcher into properties of food substances, food safety, etc, at National Biscuit Company, improved manufacturing methods of biscuits, crackers, fig newtons, chocolate, etc; as vice president Virginia Dare Extract Company invented new methods of manufacturing flavor extracts, leader in American Chemic...
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Beau Sabreur, a : Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France, His Loves, His Laurels, and His Times, 1696-1750

By: Trowbridge, W. R. H. (William Rutherford Hayes)

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Brentano's: 1910

Seller ID: 16668

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

351 pages; 8vo (8.75") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, illustration on front in white and gilt of armored Cupid-like figure with tilting lance skewering crown, laurel and heart; similar character in gilt on spine; 351 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 39 b/w portraits and illustrations on glossy plates, with captions. ; Originally published 1909 by London: T. Fisher Unwin. This is 1st US edition, 1910. Detailed and well-written biography of the Marshal (supreme general) of France 1743-1750 who provided the French crown with many decisive victories in t...
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Seven Sons : Millionaires and Vagabonds

By: Webb, Theodore A.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Trafford Publishing: 1999

Seller ID: 20074

Condition: Near Fine

1552122557 392 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Tan softcover, [viii] + 392 pages, bibliography, endnotes, over 100 medium-quality b/w photos and illustrations. ; Sprawling yet fascinating biography of the seven famous Washburn sons, among them an inventor, an Ambassador to France, a Governor of Maine, a US Senator and a Civil War General. ; A touch of edgewear only. Quite scarce.
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Character and Characteristic Men

By: Whipple, Edwin P.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Company: 1891

Seller ID: 21164

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

324 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, dark green endpapers, [x] + 324 pages, top edge gilt, 12 inspirational and intellectually stimulating essays and lectures. ; Originally published 1866. This edition 1891. Dedicated to memory of Rev. T. S. King, savior of California. ; Topics include: Eccentric character. Intellectual character. William Makepeace Thackeray. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Edward Everett. Thomas Starr King. Louis Agassiz. Washington and the principle of revolution. More. ; Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) was a popular lecturer, longtime journalist, author of many b...
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Abigail Adams : A Biography

By: Whitney, Janet

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Konecky & Konecky: 2002

Seller ID: 20348

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

1568523750 357 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, lavender boards, [xvi] + 357 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, family tree diagram, 4 b/w illustrations. ; Copyright 1947, this is an unabridged facsimile edition, 2002.; No defects to book or jacket. Appears unread.
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Life of Rev. Hosea Ballou, Volume 1 : With Accounts of His Writings, and Biographical Sketches of His Seniors and Contemporaries in the Universalist Ministry

By: Whittemore, Thomas

Price: $46.00

Publisher: James M. Usher: 1854

Seller ID: 20200

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

420 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; This is vol-1 ONLY of a four-vol set. Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt title on spine, 420 pages, pale pink endpapers, b/w portrait frontispiece engraving of Ballou, footnotes throughout. ; The Rev. Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) was one of the most important Universalist preachers in US history. He was vice president of the Universalist Church of America 13 years and president 13 years. His book, A Treatise on Atonement, 1805, was the first publican to establish a complete Universalist theology and it also set forth a unitarian view of Jesus. The Rev. Thomas Whittemo...
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American Popular Song Lyricists : Oral Histories, 1920s-1960s

By: Whorf, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: McFarland & Company: 2012

Seller ID: 18067

Condition: Near Fine

0786465387 239 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Pale green softcover, [xii] + 227 pages, index, bibliography, appendix, about 40 b/w photos and illustrations in text, with captions. ; Written by longtime WJR Radio Detroit broadcaster, producer, and writer, winner of Peabody Award for excellence in journalism, who, over his 39-year career, interviewed hundreds of notables. Here are concise bios and fascinating interviews of 39 top American lyricists of the 1920s-1960s in their own words. ; Only a whisper of shelfwear. No marks or defects. Scarce.
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Category: Biography