Search Results: Biography from Mossback Books

Dell, Laurel Editions. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Three 12mo in wraps, all VG++ to NFINE in VG+ slipcase. The famous biography by Sandburg; Lincoln lives........... ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Bio .

W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. First Edition :. Hardcover. 085270139X . Octovo hardcover, tight binding with bright white pages, the covers have faint toning on bottom edge, prior owner name, else NFINE+++ in bright dustjacket, no obvious wear light toning to spine, now in clear mylar wrap. Solid copy , looks to have been seldom if ever read. A genius of great thought, originality with impish sense of humor, made famous in recent movie of WWII and his effort to crack the German Enegma machine and help win the war. Quite scarce book. ; Octovo; 157pp pages .

Easton Press. Fine. 1989. Hardcover. Octovo in full leather (blue) , tight bright unworn and FINE, gilted edges, raised bands. A belauty. Bio of the man who invented almost everything in America, a genius. Fast shipping; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Smithsonian Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, unread unworn and FINE in FINE DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. A solid copy. A large biography, her life her significance her firsts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Carroll & Graf Publishers. As New. 2004. First Edition :. Softcover. Octovo in wraps, unworn unread and AS NEW. A crisp copy . About an arctic explorer; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Easton Press. Fine. 1960. Hardcover. Octovo in full leather, tight binding, crisp pages, looks unread, Collector's notes and blank bookplate are laid-in, gilt edges, hubbed spine, else FINE,. Fast shipping; 8.8 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches .

University of Chicago Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2017. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. A crisp copy. A politician, pre-WWII, changed from isolationist to post-war internationalist. An effective politician who pursued bipartisanship. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Hirzel,. Very Good+. 1934. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, tight binding clean pages faint shelfwear, else VG+++. Autobiography of this famous German general. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Wiley-. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover unworn unread, faint must, else quite FINE in FINE DJ. Arrrh, avast ye swab ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Peter Pauper Press. Fine. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, tight and bright, small owner name, else FINE in FINE slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover in navy buckram cloth, tight binding, clean and bright pages, none foxed or torn or marked, the covers have light shelfwear, else VG+++. Solid copy. The winning of the west, energetic men, frontier heroes. Buffalo Bill fits all these descriptions especially with his self promotion. Information from many sourcees including his own biography: William F Cody. Scarce book, illustrated, used as a class study book with questions...; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

University of Oklahoma Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. A fresh copy. "...the best case study in western..I have ever read." -DJ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

University of Notre Dame. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, tight and square binding, pages unmarked untorn and fresh, covers have faint shselfwear, else NFINE in lightly worn with tiny tears DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. A nice book to confront the 'old Master' for the first time. 247 pages. ; 9.5 X 6.4 X 0.9 inches .

Dutton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1938. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in fine tan covers, tight and bright, light tanning in inner hinges, else FINE, solid copy; all in very bright DJ, faint crinkling at top of rear panel else FINE, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Solid copy with deckle-edged pages. Covers his three major industries and the battle perpetrated by Villand and Coffin for control over the Electric Light and Power industry. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Regnery History. Fine in New dust jacket. 2014. First Edition :. Hardcover. 1621572056 . Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and NEW in NEW DJ. Fresh copy . Witty irreverent, Washington's papers at Mt. Vernon reveals a secret. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches .

Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good+. 1904. First Edition :. Hardcover. 12mo hardcover in burugndy cloth with gold lettering and ruled covers, ex-libris, tight binding, clean unfoxed pages, light wear, else VG or better, in clear mylar wrap. About the eminent American man of letters . ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Madelaine Mendelsohn. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition : Limited. Hardcover. Octovo in orange cloth, tight and square spine/binding, Limited edition 1, 000 copies, uncut pages are clean and unmarked, the covers have light shelfwear, else VG+ in no DJ, but surrounded by a clear wrap for protection. Superb biography of a man who had quite a reputation, having published a three-volume autobio which was explicitly sexual, or a pugnacious editor of a radical journal which was considered odd or too intellectual, etc etc. Someone said he 'dances' Shakespeare. "...who thinks like a man, feels like a woman and acts like a child." Get the drift..... ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Bihl House Publication. As New. 2002. First Edition : Signed. Softcover. 1883829097 . Octovo in wraps, unread, flat-signed by the author on title page, edges knife-sharp, unworn, else as NEW. Crisp copy. A Toledo newsman's story ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Harper Design. As New. 2015. First Edition :. Softcover. Small quarto in French wraps, tight bright unworn, else as NEW. A fresh copy . Copiously illustrated, from the director of Time Bandits, cofounder of Monty Python, etc, movie stars, movie stars, etc etc. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. As New in As New dust jacket. 2010. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. A fresh copy. Traces the effects of the author's sexuality on his writing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .