Biography from The Book Shed

New York: Pocket Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. About As New in all respects. First printing, full number line."Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and surprisingly moving, The Heroin Diaries follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom—and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again."--from the flap. Every effort is made to… Read more about this item

New York: Horizon Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Very light wear to the book; more to the tips, corners, and edges of the jacket, which is sunned on the spine and the edges of the front and rear panels. Clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. Louise Bryant and Jack Reed were among the principal… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Signed by the senator on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. First printing, full RH number line. John McCain's memoir of his family, particularly his father and grand-father, admirals in the U.S. Navy. A moving story by a… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. Second printing . John McCain's memoir of his family particularly his father and grand-father, admirals in the U.S. Navy. A moving story by a man of great character, honor and honesty. Books and other items ship promptly with a… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. First printing, full number line. John McCain's memoir of his family particularly his father and grand-father, admirals in the U.S. Navy. A moving story by a man of great character, honor and honesty. Books and other items ship promptly… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Tips, corners, and edges of the book show moderate shelf wear, spine legible, top edge dusty, previous owners' names, else clean and unmarked; no jacket. First printing of the revised and abbreviated version following the two volume edition published in 1901. From Wikipedia: "Phillips Brooks… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann , 1978. First printing. Hardcover. Good+/very good. shelf wear to book and jacket, staining to rear cover of book and page edges, previous owner's name to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight copy of vol two of Powell's four volume autobiography. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of… Read more about this item

College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to tips, corners and edges of the book and jacket, very slightly cocked, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. Seems to be signed to a Mosbacher family member by the author. From the flap: "A must-read for Texas, political, business,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of the book and jacket which is soiled and rubbed, top edge dusty. Memoir of the Irish raconteur, Borstal boy, playwright, wit and prodigious drinker. Brendan and Dominic were once described "as the most alarming combination since assault and battery."… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed. Much shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, page edges spotted. Author's inscription to the first white page. First printing/edition stated, no others noted. Nathaniel Benchley was the son of humorist Robert Benchley and the father of Peter Benchley who wrote the novel… Read more about this item

New York: Gotham, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. From HBO: "The book opens with an in-depth profile of Larry David, and the structure that follows is based around in-depth coverage of each of the 50 episodes, including:Anecdotal,… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. Later printing (2) Much wear to tips, corners and edges of book and much more to jacket which is rubbed, spine faded, chipped, creased, several short tears. Inscribed by the author to James Lee (James Wideman Lee II, 1906-1999) son of the founder and partner in Ivy… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Volume 1, Later printing (3) About As New in all respects, unread. A third printing of the first volume of Twain's monumental autobiography embargoed on his instructions for 100 years after his death. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally… Read more about this item

New York: Random House , 1987. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. wear to tips, corners and edges of book and price-clipped jacket, rubbed with spot of staining to rear panel. First US edition stated no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean… Read more about this item

Beacon Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. light wear to the book and jacket, top edge dusty, gift isncription to the front endpaper, price-clipped. First printing, full number line. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.… Read more about this item

McClurg & Co., 1887. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book, covers rubbed, front hinge cracked but tight; titles just legibile. Clean and unmarked, top edge gilt. "William Shakespeare is an 1864 work by Victor Hugo, written in his 13th year of exile. The title is misleading; the true subject of… Read more about this item

Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. lightest wear to book, spine sunned. Civil War era memoir. Broadfoot, 345. Mary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, (1820 – 1905) was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00)… Read more about this item

London: Evergreen Lives, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Very light wear to the book and jacket. First printing, no additional printings listed. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, some soiling to edges, jacket rubbed. Memoirs of a member of the literary Pakenham family. Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, a biographer, was the mother of Antonia Fraser and mother-in-law of her second husband Harold Pinter The… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. lightest wear to the book and jacket, top edge dusty. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been… Read more about this item