Search Results: Biography from Rock River Books

Hardcover in dust jacket, VG/VG Modern Library # 76, embossed cloth with gilt titling. Introduction by James Taylor Adams. The interior is mostly clean and unmarked with a few marks in the margins. The dust jacket is not price-clipped. 517 pages with index. Henry Adams, (1838-1918) was a descendant of John Quincy Adams. The book is considered a classic of American literature. It was first published in 1918 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Biorgraphy/Autobiography in 1919. A nice copy.

Blue cloth hardcover with gold title in dust jacket in G/G condition. Jacket is not price-clipped, has light edge wear and several small tears. First printing with full numberline, illustrated end papers. Lightly read condition, square and solid to the text block, has previous owner name stamped on front end paper. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover in dust jacket, First printing, so stated. The dust jacket is price-clipped. Clean, tight solid book with no writing, marks or creases. Some foxing at the edges and on the jacket flaps. Black and white photographs. 639 pages

Trade paperback in VG lightly read condition, previous owner inscription on the inside front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. 386 pages illustrated with black & white photographs, index, bibliography, discography. From a nonsmoking home, ships with Tracking Number

Trade Paperback, VG condition, clean except for previous owner inscription of the front flyleaf. The bind is tight and solide to the text block with no spine creases. With introductions by Hank Aaron and Cornel West. from a nonsmoking home, ships with tracking number

Trade paperback, VG cond. Clean tight book no creases, writing or marks inside. Solid copy. 341 pages

The final volume of William Manchester's masterful account of William Churchill, the Last Lion, hardcover in dust jacket, embossed paper over boards in dust jacket, VG/VG First Edition, so stated. number line 4. Clean solid book, Dust jacket is not price-clipped, has light edge wear,at front corner, small crease on front flap. The jacket is protected by a brodart cover. From a nonsmoking home, ships with tracking number.

Hardcover in dust jacket, sage paper over boards with white quarter cloth and red spine title. VG/VG. First Edition so stated, sixth printing as per number line. Square solid copy has previous owner inscription on flyleaf, else clean lightly read condition. Jacket has slight roll at the edges, has been placed in a Brod art cover. Illustrated with black and white photos, index and bibliography.

Hardcover maroon cloth with maroon top stain in dust jacket. NF/VG; First printing so stated. Illustrated with b & w photographs, 319 pages indexed. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a Twentieth Century American poet, writer, critic and satirist best known for her wisecracks, wit and keen eye for urban foibles of her time. She was published frequently in the New Yorker magazine and other popular publications of the time. She was a founding member of the Algonquin Literary Circle in New York City, and later moved to Hollywood where she worked as a screenwriter. Her work earned two Academy Award nominations. Her numerous publications includes short stories: Lament for the Living, After Such Pleasures, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker, Collected Stories, The Portable Dorothy Parker; poems: Enough Rope, Sunset Gun, Death and Taxes, Collected Poems: Not So Deep As a Well, Collected Poems, and Not Much Fun: The Collected Poems of Dorothy Parker as well as essays, plays and screenplays. "Once… Read More