Biography and Travel Books
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Autobiography/Biography
Allen, Joseph with Russell Martin. Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey. 200 photographs. 1984. Stewart, Tabori and Chang. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Auerbacher, Inge. I am a Star: Child of the Holocaust. Singed by author. Inscription reads: "To Susan: You are a special star. Much love, your friend, Inge Auerbach. 11-8-1987." Prentice-Hall. 1986. TPB. 7.50 dollars
Bloomfield, Paul. Edward Gibbon Wakefield: Builder of the British Commonwealth. Longmans. 1961. VG/G. 10 dollars
Bluestone, Barry and Irving Bluestone. Negotiating the Future: A Labor Perspective on American Business. First Edition. Basic Books. 1992. F/F. 5.75 dollars
Bode, Richard. First you Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life and Living. First Edition. Warner Books. 1993. F/VG. 4 dollars (memoir/self help)
Boggs, Lindy. Washington Through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Woman. Harcourt Brace 1994. First Edition. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Chernow, Ron. The Warburgs: The 20th Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family. Random House. 1993. First Edition. VG/P. 7.50 dollars
Clayton, Bruce. Praying for Base Hits: An American Boyhood. University of Missouri. 1998. Trade paperback. 4.75 dollars
Cochran, Johnnie. Journey to Justice. First Edition. 1996. One World. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Colette. Earthly Paradise: Colette's Autobiography, drawn from the writings of her lifetime. First American. 1966. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. VG/G. 6.75 dollars
Daly, Jackie and Tom Carter. Tammy Wynette: A Daughter Recalls Her Mother's Tragic Life and Death. First Edition. 2000. Putnam. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Drummond, Ellen. Queen of the Dark Chamber: The Story of Christina Tsai. Signed by subject. Moody Bible Institute. 1957. No jacket. 4 dollars
Ferguson, Robert. Henry Miller: A Life. Norton. 1991. First American Edition. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Freedman, Samuel. Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students and Their High School. First Edition. 1990. Harper and Row. VG/Poor. 4 dollars
Gill, Stephen. William Wordsworth: A Life. Clarendon, Oxford. 1989. VG/VG. 14 dollars
Givner, Joan. The Life of Katherine Anne Porter. Jonathan Cape. 1983. VG/VG. 9 dollars
Givner, Joan. Katherine Anne Porter: A Life. Trade paperback. 1982. Touchstone. VG. 4 dollars
Greer, Germaine. Daddy We Hardly Knew You. Hamish Hamilton. 1989. First Edition. VG/G. 4 dollars
Hall, James. Sangoma: My Odyssey into the Spirit World of Africa. First Edition. 1994. Putnams. VG/VG 6 dollars
Hotson, Leslie. Mr. WH. (Shakespeare biography.) Knopf. 1965. Second edition. VG/P. 5 dollars
Hughes, Dorothy. Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason. 1978. William Morrow. VG/VG-. 4 dollars
Jaspersohn, William. Senator: A Profile of Bill Bradley in the U.S. Senate. First Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1992. VG/VG. 5.75 dollars
Keizer, Garret. A Dresser of Sycamore Trees: The Finding of a Ministry. Nonpareil. 1991. Trade paperback. F. 5 dollars
King, Norman. The Woman in the White House: The Remarkable Story of Hilary Rodham Clinton. First Edition. 1996. Birch Lane. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Koenigsberg, M. King News: An Autobiography. (includes killing of King Fisher and Ben Thompson). 1941. F.A. Stokes. VG/G. 11 dollars
Laing, Adrian. R.D. Laing: A Biography. Thunder's Mouth Press. 1996. Trade paperback. VG. 4 dollars
Laskin, David. A Common Life: Four Generations of American Literary Friendship and Influence: Melville & Hawthorne, James & Wharton, Porter & Welty, Bishop & Lowell. University Press of New England. 1996. Trade paperback. VG 4 dollars
Lawrence, Frieda. Frieda Lawrence: The Memoirs and Correspondence. Knopf. 1964. Stated First American. VG/no jacket. 4 dollars
Levine, Kathy. We Should Be So Lucky: Love, Sex, Food and Fun After Forty from the Diva of QVC. Autographed. First Edition. Pocket Books. 1997. F/F. 7 dollars
Malraux, Andre. Anti-Memoirs. First American Edition. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1968. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Meredith, George. The Letters of George Meredith (two volumes) Scribner's. 1912. First American Edition (Scribner's Seal.) VG. Pencil marks. 10 dollars
O'Neill, Speaker Tip with William Novak. Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill. First Edition. 1987. Random House. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Papini, Giovanni. Four and Twenty Minds. Biographies include da Vinci, Dante, Hegel, Neitzsche, Whitman, Hamlet, Swift, Quixote, Maeterlinck and the author. Crowell. 1922. Deep red cloth with gilt lettering. 4 dollars
Parton, Dolly. Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. First Edition. Harper Collins. 1994. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Pavarotti, Luciano. Pavarotti: My World. First Edition. Crown. 1995. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Placzek, Beverley, editor. Record of a Friendship: The Correspondence of Wilhelm Reich and A.S. Neill. 1981. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Trade paperback. VG. 4.75 dollars
Rau, Santha Rama. Gifts of Passage: An Informal Autobiography. 1961 Harper and Brothers. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Rorem, Ned. An Absolute Gift. First Edition. 1978. Simon and Schuster. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Roth, David. Sacred Honor: Colin Powell The Inside Account of his Life and Triumphs. 1993. Zondervan. VG/VG. 4 dollars.
Sarton, May. Among the Usual Days: A Portrait. First Edition. 1993. Norton. VG/VG. 4.50 dollars
Sarton, May. May Sarton: a Self-Portrait. First Edition under this title (originally World of Light). 1986. Norton. F/VG. 4 dollars
Schoenberger, Nancy. Dangerous Muse: The Life of Lady Caroline Blackwood. Doubleday. 2001. F/VG. First Edition. 7.50 dollars
Spanier, Sandra Whipple. Kay Boyle: Artist and Activist. Trade paperback. Paragon. 1988. 4 dollars
Sproto, Donald. Diana: The Last Year. First Edition. 1997. Harmony. VG/VG. 4 dollars
Tillich, Hannah. From Time to Time. (Paul and Hannah Tillich) Stein and Day. 1973. VG/G. 7.50 dollars
Troyat, Henri. Pushkin: His Life and Times. Pantheon. 1950. VG/G. 5 dollars
Wolfe, Jane. The Murchisons: The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty. First Edition. St. Martins. 1989. VG/VG. 10 dollars
The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent Americans Recall Their Mentors. Includes Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Julia Child, Cindy Crawford, Walter Cronkite, Whoopi Goldberg, James Earl Joens, Larry King, Christopher Reeve. First Edition. Birch Lane Press. 1999. F/VG. 5 dollars
Travel/ Adventure
Barron, Cheryll Aimee. Dreamers of the Valley of Plenty: A Portrait of the Napa Valley. Scribner. 1995. G/G. Some water damage. 4 dollars.
Beebe, Morton. Miami: The Sophisticated Tropics. 1991. Chronicle Books. VG/VG. 7.75 dollars
DeGregory, Lane and Mary Ellen Riddle. Insider's Guide to North Carolina's Outer Banks. 1996. Trade paperback. VG. 4 dollars
Frischauer, Willi. The Grand Hotels of Europe. "From Claridge's in London to Monaco's plush Hotel de Paris to the historic Grande Bretagne in Athens--here is an informative, delightfully urbane look at Europe's great hotels." 1965. Coward-McCann. VG/G. 4 dollars
Ginestet, Bernard. Margaux. From the series: Bernard Ginestet's Guide to the Vineyards of France. 1990. Jacques Legrand. F/VG. 4.75 dollars
Hough, Henry Beetle. Soundings at Sea Level. "The fabled editor of the Vineyard Gazette shares the adventures and landmark battles of his 83rd uncommon year." First Edition. 1980. Houghton Mifflin. F/VG. 4.75 dollars
Leitch, Michael. Slow Walks in Barcelona. Trade paperback. Harper. 1992. Fine. 4 dollars
McFadden, Dorothy Lea. Gardens of Europe: A Pictorial Tour. 1970. A.S. Barnes. VG/VG. 4.25 dollars
Montgomery, David. Mountainman Crafts and Skills. "An illustrated guide to clothing, shelter, equipment and wilderness living." Horizon. 1980. VG/VG. 6 dollars
Steidle, Robert. Wild-Water Canoeing and Kayaking. VG/ no jacket. 12.75 dollars
Viesti, Joe and Diane Hall. Celebrate! In Central America. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. VG. 9 dollars
Waterman, Laura and Guy. A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True. Trade paperback. The Mountaineers Books. Fine condition. 7.75 dollars
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