Biography & Memoir from Books of Aurora
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My Share of the Task
by McChrystal, General Stanley
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781591844754
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- 1
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New York: Portfolio, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. New York: Portfolio, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/near fine. Signed by General McChrystal on the half-title page. Jacket has a hint of shelfwear. Item Price
$30.00
John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years (Western Reserve Historical Society Publication No. 126)
by Goulder, Grace
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good-
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780911704099
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- 1
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Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good-. Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good +/very good-. Stated First Edition. 271 pages, indexed. Former owner's name on first endpaper.. No other marking, crisp and clean. Bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
The Next-To-Nothing House
by Carrick, Alice Ban Leer
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- Second printing
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$10.00
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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. Second printing. Very Good +. 252 pages, unmarked, numerous b&w photographs. Shadow on first blank endpaper from clipping being laid in. Bound in green cloth with illustration and lettering in white. Spine lettering is faded. … Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
Harriet and the Promised Land
by Lawrence, Jacob
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671866730
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- 1
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 4th Printing. Fine/fine. Bold, powerful paintings by a great African-American artist vividly capture the drama of Harriet Tubman's life-long struggle to free her people from slavery. Striking rhythmic verse conveys the urgency and danger of Harriet's work on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail: A Story about Pablo Picasso
by Anholt, Laurence
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780764150319
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- 1
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Hauppauge, NY: Barrons, 1998. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Hauppauge, NY: Barrons, 1998. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/fine. The fascinating story--based on true fact--of a world-famous artist and a little girl who became one of his models Item Price
$10.00
Mozart: Scenes from the Childhood of the Great Composer
by Brighton, Catherine
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385415378
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- 1
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New York: Doubleday, 1990. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York: Doubleday, 1990. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/fine. Mozart, the brilliant child prodigy whose achievements astonished Europe. The richly detailed illustrations and simple, straight-forward prose vividly re-create the places, people, and events in his special world. Item Price
$10.00
A Lone Woman in Africa; Six Years on the Kroo Coast
by McAllister, Agnes
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1896
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$18.00
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New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1896. Very Good. 295 pages, illustrated with 10 B&w photogtaphs. Two former owner's names on endpapers, otherwise unmarked.. A crack at the first signature, however the binding is firm. Pages are clear, 2 soiled spots on the ttitle… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Ellet and Roebling: The Amazing Tale of Friendship and Rivalry between Two of America's Greatest Engineers
by Sayenga, Donald
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Staplebound
- ISBN
- 9780930973254
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- 1
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$20.00
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Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press, 2001. Staplebound. Fine. Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press, 2001. Fine. 71 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs, list of primary sources in the back. Item Price
$20.00
The Memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy Duc de Saint Simon Covering the Years 1691-1723
by Saint-Simon; Flower, Descond \(translator\)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase-Very Good+
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York: Heritage Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase-Very Good+. New York: Heritage Press, 1959. Fine/Slipcase-Very Good+. 498 pages, illustrated with 32 stunning color gravures. Bright, crisp, unmarked, Genealogical table of the Bourbon Family laid in. Sandglass XV:23 laid in. Bound in scarlet cloth with gold crest on… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself: A Memoir
by Rockefeller, Eileen
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- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- new
- Edition
- First printing
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399154089
- Quantity Available
- 1
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$15.00
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New York: Blue Rider Press, 2013. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good++/new. New York: Blue Rider Press, 2013. First printing. Very Good++/new. Signed by Eileen Rockefeller. A new copy with a remainder mark on the bottom edge. A pioneering philanthropist and daughter of American royalty reveals what it was like to grow up in… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography
by Adams, Henry
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase-Near Fine
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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New York: Hertage Press. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase-Near Fine. New York: Fine/Slipcase-Near Fine Illustrated with etched gravures, brown marbled paper on boards, brown cloth spine with gold lettering Deep brown slipcase Sndglass XII:20 laid in Item Price
$20.00
Lift Every Voice and Sing A Celebration of the Negro National Anthem; 100 Years, 100 Voices
by Bond;Julian; Wilson, Sondra Kathryn \(editors\)
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Edition
- Ex-Library Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679463153
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- 1
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New York: Random House, 2000. Ex-Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. New York: Random House, 2000. Ex-Library Edition. Very Good +/very good +. Minimal library markings, pages crisp and fresh. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, 275 pages, bibliography. This collection of 400-word essays from a wide range of famous contributors--from Maya Angelou… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
From Japan With Love: 1946-1948
by Ruggieri, Mary A.
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- Used - Very Good++
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780979875717
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- 1
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San Rafael, CA: Portsmouth Pub., 2007. Softcover. Very Good++. San Rafael, CA: Portsmouth Pub., 2007. Very Good++. 264 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Book is as new save for a gift inscription on the half-title page. The person who wrote the gift inscription also included a promotional postcard for the book and… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Andrew Jackson, The Border Captain; Andrew Jackson, Portrait of a President - 2 volumes
by James, Marquis
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good-
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Hardcover. Very Good +/good-. Indianapolis: Very Good +/good-. Copyright dates 1933 and 1940, no additional printing information. Each volume crisp and clean with b&w frontis and other b&w plates. former owners bookplate inside the cover of the 2nd volume is the only marking. Endpapers of 'Border Captain' have map… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe
by 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9783039390397
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- 1
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Scalo Publishers, 2006. Hardcover. New. Scalo Publishers, 2006. New. 1000 women profiled, each with a page of text and a b&w photo, indexed by keyword. 5" x 7 3/4", black ribbon marker. Item Price
$30.00
Minister from France Conrad Alexadre-Ferard 1729-1790
by Hudson, Ruth Strong
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780964331259
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- 1
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$75.00
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Euciid, OH: Lutz Printing and Publishing, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Euclid, OH: Lutz Printing and Publishing, 1994. First edition. Near Fine. Limited edition of 250 copies. Inscribed by the author to Kathleen Lambacher. Bibliography, illustrations in color and b&w. Bound in rust-color cloth, brown title block with gold lettering on… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
Your Grandmother
by Crawford, Fred
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Privately Printed, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good +. Privately Printed, 1945. Very Good +. 191 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs and full-color tipped-in plates that are works of art by Mattie Coolidge Crawford. Unmarked, bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering on the front, spine lettering is faded. Item Price
$15.00
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
by Cellini, Benvenuto
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase-Fine
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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London: The Folio Society, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase-Fine. London: The Folio Society, 1965. Fine/Slipcase-Fine. 351 pages of text plus a section with b&w photographs of work by Cellini. The binding is based on a mid-sixteenth century Italian binding in the British Museum. Marroon buckram with decoration and lettering in gold, housed in… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Dust to Dust
by Busch, Benjamin
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780062014849
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New York: Harper Collins, 2012. Advance Reading Copy. Softcover. Fine. New York: Harper Collins, 2012. Advance Reading Copy. Fine. Advance galley, in wraps, signed by Benjamin busch on the title page. An extraordinary memoir about ordinary things: life and death, war and peace, the explorations of childhood and revelations of adulthood by Busch--a U.S.… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
An Accidental Sportswriter
by Lipsyte, Robert
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- new
- Edition
- First printing
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780061769139
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New York: Ecco, 2011. First printing. Hardcover. New/new. New York: Ecco, 2011. First printing. New/new. Signed by Rober Lipsyte. The NYT lead sports columnist mines his long career to write a book that is more about relationships and culture than the athletes and teams he has covered. Item Price
$20.00