Search Results: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs from Tangible Tales

Oregon: Billville Press, 1997. Hardcover. Good/fair. Signed and inscribed on the front free-endpaper by the author, "To Jack Hogan From Matt. Best regards Bill Robinet." Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket, no indication of printing. A good-only copy with bumps to the corners, two pages ruffled and a spot that opens a bit too widely just after the photo section. Binding still seems solid, but not tight. The dustjacket is not as good with scuffing and fading to the panels, and short tears and crinkling to the edges. 364 pp., photos at center, short glossary at rear. Stories and anecdotes from Robinet's life as an agricultural cropduster.

New York: Random House, 2001. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "Dear Janine, With very best wishes, Alexandra Fuller." Black hardcover, 6th printing in dustjacket. A very good copy, clean and tight, with minor wear to the board edges. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good - bright and attractive with matching minor edge-wear. 301 pp., some few black and white photos, Fuller's account of growing up in Zimbabwe during the civil war.

New York: Viking, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by former national intelligence director James Clapper, "To: Hugh White - Jim Clapper." Gray and black paper covered boards, 1st edition with a full number line, in dustjacket. A very good copy with minor shelf-wear to the board edges and some crimping at the spine tips. A clean copy in solid binding. Unclipped jacket is also very good, bright and attractive with matching minor wear to the panel edges. 424 pp., indexed, some black and white photos at center.

Idaho: Book Lore, 2008. Paperback. Good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Stephanie, my regards to you. Lorissa W. Holt." Trade paperback in good condition, ISBN 9780970276100 appears to have been reused. Wear to the cover edges, and bending at the corners of the covers and the tips of the pages. Cocked minorly forward with a lift to the front cover as well. A line of soil to the inside rear cover, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy in solid binding - no creases or breaks. 340 pp., the author's story of her childhood at Grajevo and Dachau.

South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "To the Weiss Family - Helen Szablya." Thick trade paperback in very good condition. Minor shelf-wear at the cover edges, interior is clean and tight as if unread. 575 pp., some black and white photos - Szablya's self-published memoir of fleeing Hungary in the 50s. Two bookmarks about the author laid in at front.

New York: Blue Rider Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Signed without inscription by the author in purple ink on the title page. Blue and white hard cover with bronze titles, 1st edition in dustjacket. A good+ copy with a hard bump to the heel of the spine and the upper corners. Red remainder dot to the bottom edge of the textblock. Inside is very good - clean and unmarked other than the author's signature in a solid binding. Unclipped dustjacket is very good with matching bumps to the edges and corners, but bright an new - original store sticker to the rear cover. 289 pp., Maran's story of aging and reinvention in the middle of tumultuous personal life events.

Oregon: Reflected Images Publishers, 1998. Paperback. Good. Oversize trade paperback, no indication of printing. A good only copy with wear at the cover edges and corners, some scuffing and soil to the covers. The interior is much better, pages unmarked and binding solid though lacking tightness as if read. 256 pp., many black and white photos. Shroyer was a lumberman in Oregon for much of his life.

Austria: Ibera, 2003. First edition. Near Fine/very good. Red cloth hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed on the half-title, "March 2004 To: Lynne & Jerry Hope this will remind you of your wonderful time in Vienna! All the best, Colleen DiFranco." A near fine copy with the mildest of shelf-wear, clean, tight and unmarked. Unclipped jacket is very good with light wear to the top panel edges. 207 pp., a collection of short encounters among the non-natives of Vienna.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Sarah, Best wishes! Wangari." Tan and green paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering, stated first edition in dustjacket. A good+ copy with bending at the corners and crimping at the spine tips. Minor bumping along the top edge of the front board. A clean and unmarked copy other than the author's signature, in a tight binding as if unread. The jacket is unclipped with matching wear along the panel edges, and the rear flap was folded unevenly from the printer, leading to a short tear at the top of the fold. 314pp., indexed, some black and white photos. The personal memoir of this 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by Julian Castro, former mayor of San Antonio and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A very good copy - clean, tight, and unmarked. General wear ot the board edges and a bit of bumping along the top edge. Unclipped jacket is also very good, bright and attractive. 225 pp., photo insert at center. Castro's autobiography detailing his upbringing, education, and political engagement.

Montana: Published by the author, 2000. Paperback. Good. Jim Edwards. Small softcover, signed by the author on the title page without inscription, and the number 60 in the top left corner in the same hand. A good coyp but with some bending at the corners and light scuffing to the covers. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. 76 pp., some black and white family photos, and illustrations by Jim Edwards. A combination of cowboy poetry and family memoir.

New York: Ecco - an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. Third printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed and inscribed by award winning author Joyce Carol Oates on the title page "To Rosie" in blue ink. A good plus copy, black hardcover with red spine titles. Third printing in dustjacket. Bending to the spine tips and a bump to the lower corner, joint-ward. Binding is solid but lacking tightness as if read through. Clean and unmarked other than the author's signature. Unclipped jacket is also good with general wear to the panel edges and a bit of chipping at the folds - dark panels show some scuffing. 415 pp., Oates' memoir of surviving her first year without her husband, Raymond Smith.