Biography from Parker's Rare Books

Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929. HB. Brown cloth, black lettering on spine, 8vo, 186 pp., frontis photograph of the author, a missionary for the Later Day Saints. Owner;s name ffep only mark in book, binding solid. Covers show some soiling and edge wear, small hole in cloth bottom of spine, spine lettering rubbed. Book condition Good+.

Slat Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1967. HB. Blue cloth, brown lettering on spine and brown portrait on front cover, small 4to, 129 pp., illustrated end papers. Owner's name ffep only mark in book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket that shows several tape repaired tears, some chipping. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

Bethesda, Maryland: National Institute of Health, 2011. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 168 pp. Clean, unmarked book in like dust jacket. Book condition Near Fine in Near Fine DJ.

Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2016. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Black paper-covered boards, silver lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 204 pp., black end papers. Illustrated with color photographs. First printing, with full number line. No marks in book, binding tight. In a nice illustrated dust jacket. Book condition Near Fine in Near Fine… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Stated First Edition. HB. Quarter black cloth and white paper covered boards, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, 432 pp. Signed and inscribed by the author on half-title page. First printing of the First Edition, covering the author's early life and experiences during World War II and the Holocaust. No marks in book, biinding… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Gray paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 698 pp., illustrated end papers. Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. In an unclipped dust jacket with a color portrait of Roosevelt on the front panel. Book condition Near Fine… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House, 1910. First Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering and black designs on front cover and spine, 8vo, 277, 294 pp. Parts I and II, bound together, with separate title pages. Patterned endpapers. Edges of text block marbled. No marks in book, front hinge cracked but binding tight. Covers show light edge wear. Text in German.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Second Printing, March 2007. HB. Quarter blue cloth and tan paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 314 pp. Owner's name on front paste down only mark in book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket that shows very light wear. Book condition VG in VG DJ. Author was the 2004 Nobel… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. HB. Maroon cloth, blue lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 376 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. In a price-clipped dust jacket. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

Decorah, Iowa: Decorah-Posten's Damp-Trykkeri, 1887. HB. Quarter black cloth and white paper covered boards, brown lettering on front and rear covers, 8vo, 156 pp. plus 2 pp. publishers ads at rear. Decorah-Posten's pr¾miebog for 1886-87. Book contents, mainly short biographies, are: Tordenskjold; Hans Nielsen Hauge; John Ericson; Hans Egede; Thomas Kingo; Peder Dass; Hans Helgesen; George Washington; Ny-Guinea og… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1957. Stated First Edition. HB. Yellow and orange cloth, white lettering on spine, 8vo, 256 pp., map end papers. First edition of this biography of Gladys Aylward (1902-1970), British born missionary to China, detailing her experiences during World War II. In 1958, this book was adapted into a movie, The Inn… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Stated First Printing. HB. Black cloth, blue lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 339 pp. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. In a price-clipped dust jacket that shows minor chipping top of spine. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1978. Stated First Edition. hb. Quarter yellow cloth and red paper covered boards, black lettering on spine, 8vo, 445 pp. Owners name front paste-down, no other marks in book, binding tight. In a price clipped dust jacket that shows light soiling, one 1/2" tear top front panel. Book condition VG- in Good+ DJ.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. Stated First Edition. HB. Quarter green cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 204 pp. No marks book, binding tight. In price-clipped dust jacket that shows minor chipping. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1984. Stated First Edition. HB. Quarter dark green and light green cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, xv, 310 pp. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. In a pictorial dust jacket that shows light shelf wear. Tipped in at front is a letter, on Garst Seed Company letterhead,… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 267 pp. Second printing, July, 1931. Translated by Catherine Alison Phillips. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding tight. Spine lightly sunned, front upper corner bumped. Book condition VG.

New York: Viking, 2017. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. White paper covered boards, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, x, 692 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket with a light crease bottom front panel, small tear top rear panel. Book condition Near Fine in a VG Dust Jacket.

Glendale, Ca: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1959. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 370 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In unclipped white dust jacket that shows some minor edge wear, sunning of spine. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. HB. Quarter blue cloth and red paper covered boards, silver lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, xviii, 345 pp., red endpapers. No marks in book, binding tight, two pages dog-earred. In an unclipped dust jacket that shows minor edge wear. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

Minneapolis: Folkebladet Publishing Company Trykkeri, 1916. Mindeutgave. HB. Blindstamped red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 280 pp., TEG. Frontis portrait of Wergelands and many illustrations within text. Biography of Wergelands (1857-1914), the first Norwegian woman to earn a doctoral degree, from the University of Zurich. Because of lack of opportunities in Norway, she emigrated to… Read more about this item