The One in the Many: A Poet's Memoirs.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A fresh copy. Item #140498 More
Price: $15.00
Memoirs & Autobiographies
The Fifth Book of Peace.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Padbound uncorrected proof that measures 8.5" x 11" and has an information sheet under the mylar front cover. A memoir from the author of the National Book Award winning "China Men." A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some pen notes on the first page by a publisher's representative. Scarce in this format. Item #157965 More
Price: $50.00
Garden, Ashes.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, Inc., 1975. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. A memoir from Kis translated by William J. Hannaher. A tight near fine copy in an about very good price clipped dust jacket with some small edge tears, some minor wear and light soiling. Item #142215 More
Price: $65.00
The Lotus and The Robot.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. An account of Koestler's travels to the east and elsewhere trying to find solutions to the "west's problems." A very near fine copy in an about near fine dust jacket that has a little fading to the spine and some minor wear. Item #109681 More
Price: $20.00
Myself and the Theatre.
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. An illustrated memoir by Komisarjevsky that includes a number of black and white illustrations. An about fair copy with a few small notations/marks in the text, a small former owner name stamped to the front pastedown, and a stain to the front board in an about very good dust jacket that has some chips, tears and wear as well. Still, a solid copy despite the problems. Item #159470 More
Price: $25.00
Death at an Early Age (Signed).
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1967. Fifth printing. Hardcover. A look at Kozol's experiences during a year spent teaching in a predominantly African American school in the 1960s. A tight very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor rubbing and wear and a small tear to the base of the front panel. Signed and inscribed by Kozol on the title page to author and Chicago Tribune writer Robert Cromie. A nice association copy. Item #149693 More
Price: $45.00
Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1968. First edition thus. Hardcover. 256 pages. A new enlarged edition. Brief foreword by Norman Mailer. A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. A very nice copy. Item #171149 More
Price: $35.00
Road Song: A Memoir (Signed First Edition).
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A well received memoir by Kusz. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Kusz on the title page in the year after publication. Uncommon signed. Item #174281 More
Price: $35.00
Operating Instructions.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Subtitled: "A Journal of My Son's First Year." A non-fiction work from the author of "Crooked Little Heart" and "Blue Shoe." A close to near fine copy in blue printed wrappers with a faint paperclip impression to the front panel. Uncommon in this early format. Item #157790 More
Price: $35.00
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith (Advance Reading Copy).
New York: Pantheon Books, 1999. First edition. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. A personal book about Lamott's own beliefs and experiences with religion. A fine unread copy in illustrated wrappers with publisher information on the rear panel. Item #108788 More
Price: $15.00
I'd Hate Myself in the Morning: A Memoir.
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press / Nation Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. A close to near fine copy with some bumping to the top corners in a near fine dust jacket. Item #112707 More
Price: $10.00
Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons (Advance Reading Copy).
Durham,NC: Duke University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. An advance reading copy with a publisher sticker affixed to the front panel of the jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that has a little soiling. Item #108441 More
Price: $12.50
I Can't Stay Long.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of his short essays with decorations by Susan Campbell. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear to the spine ends. A lovely copy with no fading. Item #111672 More
Price: $35.00
Skywriting By Word of Mouth and Other Writings including The Ballad of John and Yoko.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. A posthumously released collection of writings from the former Beatle. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #109630 More
Price: $25.00
Love Again.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Another well received novel from this important British writer. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #112755 More
Price: $12.50
If This is a Man.
London: The Folio Society, 2000. First edition thus. Hardcover. 234 pages. Levi's book translated by Stuart Woolf. Introduction by Frederic Raphael and with an afterword by Levi. Includes etchings by Jane Joseph. A fine copy in a very near fine slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Item #174058 More
Price: $25.00
Listen! The Wind.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Foreword by her husband Charles Lindbergh who also provided the dust jacket design, full page map drawings and an appendix. An account of some of their travels. A very near fine copy in close to near fine dust jacket that has a number of small edge tears and some tiny chips. A bright and clean copy. Item #131336 More
Price: $50.00
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (Signed First Edition).
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. A powerful account of how the author encountered a troubled street peformer and the relationship that ensued. The basis for the movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Lopez on the title page. Surprisingly uncommon for a book of this recent vintage. Item #108917 More
Price: $125.00
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. Second printing. Hardcover. A powerful account of how the author encountered a troubled street peformer and the relationship that ensued. The basis for the movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #108992 More
Price: $12.50
I, Charles Lounsbury - My Will.
Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Number 55 from a privately printed limited edition of 140. A very near fine copy with in a near fine slipcase that has slight rubbing around the opening. Uncommon in this the first edition done by Fleuron Press. Item #134028 More
Price: $50.00
I, Charles Lounsbury - My Will.
Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1981. Hardcover. A reprint of the earlier 1960 edition but done in a a different set papered boards and slipcase. Number 147 from a privately printed limited edition of 210. A very near fine copy with in a near fine slipcase that has slight rubbing around the opening. According to the preface, one of the most popular of the Fleuron press titles. Item #134029 More
Price: $30.00
Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly Into The Past.
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 129 pages. Edited and with an afterword by bookseller Ralph B. Sipper. Foreword by Eudora Welty. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket wiht a few tears and minor wear. Item #172732 More
Price: $20.00
The Strings Are False.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. An unfinished autobiography. Preface by the editor E.R. Dodds. A near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a few small edge tears and minor wear. Item #172733 More
Price: $20.00
So Long to Learn: Chapters of an Autobiography.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 242 pages. A close to near fine copy with some light bumping to the to corners in a very good dust jacket with a small chip from the top of the spine and some other minor wear. Item #149110 More
Price: $15.00
A Long Stone's Throw (Signed First Edition).
New York: Sterling Y. Ross Publishers, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A memoir from the brother of Frank and Malachy McCourt. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some minute wear. Signed and nicely inscribed by McCourt on the title page to poet Linda Pastan. Uncommon signed. Item #154383 More
Price: $35.00