Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, Inc., 1955. First Thus . Slipcased. Near Fine. Thompson, George W.. Special slipcased edition of this classic book of reflections by a woman whose identity often got subsumed by that of her famous husband, Charles Lindbergh. Here, "the aviator's wife" writes about what it means to be a woman, a wife,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1974. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+. Still the definitive biography of the tortured "legendary queen of rock,'' by a woman who worked closely with Joplin & her manager, Albert Grossman, until her death in Oct. 1970. In 398 pages + 8-page center section of rare black-and-white photos… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Orig. published in 1933 under the author's pseudonym Antonio de Fierro Blanco, a "man of mystery" who claimed that his book was an autobiographical account of "One Year in the Life of Senor Don Juan Obrigon, Known During Past Years in the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1944. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. True account by U. S. Army Captain & pilot who participated in the 1942 Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, Japan, in WWII, crashed over the Chinese coast, lost a leg, & was saved during a daring rescue. In 221 pages with 16 pages of black-and-white… Read more about this item

New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Second Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-/G+. Constructed from documentary data, journals, & diaries, this is the intriguing, true story of the mysterious Mammy Pleasant, a woman of color who arrived in the city from New Orleans, where she had been a "voodoo queen.'' Throughout the Gold Rush… Read more about this item

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. A loving tribute by his wife "Sissy" to the late Mississippi artist Walter Inglis Anderson (1903-1965). Orig. published in hardcover in 1989, this is the First Trade Paperback Edition, First Printing, from 1995. In 177 pages + 16 pages of candid black-and-white… Read more about this item

London, England: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Jullian, Philippe. Reflections on a memorable year in an unchanging rural England,'' based on the author's personal diary that she kept from Autumn 1939-Autumn 1940, impacted by the war, but steeped in the quiet resilience of the countryside. 85 pp. Orig. published in the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Criterion Books, 1957. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Written by an insider in the political department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "the one man with access to all witnesses & secret documents related to the infamous Dreyfus case,'' this is a perspective on the case that you've never… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1927. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. First book, purported by him to be fictional, by this pioneering civil rights activist (1871-1938), who played a leadership role in the early days of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Orig. published anonymously by Knopf in… Read more about this item

Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Company, 1932. First Thus . Soft cover. Good+. Fictionalized, but based on true accounts, of a former enslaved man in the post-Civil War South making his way back "home" to his old master. First self-published by the author in 1920, this is the First Edition, first printing, from the J. W. Burke Co.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2022. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Intimate memoir by the founder & editor of Rolling Stone across its storied career until the magazine was sold & he stepped down in 2019, chronicling his own & the magazine's role in documenting "the rock and roll era in the… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good. The lost chronicle from Devil's Island--the story of a daring escape" by the author, a wealthy young Englishman who turned to thievery in France & subsequently served 20 years in that infamous penal colony in French Guinea. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1951, in 302 pages with map endpapers… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Willliam Morrow & Company, 1960. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Another in the acclaimed mystery writer's books of adventure travel that detailed several trips he & a team took through hidden regions of Baja California, Mexico, in the late 1950s-early 1960s. He described whale-watching expeditions & beachcombing in & around… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Press, 2010. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A London journalist probes the man behind Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, the mysterious creator of "Alice in Wonderland,'' in 326 pages with Index, Notes, & Select Bibliography. Orig. published in Britain, this is the First US Edition, First Printing, from 2010. Hardcover small 4to has soft blue cloth-covered… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. VG-. The other half of the infamous activist priest pair of brothers who were pursued by the FBI for their anti-war actions. This book represents his writings & journal entries that he made while incarcerated in Lewisburg Penitentiary & other jails. The… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1928. Reprint . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. True story of the magical monk who was the favorite of the royal family (Nicholas & Alexandra) in Tzarist Russia. His assassination in 1916 helped ignite the Russian Revolution.Translated from the original German (1927) by F. S. Flint & D. F. Tait.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Shepard, E. H. . The inspiration behind his father's beloved character Christopher Robin, his bear, Winnie the Pooh, & all their friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood shares his memories, answering questions that Pooh fans have long wondered about.… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. A complete pattern for the genius of evil" is contained within this book, which provides a startling, intimate view of the inner world & schemes of Adolf Hitler's right-hand man as they plotted the "Final Solution" & beyond in the… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1928. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. The famed explorer & retired U.S. Navy Commander recounts "his life, his thrilling adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air." In 359 pages with 46 black-and-white vintage photos… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally & Company, 1950. First American Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair-Good. Very first book to chronicle the exploits of the author & his team of 5 intrepid adventurers as they attempted to cross the Pacific Ocean on a wooden raft made of 40-foot balsa logs--Kon-Tii--to test the theory that the South Sea… Read more about this item