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  • Ackerley, J.R.
    MY FATHER AND MYSELF.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Poseidon Press, 1968. Includes black-and-white photographs. Truman Capote called this 'the most original autobiography I have read.'

    Condition: Contents very good, rubbing and fading to covers.

    Book ID: 13910
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  • JOHN ADAMS. by [Adams, John 1735-1826.] McCullough, David.
    [Adams, John 1735-1826.] McCullough, David.
    JOHN ADAMS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -'the colossus of independence,' as Thomas Jefferson called him - who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history." Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize…

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    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -'the colossus of independence,' as Thomas Jefferson called him - who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war; who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses"; and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history." Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography (the second time McCullough received this award). Illustrated with drawings and sections of both color and black and white photographic plates. Includes the Adams family genealogical tree, Source Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 751 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684813637.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88496
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  • A MODEL FOR A BETTER FUTURE. by Alexis, Kim.
    Alexis, Kim.
    A MODEL FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Supermodel, spokeswoman, athlete, and mom Kim Alexis shares her story and the convictions she's developed." SIGNED on the front endpaper. Notes. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-785274561.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71169
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  • MY HUSBAND'S WIFE AND OUR HOUSE. by Allen, Helena G.
    Allen, Helena G.
    MY HUSBAND'S WIFE AND OUR HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Eagle Rock, California: Prosperity Press, 1986. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A personal and humorous book, the story of a young couple's search for the perfect home (a search which ended in Redlands, California) by an author best known for her books on the history and notable figures of Hawaii. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 281 pp. ISBN: 0-870621718.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (discoloration from sticker on front cover of dj).

    Book ID: 73082
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  • MEMOIRS. by Amis, Kingsley.
    Amis, Kingsley.
    MEMOIRS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A partially autobiographical book by this author who wrote more than 20 novels, including the Booker Award winning "The Old Devils." It includes opening chapters on his family, school days, and life at Oxford, but much of the book is about other writers, including a piece on Philip Larkin (rewritten from a version published before Larkin died), and his praise for neglected writers, such as Elizabeth Taylor, and for Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time series. Index. 346 pp. ISBN: 0-671749099.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82089
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  • MY (UNDERGROUND) AMERICAN DREAM: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive. by Arce, Julissa with Mark Dagostino.
    Arce, Julissa with Mark Dagostino.
    MY (UNDERGROUND) AMERICAN DREAM: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Center Street, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir about the costs - in separation from her family, constant fear and worry - of being an undocumented immigrant - even when one is "successful." "When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents. . . When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible, Julissa's top grades and leadership positions landed her an…

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    New York: Center Street, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir about the costs - in separation from her family, constant fear and worry - of being an undocumented immigrant - even when one is "successful." "When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents. . . When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible, Julissa's top grades and leadership positions landed her an internship at Goldman Sachs, which led to a full time position--one of the most coveted jobs on Wall Street. Soon she was a Vice President, a rare Hispanic woman in a sea of suits and ties, yet still guarding her "underground" secret." SIGNED on the title page by Arce. Illustrated with photographs in full color. Resources. 296 pp. ISBN: 978-1455540242.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 68534
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  • LOOKING FOR THE KLONDIKE STONE. by Arthur, Elizabeth.
    Arthur, Elizabeth.
    LOOKING FOR THE KLONDIKE STONE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir of five perfect summers spent at a camp in the Green Mountains of southern Vermont. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-679-418946.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80850
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  • Asher, Don.
    THE EMINENT YACHTSMAN AND THE WHOREHOUSE PIANO PLAYER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Coward-McCann, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as a 'eminiscence' this is Asher's attempt to understand the father he never knew, a brilliant and troubled man who committed suicide when Asher was three, through his father's friendship with S. N. Behrman. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-698105176.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some light soiling to soft paper dj.)

    Book ID: 17165
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  • THE EMINENT YACHTSMAN AND THE WHOREHOUSE PIANO PLAYER. by Asher, Don.
    Asher, Don.
    THE EMINENT YACHTSMAN AND THE WHOREHOUSE PIANO PLAYER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Coward-McCann, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Described as a 'eminiscence' this is Asher's attempt to understand the father he never knew, a brilliant and troubled man who committed suicide when Asher was three, through his father's friendship with S. N. Behrman. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-698105176.

    Condition: Very good in a fair only dust jacket (short closed tear and edgewear to the dj, toning to the spine and discoloration on front cover from sticker).

    Book ID: 84082
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  • AFTER A FUNERAL. by Athill, Diana.
    Athill, Diana.
    AFTER A FUNERAL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - An unsparing account of why and how an exceptionally charming man killed himself, in Athill's flat. Didi was an Egyptian exile, whom Athill, a director at Andre Deutsch, supported during his final three years. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-899194540.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82077
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  • HERE AND NOW: LETTERS (2008-2011) by Auster. Paul and J. M. Coetzee
    Auster. Paul and J. M. Coetzee
    HERE AND NOW: LETTERS (2008-2011)

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Although Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee had been reading each other's books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and, 'God willing, strike sparks off each other'. 'Here and Now' is the result of that proposal: an epistolary dialogue between two great writers who became great friends." 248 pp. ISBN: 978-0670026661.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71716
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  • LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF. by Bacall, Lauren.
    Bacall, Lauren.
    LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Noted actress's first autobiography, which includes not only how she found her way to Hollywood, but much on her marriage to Humphrey Bogart. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "for Ed." Illustrated with photographs. 377 pp. ISBN: 0-394-423083.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81073
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  • FRANCIS BACON: The Temper of a Man. by [Bacon, Sir Francis, 1561-1626] Bowen, Catherine Drinker
    [Bacon, Sir Francis, 1561-1626] Bowen, Catherine Drinker
    FRANCIS BACON: The Temper of a Man.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little Brown, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of Sir Francis Bacon, an English statesman who eventually became Lord Chancellor, a philosopher, and author - a book which takes a fresh look at his reputation, life and achievements. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight pages of black and white plates. Author's note, index. 245 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some toning to the pages and dust jacket, a few small chips to the dj)

    Book ID: 77940
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  • EDWARD DICKINSON BAKER: Western Gentleman, Frontier Lawyer, American Statesman by [Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811 - 1861] Vandenhoff, Anne.
    [Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811 - 1861] Vandenhoff, Anne.
    EDWARD DICKINSON BAKER: Western Gentleman, Frontier Lawyer, American Statesman

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Auburn, CA: Pony Express Printers, (1979). SIGNED first edition - A biography of this politician, statesman and military leader. He was born in London to "poor but educated" Quaker parents, and his family emigrated to the United States when he was just five, settling for a while in Robert Owen's utopian community at New Harmony, Indiana. As an attorney and politician in Springfield, Illinois he became close friends with Abraham Lincoln (who named one of his sons after him). He relocated to San Francisco and then to Oregon where he was elected as a Senator - his death at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia, in 1861 during the Civil War is the only example of a sitting Senator…

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    Auburn, CA: Pony Express Printers, (1979). SIGNED first edition - A biography of this politician, statesman and military leader. He was born in London to "poor but educated" Quaker parents, and his family emigrated to the United States when he was just five, settling for a while in Robert Owen's utopian community at New Harmony, Indiana. As an attorney and politician in Springfield, Illinois he became close friends with Abraham Lincoln (who named one of his sons after him). He relocated to San Francisco and then to Oregon where he was elected as a Senator - his death at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia, in 1861 during the Civil War is the only example of a sitting Senator killed in warfare. From Fort Baker in San Francisco to Baker City and County in Oregon, his name lives on, and yet surprisingly little has been written of his life. SIGNED and dated by the author on the front endpaper. frontispiece portrait. Bibliography, index. 114 pp

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    Condition: Near fine in light blue illustrated wrappers (crease to corner of front cover) .

    Book ID: 79630
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  • PENINSULA OF LIES: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love. by Ball, Edward.
    Ball, Edward.
    PENINSULA OF LIES: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to explore the enigmas surrounding the life of English writer Gordon Hall - born as Gordon Ticehurst, he first changed his name to Hall, and later, after a sex change operation, to Dawn Langley Hall, and finally added Simmons after her marriage to a young black mechanic. His parents were servants at Sissinghurst, the home of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson, a connection that he frequently exploited in his later life. As a moderately successful writerof biographies of famous women, he wound up the heir of the wealthy New Yorker, Isabel Whitney, and used the money to purchase and restore an old mansion in Charleston, where for…

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    London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to explore the enigmas surrounding the life of English writer Gordon Hall - born as Gordon Ticehurst, he first changed his name to Hall, and later, after a sex change operation, to Dawn Langley Hall, and finally added Simmons after her marriage to a young black mechanic. His parents were servants at Sissinghurst, the home of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson, a connection that he frequently exploited in his later life. As a moderately successful writerof biographies of famous women, he wound up the heir of the wealthy New Yorker, Isabel Whitney, and used the money to purchase and restore an old mansion in Charleston, where for a while he suceeded in becoming part of that society. After a few years he not only had an operation changing his sex - but forever after Dawn Simmons claimed that she had been born a woman, and had been 'mis-sexed' at birth - and that she bore the child whom she raised as her daughter. The second book by this National Book Award winning author. An engrossing story in one way, full of hearsay and anecdotes and gossip, although one also has to agree with Nigel Nicholson, who was interviewed for the book but who wondered why Ball took such an interest in such a minor subject as 'Dinky.' Illustrated with photographs. 271 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54368
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  • Barnes, Kim
    HUNGRY FOR THE WORLD: A Memoir.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Villard, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A continuation of her award-winning memoir, and a lucid and open account of how a young woman can slip into a man's domination - sexual and controlling of her very being - and of the reserves that enabled her finally to free herself. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-375502289.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37914
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  • UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance. by Bart, Michael and Laurel Corona.
    Bart, Michael and Laurel Corona.
    UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Following his fathers death, and with his mother in failing health, Michael Bart embarked on a ten-year research project to find out more details about his parents time in the Vilna ghetto, where they met, fell in love, and married, and about their activities as members of the Jewish resistance. . . . Shortly before the total liquidation of the ghetto, Zenia and Leizer, along with about 120 members of the underground, were able to escape to the Rudnicki forest, about 25 miles away. They became part of the Jewish partisan fighting group led by Abba Kovnerknown as the Avengerswhich carried out sabotage missions against the Nazi army…

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    New York: St Martin's, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Following his fathers death, and with his mother in failing health, Michael Bart embarked on a ten-year research project to find out more details about his parents time in the Vilna ghetto, where they met, fell in love, and married, and about their activities as members of the Jewish resistance. . . . Shortly before the total liquidation of the ghetto, Zenia and Leizer, along with about 120 members of the underground, were able to escape to the Rudnicki forest, about 25 miles away. They became part of the Jewish partisan fighting group led by Abba Kovnerknown as the Avengerswhich carried out sabotage missions against the Nazi army and eventually participated in the liberation of Vilna." SIGNED on the front endpaper by co-author Laurel Corona and dated in the year of publication. Photographs, notes, bibliography. xxviii, 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0312378073.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76403
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  • Becker, Peter.
    DINGANE: KING OF THE ZULU 1828 - 1840 (orig title: Rule of Fear.)

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Crowell, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - Study of the controversial Zulu ruler who was eventually defeated by the Boers under Pretorius, originally published in England under the title 'Rule of Fear'. Illustrated with drawings and maps. Bibliography, index. 283 pages.

    Condition: Near fine in very good+ dust jacket.

    Book ID: 22838
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  • BLACK GOLD: The Story of an Oil Pioneer. Selected Experiences and Incidents Associated With Sixty Years of World-Wide Petroleum Exploration and Oilfield Development. by Beeby-Thompson, Arthur; foreword by Herbert Hoover.
    Beeby-Thompson, Arthur; foreword by Herbert Hoover.
    BLACK GOLD: The Story of an Oil Pioneer. Selected Experiences and Incidents Associated With Sixty Years of World-Wide Petroleum Exploration and Oilfield Development.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the "Grand Old Man of Oil," an English engineer who traveled to Africa in 1896, to Baku two years later and then to the Caribbean, Peru, Egypt, Arabia and Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania in the United States. A foreword by former President Herbert Hoover, but one which focuses on the association between his mining firm and Beeby-Thompson's oil firm. Stamped on the front pastedown is the notice "A personal reading copy for our bookseller friends whose opinions and criticisms we welcome and value." Photographs, index. 544 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in black cloth with a blue illustration of an oil rig and gilt lettering on the spine a fair only dust jacket (price-clipped, rubbing, creasing and edgewear, now protected by an archival cover).

    Book ID: 86716
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  • Beidelman, T. O.
    THE KAGURU: A Matrilinear People of East Africa.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971.). A title in the 'Case Studies in Anthropology' series under the general editorship of George and Louise Spindler. Illustrated with photographs. Map, glossary, bibliography. 134 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0767652.

    Condition: Good in illustrated wrappers (some rubbing to the covers, marginal notations in pencil - erasable.)

    Book ID: 30562
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  • SELECTED LETTERS OF VANESSA BELL. by [Bell, Vanessa] Marler, Regina, editor.
    [Bell, Vanessa] Marler, Regina, editor.
    SELECTED LETTERS OF VANESSA BELL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes more than 300 previously unpublished letters of Vanessa Bell, the older sister of Virginia Woolf, a well-known painter and and an important figure in the Bloomsbury circle. Biographical introduction and chronology by Marler, Photographs. Sources, selected bibliography, index. xxxix, 593 pp. ISBN: 0-679-41939X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58220
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  • Bellonci, Maria.
    PRINCE OF MANTUA: The Life and Times of Vincenzo Gonzaga.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1956. dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of late Renaissance Italian duke. Translated by Stuart Hood. Index. 312 pages.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 21641
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  • GRANDFATHER J. B.: Letters to My Grandson. by Bercovici, Joseph (1879 - 1966) Edited by Mary Hengstenberg Grossman.
    Bercovici, Joseph (1879 - 1966) Edited by Mary Hengstenberg Grossman.
    GRANDFATHER J. B.: Letters to My Grandson.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - Letters from a Jewish immigrant, born in Romania in 1879 who emigrated to the US in 1904 - he was a self-taught linguist, philospher and journalist, and the author of one novel under a pseudonym. These letters begin in 1959 when his grandson Joel leaves New York City for graduate work at the University of Iowa, and end in November 1966, a short time before Bercovici's death in February 1967. Edited and with an introduction by Mary Hengstenberg Grossman, the wife of Joel. xiv, 210 pp. ISBN: 0-316089966.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (chip to lower edge of back cover, a few short closed tears).

    Book ID: 83491
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  • RARE BIRDS: An American Family. by Bessie, Dan.
    Bessie, Dan.
    RARE BIRDS: An American Family.

    Edition: First printing.

    Lexington, KY: The University Press Of Kentucky, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - "What does a writer do when he's got a family that includes a blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten, the brains behind Tony the Tiger and the Marlboro Man, a trio of gay puppeteers, the world's leading birdwatcher, sixties hippies, a Dutch stowaway who served in an all-black regiment during the American Civil War, a mother of unusual compassion and understanding, and a convicted murderer? He tells their stories and secrets, illuminating 150 years of American life along the way. Dan Bessie begins the journey through his family history with his great-grandfather in the cargo hold of a ship bound for New York on the storm-tossed…

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    Lexington, KY: The University Press Of Kentucky, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - "What does a writer do when he's got a family that includes a blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten, the brains behind Tony the Tiger and the Marlboro Man, a trio of gay puppeteers, the world's leading birdwatcher, sixties hippies, a Dutch stowaway who served in an all-black regiment during the American Civil War, a mother of unusual compassion and understanding, and a convicted murderer? He tells their stories and secrets, illuminating 150 years of American life along the way. Dan Bessie begins the journey through his family history with his great-grandfather in the cargo hold of a ship bound for New York on the storm-tossed Atlantic." An account of his family by this screenwriter and the son of blacklisted writer Alvah Bessie. Warmly INSCRIBED on half title page and dated November 30, 2000. xv, 287 pp. ISBN: 0-813121795.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79852
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  • RABBI ON FORTY-SEVENTH STREET: The Story of Her Father. by Birstein, Ann.
    Birstein, Ann.
    RABBI ON FORTY-SEVENTH STREET: The Story of Her Father.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of Bernard Birstein (1892-1959) by his youngest daughter - an account of his emigrant travels, his struggles and his growing family, and finally his years as a rabbi whose synagogue, close to Broadway in New York City, attracted many actors and performers from the nearby theaters xv, 202 pp. ISBN: 0-385274297.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (light remainder speckle to bottom edge, short tear to dj)

    Book ID: 83318
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  • Bjornson, Richard.
    THE AFRICAN QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND IDENTITY: Cameroonian Writing and the National Experience.

    Edition: Large trade paperback.

    Bllomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, (1994.). An authoritive and comprehensive look at the entire national literature of Cameroon within the context of the political and social life of the country. Includes chapters on writers Mongo Beti, Ferdinand Oyono, Guillaume Oyono-Mbia and Francis Beby, on anticolonialism and rebellion, on the negritude and anti-negritude movements. Extensive notes, index. 507 pp. ISBN: 0-253-209080.

    Condition: Fine (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 26762
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  • YOU CAN'T WIN. by Black, Jack.
    Black, Jack.
    YOU CAN'T WIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1926. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a professional burglar and hobo, Jack Black, this book describes describes his days on the road and as a professional thief, convict and escaped prisoner (his mother died when he was 10, and after a few years in a convent school, he hit the road at 14, was in the dock for burglary before he was 20 and by age 25 he was expert house robber) but it is even more an indictment of the criminal justice system. While this book was influential to writers like William S. Burroughs (who mentioned it in "Junkie" and who also wrote the foreword to the 1988 trade paperback) and the Beats,…

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    New York: Macmillan, 1926. Hardcover first edition - The autobiography of a professional burglar and hobo, Jack Black, this book describes describes his days on the road and as a professional thief, convict and escaped prisoner (his mother died when he was 10, and after a few years in a convent school, he hit the road at 14, was in the dock for burglary before he was 20 and by age 25 he was expert house robber) but it is even more an indictment of the criminal justice system. While this book was influential to writers like William S. Burroughs (who mentioned it in "Junkie" and who also wrote the foreword to the 1988 trade paperback) and the Beats, it is perhaps even more relevant to us now with its discussion on how the prison system can be a force for good - the library in a Canadian prison - and also something which dehumanize prisoners - including his experiences of flogging in Canada,and being constrained by a strait jacket at Folsom. Foreword by Robert Herrick. xi, 394 pp.

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    Condition: Very good in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine (offsetting to the endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, corners somewhat bumped), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81836
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  • ALMOST GOLDEN: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News. by Blair, Gwenda.
    Blair, Gwenda.
    ALMOST GOLDEN: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988) dj. Hardcover - The true story of news anchor Jessica Savitch. "A network anchor at thirty-one, she had made it to the top in a male-dominated world of big stars, big money, and super-egos. But behind the scenes was another story - a woman desperately chasing her dream through a private nightmare of drugs, depression, and disastrous romances and spiraling ever downward." 16 pages of black and white photographs, index, 352 pp. ISBN: 0-671-63285.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61333
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  • I'LL TELL THEM I REMEMBER YOU. by Blatty, William Peter.
    Blatty, William Peter.
    I'LL TELL THEM I REMEMBER YOU.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in which Blatty discusses his mother and life after death - and his most famous work, "The Exorcist." 173 pp. ISBN: 0-39307479X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 81682
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  • Bliven, Bruce.
    A MIRROR FOR GREATNESS: Six Americans.

    Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. dj. Hardcover - A look at six people whose strength and force of character shaped American history - included are Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Jefferson, Sojourner Truth, Emerson and Thoreau. ISBN: 0-07-0059047.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 17053
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