Category: Biography

Shooting Star : The Amazing Life of Ann Marston, with Medal and Ephemera

By: Paluszewski, Alana

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Momentum Books : 2007

Seller ID: 23591

ISBN-13: 9781879094789

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

156 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover, [viii] + 156 pages, index, filmography, 59 b/w photos and facsimiles with captions. ; Blurb: "Child model. International archery champion. Beauty pageant queen. Detroit rock band promoter." She was US National Archery Champion 1949-1960 and first woman professional archer. After her vision deteriorated she became manager of several rock bands. ; Date penned on title page, otherwise appears unused. ; Three items laid in: 1) Medal (of actual metal) embossed with portrait of Ann on front, and on reverse "Ann Marston Memorial Archery Tournament, Wyandotte, ...
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Lucinda Hinsdale Stone : Her Life Story and Reminiscences

By: Perry, Belle McArthur

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Blinn Publishing Company : 1902

Seller ID: 20026

ISBN-13: 9781165045594

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

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. Introduction by Elle...
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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

Binding: Softcover

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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Walking with Presidents : Louis Martin and the Rise of Black Political Power (Signed)

By: Poinsett, Alex; Illustrated by Gertrude Martin

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Madison Books : 1997

Seller ID: 21850

ISBN-13: 9781568330938

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

251 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, [xvii] + 251 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 36 b/w photos on glossy plates. Half-title page warmly inscribed, dated and SIGNED by author, Alex Poinsett. ; Biography of Louis Emanuel Martin Jr, known as the Godfather of Black Politics, journalist, civil rights activist, first editor-publisher of Michigan Chronicle (influential African American newspaper) and advisor to three US presidents. Photos by Gertrude Martin and others. ; Owner name penned on bottom edge, otherwise no defects to book apart from autograph. Jacket shows light edgewear, minor ...
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William Kuenneth Schubert : (Signed)

By: Regina, Karen, and Beatrice Katz

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center : 2010

Seller ID: 16566

ISBN-13: 9780998356464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

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 Schubert. Book show...
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Enrico Berlinguer, un'idea : L'Uomo, le Battaglie, le Vittorie, le Sconfitte

By: Rognoni, Carlo

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore : 1984

Seller ID: 23902

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

96 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; ITALIAN text throughout. Red softcover, 96 pages, chronology, 4 b/w cartoons and drawings, 70 b/w photos with captions. ; Written by Bruno Crimi, Paolo Franchi, Giorgio Galli, Claudio Gatti, Bruno Manfellotto, Elisabetta Rasy, Chiara Sottocorona, Chiara Maventini. ; Biography of popular leader of Italian Communist Party 1972-1982.; Normal edgewear. Pages starting to yellow from age. Binding tight. ; Allegato a Panorama Series; Vol. 949
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East Side Epic, an : The Life and Work of Meyer London

By: Rogoff, Harry

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Vanguard Press : 1930

Seller ID: 22910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

311 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, gray title labels, [vi] + 311 pages. ; Biography of noted Jewish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian immigrant labor attorney, member of Socialist Labor Party of America and other socialist organizations, member of congress for Lower East Side of Manhattan, who fought and defeated corruption in many forms. ; Book shows only light edgewear, top lightly sunned, boards slightly bowed. Jacket spotted, two small closed tears, spine sunned but quite readable. Scarce book in any condition.
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My Parents : A Differing View

By: Roosevelt, James, with Bill Libby

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Playboy Press : 1976

Seller ID: 21942

ISBN-13: 9780872234765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

369 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black cloth, [xiv] + 369 pages, index, 25 b/w photos on glossy plates, with captions. ; Written by eldest son of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. ; Small remainder marks, one on top, one on bottom, otherwise no defects to book. Jacket shows light edgewear, small old pricesticker on front inner flap. ; Laid in: 1) clipping about Elliott Roosevelt's book, An Untold Story, 1973. 2) clipping from Biography mag, Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the World, 1997, with 8 b/w photos. 3) clipping, b/w photo of FDR, Eleanor and their five young children.
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Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, Complete in 8 Volumes

By: Russell, John

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans : 1851

Seller ID: 22210

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

8vo (8") 21 cm; Set of 8 hardcover vols, brown leather over spines and tips, richly marbled boards and edges and endpapers, about 350 pages per vol, 2 b/w engravings per vol, extensive index in last vol. ; Edited by Lord John Russell, future prime minister of England. Vol-1, 1853. Vol-2, 1853. Vol-3, 1853. Vol-4, 1853. Vol-5, 1854. Vol-6, 1854. Vol-7, 1856. Vol-8, 1856. ; The mighty Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was a hero to both Catholics and Protestants, an actor, literary critic, keen political satirist, and Ireland's greatest lyric poet. ; We have graded this set Poor. While no boards are miss...
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Lotta : Lotta Hitschmanova and the Unitarian Service Committee Story

By: Sanger, Clyde

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Company : 1986

Seller ID: 20176

ISBN-13: 9780773720725

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

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. ; Very small rem...
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Saint of the Atom Bomb, The

By: Schilliger, Josef

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Newman Press : 1955

Seller ID: 22038

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

144 pages; 8vo (8.25") 17 cm; Hardcover, green boards, [vi] + 144 pages. ; Translated by David Heimann. From blurb: "The absorbing, true story of the Japanese scientist, patriot and Catholic, Dr. Paul Nagai, who was caught in the atomic holocaust of Nagasaki 1945. His tireless work among the survivors, in spite of grave personal risks and injuries, earned him a citation from the Pope." ; Book shows no sign of wear. Light age-toning to endpapers. No other defects. Jacket shows light rubbing and minor edgewear.
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Der Preis der Herrlichkeit, Erfahrene Zeitgeschichte : The Price of Glory, My Experience of History

By: Schirach, Henriette von

Price: $22.00

Publisher: F. A. Herbig Verlag : 1976

Seller ID: 23701

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

256 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; GERMAN text. Hardcover, black boards, 256 + 14 pages, 28 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; Copyright 1956. This Is 4th edition, 1976. ; Author's father was personal photographer to Hitler; she gives her (favorable) memoirs of Hitler and of Nazi regime as she saw it. A controversial publication. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket is intact but shows light wear to surface.
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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

ISBN-13: 9781558960107

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

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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God is My Co-Pilot

By: Scott, Robert L.

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Buckeye Aviation Book Company : 1989

Seller ID: 23971

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

277 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, blue covers, [viii] + 277 + 3 pages, 14 b/w photos. Warning: salty language. ; Copyright 1943. This edition 1989. Foreword by Major General C. L. Chennault. "Personal narrative of Colonel Robert L. Scott, the one-man air force, greatest of all the pursuit men, squadron commander who fought the Japanese virtually single handed over Burma." ; Light edgewear. Very light vertical crease to spine. Small price sticker inked out on front. No other marks. Book is tight and square, 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: $18.00

Publisher: National Association of Black Storytellers : 1994

Seller ID: 19390

Binding: Softcover

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) Mary...
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Brief Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, A

By: Timpson, Thomas

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge : 1858

Seller ID: 23892

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

94 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small hardcover, blue cloth, gilt spine title, a few footnotes. ; Published in Philadelphia by Association of Friends for the Diffusion of Religious and Useful Knowledge. Originally published in England 1847. This edition 1858. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) was an English Friend (aka Quaker) and a tireless prison reformer and social justice activist. ; Name (Sarah Jane Way) neatly penned on front endpaper in very old ink. Foxing and discoloration throughout, but mostly on first and last pages. No other marks. Boards spotted and slightly warped. Gilt lettering bright,...
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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: $25.00

Publisher: Brentano's : 1910

Seller ID: 16668

Binding: Hardcover

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 the W...
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Private World of Tasha Tudor, The

By: Tudor, Tasha, and Richard Brown; Illustrated by Tasha Tudor

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company : 1992

Seller ID: 22675

ISBN-13: 9780316112925

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

134 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, tan cloth over spine, brown boards, patterned endpapers, 134 pages, brief bibliography and endnotes, a few b/w photos, b/w drawings, and color illustrations, over 100 full-color photos. ; Biography, auto-biography, and art history of great author-illustrator Tasha Tudor and her simple country lifestyle. ; Book shows no wear. Jacket shows only a touch of edgwear, has small distributor sticker on rear panel covering barcode.
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Dein Werk Soll Deine Heimat Sein, das Leben des Marschalls Moritz von Sachsen : Your Work Should be Your Home, the Life of Marshal Maurice, Count of Saxony

By: Turel, Adrien

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Buchergilde Gutenberg : 1942

Seller ID: 23457

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

424 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; GERMAN text throughout. Hardcover, dark green cloth, 424 pages, gilt decor, gilt title over red band on spine, tan endpaper. ; One volume in the series, Guild Library of Swiss Authors, but stands alone. Biography of Saxon (Polish) noble who rose through the ranks to become Marshal General of France. ; Very minor wear to cloth. Oldprice on title page in ballpoint. No other defects. ; Gilden Bibliotek der Schweizer Autoren Series
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Raised from the Dead : The Personal Testimony of America's First Evangelical Anchorman (Signed)

By: Turner, Frank, with Robert McTyre

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Zoe Life Publishing : 2007

Seller ID: 21923

ISBN-13: 9781934363270

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

300 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, 300 pages, 27 b/w photos. Title page inscribed and SIGNED by author. ; Cover art by Chamira Jones. Memoirs of longtime Detroit television news anchor who overcame childhood abuse and crack addiction through Jesus. ; Book and jacket show no sign of use. No marks or defects apart from autograph.
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Category: Biography