Agresti, Olivia Rossetti

David Lubin. A Study in Practical Idealism

Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1922. Hard Cover. 1st edition. Very good in blue cloth with black title to beige title label to spine. Label somewhat darkened. Minor edgewear to boards and spine ends. Interior is clean and bright. American History. AMEBIO1/6130. Very Good.

Bancroft, Aaron

The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War and the First President of the United States

Boston: Philllips, Sampson, and Company, 1857. Hard Cover. Two volumes in one. Octavo. Later edition of Bancroft's biography of Washington. In original brown cloth covers with embossed design to front and back boards, and gilt title to spine with gilt portrait of Washington and an American Eagle. Boards bumped and showing some wear, and chipping to spine edges,but otherwise very good. Foxing to interior pages and browning to end papers. Frontis of Washington and 3illustrationsof Washington during the war and after. Volume I: 223 pages; Volume II: 218 pages. AMERBIO/012910. Very Good.

Beecher, WM. C and Rev. Samuel Scoville, assisted by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher

A Biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. Hard Cover. 8vo. Modern rebinding in black leatherette covered boards with gilt title to spine. Marbled edges to pages. Interior is clean and bright with many illustrations throughout including a frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Index, 713 pages. American History. AMEBIO/3043. Near Fine.

Bernfeld, Jules E.

Hairdresser's Odyssey. An Anthology by a Prophet & a Rebel.

Ardmore, PA: Whitmore Publishing Company, 1976. Hard Cover. Very good with a very good dust jacket. Comes with a letter from the author to Pauli Murray laid in. 180 pp. American Biography. AMBIO/8022. Very Good + in Very Good + DJ.

Bradley, Bill

Time Present, Time Past

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine hardcover with Fine dustjacket. Presentation copy. First Edition. American Biography. AMBIO/1283. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.

Brooks, Van Wyck

Helen Keller: Sketch for a Portrait (1st Edition).

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1956. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Very good in dark blue boards. Light blue illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing and minor edgewear. American Biographical History. BIO1/5072. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket.

Bruce, James Cabell

Memoirs

Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1975. Hard Cover. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light foxing to boards. Minorn bumping to corners. "James Bruce" written in pen to front free end page. Could be the author's signature but it is unconfirmed. Remnants of paperclip to first few pages. Else is clean and bright. 382 pages. American Biography. AMERBIO/062011. Very Good.

Carlson, Margaret

Anyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made It to the White House

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003). Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Fine in fine illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Index, 308 pages. American biography. AMERBIO/031212. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.

Conwell, Russell H.

The Life and Public Services of James G. Blaine

Augusta, ME: E.C. Allen, 1884. Hard Cover. Very good+ in illustrated green cloth with gilt lettering. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends. Marbled edging to pages. Interior is clean and bright with several illustrations throughout. Biographical History. BIO1/3100. Very Good +.

Cronkite, Walter

A Reporter's Life

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Hard Cover. First Edition. Warmly Inscribed by Cronkite on title page: "For Barry - Old colleague and dear friend - in memory of some great days together - Walter Cronkite." Cronkite, of course, is one of the most famous television journalists and network anchor of the twentieth century. The book is inscribed to Barry Zorthian, who was the esteemed spokesman for the U.S. government during the Vietnam War. Cronkite was in Vietnam as a war correspondent and presumably met Zorthian while there. The book is from Zorthian's collection. Bound in black cloth with title and author in gilt to spine. In black dust jacket with photographs of Cronkite on front and back covers. In near fine condition. 384 pages. AMERBIO/010913. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket.

Dodge, D. Stuart (compiled and edited by)

Memorials of William E. Dodge

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, 1887. Hard Cover. VG in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Interior is clean and bright and includes a frontis piece. See p. 261 and following for Dodge's Work in Behalf of the Colored Race. 407 pages. American Biographical History. BIO/106160. Very Good.

Fellman, Michael

Citizen Sherman. A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

New York: Random House, 1995. Hard Cover. Mint in a mint dust jacket. Contents like new as if never read. Includes a section of b&w photo plates. 486 pp. Biography. BIO/8012. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.