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Category: Biography


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A Substantial Ghost: The Literary Adventures of Maude Ffoulkes
 by Violet Powell
Price: US $35.00
ISBN #: 0434599522
Binding: 
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1967
light wear to covers; dj price-clipped, bright, top edge dusty. Maude Ffoulkes was a ghostwriter of the early 20th century for Lady Cardigan and other... Details
Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition
 by Mark Twain (author); Harriet E. Smith (Editor), Benjamin Griffin (Editor), Victor Fischer (Editor), Michael B. Frank (Editor), Sharon K. Goetz (Editor), Leslie Diane Myrick (Editor)
Price: US $15.00
ISBN #: 0520267192
Binding: 
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 2010
Volume 1, Later printing (3) About As New in all respects, unread. A third printing of the first volume of Twain's monumental autobiography embarg... Details
By Me, William Shakespeare
 by Robert Payne
Price: US $12.00
ISBN #: 0896960641
Binding: 
Book Condition: VG
Dust Jacket Condition: VG
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1980
corners bumped; some wear to jacket tips and corners, bit of creasing, bit of soiling to rear panel. A biography of the playwright. 8vo - over 7¾"... Details
Charles Dickens
 by L. K. Webb
Price: US $15.00
ISBN #: 071270003x
Binding: 
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
Edition: First printing
Pub Date: 1983
Very light wear to the book and jacket. First printing, no additional printings listed. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and... Details
Crusader for Freedom: A Life of Lydia Maria Child
 by Deborah Pickman Clifford
Price: US $9.00
ISBN #: 9780807070505
Binding: 
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1992
light wear to the book and jacket, top edge dusty, gift isncription to the front endpaper, price-clipped. First printing, full number line. Most items... Details
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Book
 by Deirdre Dolan
Price: US $20.00
ISBN #: 9781592402304
Binding: 
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 2006
light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. From HBO: "The book opens with an ... Details
Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain
 by Ron Powers
Price: US $10.00
ISBN #: 046507670X
Binding: 
Book Condition: NF
Dust Jacket Condition: VG+
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1999
light wear to book and dj which shows light rubbing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Details
Faith Of My Fathers
 by John McCain; Mark Salter
Price: US $75.00
ISBN #: 0375501916
Binding: 
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1999
Signed by the senator on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. First printing, full RH number line. John M... Details
Faith Of My Fathers
 by John McCain; Mark Salter
Price: US $20.00
ISBN #: 0375501916
Binding: 
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1999
Lightest wear to the book and jacket. Second printing . John McCain's memoir of his family particularly his father and grand-father, admirals in t... Details
Faith Of My Fathers
 by John McCain; Mark Salter
Price: US $30.00
ISBN #: 0375501916
Binding: 
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1999
Lightest wear to the book and jacket. First printing, full number line. John McCain's memoir of his family particularly his father and grand-fathe... Details
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