Search Results: Biography from Pellbooks

Jersusalem: Al Ma'aref Press Small brown paper pamphlet, ca 20 pages with black and white frontis photograph. Inscribed by A Al-Aref, ex-mayor of Jerusalem. .

Paris, 1808. Autograph, Letter signed " Jospehine" and addressed to " MON COUSIN LE CARDINAL ERSKINE". 1 page in French , signed and dated in Paris, January 10, 1808. Translated: TO MY COUSIN CARDINAL ERSKINE Dear cousin, nothing could make me happier than once again receiving proof of your feelings for me at the occasion of the New Year. I do not doubt your sincerity for a minute and I can assure you of my ever-present desire to find occasion to prove my goodwill to you. I pray that God shall help you, my cousin, in granting you health and well being. Written in Paris, January 10th, 1808. Josephine". The letter includes the original letter seal with " Imperatrice" embossed on it as well as the original mat with lot number and description from when the previous buyer purchased it: ( 483. JOSEPHINE, Document Signed, 1 p. folio, Paris, Jan.10, 1808, with seal. * To her cousin in reply to his felicitations on the New Year.). The letter is actually loose measuring… Read More

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Lovely First American edition of the Behan classic in an unclipped dj with a fine portrait cover of the great Behan, by photographer Denis Hughes-Gilbey.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Ireland Irish I.R.A. Sinn Fein. Catalogs: BIOGRAPHY.

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union In marbled paper over boards and worn cloth spine. 125 pages, some agewear but all pages eminently readable and clean. . Very Good.

Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.: Charles B. Reeves Jr., 1999. As new in green cloth Hardcover with shiny gilt lettering. 362 pages illustrated with photographs.. Fine.

London: Raphael Tuck, 1924. Illustrated by Harold Copping and compiled with a foreword by B.W. Matz. 146 pages includes 30 colored full-page and tissue-guarded illustrations. In brown cloth Hardcove with gilt cover decoration and a few spots of wax drippings on the front cover. Else a lovely copy of a scarce title and without flaws inside.First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 146 pages also includes 2 black and white illustrations of Dickens aged 27 and 56,facsimile of page of "Nicholas Nickleby" manuscript and facsimile Queen Victorias signature.All illustrations with tissue cover. Previous owners ift inscription dated 1926 on front endpaper. First Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Harold Copping.

Dallas, TX, Dealy and Lowe, 1936 A lovely volume in red cloth HC with original linoleum cuts by Cecil Beard. Black and white frontis portrait of the author. This book, expressed in a cowboy's own lingo, is intended to convey a true p icture of his everyday life during the passing of the year. Ye iver hearn uv Texas In th' fur South West? Wal, I reckon if ye ain't Ye've dun missed th'best....

Muenchen: Geoge Mueller, 1912 First Edition. A beautiful copy bound in 1/4 purple leather and purple marbled boards, all edges stained in matching purple. Ltd. edition of 2000 copies Exquisite gilt tooling along the spine. Tissue- guarded frontis engraving of the M. de Pompadour. Includes 64 plates. Text in German. 308pp..

LAfayette, LA: Haywood Printing, 1990. In blue leatherette covers with gilt title and photographic dustjacket. SIGNED BY MAYOR JIM RIEHLE. A large chip missing from the top of the front dustjacket panel. Illustrated with many photographs.A compelling book about the mayor of Lafayette.. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Federal Bar Foundation, 1998. Fine in large brown cloth Hardcover. This publiscation marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Edward Weinfeld whose life and career as a great trial judge are documented in this handsome volume.. Fine.

Vantage Press: New York: Vantage Press, 1990, 1990. Fine/Near Fine. First American Edition. In this personal reminiscence, Giorgio Cacciapuoti narrates his unusual experiences in Italy during World War II. beginning with his escape from Paris after Mus solini declares war on France, the author tells how he, his American wife, and his Jewish brother-in-law traveled through the Maginot line with an unsuspecting escort of Nazi tanks.. Fine/Near Fine.

Oxford, UK: African Books Collective, 2000. Oversized photographic softcover. the memoir of a great figure, Bishop George Bako, the Bishop of Lokoja Diocese of the Church of Nigeria ( Anglican Communion). Illustrated with many photographs. 269 Pages.. Review Copy. Illustrated Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998. As new in softcover. . ISBN: 0345432711. Illustrated Soft Cover. Fine as New. FICTION GENERAL. Catalogs: BIOGRAPHY.

New York &: New York: Exposition Press, 1967 Fine/Near Fine. First American Edition.. Fine/Near Fine.

Richmond, VA: Garrett & Massie Inc., 1928. In lovely full-textured blue cloth Hardcover with red lettering and green-pink dustjacket with edgewear. Professionally Broadarted it looks very attractive. Some foxing to the frontis photo and free front endpapers. A collection of sketches of historic places within a short radius of Jamestown Islanf, the site of the earliest English settlement in America. 97 pages, illustrated with many historic photographs.. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. In pictorial softcover. Fully illustrated.. First Softcover. Fine as New.

New York: New York: Carlton Press, 1970, 1970. F/VG in chipped illustrated dustjacket. Memoires of a Hungarian immigrant to New York City who later went on to become a career beautician with her own beauty salon in NYC. An entertaining account of her childhood in Budapest, followed by a fine picture of New York in the 20s and 30s as seen through the eyes of an immigrant who knew neither customs nor language.. Fine/Very Good.

Salvatore Sciascia Editore, Altanissetta, Roma,1961, 1961. Fine in red leatherette-type boards with original see-through acetate jacket with small nick off the top spine. Spine lettering in red and gold. Text in Italian. 321pp, illustrated with many b& w photograph s. An unusual title for a Kennedy collector.. Fine as New.

San Simeon: Friends of Hearst Castle, 1991, 1991. Reprint. stiff white paper boards, oversize paperback. A reprint of the original 1928 edition. 155 pp printed on extra-heavy stock with a color portrait onf Phoebe Hearst on the cover.. Near Fine.

Budapest: Budapest: , 1996, 1996. Second Revised. ISBN:963017469 3. Fine catalog of the Liszt Museum in Budapest. Text in English. Fully illustrated 84 pages. Exhaustive bibliography.. Second and Enlarged. Fine as New.