Historical Biography
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New York History, Quarterly Journal Of the New York State Historical Association, Volume Xvi
by New York State Historical Association
Historical Biography Books & Ephemera
Personal History
by Graham, Katharine
Personal History is the autobiography of Katharine Graham. It was published in 1997 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1998. The book received widespread critical acclaim for its candour in dealing with her husband's mental illness, and the challenges she faced in a male-dominated working environment.
Carrie Chapman Catt
by Mary Gray Peck
Octagon Books, NY, 1975. Reprint 1975. Hardcover. History; Biography; Carrie Chapman Catt - A Biography. Chairman, First Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, 1925. Frontispiece photo of Catt. (495 Pgs.) Green boards and book fine.
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NZ$45.80
Christopher Columbus: The Grand Design
by Paolo Emilio Taviani
London: Orbis. Minimal wear. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1985.
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NZ$17.01
Impolite Interviews
by Paul Krassner
Lyle Stuart, 1961. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. VG orange boards with green lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges; shelf wear with small chips and closed tears. 208pp. Index. Stated 1st edition. Pages browning from age. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$37.13
![Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress, Volume I [House of Representatives, 35th Congress, 2d session, Ex. Doc. No. 2]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/559/849/291849559.0.b.jpg)
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress, Volume I [House of Representatives, 35th Congress, 2d session, Ex. Doc. No. 2]
by Buchanan, James
Washington: James B. Steedman, Printer, 1858. Volume I only. Near Very Good condition (see photos). A square, reasonably tight copy. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. Wear to the corners and spine ends, with one small chip at the rear hinge (see photo). Bound in the original brown cloth, with decorative blind stamping to the spine and boards, both front and rear. The spine is gilt-stamped "Message and Documents 1858-9, Part 1." Below the spine is blind-stamped "House Document."...
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NZ$420.60
Orson Welles: Hello Americans
by Callow, Simon
Vintage Books, 2007-07-17. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x1. Very good stiff glossy paper wraps; bumped spine. Binding tight; contents clean and unmarked. No reader's crease. 507pp. Index. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$19.37
Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph, A Biography, Two Volumes Set
by Johnson, Edgar
Simon & Schuster, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph, A Biography, Two Volumes Set. VG grey boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jackets price clipped; light rubbing along edges; some scotch tape on inside; small chips and tears. Vol 1: 585pp Vol 2: 586 to 1158pp. Indexes. Stated 1st Printing. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough...
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NZ$136.41
Lenin in Zurich: Chapters
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
London: Book Club Associates. Minimal wear. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1976.
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NZ$10.63
Leonardo the Florentine A Study in Personality
by Rachel Annand Taylor
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Originsal VG cloth covered boards with gilt lettering along spine; edges smooth. Binding and hinges tight and squaare; contents clean and unmarked except for owner bookplate front inside cover. No dust jacket. 580pp. Bibliograpphy; Index. Some uncut pages. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$19.37
Elbridge Gerry's Letterbook Paris 1797-1798
by Knight, Russell W
The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Hardcover with glassine dust cover. No cover wear. Unmarked. Appears unread
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NZ$38.22
The Kennedy family scrapbook
by Friedman, Stanley P
Grosset & Dunlap, 1978-01-01. First THUS. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. First Printing (1978)Book: Boards with minor shelf wear, sunning to edges. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. DJ with shelf wear, light foxing to top edge. no tears
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NZ$42.48
Cissy, The Extraordinary Life of Eleanor Medill Patterson
by Martin, Ralph G
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1979. 1st Ed. Hardbound. 8vo. 672 Pgs.. Fine in Good DJ/Good. Cissy, The Extraordinary Life of Eleanor Medill Patterson by Ralph G Martin. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 512 Pgs. ISBN 067122557X. LCCN 79-10752. The first woman to edit and publish a major American newspaper, the Washington Times-Herald. Illustrated with photographs. Description text copyright...
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NZ$56.40
Moltke : His Life and Character Sketched in Journals, Letters, Memoirs, A Novel, and Autobiographical Notes
by Moltke, Field-Marshall Count Helmuth von; Translated by Mary Herms
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Very Good++ condition (see photos). NOT a library discard. A bright, clean, square, reasonably tight copy. Light foxing on a couple pages only. All other pages are clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bound in the original gilt-decorated green cloth, with a handsome emblem in gold, red and black stamped on the front cover. Gilt is still bright and shiny (see photo). Illustrated with 26 portraits, facsimile letters, and some drawings by...
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NZ$127.37
History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, from a Period Preceding Its Settlement to Recent Times, Including the Annals and Geography of Each Township
by Blackman, Emily C
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1873. A desirable copy of the First Edition -- tough-to-find like this in the publisher's cloth binding. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. This is the 1873 HARDCOVER first printing -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. NOT a library discard. It is bound in the original cloth with a gilt-decorated spine and blind-stamped covers. The spine is uniformly sun-lightened but all gilt lettering and decorations are still bright and distinct. SEE PHOTOS....
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NZ$339.03
Impressions Being Short Sketches and Intimacies Concerning Elbert Hubbard, the Roycroft and Things Roycroftie, Together with Some Autobiography
by Hubbard, Bert
The Roycrofters, 1921-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable/Missing. 0x0x0. (1921; Roycrofters/ "reprinted from The Fra") Paper boards with tooled leather at spine. Tipped in illustrations and title page. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket as issued. Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Leather at spine very friable , split at ends. Dust soil to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations
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NZ$47.23
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
by Jason Porath
New York: Dey St.. Minimal wear. A heavy book with additional postage charges for overseas orders. . Fine. Hardcover. 2016.
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NZ$42.53
![The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire [Gloucestershire]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/214/461/1498461214.0.b.jpg)
The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire [Gloucestershire]
by Atkyns, Robert
London: Printed by T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert and sold by J. Millan, T. Payne, Davis and Reymers et al, 1768. Very Good condition. Moderate corner wear. Hinges are partially cracked, but holding. SEE PHOTOS. Marbled endpapers with gilt inner dentelles. SEE PHOTOS. This is the 1768 Second Edition, which according to the title page should have 73 copper plates. This copy has none, and there is no evidence that it ever did. It does have the "Author's Epitaph" and "Directions to...
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NZ$2,710.54
Yarns on the Human Quest
by Ernest H. Hayes
Wallington: Religious Education Press. Minimal wear. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1959.
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NZ$13.82
Memories that Bless...! A Daughter's Appreciation
by Amalia Caroline Baird
Mrs. Joseph C. Baird, 1939. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed by author. VG blue boards with gilt lettering on cover. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for inscription on title page. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges; sun faded, has 3 small closed tears. 61pp. Stated 1st edition. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$44.39
Elbridge Gerry's Letterbook: Paris 1797-1798
by Russell W. Knight, Editor
Salem: Essex Institute, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine in blue cloth with a faint sticker shadow on the front cover. 92 pp. The personal letters of Gerry regarding the American and French situation labeled the XYZ Affair, to his wife and daughter, Bossenger Foster, Jr., Messres. Vanderyuer, Villemont and Schwartz, Captain Ebenezer Nutting, William Vans Murray, Captain Alexander Ross, Messrs. John and William Willink, Charles Pinckney, Timothy Pickering, President John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.
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NZ$59.48
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography
by Spoto, Donald
Harpercollins, 1993. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. VG black boards with silver lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked . VG dust jacket not price clipped; smooth edges; MYLAR covered. 698pp. Stated 1st edition. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$44.39
Mud on My Doorstep: Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Farmwife
by Irene Megginson
Beverley: Hutton Press Ltd. 1991 reprint. . Fine. Soft cover. 1987.
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NZ$6.38
Alex: The Life of Alexander Liberman
by Kazanjian, Dodie
Knopf, 1993-09-27. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Very Good/Used: Very Good. 6x1x9. Very Good white boards with black lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges. 385 pages. Includes index. Stated 1st edition. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$32.29
Sketches of the Rise, Progress, & Decline of Secession, Parson Brownlow's Book; 1862 FIRST EDITION
by Brownlow, W G
Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession; with a Narrative of Personal Adventures among the Rebels, By W. G. Brownlow, . Editor of the Knoxville Whig. Philadelphia: George W Childs; Cincinnati: Applegate & Company. 1862 First Edition: 458 numbered pages + 8 pages period ads.Condition: Rebound with original label as pictured. Interior is clean, with no writing, cuts, stamps, etc. Illustrations complete. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After...
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NZ$308.87
Socrates; the man and his Mission
by R Nicol Cross
Open Court Publ, 1914. hardcover. Very Good. VG green boards with black lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for bookplate on front paste down. No dust jacket. 344pp. Index. Browning on endpapers. 7.5 x 5.5" All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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NZ$57.71
The Life and Time of Eamon De Valera
by Fitzgibbon, Constantine (text)
Macmillan 1st 1973 . large 4to. Very, very slight dulling, very slight wear + wrinkling to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG+ 990 gms.
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NZ$15.95
