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A MAN AND HIS MOUNTAIN: The Everyman who Created Kendall-Jackson and Became America's Greatest Wine Entrepreneur.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Public Affairs, (2013). SIGNED first edition - The authorized biography of Jess Stonestreet Jackson, the founder of Kendall-Jackson, a man who became a billionaire as he changed the course of California's wine growing, and who reinvented himself again as an owner of race horses. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 9781610392853.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58177More details Price: $30.00 -
AMERICAN DREAMERS: Charmian and Jack London.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography which focuses on the last years of London's life: 1903 he left his wife and two young daughters for Charmian Kittredge, a woman five years his senior but a spirited woman who was in many ways his soul-mate: she took part in his adventures, acted as his editor and transcriber and contributed to his accomplishments. After his death at age forty in 1916 Charmian (1871-1955) spent the rest of her lifetime devoted to keeping his reputation alive. This book draws heavily on Charmian's diaries and personal photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. xiii, 362 pp plus a 16 page insert of black and white photographs. ISBN: 0-312-021607.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (an unread copy, but with some slight signs of shelfwear.)
Book ID: 56156More details Price: $18.00