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�1998. 20 x 20 cm. Personal story of life of daughter of Jewish immigrants who became an obstetrician. Many interesting family photos and genealogical charts. Soft cover paper booklet, with author inscription inside front cover. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes tale of the Kemble family, in particular Fanny and Adelaide, also Mary Monckton, Countess of Cork, and Anne Benson Procter. Includes engravings of Frances Kemble and The Countess of Cork and Orrery. Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Heel and toe of spine worn, inside front hinge partly cracked, good. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes story of the loves of poets, including Robert Burns' attraction for Alison Rutherford, also Bess Burnet, Maggie Burns, and Clarinda. Clarinda was Agnes Maclehose, of whom Robert Louis Stevenson claimed she was the best woman Burns every encountered. Also Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon-- tale of chasing an old sow through the streets of Edinburgh in 1759. Also Henrietta Howardm Countess of Suffolk.Engravings of Duchess of Gordon and Mrs. Graham, as well as other illustrations.Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Heel and toe of spine worn, Front cover blemished, inside front hinge cracked, fair.. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes Story of Catherine and Mary Horneck, who charmed Edmund Burke, Joshua Reynolds and Oliver Goldsmith. Gossipy narrative about ""The Jessamy Bride"" and ""Little Comedy"", Oliver Goldsmith and the rest. Margaret Power, daughter of a disreputable, dissipated Irish squireen. Also Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensbury--skittish, eccentric, witty, warm-hearted, and beautiful. Lady Mary Isabella Somerset married Charles, Duke of Rutland, Viceroy of Ireland. Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Very tight, neat and clean copy. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume provides a Foreword in which author declares that the Dainy Dames he describes are all endowed with Charm. They may not be beautiful, or famous, or witty, or good, but they all possess Charm. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire captured the attention of Gainsborough, who preserved her features on canvas, and an engraving of that famous portrait is included here. Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire. ""Sacharissa"", the sweetest of the sweet, was Dorothy Sidney, born in 1617. Finally, Elizabeth Vassal Fox, Lady Holland. Portraits and illustrations from rare and famous pictures by masters of British and French Schools. Green leather on board with elaborate gilt printing on spine, circular emblem on front. Spine damaged, left side of cover split, fron cover barely attached. Poor. . Catalogs: Biography.

Boston, MA: Arthur P. Schmidt Co, ca. 1920. 12 x 20 cm. Biography of MacDowell and listing of his compositions, courtesy of Arthur P. Schmidt Co. MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH. Paper booklet with tipped-in photo of MacDowell. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 11 x 17 cm. Story of James Whitcher of Franconia, NH who had always fished. Frontispiece portrait of Fishin' Jimmy, ""nigh onto seventy years."" Green buckram cloth on board, lightly soiled, many stamps from Burnham Library, Essex, Mass. Ex-library. Fair. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Mahlon Day, 1834. 7.7 x 13.7 cm. Frontispiece shows engraving of Franklin with dark glasses. First 86 pages contain Franklin's autobiography, and after that, 40 pages continuing that life story by his friend Dr. Stuber. Extracts from Last Will of Dr. Franklin, in which he leaves his fine crab-tree walking stick to General Washington. Also included are humorous, moral and literary essays by Franklin: Of Early Marriages, on the death of his brother; to the Late Dr. Mather; ""The Whistle"" a true story, written to his nephew; Handsome and Deformed Leg, a morality lesson for carpers and complainers. Also, The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams; Advice to a Young Tradesman; Necessary Hints to those that would be Rich; The Way to Make Money Plenty in Every Man's Pocket; An Economical Project-- a lecture to the people of Paris, about saving daylight, and saving candles. Red leather on board, back board detached, front board quite loose; Markings and bookmark from the Dyer Library, Saco, Maine,… Read More

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1896. 10 x 16 cm. Fascinating account of a young Polish noblewoman, from 1759 to 1761 as author relates her adventures as in a journal. She begins, at age 16 in the Castle at Maleszow on New Year's Day. She tells about her life, her visits to Warsaw, about the King, Augustus III, her sister Basia's forthcoming marriage, and apologizes for disparaging comments about the Staroste, whom she will marry. Her own marriage is dreadful, conducted in strict secrecy before dawn, to the Duke of Courland. The journal ends at that point. The Countess lives a wandering life, in convents in Warsaw and Cracow, her fickle husband returns from time to time, but their marriage is kept secret, to spare the old king the shock. She finally joined him in Saxony, he clung to her and they lived happily. They had one child, Marie Christine, who married the Duke of Savoy. They had two children, a girl who married the King of Lombardy-Venice and a son, who became the father of Victor… Read More

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. 11 x 18 cm. Life of Peter Paul Rubens, with frontis. Painting of Rubens, by Franz Hals. Paper booklet, 5 cm. Closed tear in front cover. Good. . Catalogs: Biography.

London, England: Madame Tussaud and Sons, 1886. 13 x 21 cm. Catalogue includes thumbnail biographies of hundreds of famous people whose likenesses are in Mme. Tussaud's famed collection, including Matilda of Flanders; Henry III, Catherine of Aragon; Henry VIII; Geoffrey Chaucer; Victor Emanuel, first king of United Italy; Queen Elizabeth; Queen Victoria; Late President Grant; Abraham Lincoln; President Garfield; Napoleon Morte; Mehemet Ali Pasha; Chamber of Horrors, including Guiteau, Luigi Buranelli, Diblanc, many more. Advertisements for Cadbury's Cocoa, Needham's Polishing Paste, Steiner's Vermin Paste, Edwards' Oriental Sauce, Oetzmann & Co. Paper booklet, moderate wear, pencil marks on some biographies, good. . Catalogs: Biography.

Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1893. 17 x 24 cm. Copy of address delivered on Feb. 23, 1893 eulogizing James G. Blaine, statesman. Cloth on board, blind stamped with gold printing. Very good condition. . Catalogs: Biography.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1871. 13 x 19 cm. Irving offers a convoluted apologia for this biography, noting that in an earlier rendition he had drawn heavily upon the work of James Prior, but for this edition, also upon John Forster. Half-leather, marbled boards. Leather in spine deteriorated. Marbeled page edges. Text block very good. Back cover detached. Old Scotch tape attached. Binding copy. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. 13 x 19 cm. Up from one of the worst streets in a crowded city came Al Smith, first man in history to be elected four times Governor of New York state. Brown cloth on board, cover mildewed. Text block very good. Dustjacket covered with plastic, very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

Wien, Austria: Franz Deuticke, 1926. 14 x 23 cm. Article on Wilfred Pareto, 19th century expert on trade theory and economics, in German. Paper booklet, quite worn, cover wrap nearly detached, poor. . Catalogs: Biography.

Boston, MA: Daniel S. Knowlton, 1922. 8 x 13 cm. Events in Washington's Life; his ancestry; childhood; youth; Washington as a frontier fighter; as a farmer; as a family man; from Washington's Farewell Address. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Biography.

Portland, ME: L.H. Nelson Co, 1905. 20 x 25 cm. This is an adoring portrait of the founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, intended for children. Frances Willard was born in 1839 in Churchville, NY; when she was two, family moved to Oberlin, OH, then moved to Janesville, WI. In 1871 she became president of Evanston College for Ladies. Frances became involved in the temperance movement, and with Neal Dow, the ""apostle of temperance"" soon organized the WCTU. She died in 1898. Paper booklet, cover worn, lightly soiled, fair. . Catalogs: Biography.