Resultados de búsqueda: Biography from Widdershin's Books

Revised Edition. Later Printing. J.A.Brainerd (1864). Good +, black, bonded full cloth binding with bright gold lettering on spine. Rubbing to top edge of spine. Original text block is toned at page edges, with some toning extending into pages. A previous owner's name/firm written/stamped on first 3 blank pages and stamped on title page. Third blank page has tear at top edge. No other writing in text and the numerous black and white illustrations are quite fine and clear. Appears to have been re-bound in bonded cloth. A sturdy, pleasant reading copy. Boxed shipping. 11-2-b

In the Land of White Death : An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic. Valerian Albanov. Translation by Alison Anderson. First Modern Library Edition. First Printing (2000). Fine, as new, unread full cloth hardcover with fine as new jacket. A sharp copy. 6-b

Island Lighthouse Inn: A Chronicle. Jeffrey Burke. First Edition. First Printing. Pilgrim Press (1997). Fine, as new, unread hardcover with fine, as new jacket. Restoration of an old inn on Isle au Haut, and tales of eccentric folks who have stayed there and on the island. Includes twenty-one recipes and engravings by Maine artist Siri Beckman. Mapped endpapers. Boxed for safe shipping. 6-b

Limited/Numbered Edition. Schubert Club (2000). Olga Obolensky. As pictured. Designed and printed by Wilber Schilling- Indulgence Press. Title page photograph -Marc Norberg. Produced by the friends of Jane Mattson. This is 190 of 250 limited/numbered copies. Fold-out pages, tipped-in photographs, and unique illustrations. As new, unread hardcover in as new, jacket with as new slip-case. A lovely example of the bookmaker's art. Carefully boxed for safe arrival as described. 11-b

The Journal of Aurelio Scetti: A Florentine Galley Slave at Lepanto 1565-1577. Translated and edited by Luigi Monga. MRTS (2004). First English Language Edition. First Printing. Fine, as new, unread blue full cloth hardcover with gold lettering and design. Fine, as new jacket. A superb copy. The Journal of Aurelio Scetti: A Florentine Galley Slave at Lepanto 1565-1577. Boxed shipping. 3-b

First Edition. First Printing. Scribner (2020). Illustrated Edition. Fine, as new hardcover with fine, as new jacket. NOT a remainder. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 9781982128234. 11-b

Signed/Inscribed. First Edition. First Printing. Augustana (2011). Fine, as new, unread navy full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Fine, as new jacket. Signed and inscribed to a friend by Ann Boaden. A sharp copy. Boxed shipping. 6-onb

Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds. Lyndall Gordon. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. Viking (2010). Fine hardcover with fine, as new jacket. Swift, safe shipping. 12

First Edition. First Printing. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria. Noo Saro-Wiwa. Granta (2012). As pictured. Fine, as new, unread trade paperback original. Swift shipping. 12-b

True First Edition. First Printing. Hyperion (1998). NOT a Hachette reprint. Illustrated. Fine, unread, as new quarter cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket. Boxed shipping. 11-b

SIGNED. The Man With the White Horse: Memoirs. First edition. First printing. Exposition Press (1979). Fine full cloth hardcover in Good jacket. Signed (signature only) by Einar Leistad on first flyleaf. Jacket is complete with shallow chip at top of spine panel and some rubbing and creasing on panel and at extremities. 068249285X. 6-b

First Edition. First Printing (1993). Fine, as new, unread navy full cloth hardcover with copper lettering and design. Fine, as new jacket. NOT a remainder. Safe boxed shipping. 12-b.

First Edition. First Printing. State Historical Society of Iowa (1993). Fine, as new trade paperback with numerous color/black and white photos and substantial text. My Brother, Grant Wood. Nan Wood Graham. 12-b

First Edition. First Printing. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (April 27, 2010). Fine, as new, unread hardcover with fine, as new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 11-b

First Edition. Windy City Publishers. 2014. Very near fine. illustrated trade paperback. Faint surface crease to corner of front cover, else quite fine. Biography of eccentric architect/sculptor who created The House on the Rock. Includes extensive examination of the massive collection and the history of the structure. 3

On and Beyond The Mississippi: Essays Honoring Thomas Tredway. Blanck Dag and Nolan Michael. Augustana Historical Society (January 1, 2004). First Edition. First Printing. Fine, as new, large trade paperback. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 11-b

First Trade Paperback Edition/Printing. Forensic Press (2004). Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. NOT a remainder. Swift, safe shipping. 12-b

First Edition. First Printing. Robson Books (1999). Fine, as new, full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Fine, as new, jacket. A fresh, sharp copy of an important Piaf biography. Boxed for safe shipping. 11-b

A Plain Life. Scott Savage. First Edition. First Printing. Ballantine (2000). As pictured. Fine, as new, unread, hardcover with fine, as new jacket. A superb little copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed shipping. 13-b

Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. 2008. First published in 1944, this is a definitive biography of Nikola Tesla who was a close friend of Pulitzer Prize-winning author O'Neill, and here, O'Neill captures the man as a scientist and as a public figure. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Swift, safe shipping. 3onb