Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1956. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. The "world's number one expert on gambling" in the mid-20th century reveals "all the inside tricks used by cheaters at dice, cards, roulette & other games of chance,'' as well as "startling disclosures about hypnotism, extra-sensory perception, & other mental effects." In… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1926. First Thus . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. True adventures of an early expedition headed by Theodore Roosevelt III (son of the former US President) & his brother, Kermit, as they traveled across the mountains of Central Asia with scientist George Cherrie & photographer Suydam Cutting. The 10 chapters in this… Read more about this item

Palos Verdes Estates, California: TW Publishing, 1972. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/VG-. Autobiographical account of how the author escaped from Russian-occupied Austria during World War Two, where, as a teenager, she had seen her parents imprisoned (& her father die) for their political activism & for helping refugees escape Hitler. Seeing signs of the same… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Macmillan Company, 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A "biography" of Federico Fellini's iconic film, itself an autobiography of the great Italian director, in 218 pages, with black-and-white still photos from the film & behind the scenes scattered throughout. Boyer was a personal friend of Fellini & had access to closed… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cosgrave, John O'Hara, II. By the author of "The Little Prince" & "Night Flight,'' this is a 1945 hardbound edition of the Bantam mass market paperback edition of the First English-Langugage edition of this book, orig. published in French in 1939 ("Terres des hommes"). Translated by Lewis Galantière,… Read more about this item

Rand McNally & Co., 1967. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Ward, Lynd. The author of the famed Chincoteague horse books here tells the true story of the Palio--one of the most exciting & dangerous horse races in the world held in the ancient hill town of Siena, Italy--& a young boy & his half-Arabian… Read more about this item

Atlanta, Georgia: H. C. Hudgins & Co., 1897. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Collection of glowing essays on the leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War that includes a history of the Lee family, a military biography, & "splendid tributes by the most distinguished military critics in American and Europe..." Dedicated to the… Read more about this item

Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House, 1975. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. True story from a woman who was indoctrinated into Nazi philosophy as a young girl in Czechoslovakia, then her rejection of their anti-Semitism & atheism & conversion to Christianity in the US. She would found her own ministry in 1974. In… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1944. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Autobiography of the famed celebrity gossip columnist & screenwriter from the 1910s-1950s, whom many in Hollywood feared more than the movie critics. In 194 pages, SIGNED by the AUTHOR (her name only) in blue script to ffep, this is… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. D"Aulaire, Ingri; D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin. Very first book by this husband-wife team of book illustrators who would go on to win numerous awards for children's book illustration, including the Caldecott Medal for this one in 1940. Lithographed on stone in… Read more about this item

Arcade Publishing/Little, Brown and Company, 1990. First US Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Though Arthur Rackham's enchanted illustrations for some of the greatest works in literature are well-recognizable, the man himself remains elusive. Offered here is a "definitive biography,'' drawing on previously unpublished documentary & pictorial evidence, as well as insights from the artist's family, friends,… Read more about this item

London, England: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1921. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The British author recalls becoming familiar with Whitman's writings while a student at Cambridge, then traveling to America to meet him in 1877 & again for a few visits in 1884. The notes from those visits were used to create this book, in which… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dorrance and Company Publishers, 1926. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Long-suppressed by the author's wealthy family, this is his own account of what led him to shoot the lover of his wife--glamorous model & showgirl Evelyn Nesbit--noted architect Stanford White (a playboy 3 times her age, whom it was suspected may have… Read more about this item

St. Louis, Missouri: North-American Book House, 1919. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Lauded as "a stinging rebuke to Roman Catholicism,'' this expose was penned by an "ex-priest" who, "for thirty long years tread the slippery & deceitful path of abhorrent Catholicism...but who now denounces Popery with a tongue livid with the power of a living God."… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. The true life story of the acclaimed African-American singer & actress in the early decades of the 20th century who rose to greatness from the "Negro slums" of Chester, PA, to success as a Broadway & Hollywood star. In… Read more about this item

Argentina, 1958. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. VG. Posthumously published in 1958, this pamphlet from Argentina offered a brief (63 page) biography of former First Lady, Eva (Evita) Peron. In SPANISH (much more scarce than the English edition), this slim 12mo (5.5" x 7.5") is in VG condition: blue toned wrappers with an image of Peron… Read more about this item

Random House, 1991. First Edtion, Second Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Intimate biography by a longtime friend of the famed Beat author & poet, in 335 pages with Index & Notes + 8 pages of black-and-white photos in center. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 1991, this hardcover quarto has a soft gray quarter cloth-covered boards… Read more about this item

Buenos: Editorial Americano, 1954. Soft cover. Fair. IN SPANISH, translated from the 1946 English-languge original, This softcover edition from Argentina was published in 1954, in 254 pages + iIndex in rear. Well-researched & thoroughly documented portrait of Adolf Hitler's downfall, capturing his inner & outer turmoil in the days leading up to his suicide in his Berlin bunker… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Peter Fenelon Collier. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+. Stunning three-volume set of this biography of the first American president, a work that Irving considered his "masterpiece." Orig. published in 5 volumes, 1855-1859, this is a slightly later edition (c. late 1800s, no dates in books) now in 3 volumes, retaining all of the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. iChronicles the journey of Charles Pancoast from Philadelphia, PA to S. Louis, MO, where he was stranded & left bankrupt. He then joined another party headed to the gold fields of CA, taking the seldom-used southern route over a nine-month expedition through… Read more about this item