Search Results: Biography & Memoir from THE BOOK VAULT

MacMillan And Co. New York, 1901. 6 1/2" X 4 1/8" in supple green leather with fancy gilt design and lettering on front cover and spine. Fraying a little at spine ends, Gilt top edge has darkened. Spine has darkened, but lettering is still legible. A bit scuffed, but not bad: overall: VERY GOOD MINUS to VERY GOOD condition. Frontis is an actual etching by D. Murray Smith. This is from the "Temple Edition" of Comedie Humaine. 350pp.. Special Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

SELF PUBLISHED Ann Arbor, MI, 1927. 7 3/8" X 5 3/8" in heavy paper covers. Illustrated from old photos. Soiled, 3/4" chip from base of spine, 1/4" chip top of spine; otherwise, OK. 146pp + approx 16 pp of ads and newspaper notices regarding the author's career as an evangelist.. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1906. 6" X 4.625" in marbled boards with burgundy leather spine and corners. Heavily rubbed along spine edges and corners. Edge wear. External hinges just starting at tops and bottoms, but still firmly intact; pencil writing on title page: GOOD. Contents clean & crisp. 279pp + fold-out map inside back cover.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1990. 11" X 8.5" in illustrated heavy paper covers with staple binding. Nice photo of Lean on the cover. Upper front corner slightly bumped - otherwise excellent: NEAR FINE condition. Nifty photos from Lean's life and films along with explanatory text. 78pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Self Published, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1918. 8" X 5.375" in blue heavy paper covers with blue cloth spine. Top edge dusty; wear particularly at bottom edge front cover - 1/8" tear there; small water stain about half the size of a quarter - fore edge margin of first 3 leaves; light foxing on title page. This little book has a few minor cosmetic issues, but is basically nice throughout: about VERY GOOD. Scarcely seems to have been opened. Binding is very tight for a paperback of this age. Nice color Frontis, Other photo-style illustrations. Self-published account of life on the western front during world war I. Nifty - and RARE. 109pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

DANA ESTES & COMPANY, BOSTON 7.875" X 5.5" in colorfully marbled boards with leather spine and corners. Top edge gilt; all 4 corners abraded but otherwise, excellent. Clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD or better. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. No date given, but probably late 19th century. 416pp. [BA002]. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Rick Willis Seminars, Columbia, MD, 1986. 8 two-sided audio cassettes in a sturdy plastic cover. Very nice condition. Partial contents: "Pricing and Marketing Plans;" "Competitive Market Analysis;" "Servicing and contract negotiation;" Questions to ask Sellers;" "The Marketing Presentation;" "Handling Objections." This is information for realtors interested in increasing their listings. The cassettes may be a little old fashioned, but the information is still valuable. Sets like this are typically sold at sales training seminars, and they are quite expensive. The price here is probably 10-20% of the original cost.. Audio Book (Cassette). Near Fine.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, NY, (C. 1954) Later ed. Large 8vo in red cloth. Book rubbed around edges, shelf wear; Jacket dulled, Lightly smudged, and chipped around edges. G Book in a G Jacket.. Hardcover.

PublicAffairs, 2022. 9.5" X 6.375" in matte-black boards with gilt titles. LIKE NEW inside and out. Comes in a LIKE NEW jacket. 466pp. FIRST U.S. Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Amberley Publishing, 2022. 9.5" X 6.5" in matte-black hard covers with gilt titles. LIKE NEW inside and out. Jacket is also LIKE NEW. 320pp. FIRST EDITION.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Lynn Canal Publishing, Skagway, Alaska, 1988. 8.5" X 5.5" in heavy paper covers. Crease across top front corner tip; very minor shelf wear - clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. 103pp. "Personal recollections as recorded in a series of letters to friends and family." regarding the author's experiences as the engineer on the train from Whitehorse in the Yukon to Skagway in Alaska. SIGNED by the author on the title page. [BD055]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin USA, 2004 8 3/8 X 5 1/2" in illustrated heavy paper covers. VG+condition Except: remainder mark lower edge. 397pp. Notes, appendices, index.. F. Soft cover.

Oswald Publishing Co. NY. 1923 1st. 1/2 lea & blk cl. VG-; lea. of spn drying, some chipping base of spine, corners rubbed. o/w minty. Beautiful Bicentennial tribute to one of their own by the "American Printer" in the 1/20/23 issue. Gld emb binding. Many beautiful illus on fine paper.. F.

Artemis Verlag Zurich und Munchen, 1978. 12.5" X 12" in dark green cloth. Owner's dedication on flyleaf, otherwise excellent inside and out: NEAR FINE. Jacket is lightly soiled and shows some shelfwear: VERY GOOD. Beautiful photography. GERMAN TEXT ONLY. 210pp [BA054]. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

John C. Winston Co., Phila., 1918 9.25 X 6.5" in dark blue cloth. Covers soiled and lightly stained. Owner's name inkstamped inside front cover. Endpapers darkened. Binding sound. Contents excellent. Top egde gilt. Illustrated autobiography of Pennsylvania's governor 1903-1907.. F. Hardcover.

Little, Brown, & co. Boston, 1968, 1st Am. ed. sm 4to. VG+/VG+ top edge a little dusty. The extraordinary life of Bertrand Russell spanning the two world wars.. F. Hardcover.

Seuil, 1982. 7" X 4.75" in glossy illustrated heavy paper covers; Front corners curled up slightly, but clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. 191pp. [CB067] FRENCH TEXT ONLY.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Werner Company, Akron Ohio, 1898, 1st ed. 12.5 X 9.25" in gold stamped brown cloth. Shelfwear. Some rubbing. Lower front corner frayed, 1/4" chip about 3" from top of spine. covers Smudged. V. Small water stain on very outer edge of 1st few pp. GERMAN TEXT.. F. Hardcover.

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933. 9" X 6" in heavy duty green buckram. Moderately soiled, spine lettering faded to illegibility, rear hinge cracking: FAIR. 296pp. 2d edition.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Backbeat Books, Milwaukee, WI, 2012. 9" X 6" in slick illustrated heavy paper covers. With the exception of a small bump at bottom edge of front cover, this book is like new inside and out: FINE. 437pp.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.