Search Results: Biography from Optical Insights

San Francisco, CA: Scottwall Associates. NF/VG. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0942087054 . NF in a VG DJ. DJ has creasing at top spine, small closed tear. DJ price-clipped. ; Signed by the author. First printing of the book consisted of 5000 copies of which 500 were signed by the author. Below the signature is an inscription as follows: For Daniel Selznick / with much appreciation / 4-29-92. Daniel Selznick is the son David O. Selznick and Irene B. Mayer and he is a producer and writer. Nice association. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 p.; Signed by Author .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company. NF/NF. 1985. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0316303577 . NF, light glue bleedthrough to eps at top edge in NF DJ with very small closed tear to top front panel of DJ ; Interesting and lively autobiography with marvelous photos, by noted photographers, including Horst. ; 9.40 X 6.50 X 1.20 inches; 368 p. .

Palma DE Mallorca. 1936. Hardcover. 083831807X . VG, minor edge rubbing only; Softcover booklet bound in blue leather over blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers; Half blue leather; 12mo; No DJ .

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, USA. NF/NF. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195204883 . NF, attractive bookplate to front pastedown in NF DJ. ; Bookplate of Helen K. Copley, head of Copley newspaper chain. First published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931 and later published as a single volume in 1935. This is the first US publication of 1985.; 10.30 X 7.20 X 1 inches; 224 p. .

Da Capo Press. NF/NONE. 1997. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0306807769 . NF / None, Prior owner name to ffep. ; Nice copy of this title. New forward by Mary Louise Wilson. ; Third Ptg; 8vo; 196 p. .

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers. (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. NF, minor edge wear only in a VG- DJ w/ light edge wear; Copy of Zane Grey (blind embossed stamp of Grey on ffep) , with gift note ffep, dated 1951.; Stated First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 310 p.; DJ .

Privately Printed. 1980. Softcover. VG, light soil to front cover; Signed by the author; Wrappers; 4to; No DJ; Signed by Author .

San Diego, CA: San Diego State Univ Press. F/F. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0916304779 . Fine in a fine DJ; Summary of the proceedings of the Eleanor Roosevelt centennial, held in San Diego in 1984. Inscribed by Colleen M. O'Connor, one of the authors, to "Mrs. Copley" [Helen K. Copley] who was a financial supporter of the conference. Copley was the owner of the Copley newspaper and media empire. Warm inscription dated Feb 27, 1988. Contributors to the conference and book include James and Elliott Roosevelt, Blanche Wieden Cook, a Roosevelt biographer, Brian Urquhart, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and others. An important contribution to the story of Eleanor Roosevelt. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 392 p.; Signed by Author .

Baltimore, MD: Redwood House. VG+/NONE. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, minor edge wear only; INSCRIBED BY SHROPSHIRE on the verso of the ffep. Shropsire founded Civitan International, org. Dedicated to good citizenship; Stated First; Decor. cloth; 4to; 394 p.; No DJ; Signed by Author .

Harrisburg, PA: National Historical Society. NF/NONE. 1994. Facsimile. Hardcover. NF, no names or markings. No DJ. ; Facsimile reprint of the 1906 Duffield first edition. ; The West as it Was; 8vp; 216 p. .

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. NF/F. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0671677047 . Near fine in a fine DJ. Prior owner name and date to rear free endpaper, dated 1991. ; Review copy with publishers review material laid in. ; 9.90 X 6.40 X 1.30 inches; 368 p. .

New York, NY: Bernard Geis Associates. VG+/VG+. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+ in VG+ DJ Bookplate to ffep. Blind stamp to front and rear end papers. ; Stated First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 408 p.; DJ .

New York, NY: W W Norton & Co Inc. NF/NF. 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0393029786 . Near fine in a near fine DJ, top corners lightly bumped. ; 9.90 X 6.10 X 1.60 inches; 397 p. .

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. F/F. 2002. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0226071391 . Fine in a fine DJ; First published in Paris in 1978 as Henry Miller, rocher heureux. Translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd. Recounts the friendship between Brassai and Miller during the 50s, 60s and 70s. ; 8.78 X 6.82 X 0.82 inches; 184 p. .

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. 1988. Softcover. 0877014981 . Very Good, prior owner name first leaf; Very interesting autobiography of Beatto, the Ojai, CA-based ceramicist. ; Revised; Softcover; 4to; 181 p.; No DJ .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 039451596x . Fine in a fine DJ; Fascinating biography of Ruskin, who had such a strong influence on the arts and culture in the 19th Century; Stated First Amer. ; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; DJ .

New York, NY: Delacorte Press. VG+/NONE. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0440042356 . No markings or names other than authors inscription. Spine cloth lightly faded; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to television personality Tom Snyder on the half title page, in 1976. Warm inscription; First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; DJ; Signed by Author .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+, extremities rubbed slightly; Nice copy; First (1919) ; Green cloth/gilt; 8vo; No DJ .

New York, NY: Harper Collins. F/VG+. 1992. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0060183152 . Fine in a VG+ DJ, small closed tear to top front panel of DJ. ; 9.40 X 5.80 X 1.80 inches; 460 p. .

New York, NY: The Viking Press. NF/NF. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0670813761 . NF in a NF DJ, only a hint of edge wear; Bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Bookplate of Helen K. Copley, late publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune, with Copley personal library notation in pencil to front free endpaper at bottom front corner. ; 9.40 X 6.20 X 2.70 inches; 816 p. .