Category: Biography

Thomas Edison : Professional Inventor

By: Hughes, Thomas P.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationary Office : 1976

Seller ID: 20829

ISBN-13: 9780112902256

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Orange softcover booklet, 48 glossy pages, footnotes, 15 b/w photos with captions. ; 1st printing stated. Published on behalf of the Science Museum, London, England, 1976. A brilliant concise biography highlighting Edison's major inventions. ; Small sticker scar to front cover, not affecting any text. Otherwise only a touch of wear. Scarce. ; Science Museum Booklet Series
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Iron Eyes Cody : The Proud American

By: Iron Eyes Cody and Marietta Thompson

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Empire Publishing Company : 1988

Seller ID: 24024

ISBN-13: 9780944019054

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

142 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Hardcover, laminated boards, 142 glossy pages, index, bibliography, filmography, 185 b/w photos and illustrations, color photo on front. ; Written by himself and his daughter, the story of Iron Eyes Cody, the "Hollywood Indian" (of Italian heritage but who claimed to be Cherokee and Cree) who appeared in over 200 films, over 100 television programs, and famously played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in a legendary television public service announcement. ; No marks, no defects. No jacket, as issued. Scarce.
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Jordan : True Life Stories of Old Montana

By: Jordan, Arthur J. ; Illustrated by Stan Lynde

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company : 2003

Seller ID: 24510

ISBN-13: 9780878421626

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

193 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Blue softcover, [viii] + 193 + 7 pages, b/w map, index, 27 chapters, small b/w illustration at beginning of each chapter. ; Copyright 1984. This is 2nd printing, 2003. ; True-life memoirs of English boy who became western bullwhacker at age 15 and traveled all over Montana and Wyoming, built store and post office and founded town of Jordan, Montana, in 1896. "Jordan is a story of the closing days of the old West and the early days of the new West." ; Crisp and clean. A scarce book.
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Frankly, the Works : Reminiscences by Frank Kaniarz

By: Kaniarz, Frank; Illustrated by Oswaldo Baez

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Frank Kaniarz : 1993

Seller ID: 22785

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

318 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Tan softcover, laid covers illustrated in dark green; 39 b/w photos, drawings and facsimiles. ; Foreword by Laurie E. Kaniarz. ; Memoirs of immigrant from Galicia, eastern Poland, who grew up in Center Township, Emmet county, northern Michigan, came to Detroit in 1930s, fought in Pacific theater in World War 2. Includes several old anecdotes that were later broadcast on WJR-Radio in Detroit, 1960s-1970s. ; Covers show light wear and some foxing. Front page warmly inscribed and dated 1993 and SIGNED by author.
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Records of Later Life : (1e, 1st Edition, 1882)

By: Kemble, Frances Ann (Fanny)

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company : 1882

Seller ID: 5572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

676 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, beautiful green cloth decorated with floral pattern, dark brown endpapers, gilt lettering, [x] + 676 pages, footnotes, detailed index. ; PLEASE NOTE: This is an actual hardcover book from 1882, not a flimsy overpriced reprint. ; 1st edition, 1882. Same date. ; Voluminous correspondence of Fanny Kemble (1809-1893) famous English actress who toured extensively in US, considered first truly great actress in US, most famous Lady Macbeth of all time, outspoken Unitarian, rubbed shoulders with all classes from African American slaves to British nobility. ; Spine...
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Glimtar over Sotdalarna : Glimpses of Dalarna

By: Kerstin Hed

Price: $21.00

Publisher: LTs Forlag : 1958

Seller ID: 22412

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

154 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; SWEDISH text throughout. Hardcover, black cloth over spine, green patterned boards, 110 text pages plus 44 unnumbered glossy plates, 154 total pages, 74 historical b/w photos, many full-spread, with captions. ; Historical sketches, reminiscences, and some rhyming verses about several localities in Dalarna, Sweden, authored by popular Swedish poet. Chapter headings include: Om Hedermora Stad. Om Norn. Liarnas land. Fars blypiska. Lang vag. Rakels rop. Om Garpenberg. Grytnas. Om sanningen. Fran Falun. More. ; Book shows little wear. Gift note dated 1959 in ballpoint...
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Diaries of the Reverend Chauncy Washington Knickerbacker, Universalist Minister : 1843-1884 (Knickerbocker, Michigan History)

By: Knickerbacker, Chauncy Washington (Rev) edited by Gwen Foss

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Gwen Foss : 2007

Seller ID: 6488

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

228 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; NOT a hardcover. Copy of original typed manuscript. Includes appendixes, transcriber's notes, lists of weddings and funerals, indexes of people, places, railroads, etc. Several Universalist symbols and their histories. Tons of original source information unavailable elsewhere. ; UUTopics. A ministerial powerhouse, the Rev. C. W. Knickerbacker (1824-1884) travelled almost nonstop over southern Michigan and Ontario, preaching, performing funerals and weddings for all who asked, including many not of his denomination. He organized two new congregations in Ontario (Olin...
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Professor Doctor Molnar Bela : 1886-1986

By: Kulka Frigyes

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Orvostovabbkepzo Intezet Sokszorositojaban : 1986

Seller ID: 24158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

74 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; HUNGARIAN text throughout. Hardcover, dark red boards, gilt title on front, [vi] + 68 pages, appendix, sample of Molnar's originalhandwriting on glossy plate, full-page b/w portrait photo on glossy plate. ; We don't read Hungarian but we believe this is a memorial and tribute on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bela Molnar (1886-1962) a great surgeon and professor of medicine. Chapters by Endroczi Elemer, Berndorfer Alfred, Tauber Laszlo, Herczeg Tibor, Petri Gabor, Barna Laszlo, Kun Miklos, Kulka Frigyes. ; No marks, no defects to book. Quite scarce. ; Laid in:...
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Thomas Spry, Lawyer and Physician : The First Attorney Admitted to Practice under English Law in the Delaware River Settlements Now Included in the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

By: Lewis, John Frederick

Price: $13.00

Publisher: John Frederick Lewis : 1932

Seller ID: 16663

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

126 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Hardcover, blue-green cloth, rich laid paper throughout, [ix] + 126 pages, index, 4 appendixes, 10 facsimiles and illustrations on glossy plates, separately bound in, with stubs, as issued. Several cases given with old English spelling. ; Written by president, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and published by him in honor of his 50th year at the bar. Printed by Patterson & White Company, Philadelphia. ; Top edge foxed, front board shows two spots. No other defects. A scarce record of early American history.
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Burbank the Infidel

By: Lewis, Joseph

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Freethought Press Association : 1930

Seller ID: 16676

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

48 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, gray-blue cloth, white title label on front, 48 glossy pages numbered to 29, memorial sonnet, 4 facsimile documents, 8 b/w photos with captions. Includes Burbank's responses to a questionnaire about his personal religious (or rather atheistic) and scientific beliefs. ; Limited edition of 1500 stated. This unit not numbered. ; This wonderful old book is a memorial tribute to the great botanist Luther Burbank, and includes the speech given at the planting of his memorial tree in Central Park (1927) by the Freethinkers Society of New York, of which Burbank...
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Biography of Sa'id Mohsin : Co-Founder of Organization of Combatants of the People of Iran

By: Liberation Movement

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Liberation Movement of Iran Abroad : 1976

Seller ID: 20013

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

52 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; White softcover booklet, [iv] + 42 + 6 pages, endnotes, b/w portrait photo of Sa'id Mohsin. English throughout, except a few short passages in parallel Arabic and English. ; 1st edition, 1976, stated. Complete subtitle: 'Co-Founder of Organization of Combatants of the People of Iran, Sazeman Mujahedeen Khulk Iran, Text of Defense in Military Court 1972, by Liberation Movement of Iran Abroad, January 1976.' ; Almost no wear, but covers are spotted, lower tip stained throughout, not affecting any text. Quite scarce.
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My Story of the War : A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army

By: Livermore, Mary A.

Price: $56.00

Publisher: A. D. Worthington & Company : 1892

Seller ID: 20932

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

700 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt decor on spine, 700 pages, tan floral endpapers, 14 full-page steel engravings, 8 color plates showing remnants of battle flags of North and South. ; Copyright 1887. This printing 1892. Memoirs of one of most famous women of 19th-century America: Mary Livermore was nurse, administrator, suffragist, newspaper editor, lay preacher, longtime superintendent of Chicago Sanitary Commission (civil war relief org) organizer of over 2000 soldier aid societies, wife of Rev. Daniel Livermore, noted Universalist. ...
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Story of My Life, the : Or, the Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years

By: Livermore, Mary A.

Price: $23.00

Publisher: A. D. Worthington & Company : 1898

Seller ID: 20029

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

730 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, red cloth, gilt lettering, green floral endpapers, 730 + 4 pages, 122 b/w photos and engravings. ; Copyright 1897. This printing 1898. ; One of America's most famous women of 19th century, Mary Livermore gained fame as army nurse during Civil War, spent 25 years as national lecturer and activist for temperance and women's rights, became known as Queen of the Platform. She and her husband, the Rev. Daniel Livermore, were outspoken Universalists. ; Library marks cover rear endpaper and copyright page. Library number painted on heel. Front endpape...
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Edgar Rice Burroughs : Master of Adventure

By: Lupoff, Richard; Illustrated by Frank Frazetta

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ace Books : 1968

Seller ID: 22622

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

312 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, all edges inked yellow, 317 pages, small flowchart, bibliography, checklist, 12 full-page b/w line illustrations in text, many by Frank Frazetta. ; Ace 18771. Originally published 1965. This is Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1968. Foreword by Henry Hardy Heins. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. "A complete account of the stories that Tarzan's creator wrote." ; Light wear. Checklist has prodigious checkmarks. Spine tight and square.
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A. Powell Davies and His Times

By: Marshall, George N.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Skinner House Books : 1990

Seller ID: 20028

ISBN-13: 9781558961722

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

263 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, [x] + 263 pages, index, bibliography, chapter endnotes, 8 b/w photos. ; Biography of one of the most well known Unitarian ministers of the 20th century, a founding member of Americans for Democratic Action, a staunch defender of liberal religion, free speech and racial integration, and instrumental in the downfall of Joseph McCarthy. ; Book shows no defects. Jacket has four small edge tears, not affecting any text.
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Matilda R. Wilson : Mistress of Meadow Brook Hall

By: Marzolf, Marion, and Marianne Ritchie

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Meadow Brook Hall : 1983

Seller ID: 21872

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

52 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; White oblong softcover, [ii] + 52 + 2 pages, tan paper throughout, bibliography, endnotes, 24 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Biography of Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson, philanthropist, primary designer of famous Meadow Brook Hall (massive family mansion, Rochester, Michigan, now a tourist attraction) widow of auto maker John Dodge, wife of lumber magnate Alfred Wilson. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Appears unread. Scarce.
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Coins in the Ashes, a Tale of Two Families : A Family Story of Grief, Gratitude, and Grace (Signed)

By: McHugh, Joe

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Calling Crane Publishing : 2014

Seller ID: 24207

ISBN-13: 9780961994396

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

292 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Olive-green softcover, [viii] + 292 pages, 36 b/w photos. Title page warmly inscribed and dated Christmas 2014, and SIGNED by author. ; "Radio journalist and musician Joe McHugh [white] set out to find the family of an African American woman named Helen who cared for him when he was a young child. This is the chronicle of that quest." ; No defects. No marks apart from autograph.
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In Between : Memoir of an Integration Baby (Unitarian Universalism, Black History)

By: Morrison-Reed, Mark D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Skinner House Books : 2010

Seller ID: 21842

ISBN-13: 9781558965416

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

288 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, [xvi] + 272 pages, family tree diagram, endnotes. ; Copyright 2009. This is 5th printing, 2010. Foreword by William G. Sinkford. Memoirs of noted African American Unitarian Universalist minister and historian whose ancestry goes back into slavery. ; No marks, no defects.
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Use and the Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation, the : Written by Herself

By: Nation, Carry A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Carry A. Nation : 1908

Seller ID: 12184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

414 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, 414 pages, a few b/w photos with captions including frontispiece portrait of author, several poems in tribute of Carrie Nation, anti-masonic chapter by Edmond Ronayne, M. W. Moore and others. ; Revised Edition, Ten Thousand Copies, stated. ; Image shows frontispiece, as printed. ; Carrie Amelia Nation, lived 1846-1911, leader in Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and American anti-saloon movement and she had no love of tobacco or freemasons either. Much info on her smashing of liquor stores, stills, saloons, etc, and being thrown in ...
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Iron Hunter, the : (1st Edition, 1919)

By: Osborn, Chase S.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Macmillan Company : 1919

Seller ID: 16322

Binding: Hardcover

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. ; Bo...
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Category: Biography