Search Results: Biography from Rare Binds

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. First Edition. Front and back covers have two pieces of old tape that hold mylar DJ cover. Mild shelfwear to edges. Fly page has previous owner inscription. Pages are clean and bright. DJ is Good+ as it has been covered in mylar for some time.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. Tight binding; Page edges have slight shelfwear rub in a couple of places; Star stamp on bottom page edge. DJ is yellowed and has minor shelfwear; "Winner of Pulizer Prize" sticker on DJ. Biography of on of America's preeminent authors.

United States: Self-Published, Xlibris Corp., 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page: "For Joyce and Dale, John Hardgrave".

Augusta, Maine, USA: E.C.ALLEN & Co., 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES G. BLAINE, By Russell H. Conwell/ Augusta, Maine: E.C.ALLEN & Co. 1884. Introduction by Frederick Robie, Governor of Maine. 8vo. Publisher's decorative clot Frontispiece, 504 pages, (1) plate. First edition. Very old ex-library bookplate inside front cover.Shelfware to bottom of spine and corners of boards. Pages toned, but in good shape.

Austin, Texas, USA: Steck-Vaughn, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Used - Very Good+ . No Jacket. Front cover has very slight discoloration near bottom; top edge of book has foxing. Interior in Fine condition. Mylar cover, no slipcase. A facsimile reproduction of the original 1883 edition. Cover photos of Jesse James and his wife from the N.H. Rose Collection, courtesy of the Division of Manuscripts, University of Oklahoma Library. 96 pages, illustrated with the original drawings and color added by Carol Rogers.

Henry Holt and Company, 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, Good Condition. No DJ. Written by Constance Wright, this is a fascinating biography of a patriot's wife, Madame de Lafayette. Adrienne de Noailles married the handsome Marquis de Lafayette in 1774 when she was fourteen and he but two years older. This story traces her life through the American Revolution and the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed, First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Briefly inscribed by author on half title page. DJ in Fine condition. Would be Fine, but has very minor shelf wear to bottom edge of boards. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houstons momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haleys fifteen years of research and writing have produced possibly the most complete, most personal, and most readable Sam Houston biography ever written.

Touchstone Books, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on bookplate on front end page. Touchstone, 1992, As new., Fine, bright, clean, tight. Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder Morris Dee's autobiography. Gives an inside look at events and cases that shaped the Center and the course of American Justice.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Seems to have had slight defect in binding process: inside back board isn't smooth. Undaunted Courage, written by Stephen Ambrose, is a 1996 biography of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The book is based on journals written by Lewis and Clark, along with other members of the expedition, and also offers additional insight into the travelers and their thoughts.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Heritage Books, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FINE. Signed, First Edition. Tight with no markings. Signed on title page with short inscription, "For Aileen". Great Copy!