Search Results: Biography from The Woodward Avenue Bookshelf

1928
HARDCOVER

"THE LONE SCOUT IN THE SKY"
BY JAMES E. WEST
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Hardcover of "The Lone Scout of the Sky" the story of Charles A. Lindbergh by James E. West. Frontispiece is by Norman Rockwell. This was a vintage rebound school copy from East Troy, Wisconsin. Leather like boards. Gold gilt to spine. Includes how to build a model of the Spirit of St. Louis.

Unread, Stated First Edition, Hardcover with Priced Dust jacket of "To Seek A Newer World" by Robert Kennedy. Published just months before his assassination, this manifesto provides the best glimpse of what might have been had Kennedy lived long enough to be President. It has no writing. Pages are clean. The boards are clean. The Priced Dust Jacket is protected in a Demco mylar. The dust jacket has light shelfwear around the edges. Book is square. Unusual to find this book Unread and in this condition

1973
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
FIRST EDITION, STATED SECOND PRINTING
"AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS"
By HERMANN HESSE
FARRAR, STRAUSS & GIROUX
Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket, First Edition, Stated Second Printing, of "Autobiographical Writings" by Hermann Hess. There is no writing. Clean square binding, boards and pages are clean. Lightly read if at all

Unread, Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket, First Edition, First Printing of "An American Life Ronald Reagan" by Ronald Reagan. Scarce first edition, First printing. This has no writing Clean pages and page block The Fine dust jacket is protected in a demco mylar. Clean pages. Excellent collectable copy.
UNREAD1990
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
"AN AMERICAN LIFE RONALD REAGAN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY"
BY RONALD REAGAN
SIMON AND SCHUSTER

1975
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
"BLANCHE OF CASTILE"
BY REGINE PERNOUD
TRANSLATES BY HENRY NOEL
COWARD, MCCANN, GEOGHEGAN, INC.
First American Edition, Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket of "Blanche of Castile" by Regine Pernoud. There is no writing. Pages are clean. Square book. Boards are clean. The dust jacket has some shelfwear.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971 A Very Good + 8vo Hardcover, c.1971, First Edition, Numbered Second Printing with original Dustjacket in Good Condition. Minimal wear to the Dark Red Cloth Boards. Exterior shows no bumps, rubs, ect. The 864 unread pages are clean and crisp with no condition issues and the spine still protests as only an unread copy will. There are no marks in the book other than a Blanked-out Prev. Owners Name on the front flypage. A very fine copy. Photo's available upon request.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Panthenon Books, Inc., 1959 A Fine Hardcover c.1959 Stated First Edition, with it's original unclipped $3.75 priced Dustjacket in Very Good Condition. This is an unread copy. Clean bright boards. The book is 191 numbered, unread pages. The book's spine still protests when opened as only an unread copy will. The Dustjacket is good and displaying only light shelfwear/edgewear, and a small 1/2" to the upper center front. No marks in the book. All in all, a very fine Stated First Edition.First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

SIGNED
HARDCOVER WITH PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET
"FRONT ROW AT THE WHITE HOUSE"
BY HELEN THOMAS
SCRIBNER
SIGNED BY JOURNALIST HELEN THOMAS
This is a Signed copy of "Front Row at the White House" by journalist Helen Thomas. She was an institution at the White House before her retirement. It is signed by Thomas to someone on the title page it is dated February 10, 2000. The book is square. Clean pages. Lightly read if at all.

1981
SIGNED
SOFTCOVER
STATED FIRST EDITION
"MITCH"
ON THE TAIL END OF THE OLD WEST
A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR ROY MITCHELL, WESTERN ARTIST
IT IS SIGNED
BY DEAN KRAKEL
Signed, Softcover, Stated First Edition, of "Mitch, On The Tail End of the Old West" It is signed with a neat inscription, and signed and dated. No writing other than the authors. Pages are clean.

** 1980**
SIGNED BY MINNIE PEARL
HARDCOVER WITH PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET
"MINNIE PEARL AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY"
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
INTERNALLY UNREAD

1980, Signed, Minnie Pearl Autobiography. Signed to someone by Pearl on the first free endpaper. There is a magazine article about Minnie Pearl laid in the front of the book. No other writing than Pearl's. Clean, unread pages. Dust jacket is in Fine condition.

1999
SIGNED
UNREAD
SOFTCOVER
"THE GANG ON KENDAL STREET A FIFTIES MEMOIR"
GROWING UP IN HENRY FORD'S HOMETOWN
BY BOB BIERMAN
ST. BEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Unread, Signed, Softcover, "The Gang on Kendal Street A Fifties Memoir" by Bob Berman. It is signed to someone on the title page. No other writing. A memoir of Dearborn, Michigan. Interesting and funny stories, combined with vivid descriptions of stores and other buildings in the area and what life was like.

1968
FIRST DELTA PAPERBACK
STATED FIFTH PRINTING
"SOUL ON ICE"
BY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER
DELTA
BLACK PANTHER HISTORY_________
1968, First Edition, Fifth Printing, Delta Paperback, "Soul on Ice" by Eldridge Cleaver. No writing. Pages are clean. covers shows some shelfwear.

UNREAD
1972
HARDCOVER WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
(IN BRITISH LBS)
"AND THE DAWN CAME UP LIKE THUNDER"
BY LEO RAWLINGS
FOREWARD BY LORD MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ARTIST AT WAR AND WHAT CAME AFTER
RAWLINGS, CHAPMAN
LONDON
Unread, 1972, Hardcover with Priced Dust Jacket, First British Edition of "And The Dawn Came up Like Thunder" Clean book, no writing. Dust jacket is Near fine. Boards are immaculate. First Edition, First Printing of this World War II memoir by a British artists who as a soldier had the misfortune to be a long-term prisoner of the Japanese Imperial Army. Rawlings made numerous paintings illustrating the brutalities of the prisoners -- many presented in this book with his detailed recollections of his experiences.