Search Results: Biography from Widdershin's Books

America Reality & Dream: The Freeman Letters from America and Sweden 1841-1862. Axel Friman. First edition. First printing. Augustana Historical Society (January 1996). Fine, as new, unread, large format trade paperback with "vintage" cover design. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift arrival as described. 9780910184458. 15-b

At Swim, Two Boys. Jamie O'Neill. First American Edition. First Printing. Scribner (2002). Fine, as new hardcover with fine as new, jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed for safe shipping. 6-onb

New. Young Louis Durant left Canada in the late 1700's seeking adventure and riches in the fur trade. Durant became a leader in the Choctaw nation and a Captain leading a detachment of Choctaw troops fighting with General Andrew Jackson and Choctaw Chief Pushmataha in the War of 1812. Captain Durant sat with Choctaw Chiefs in the negotiations and signing of treaties with the United States government that led to the Trail of Tears and forced removals to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. Follow six generations of Durants as they struggle with white settlers who force them from their Mississippi homeland. A true story of a government's forced removal and imposed sovereignty on an independent and peaceful Choctaw Nation. 6-onb

First Edition. First Printing. Fine, as new hardcover with fine, as new jacket. NOT a remainder. Swift, safe shipping. 11-b.

Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. 6-onb

FIRST Printing. Born Hutterite by Samuel Hofer. Hofer (May 1991). As pictured. Fine, as new, unread trade paperback original. Swift, safe shipping. 17-b

SIGNED. First Edition. First Printing. Carlow (1999). Fine, as new, unread, green full cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket in new, removable mylar sleeve. Signed by Jimmy O'Toole on title page "With Best Wishes." Not personalized. Substantial text, many photographs, and some color paintings by Frank O' Meara. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed shipping. 11-b

First Edition. First Printing. Regan/HarperCollins (2006). Fine, oversized decorative hardcover with slight publisher's binding crimp at edge of lower spine, else quite fine. Century Girl spans and illuminates one woman's long, astonishing life, incorporating hundreds of archival photos and personal clippings, line drawings and hand-written narrative. Many artistic interpretaions/depictions. Boxed for safe shipping. 6-b.

First Printing of the Oxford University Press Series Edition (1996). Chapters from My Autobiography. Vol. 26. in the Oxford Mark Twain Series. Fine, as new, maroon quarter cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket. All twenty-nine titles in series listed on back panel. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift shipping. 6-b

SIGNED/Inscribed. Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life & Legacy. By the Edward Clown Family and William B. Matson. Gibbs Smith (2016). Illustrated. Fine hardcover in fine jacket. NOT a remainder. Signed and personalized inscriptions by Matson and two of Crazy Horse's grandsons. Boxed for safe shipping. 12-b

T.N. Foulis Edinburgh & London, 1910. Good++ to Very Good. An abridgment of the 2 volume Hayward 1861. Quarter blue cloth, blue/grey boards, vivid gold and black lettering. Twenty-seven collotype portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Portraits appear to have been hand cut, then tipped in on blue paper with thin paper guards. Portraits are complete and fine. Sturdy binding is pushed at top and bottom edges of spine. No writing or ownership markings. No jacket. Moderate edge wear. Several light scuffs to boards. Thick deckle page edges are toned, yet pages are clean and clear. NOT ex-library. Doctor Johnson's Mrs. Thrale: Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi. A sturdy, pleasant copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-2-b

Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist. Henry Adams (Author), Thomas Eakins (Artist). First Edition. First Printing. Oxford University Press (2005). Fine, as new, hardcover with fine, as new, jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 14-3

Fine, as new, unread trade paperback. A fresh, sharp copy. Swift, safe shipping. 11-onb

First Edition. First Printing. Indiana Historical Society (1989). Fine, as new, full blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and design. Fine, glossy, as new jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. NOT a remainder. Boxed for safe shipping. 11-b

First Edition. First Printing. Fine, new, unread trade paperback original. NOT a remainder. Swift, safe shipping. 6-onb

Following Balanchine. Robert Garis. Yale (1995). First Edition. First Printing. Fine, as new, full cloth hardcover with fine, as new jacket in new, removable Brodart sleeve. Handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated with scenes from the ballets, a major contribution to dance criticism and an absorbing chronicle of engagement with the work of a great artist. Boxed, safe shipping. 15-b.

First Edition. First Printing. Knopf (2016). Fine, as new, unread hardcover with fine, as new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 15-b.

First Edition. First Printing. Augustana Historical Society (2017). Illustrations by William Hannan. Fine, unread trade paperback. NOT a remainder. Safe shipping. 12-b 9780910184052

Genet: A Biography. Edmund White. First American Edition. First Printing. Knopf (1993). Fine, as new hardcover with fine, as new jacket. A fresh, sharp copy. NOT a remainder. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 11-b

Grandma's Thoughts. 1965. By Vivian Ruth Lemler (Author), Illustrated by Mrs. Lemler's Grandchildren. Very good, full burgundy faux leather hardcover with bronze lettering. Previous owner's name, date, and blindstamp on first blank flyleaf, else fine, sturdy and bright. The children's illustrations are especially charming. Privately Published. 13-b