Biographies from Books of the World

New York: Random House, September 2012. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 639 pages. A masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition / first printing (stated). Very Good book in a Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound. Jacket has tears and creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xv + 621 pages.

Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, 1965. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering in red title bands and boxes to spine and front cover. No ISBN in book. A Very Good in a Good Jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound, ends bumped. Jacket clean with edge wear and chipping. Not from a library.… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Griffin / Thomas Dunne, August 2010. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine. Lightly tanned, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed… Read more about this item

Kaunas, Lithuania: Naujasis Lankas, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 327 pages. A collection of memories of sixteen Lithuanians, exiled to Siberia in their infancy or childhood - young victims of Stalin's genocide. 327 pages.

New York: Scribner / Lisa Drew, May 1999. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Inscribed by the author to Eric, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Cover clean and bright. Slight reading and shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainer mark. Not clipped. 416 pages. The Dean of the… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clipped, otherwise clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xxiii + 509 pages. This secret policeman's memoir contains explosive material. The atomic bomb secrets… Read more about this item

Universal City, California: Universal Pictures, 2018. Five-volume Paperback Set in Thick Pictorial Board Slipcase. New in original shrinkwrap. Sent to members of the entertainment industry to promote the movie for awards consideration. 11.5 x 9.4 x 2 inches. Six pounds. Heavy item: Large extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Contents: Book One : The Mission : Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay Book… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin, December 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight with a light crease. Covers clean with reading wear to corners and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 592 pages. The definitive biography of Malcolm X, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a… Read more about this item

London: Evans Brothers, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Dust stains to cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. iv + 60 pages. illus., maps, index.

New York: Simon & Schuster, March 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Gift inscription by author otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 510 pages. Drawing on letters written to her husband Pierre after his death, a surprising portrait of the legendary scientist reveals… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1990. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 423 pages. The son of the late Soviet leader offers a portrait of his father's life and political career, focusing on the years 1964-1971.

London: Penguin, December 1998. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Unmarked. Pages lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright, dog ear to lower front cover. Remainder mark. Not from a library. 464 pages. The second part of M.M. Kaye's biography covers her return to India after many years of a… Read more about this item

London: Virago Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. Fifth Edition. Very Good. Pages tanned but unmarked. Spine creased and lightly curved. Reading wear to covers. Corners sharp. Not from a library. xxvi + 741 pages. Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1897. With new introduction. Mary Kingsley's story is remarkable. In the 1890s, Kingsley decides she should travel in "the tropics" and… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Asia Books, October 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiii + 284 pages. 35 pages of plates, maps. This is the story of a country doctor from Louisiana involved in the war in Indochina. It is an anecdotal description of some of… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2003. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 588 pages. In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Very Good book / no jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and sound. Corners and spine ends bumped. Fading to covers. No markings. xii + 337 pages. This truly was a 'domestic' biography, documenting the life of Forster's great aunt. Marianne died in 1887, when Forster was aged eight,… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. No markings. Spine creased. Reading wear to covers. Not from a library. 370 pages. The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize. authors: Pablo Neruda; Hardie St. Martin (trans) The south of Chile was… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright, dog-ear to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xxxii + 434 pages. Born into slavery in 1862, Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, and one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression.… Read more about this item

New York: Twelve, November 2008. Twelve. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 448 pages. Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men… Read more about this item