Biography / Autobiography from Bygone Books

Montpelier, VT: Privately printed by Norman and Lyn Lear/ Leahy Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. J. J. Lankes. Originally printed by Norman and Frances Lear for Christmas 1984; this edition reprinted by Norman and Lyn Lear, Christmas 1999 and updated by the author. 8vo - an oblong almost square, stiff wraps, 160 pp, illustrated with woodcuts by… Read more about this item

New York: Archer House, 1963. First American edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 1st American edition (first published in Britain in 1956); foreword by the Marquess of Salisbury. 8vo, light blue boards, 184 pages, 8 b/w plates, biographical index to diary entries. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD- jacket: book has little wear, an owner label on fep; jacket… Read more about this item

York: Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1795. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. .Interspersed with Anecdotes Respecting Most of the Performers in the Three Kingdoms, from 1765 to 1795." Volume 4 only, with front board detached. 1st edition, 16mo, ¾ leather and marbled boards (bound by H. Wood), marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 267 pages. Condition is GOOD: front board… Read more about this item

London / New York: Frederick Warne, 1892. Hardcover. VG. With notes by W. C. Ward, and prefaced by Lord Macaulay's Essay "Madame D'Arblay." 3 volumes, 12mo, burgundy pebbled cloth w/ gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt, vol. 1: 447pp, engraved frontispiece of Burney (based on a drawing by Edward Burney); vol. 2: 468pp, engraved frontis of George… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. Hardcover. Collectible; VG-. Later printing, 12mo, original brownish publisher's cloth with paper spine label, 336 pages, 6 pages publisher ads. Condition: VERY GOOD- : cover wear (staining, fading, slight rippling to rear board cloth), faint foxing to endpapers, three owner names to front endpaper, internally clean and tight. Hemans (1793-1835), born Felicia… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster Trade, 2001. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 174p. NF/NF with lt. rubbing at rear fold of dust jacket.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover. NF/NF. 8vo, hardcover brown boards, 223 pages, illus section, 4th printing; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Author is the daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Condition is NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: owner name on fep; signed on title page.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 1st edition [NAP], 8vo, navy cloth, 292 pages, color frontispiece by Kitty Shannon, 16 b/w plates, chronology, index. VERY GOOD- / no jacket: some faint scuffing to the boards, a few tiny tears to spine head, light spotting to page edges, some faint… Read more about this item

NY: Coward-McCann, 1959. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st American edition [stated] [but has "Book of the Month Club Selection" on the jacket - price is present and no publisher slug], 8vo, green cloth, 336 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slight edgewear. A very nice copy.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1950. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Reprint edition [BOMC, originally published 1950, copyright renewed 1978], 427 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliiography. VERY GOOD+ book in a VERY GOOD+ jacket: book has faint spotting to top page edge; jacket has a small open tear on rear panel - appears unread, just this minor shelfwear.… Read more about this item

Boston: Higgins and Bradley, 1857. Hardcover. G+. Later printing (20th thousand), 16mo, red blind-stamped publisher's cloth / gilt titles and decoration on spine, 352 pp, b&w engravings. Condition is GOOD+ / no jacket (as issued): rubbing to board edges and sm. tears to spine head and tail, front hinge exposed but still tight, internally pages… Read more about this item

NY: W.W. Norton, 1953. First American edition . Hardcover. G+/Fair. 282p. First American edition. GOOD+ / Fair - : edgewear; spine ends bumped; staining and crease to front end page; owner's name; sl. yellowing to pages. DJ: staining front cover; spine darkened; large (4" x 1") missing piece on back cover at fold; chips and… Read more about this item