Biography from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. First published 1966. Autobiography/memoir. Life story of American author, folklorist and educator William A. Owens, (1905 - 1990). Reflections on a remarkable journey from a one-room schoolhouse situated in a rural, poverty stricken area of Texas while earning of… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/New. BRAND NEW COPY w/remainder mark & trace spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. 2000, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/New. Memoir & biography. Tales in the lives of journalist, NY Times Editor (a human) Christopher S. Wren and Henrietta (a… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Text/As New Vintage 1952 First Edition, 3rd Printing. Bi-color boards/VG; strong w/corner tip rubs. DJ/Poor; intact w/losses to edges, closed tears, and re-attached front inner flap. Discoloration to upper, dyed text block. PO stamp to fEP & rear cover verso. Published w/o ISBN;… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. F. Strobel (Illustrator). Text/NEAR NEW w/short yellow marker strike to fEP. Red linen boards/VG; strong & sound w/light edge rubs & showing fading. DJ/None. Biography of prolific author, humorist & columnist Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1876 - 1944) who authored some 60 books & 300 short… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley, 1994. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. Archival Photographs. Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed dark brown linen covers w/gilt to upper text block/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. First published 1929; this a 1994 reprint. Autobiography & memoir of silent films times by cowboy star, screenwriter, director & producer William Surrey Hart… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New. Text/NEW & Bright. 1998, Stated First Edition, First Thus; later re-published 2011 by the Univ of Alaska Pres. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Memoir of Julia Scully's (1929-2023) childhood in the barren town of Nome, life experiences in an Alaskan orphanage around 1940. Array of… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Lyons Press, 1988. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/short, closed tear to upper edge of first title page. First published 1956; this is a 1988 paperback re-issue. Polish army officer Slavomir Rawicz (1915 - 2004), imprisoned by the Soviets in a Siberian Gulag (Soviet prisons &… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Author signed 1963, w/dedication to Jack La Follette. Blue linen boards w/silver spine lettering/NF w/light edge rubs. DJ w/portrait by Schreiber to back cover/Good; price-clipped, intact w/heavy edge wear & rubs to leading edges; under mylar. Biography of talented… Read more about this item

London, UK: Vintage Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Near New w/(1) folded corner. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & faint creasing lower front corner, with faint echoes corresponding text corners. PO name to front cover Verso. Biography of gifted English novelist and travel writer Charles Bruce Chatwin… Read more about this item

London, UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. EX-LIB; UNCIRCULATED Copy. Text/BRAND NEW. Black linen boards w/gilt lettering/Fine. DJ/Fine; under mylar. No loan-pocket; white-out to fEP and publication data page, and library stamp to lower margin of pg 103. Biography of English travel writer and historian Alexander Kinglake (1809 -… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Telestial Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF. Sticker remanent to front cover verso. True to title, a collection of biographies of celebrated, glamourous native sons and daughters of Utah who have made their mark in the world of entertainment. Illustrated with b/w… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, 1995. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to lower left front by spine. Biography of Irish Australian journalist, social worker and lifelong friend of Australian aboriginies Daisy May Bates (née Dwyer), (1859 - 1951).… Read more about this item

New York, NY: World Publishing, 1971. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hard Cover/Slipcase. Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/None As Issued. Black slipcase/NF w/corner tip rubs & light soiling. Biography of English poet, writer, critic, editor & founder of The English Review (1908) Ford Madox Ford (1898 - 1939), best known… Read more about this item

New York, NY: William Morrow, 1977. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF; rubs, short closed tears to edges. light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text edge. Biography of the very colorful and legendary American journalist, author and dramatist Gene Fowler (1890 - 1960). … Read more about this item

Collins/Harry Abrams, 1954. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Near New. Illustrated soft cover/NF. Monograph. Life and works of Itaian painter Sandro (born Alessandro di Mariano Filipei)Botticelli (1444/5 - 1510) whose work had significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites. 30 pages in full color (6 of which are produced across two and three pages)… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Skira, 1956. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Off-white linen boards w/red embossed lettering/Fine. DJ/VG; w/loss & closed tears to upper front & water spill marks to back. Monograph. The life and works of Russian-born French artist Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985). Illustrated with tipped in color plates.A chronology precedes… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New w/whispers of smudges to lower text edge corners of pgs 14 - 17. Textured beige boards/NF w/light edge wear & rubs to corner tips. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed green; soil spot to lower text edge. Autobiography, and final… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1983. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Text/BRAND NEW. 1983, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Embossed dark-wine linen boards/Fine. DJ/Good; Strong & sound w/closed tears, rubs, losses to edges & rubs to surfaces. Autobiography & Memoir. Award winning novelist, essayist & photographer, Wright Marion Morris (1910 - 1998) recounts his year's… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed maroon linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped (likely by publisher); light edge wear w/rubs to back leading edge & fine abrasion (sensed by the hand) to back surface. Trace smudge to fEP. First published in Spanish under… Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: Superio Publishing, 1965. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Text/Bright, clean, and Near New. Blue/gray linen boards/NF, showing faint discoloration. DJ/None. Biography of gunfighter and scout, stagecoach driver, lawman of the frontier terretories of Kansas and Nebraska, soldier in the Union Army, and professional gambler, and legendary figure of American… Read more about this item