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London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume provides a Foreword in which author declares that the Dainy Dames he describes are all endowed with Charm. They may not be beautiful, or famous, or witty, or good, but they all possess… Read more about this item

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes story of the loves of poets, including Robert Burns' attraction for Alison Rutherford, also Bess Burnet, Maggie Burns, and Clarinda. Clarinda was Agnes Maclehose, of whom Robert Louis Stevenson claimed she was the… Read more about this item

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes Story of Catherine and Mary Horneck, who charmed Edmund Burke, Joshua Reynolds and Oliver Goldsmith. Gossipy narrative about ""The Jessamy Bride"" and ""Little Comedy"", Oliver Goldsmith and the rest. Margaret Power, daughter of… Read more about this item

London, England: Adam & Charles Black, ca. 1903. 9.5 x 14.9 cm. One of a set of four small volumes about Charming women. This volume includes tale of the Kemble family, in particular Fanny and Adelaide, also Mary Monckton, Countess of Cork, and Anne Benson Procter. Includes engravings of Frances Kemble and The Countess of Cork and Orrery. Portraits… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1896. 10 x 16 cm. Fascinating account of a young Polish noblewoman, from 1759 to 1761 as author relates her adventures as in a journal. She begins, at age 16 in the Castle at Maleszow on New Year's Day. She tells about her life, her visits to Warsaw, about the King,… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: L.H. Nelson Co, 1905. 20 x 25 cm. This is an adoring portrait of the founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, intended for children. Frances Willard was born in 1839 in Churchville, NY; when she was two, family moved to Oberlin, OH, then moved to Janesville, WI. In 1871 she became president of Evanston College for… Read more about this item

London, England: Madame Tussaud and Sons, 1886. 13 x 21 cm. Catalogue includes thumbnail biographies of hundreds of famous people whose likenesses are in Mme. Tussaud's famed collection, including Matilda of Flanders; Henry III, Catherine of Aragon; Henry VIII; Geoffrey Chaucer; Victor Emanuel, first king of United Italy; Queen Elizabeth; Queen Victoria; Late President Grant; Abraham Lincoln; President Garfield;… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Arthur P. Schmidt Co, ca. 1920. 12 x 20 cm. Biography of MacDowell and listing of his compositions, courtesy of Arthur P. Schmidt Co. MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH. Paper booklet with tipped-in photo of MacDowell. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Mahlon Day, 1834. 7.7 x 13.7 cm. Frontispiece shows engraving of Franklin with dark glasses. First 86 pages contain Franklin's autobiography, and after that, 40 pages continuing that life story by his friend Dr. Stuber. Extracts from Last Will of Dr. Franklin, in which he leaves his fine crab-tree walking stick to General Washington. Also included… Read more about this item

Wien, Austria: Franz Deuticke, 1926. 14 x 23 cm. Article on Wilfred Pareto, 19th century expert on trade theory and economics, in German. Paper booklet, quite worn, cover wrap nearly detached, poor. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 11 x 17 cm. Story of James Whitcher of Franconia, NH who had always fished. Frontispiece portrait of Fishin' Jimmy, ""nigh onto seventy years."" Green buckram cloth on board, lightly soiled, many stamps from Burnham Library, Essex, Mass. Ex-library. Fair. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. 11 x 18 cm. Life of Peter Paul Rubens, with frontis. Painting of Rubens, by Franz Hals. Paper booklet, 5 cm. Closed tear in front cover. Good. . Catalogs: Biography.

Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1893. 17 x 24 cm. Copy of address delivered on Feb. 23, 1893 eulogizing James G. Blaine, statesman. Cloth on board, blind stamped with gold printing. Very good condition. . Catalogs: Biography.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. 13 x 19 cm. Up from one of the worst streets in a crowded city came Al Smith, first man in history to be elected four times Governor of New York state. Brown cloth on board, cover mildewed. Text block very good. Dustjacket covered with plastic, very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

Boston, MA: Daniel S. Knowlton, 1922. 8 x 13 cm. Events in Washington's Life; his ancestry; childhood; youth; Washington as a frontier fighter; as a farmer; as a family man; from Washington's Farewell Address. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Biography.

©1998. 20 x 20 cm. Personal story of life of daughter of Jewish immigrants who became an obstetrician. Many interesting family photos and genealogical charts. Soft cover paper booklet, with author inscription inside front cover. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1871. 13 x 19 cm. Irving offers a convoluted apologia for this biography, noting that in an earlier rendition he had drawn heavily upon the work of James Prior, but for this edition, also upon John Forster. Half-leather, marbled boards. Leather in spine deteriorated. Marbeled page edges. Text block… Read more about this item