London: Sheed & Ward, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 258p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Spine faded, stamp on endpaper, dent on cover, corners bumped, otherwise pages clean and tight. Translated by P.G. Foote. A biography of the Danish author Sigrid Undset, and her influence on Christian... More about SIGRID UNDSET: A Study in Christian Realism
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 712p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Corners bumped and spine a bit wrinkled. Inscription on 1/2 title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly edgeworn and tanned, but fully intact. A biography of... More about BEAVERBROOK
Cesar Ritz Foundation, 1997. Hardcover. A new hardcover book, still in shrinkwrap. A biography of the founder of the famous Ritz hotels. More about CESAR RITZ: Life and Work
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 462p. A very good hardcover in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, otherwise fine. A biography of architect Christopher Wren. More about HIS INVENTION SO FERTILE: A Life of Christopher Wren
New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 181p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate, small black mark on bottom of page edges, otherwise clean and tight. A personal account of poet James Merrill and his partner David Jackson and their obsession with Ouija... More about FAMILIAR SPIRITS: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson
New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 181p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A memoir of the poet Merrill and his life with Jackson. More about FAMILIAR SPIRITS: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 247p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: label on spine, stamps on endpapers and title page, marks from pocket on endpaper, otherwise pages unmarked and tight. By the author of The Prisoner of Zenda. An autobiography and sketches. More about MEMORIES AND NOTES
Los Angeles: Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 47p. A tan buckram hardcover book in very good condition. The cover is soiled on both sides. Top corner of text block is dampstained. Otherwise, text is unmarked and binding is tight. Wachtel (1864-1929) was a California artist... More about ELMER WACHTEL: A Brief Biography
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 357p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket's spine is lightly sunned; otherwise fully intact. Contains black and white photographs and a section of color plates. More about SISTER: The Life of the Legendary American Interior Decorator Mrs. Henry Parish II
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1999. Paperback. 128p. A softcover book in fine condition, having only minute price sticker residue on the front cover. Biography of the author of THE GREAT GATSBY with over 100 black and white photographs. Reprint of the 1987 American edition. More about F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Chicago: Argus Books, 1939. Red cloth. A very good hardcover book. Tight pages throughout the book. Dustjacket is torn and taped. Large tears on the top and the bottom of the spine. Price clip on the edge of the inside dustjacket. Chips along the edge of the dustjacket. 426p. An... More about MY FIRST EIGHTY YEARS
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A hardcover book with dustjacket in overall very good condition. The spine of the book itself is age-darkened else the book is clean, tight, and unmarked. The dustjacket has a 1x2 inch chip along the bottom of the spine and... More about HOUDINI AND CONAN DOYLE: The Story of a Strange Friendship
Versailles, OH: Bessie Myers Barga, 1998. 1st Edition. Spiral Bound. 112p. A spiralbound softcover book in near-fine condition. The cover has a few creases, but otherwise, the text is clean and the binding is secure. Signed by the author on the first blank page. Includes the author's business card. This... More about THE GLORY OF BEING MYSELF: The Distinguishing Characteristics of Bessie Myers Barga
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 361p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly crinkled across the top, but still fully intact. A biography of the Paris correspondent for THE NEW YORKER. More about GENET: A BIOGRAPHY OF JANET FLANNER
New York: Continuum, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 204p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a bookplate inside the front cover and mild sunning to the jacket's spine. A biography of the author-psychiatrist. More about INTELLECT AND SPIRIT: The Life and Work of Robert Coles
Boston: Twayne, 1978. First Printing. Hardcover. Red decorated cloth. Plates. 166p. Book is new. A study of author, Philip Arthur Larkin, an English poet, novelist and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter... More about PHILIP LARKIN (TWAYNE'S ENGLISH AUTHOR SERIES #234
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 343p. Green cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. A few marks on cover, otherwise clean and tight. Includes many b/w illustrative plates. More about A STAR OF THE SALONS: Julie de Lespinasse
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 287p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A biography of the American author and lawyer. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More about LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS: A Writer's Life
Berkeley: The Regents of the University of California, 1996. Hardcover. 135p. A large blue cloth hardcover book in fine condition. Marked as Copy no. 21. Crawford's interviews with William Duncan Allen in 1995. Also contains scans of newspaper clippings. From the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library at... More about WILLIAM DUNCAN ALLEN: Teacher, Pianist, and Accompanist to Concert Artists
New York: Viking, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 232p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A biography of the 20th-century socialite and hostess to numerous dignitaries. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More about AMERICAN LADY: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 447p. A very good hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. Includes many b/w photographs. A biography of Marietta Tree. More about NO REGRETS: the Life of Marietta Tree
Celina, OH: Limelight, Limited, 1989. Paperback. 411p. A softcover book in good condition. Cover worn and slightly bent, mark from sticker on cover, a few stains on cover, edge of a few pages creased, otherwise pages unmarked. Includes b/w photographs. Author was a circus clown. More about MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS: An Anecdotal Autobiography
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 457p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cover edges rubbed and spine sunned. Otherwise clean and tight. The author's account of his nautical adventures. Contains black and white plates. More about SEVEN HORIZONS
New York: Kraus Reprint Co, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. 490p. Tan cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Previous owner's plate, otherwise clean and tight. Includes b/w illustrations. A biography of the prolific American painter John Singer Sargent. More about JOHN SINGER SARGENT: A Biography
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. Hardcover. 588p. Green cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Light wear on cover, corners bumped, some spotting on endpaper, otherwise clean and tight. Includes b/w portraits. Short biographies of 62 "self-made men," including Andrew Jackson, Emmanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens, and more. More about SELF-MADE MEN