Biography/Autobiography from MLC Books

Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Black Willow Press, 1998. A poetic memoir by the former professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Of the 500 copies published, the first 100 were numbered and signed by Carver, this being number 77. Staplebound chapbook, 22 pages, with dust jacket in fine, as new condition.. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Fine/Fine.

Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Carleton College, 1965. A poetic memoir by the former professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Reprinted from "The Carleton Miscellany", preceding the Black Willow edition. Staplebound chapbook, 10 pages. Tanning near the spine with some foxing on the back.. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. Ten profiles of scientists, from the sixteenth century to the twentieth, 306 pages. First U.S. edition. Gently bumped with the previous owner's bookplate and name on the front end papers, dated Oct. 1936. Jacket lightly rubbed with small chips at the edges, spine darkened with faint drip marks. Internal tape… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1969. Biography of Rubinstein, with 8 pages of photographs, 178 pages. Lightly rubbed at the corners and spine ends, a couple of pages corner creased. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine sunned with a drip mark near the heel. Price clipped, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing, 1987. Biography of the founder of Control Data Corporation, one of the first major computer companies. Light foxing to the edges of the text block. Jacket lightly rubbed with small chips and tears, spine slightly sunned, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper "To Wally Moe - Best regards, William C.… Read more about this item

Surrey: Kingston University Press, 2010. A memoir of friendship, which began in Londin in the 1960's, 143 pages. Fine, as new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

Wrexham, Clwyd: Bridge Books, 1995. Diaries of the tour by both Samuel Johnson and Thrale, with extensive notes on places, persons, and houses visited. With 26 maps and illustrations, 147 pages. Fine, as new condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

London: Macmillan, 1974. Biography of Dr. Johnson, 388 pages. Lightly bumped, spine slightly darkened, with pencil underlining and marginalia to various passages. Inscribed by Wain on the front end paper "George and Carolyn's copy with all good wishes. John 1974." From the library of Wain's friend and contemporary George Soule. Laid in is the progra from… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1949. An American woman marries professional hunter Sasha Siemel and raises a family in Mato Grosso, in the wilds of Brazil. 308 Pages with 8 pages of photographs, mapped end papers. Green boards bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Edges of the pages are a bit wavy, no indication of… Read more about this item

New York: Dial Press, 1973. Biography of the baseball player who became a celebrity after throwing a no-hitter early in his rookie year for the 1962 Los Angles Angels. Belinsky was notorious for his partying, womanizing, and squandered talent. 308 pages with 24 photographs. Lower corners bumped. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, in Brodart.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants , 2000. Genealogical research, 176 pages. Spine sunned, scuff on the front. No creases or markings noted.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1949. Family and local history, staplebound, 48 page pamphlet. Very gently handled with the previous owner's name and number on the back and a few spots of marginalia. Laid in is an offprint article "Coal, Art and the Beaumonts" by E.M. Howe, reprinted from the April 1974 issue of History Today.. Staplebound Wraps. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: David McKay, 1965. Biography of the man who invented the method for producing aluminum cheaply (when he was 23!), a founding partner of Alcoa, and holder of 22 patents, 213 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit darkened, binding square and solid. Inscribed "With heartfelt thanks to Walter Reeves. Sincerely, Rosamond Young." Reeves, of… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1976. A biography of mathematician Richard Courant, 314 pages with 36 photographs. Gently bumped and rubbed with a tiny spot on the upper edge of the front board. Jacket rubbed, crimped and tanned with chips and tears, in Brodart. Inscribed on the front end paper "For Dean and Pat from Constance. August 1979.". Inscribed… Read more about this item

Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1978. A personal account of the world of opera in the first half of the twentieth century, taken in part from the diary of the author's father, George Hamlin, 96 pages. Light rubbing at the corners and spine ends. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine and rear panel sunned. Price clipped,… Read more about this item

New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. Biography of the master of noir, 613 pages. Very gently bumped. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges, laminate wrinkled on the spine and rear panel, in Brodart. Inscribed on the title page "For Marv Lachman who loves Woolrich too. Mike Nevins." . Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1989. Profiles and bibliographies of three influential figures in crime fiction, 383 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 2005. Profiles and bibliographies of 33 prominent authors, 475 pages. Small pencil marks next to a handful of volumes on the list of the DLB. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1989. Profiles and bibliographies of 45 notable authors, 414 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995. A collection of essays celebrating Ngaio Marsh. Includes sections on biography and reminiscences, theatre work, detective fiction, and short fiction. With a chronology of plays she directed and bibliographies of detective novels and short mystery stories, 252 pages. Fine, as new condition, jacket in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.