Search Results: Biography from Exchange Value Books

Tamesis Books Limited; London, 1975. Softcover. Very Good. 8x6x0. Softcover. Price sticker on front cover. Yellowing. Price in pencil on first page. Age evident.

Chicago, IL: R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, 2000. Lakeside Press Classics. Hardcover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. [BIOGRAPHY]. Bok, Edward W. Ed. David Lewis. "The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years Later (The Lakeside Press)." Chicago, IL: R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, 2000. Lakeside Press edition. English language. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Text with black and white and full-color photos. 7 x 4.5 x 1 in. 18 x 12 x 3 cm. 16 oz. lix, 459 pp. Gilt on top of page block worn. No jacket. Minor use. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 1015786693. "A high quality Lakeside Classics reissue of the Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography (1921) of the rags-to-riches magazine publisher and writer Bok (1863-1930) who gave American English the term "living room.

Civilizacao Brasileira: Rio de Janeiro, BR, 1993. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Some foxing. Softcover. Text in Portuguese. ISBN: 9788520001349. Text about the right-wing Brazilian politician.

Editions de la Baconniere: Neuchatel, CZ, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [BIOGRAPHY]. Grotzer, Pierre. "Existence et destinee d'Albert Beguin." Neuchatel, CZ: Editions de la Baconniere, 1977. French language. Softcover. 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.25 in. 21 x 14 x 1 cm. 7 oz. 130 pp. Spine cocked. Some pencil markings in the margin and on the inside back cover. Text otherwise clean. Very Good. ISBN: 2825205508.

New Brunswick, NJ, and London, UK: Rutgers University Press, 2020. Rutgers University Press Classic. Softcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. [BIOGRAPHY]. Robert C. Cottrell, Eric Alterman. "Izzy: A Biography of I. F. Stone (Rutgers University Press Classics)." New Brunswick, NJ, and London, UK: Rutgers University Press, 2020. English language. Softcover. 8 x 5 x 1.5 in. 20 x 13 x 3 cm. 24 oz. xviii, 522 pp. Abrasion on spine. Smudging on edges of page block. Minor wear on covers. Front cover slightly bows out. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9781978816251."This is the classic story of the life and times of I. F. “Izzy” Stone. Robert Cottrell weaves together material from interviews, letters, archival materials, and government documents, and Stone’s own writings to tell the tale of one of the most significant journalists, intellectuals, and political mavericks of… Read More

University of Tennessee Press: Knoxville, TN, 1992. Softcover. Good Minus. 6x0x8. [BIOGRAPHY]. Frank T. Adams, Arthur Kinroy. "James A. Dombrowski: An America Heretic, 1897-1983." Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1992. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white photos. 9 x 6 x 1 in. 23 x 16 x 2 cm. 19 oz. xiv, 377 pp. Front cover bows out. Light discoloration on spine. Tidelines evident on bottom left-hand corner of spine. crinkly at top of pages in back of book. Text clean. Good Minus. ISBN: 9780870497421."Dombrowski was in the eye of the segregationist hurricane which swept the South in the 1950's and 1960's following the Brown decision by the Supreme Court. This book gives a different perspective on the civil rights movement in the South. Such classics as Where Rebels Roost by Susan Klopfer and Gothic Politics in the Deep South by Robert Sherrill tend to give a condescending attitude toward the South. By contrast, Dombrowski describes a different… Read More

Librairie des Amis: No. 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, ca. 19th c. . French. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [WILLIAM PENN]. S.n. but Evans, Charles (1802-1879). "Notice biographique sur William Penn (A Concise Biographical Sketch of William Penn)." Philadelphia, PA: Librairie des Amis, N.d. but ca. 19th century. Worldcat gives 1876 and 1898 as dates. French language. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5 in. 19 x 12 x 0.5 cm. 3 oz. [2], 64 pp., [6]. Blue boards with gilt lettering. Sticker on back cover that says "19th century." Sticker residue on back cover. Wear, age, use. Browning to pages. Text clean. Intact. Flyleaf a bit loose toward the bottom of the hinge. Small holes in pastedown seen in back hinge. Worldcat finds 15 copies. Good Plus. No ISBN. ASIN: B00QECCB3C."Translation of "A Concise Biographical Notice of William Penn," originally published as an introduction to Penn's "No Cross, No Crown" [1876] and taken principally from a work entitled "Friends… Read More

S. Fischer Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, DE, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. [THOMAS MANN]. Detering, Heinrich, and Frido Mann. "Thomas Manns amerikanische Religion: Theologie, Politik und Literatur im kalifornischen Exil." S. Fischer Verlag; Frankfurt am Main, DE, 2012. German language. Hardcover in dust jacket. Text with black and white illustrations. Brown boards with blue lettering. 342 pp. Dust jacket has abrasions and small tears. Sticker on back of dust jacket. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9783100142047.