Biography & Autobiography from Adamstown Books

American Political Biography Press, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1995 Pennsylvania State University Press 2nd Edition. Hardcover (not leather as incorrectly displayed in stock photo), 506 pp. w/ 15 pp. of b&w photos & illustrations. Full length biography of the only Pennsylvania-born President. Buchanan's reputation has been the subject of increased debate… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 75 pp. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Documents the 1983 symposium held at the Library of Congress including 6 essays by leading authors (including David McCullough, James Thomas Flexner, and Edmund Morris) on topics such as Biographers and Their Subjects, Biography… Read more about this item

Stuart-Mosby Historical Society, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 294 pp. w/ several b&w photos and illustrations. Stated 1st Edition limited to 500 copies. In addition to letters from the Civil War when he was known as the Gray Ghost, the preeminent Confederate guerrilla leader in the Eastern theater, this volume covers… Read more about this item

Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1986 Oversize hardcover, 320 pp. w/ b&w and aquatint plates throughout. 1st significant biography of a neglected English watercolor painter and printmaker is complemented by all plates in The Microcosm which documented 18th century rural life in Great Britain. Book Condition : Fine, unmarked. Dust Jacket… Read more about this item

Newark DE: University of Delaware Press, 1977. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 244 pp. Presents an overview, including edited excerpts, of Du Pont's writings on physiocratic economic theory and his belief that social, cultura,l and political institutions are of central importance. Good-, Ex-College Library; margin notes to last chapter; rubber stamp inside front… Read more about this item

Knoxville TN: Univ Tennessee Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Editor on title page. Hardcover, 240 pp. w/ 8 b&w photos. University of Tennessee Press Voices of the Civil War series. Believed to be the last soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia killed in action,… Read more about this item

Shippensburg PA: White Mane Pub, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1996 1st edition publication of the letters of a Union surgeon who served through the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign (New Market, Winchester, Cedar Creek) and at Petersburg. The letters provide insight on the campaign and on Civil War medicine. Hardcover, 140… Read more about this item

New York NY: Derby & Jackson, 1856. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, 428 pp. w/ b&w frontispiece portrait. 1856 Authorized Edition. Promotional Presidential campaign biography of Buchanan. Includes select state papers. Concludes with his nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati. Book Condition : Good-; no text marks, small pieces missing… Read more about this item

New York NY: Horizon Press, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presumed 1st Edition hardcover, 224 pp. w/115 b&w photos and illustrations. Posthumous biography written by the late architect's wife. Includes a chronological list of all his buildings and projects with biographical notes. Book Condition : Very Good; small smudge to front free… Read more about this item

Richard West, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited edition (of 100) reprint of 1936 Wesleyan University publication in conjunction with an exhibit of Frost's work. Hardcover, 58 pp. w/ several b&w illustrations. This edition is in library binding with gilt spine titling. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; sealed binding tape inside covers… Read more about this item

Philadelphia PA: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Presumed 1st Edition. Oversize hardcover, 402 pp. Biographical sketch of Lancaster Pennsylvania artist Eichholtz and a catalogue of his portraits and other works. Includes 100 pp. at rear of b& w photos and illustrations of his work. Antiques & Auction… Read more about this item

Gaithersburg MD: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile reprint of 1924 first edition. Hardcover, 335 pp. w/ 9 b& w photos. Biography of West Point graduate, engineer, and division and corps commander in the Army of the Potomac. Led troops at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and the final campaigns… Read more about this item

New York NY: Haskell House, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1971 Haskell House reprint of 1935 limited edition. Hardcover, 90 pp. w/ b&w frontispiece photo.Twenty two letters by Barrett Browning to two of her sisters from 1846-1857 beginning with her first writing them after she eloped with Robert Browning and journeyed… Read more about this item

London, England and New York NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover, 216 pp. w/13 b&w photos. Full length sympathetic biography of the Victorian poet. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light bumping to spine ends; two small smudges at top of… Read more about this item

Hamlin NY: Heirloom Publishing, 1998. Book. Fine. Softcover (Side-stapled). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Side-stapled softcover, 51 pp. Collection of 17 letters from 1864 and 1865 by a later Civil War recruit who served in a New York regiment of the Army of the Potomac and who died of disease shortly after the war ended. Noteworthy action took… Read more about this item

Chicago IL: Chicago Review Pr, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st American Edition. Hardcover, 88 pp. w/ color and b&w plates throughout. Examines the role of flora and nature in the life and work of William Morris, a seminal figure in the Arts & Crafts and Pre-Raphaelite movements in Victorian England.… Read more about this item

Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1971. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 191 pp. w/ 128 b& w plates. D.T. Suzuki's last work was this examination of Rinzai Zen Master Sengai's calligraphy and ink drawings, forms he devoted himself to during his retirement after serving as abbot of Shofukuji, the oldest Zen… Read more about this item

William R McGrath, 1984. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 176 pp. w/ b&w illustrations and photos throughout. Titled Contentment after the name of the family homestead, this biography of the first Amish bishop in North America details Hertzler's efforts nurturing Amish communities in Berks and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania. There are several chapters… Read more about this item

Fredericksburg VA: Sergeant Kirklands Museum &, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author on half title page. 1st Edition hardcover, 248 pp. As the title suggests, this book squarely places Confederate defeat at the feet of Robert E. Lee. Author faults Lee's strategic vision and Virginia First… Read more about this item

Philadelphia PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by J. G. Chapman. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1/4 Leather hardcover with sewn-in bookmark ribbon and gilt text block. 246 pp. w/ illustrations by J.G. Chapman. Edited by John Bigelow. Book Condition : Fine; unmarked. No Dust Jacket as issued..