Search Results: Autobiography from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+. 1914. Early printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name and address on the front endpaper. "Abraham Dimitri Rihbany known as Abraham Mitrie Rihbany (1869-1944; sometimes spelled Rahbany) was an American theologian, philologist and historian of Greek Orthodox Lebanese descent. "In debt and nearly penniless on his arrival in New York, he went on to become a respected clergyman and nationally recognized community leader." His best-known book, The Syrian Christ (1916) , was highly influential in its time in explaining the cultural background to some situations and modes of expression to be found in the Gospels. It is still cited in both Biblical Studies and… Read More

New York, NY: Morrow. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. 4th Printing. Hardcover. 0688030858 . B&W Photographs; Signed edition. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription and date, on the front endpaper. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light rubbing and edge wear to the top spine end. "In his best-known case, Belli represented Jack Ruby, for free, after Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Belli attempted to prove that Ruby was legally insane and had a history of mental illness in his family. On Saturday, March 14, 1964, Ruby was convicted of "murder with malice", and received a death sentence. Immediately thereafter, Ruby and his siblings fired Belli as they also hired and fired several other lawyers during the case. In late 1966, Ruby's… Read More

New York: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0533011043 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is noticeable rubbing to the bottom spine end and some light bumping. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The dust jacket has noticeable generalized rubbing, edge wear, and several small edge tears. "Regine Gilbert is a prolific, primitive painter who celebrates her own inner world with exuberant renderings of flowers, landscapes, and designs never seen in this world. We suspect that deep within the Austrian ancestry of blood Regine is a gypsy. How else does one successfully blend a somber and gay mysticism and dare to paint poppies the way she does, or to give us a sunrise which, for sheer madness, equals a Van Gogh? Yet, she maintains a fine balance between fact and fiction, which Van Gogh… Read More

London, England: W. H. Allen. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, bumping and rubbing. " Edward fell for Mrs Rafaelle Van Neck, and they married in 1932. After the war the Duke of Leinster and Rafaelle divorced. Then he met an ambitious lady called Jo. On 11 of March 1946 Jo finally achieved her ambition of becoming a duchess, even though it meant marrying a gambler who was 8 years younger than her. Edward tried to re-kindle his relationship with Rafaelle (his second wife) but was rejected so he attempted an unsuccessful suicide. After all, Jo refused to divorce the Duke (she did not want to give up her Duchess title) , remaining his wife… Read More