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If you are looking for some fascinating insights into your favorite authors, actors, or politicians, be sure to look through the rare biographies section of the Biblio Rare Book Room. There is a wide diversity of content featured in the rare biographies section of the Biblio Rare Book Room, and many of the rare and hard-to-find books are signed by the authors or featured subjects.

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Pleased to Meet You ( signed )

Pleased to Meet You ( signed )

by Putland, Michael

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New
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1st Edition
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Buffalo, New York
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England: Genesis Publications, 1999. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition Limited Edition of 1750 this is #1528, Hardcover in black board with black leather spine, picture of Keith & Mick tipped to front board with orange letters . A 226 page book with illustrated end pages and illustrated in color and black & white photos through out . This comes in a slip case box ( see image ) and is also signed by the photographer / author michael Putland . A complete book with a ribbon lift and publishers other book catalogs booklets included . Condition : New . Note , No international orders will be taken on this book , only to be sold in the USA. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall.
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My First Seventy-six Years: The Autobiography of Hjalmar Schacht

My First Seventy-six Years: The Autobiography of Hjalmar Schacht

by Schacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley (Signed); Pyke, Diana (Translator)

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Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
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First English Edition
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Hardcover
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London: Allan Wingate. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1955. First English Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 552 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "One of the most important autobiographies of the post-war period, for there can be few personalities still alive who have been so intimately connected with the march of world events for so many years... His first great triumph was to rescue the German Mark from the inflation of 1921... As the Nazi avalanche swelled, Hitler persuaded him to occupy the Presidential chair at the Reichsbank... but (Schacht) soon saw that the Fuhrer was driving relentlessly towards war. A quarrel resulted and he left the Government, remaining under a cloud until he was arrested towards the close of the regime." - from dust jacket. Schact was aquitted of war crimes at Nuremberg. Moderate wear to book. Binding intact. Several patches and touch-ups to dust jacket which is now preserved in… Read More
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A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - Signed Limited Edition

A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - Signed Limited Edition

by Mandela, Nelson

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Fine as new
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Signed Limited Edition
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Hardcover
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Los Angeles, California
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Little, Brown & Co., 1994. Hardcover. Book is in Fine as new condition. 1st printing. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. This is one of 1000 numbered edition quarter bound in leather and signed on the limitation page by Nelson Mandela. In custom made green slipcase. Black leather quarter bound in the spine and front, strikingly green cloth cover. Top edge gilt. Book is in pristine, fine condition. In custom made slipcase.
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Moon Walk (SIGNED)
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Moon Walk (SIGNED)

by Michael Jackson

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Edmonton, Alberta
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U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp. 283, b/w and colour photographs, SIGNED in blue ink by Jackson on the free end page. Possibly signed and inscribed by Michael Jackson on half title page
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Johnny Horton, Your Singing Fisherman : Ngaha Tashly Ha Arscheaische
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Johnny Horton, Your Singing Fisherman : Ngaha Tashly Ha Arscheaische

by Michael Levine

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Traralgon, Victoria
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Vantage Press, USA, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Hardcover. 220 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Vantage Press, USA, 1982. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Music. ISBN: 0533048028. ISBN/EAN: 9780533048021. Inventory No: 16070389.. 9780533048021
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Go Quietly...or Else - His Own Story of the Events Leading to His Resignation

Go Quietly...or Else - His Own Story of the Events Leading to His Resignation

by Agnew, Spiro T. (Signed)

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Used - Very Good
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First Printing
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Hardcover
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Ladysmith, British Columbia
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U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Spiro Agnew upon half-title page. 288 pages. Index. "A powerful book in which Mr. Agnew challenges the widely held beliefs about his alleged involvement in bribery and extortion while in office. His testimony provides a detailed, well-documented, week-by-week account of the whirlwind of events leading to his resignation and unsnarls the tangle of distorted and wilfully contrived evidence that has burdened his life for the past six years." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A handsome copy..
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A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. In Two Volumes....

A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. In Two Volumes. (Vol.I, Vol.II)

by Anon [William Combe 1742-1823]

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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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London printed L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh.: R. Ackermann, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good-. Hand-coloured plates (81) + uncoloured portrait of the dedicatee by Westall, Pugin, Nash, Mackenzie, Turner & Sir J. Reynolds costume plates by Unwins.. Large quarto (36x28.5cm page size/binding height 38cm) contemporary sugar paper covered boards rebacked with printed labels (tips worn & lower edge somewhat shelf worn/corners a bit bumped). Half title + coloured frontisplate + title + uncoloured Grenville portrait + dedication leaf + [vi]-xiv (subscribers & plate list) +1-xxv (the city) +275pp +[6]p index; Vol.II half title + colour frontisplate + title +262pp +[6]pp index. Without the Founders' portraits which are not called for in the plate list and which Tooley notes were 'not issued till a later date' so the book is complete without these. Some off-setting of plates to adjacent text leaves but not affecting legibility. More than a dozen plates carry the watermark of WHATMAN 1812 and most plates are uncut (ie… Read More
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Related Children
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Related Children: Four letters to my Father, Four letters from my Father

by [Verwandte objekte] Jule Claudia Mahn.

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Used
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Edition of 16
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Hardcover
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Hoover, Alabama
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Leipzig, Germany:: verwandte objectke,, 2014.. Edition of 16. 4 volumes in foldout case. Each book 27 x 17 cm; 16 pages. Texts in English. Translation by Kevin Perryman. Set in LL Brown Thin Italic and Reclin Thin. Printed from photopolymer plates on the FAG Control 525 in the studio of Thomas Siemon (carpe plumbum) in Leipzig on Alt Burgund, 145 g/m2 handmade Römerturm paper. Pamphlet binding. Wrapper made of folded cloth. Numbered. Signed by the artist. Carol Ciavone, entropymag.org/codex-5: "Related Children is a book project about two childhoods: Mahn's and her father's. Mahn wrote her father four letters, each containing a question about his childhood growing up in Germany during WWII. While she waited for his reply, she wrote about her own childhood. The result is 4 slim volumes in one open case, illustrated with abstract drawings printed from polymer plates. … In addition to being exquisite examples of the art of bookmaking, Mahn's work is about memory, the things… Read More
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The Man Who Bought the Waldorf : The Life of Conrad N. Hilton
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The Man Who Bought the Waldorf : The Life of Conrad N. Hilton

by Thomas Ewing Dabney

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Used - Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Traralgon, Victoria
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Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 272 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1950. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. Gift inscription in ink. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 20010292..
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My Early Life, finely bound
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My Early Life, finely bound

by Winston S. Churchill

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Used
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First edition, first printing
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Hardcover
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San Diego, California
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London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing. Full leather. This is a finely bound copy of the first edition, first printing of Churchill’s autobiography. My Early Life sold very well at the time and has seen a great many editions since, many of them collectible in their own right, but of course a premium attaches to first editions. The challenge for collectors is that the plum colored binding of this edition proved especially susceptible to fading, soiling, and wear; nearly all copies are considerably spine faded. Hence this finely bound example. We commissioned the binding in full dark plum morocco, deferential to the original binding color. The binding features hubbed spine with gilt-tooled and decoratively framed raised bands, gilt lion rampant in the unprinted compartments, and twin brown spine labels. The beveled edge boards are framed in gilt and gilt-tooled turn-ins framing handsome marbled endpapers. The contents are bound with silk head and tail bands and gilt… Read More
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Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen. Interspersed with Letters (Written By Herself) to Several of Her...
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Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen. Interspersed with Letters (Written By Herself) to Several of Her Illustrious Friends on Various Subjects and Occasions. bound with Authentic Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Catherine II, Empress of All the Russias

by ( Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark); King of Sweden, Right Hon. Lord Mountmorres, Lord Malmesbury, M. De Volney, and other Indisputable Authorities

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana
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London: Printed for J. Bew / Printed for the Author and Sold by B. Crosby , 1776. "Memoirs of an Unfortunate Queen" published 1776, "Authentic Memoirs...Catherine II" published 1797. Each book RARE in its own right, "Unfortunate Queen"last seen in Maggs Catalogue 1955, "Catherine II" last seen at auction in 1920 (Rare Book Hub). (3), 260 pp. vi, (6) 291 (7) pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Caroline Matilda. Catherine II with half-title and title page. Very Good in early 19th c. quarter calf over marbled boards, the back gilt with two stag decorations, edges mottled, boards rubbed, interiors of both books exceptionally clean and bright. A unique and quite attractive book. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Churchill Biography (21 vols.!-Complete 8 vols. of biography and 13 companion vols. of...
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The Churchill Biography (21 vols.!-Complete 8 vols. of biography and 13 companion vols. of Churchill documents)

by Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert

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Used - Fine
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First editions, first printings all
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London: Heinemann, 1966. First editions, first printings all. Fine/Near Fine. This is a complete set of the 8-volume official biography of Winston Churchill, together with the complete 13 companion volumes of Churchill's papers up to 1939 (Four additional volumes of his wartime papers were published later) All 21 volumes are the British first (i.e. "true first") editions, first printing All are in near fine to fine condition, and all include dust jackets There are some minor tears on several dust jackets, apparently from shelf wear, but the books themselves appear unread The companion volumes are all essentially pristine There is really nothing else in print to rival the scale and comprehensiveness of this set, which documents the life of one of the 20th century most important leaders (The last three companion volumes total nearly 5,000 pages by themselves!) In 1966, Winston Churchill's son Randolph began writing a was intended to be a definitive, comprehensive biography of his father However, he… Read More
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The Sociological Imagination
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The Sociological Imagination

by Mills, C. Wright

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Used - Very Good Plus
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing, in first state binding and dust jacket. Very Good Plus, three corners with small bumps, end papers with slight toning. Book is just less than 8 1/2" tall with heavier paper and "Oxford" fully to the right of "Imagination" at spine. In Very Good dust jacket, price of $6.00 just above bottom edge of front flap, 1/4" chips at spine ends, rubbing and small chips/tears at edges. One of the towering classics of 20th c. sociological thought, . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

by OBAMA. Barack.

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Used - Fine
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First edition / First printing.
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Hardcover
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Edmonds, Washington
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New York: Times Books, 1995. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Tiny spot offset to the inside back of the jacket near the spine from the black cloth, It is not visible on the outside of the jacket. Book does not appear to be affected. A sharp attractive copy. Chosen as number 10 in The New York Times 50 Best Memoirs of the last 50 years. Barack Obama's remarkable first book, a memoir. Published 9 years before his Keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention propelled him into the National spotlight and four years later into the Presidency. This is the correct First Edition. The book was reissued in 2004, in both paperback and hardcover, and became a bestseller.
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R.E. Lee A Biography (Pulitzer Prize 4 volume Set in Slip Case)
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R.E. Lee A Biography (Pulitzer Prize 4 volume Set in Slip Case)

by Freeman, Douglas S.

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Used - Near Fine-Collectible
Edition
Special Edition
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Scribner's, 1936. Special Edition. Slipcase box. Near Fine-Collectible. 7.5"x9.63" OD of slipcase. Navy boards. Gilt profile on front. Gilt letters and red blocks on spine. Beautiful B&W frontispiece. Mild edge wear to slip case. See all 5 photos. All four volumes in beautiful rare slipcase. GIFT QUALITY.
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