New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. An illustrated look at Nutting's times with Bowles. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #113203 More
Price: $25.00
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. A memoir of Irish playwright by his wife. Includes sixteen pages of photographs. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket that has a tiny amount of wear and fading. Item #108726 More
Price: $12.50
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1978. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Parker's fifth book, a personal account written with his wife about her experiences dealing with breast cancer. An about good copy in blue printed wrappers with Parker's name written on the spine, staining to the fore edge of the pages and some other wear. Uncommon in this format. Item #177683 More
Price: $125.00
New York: Pantheon, 1959. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Translated and with a preface and notes by David Magarshack. Includes an essay on translating Shakespeare which was translated by Manya Harari. A clean very near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that is somewhat faded and has a number of small edge tears. Item #124995 More
Price: $15.00
New York: The Citadel Press, 1964. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. The autobiography of the father of Yiddish literature. Translated from the Yiddish by Fred Goldberg. A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Goldberg on the front free endpaper. Uncommon thus. Item #177498 More
Price: $50.00
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 307 pages. A memoir from Phillips that includes several black and white images. A very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that has some minor wear and a small edge tear to the top of the front panel. Item #153654 More
Price: $25.00
New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Plimpton's account of his golf endeavors. An about near fine copy with some minor fading to the edges of the boards in a very good dust jacket with some fading to the front panel and a long curved tear and some associated creasing to the bottom of the front panel. Item #109563 More
Price: $15.00
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. A popular memoir about the author's attempt to cook all of the recipes in Julia Child's seminal cook book "Mastering The Art of French Cooking" in a single year. Made into the well received movie with Amy Adams, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. A very near fine copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket that has a crease to the front flap. Item #108861 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Random House, 1972. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. A memoir from this English writer. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that has a tiny bit of wear. Item #129589 More
Price: $12.50
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A clean and tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a few edge tears, minor wear and some sunning to the spine. Signed by Rau on the front free endpaper. Item #166893 More
Price: $12.50
New York: PublicAffairs, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A memoir by this longtime music journalist. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Reich on the title page. The recipient was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist who along with Reich worked at the Chicago Tribune. A nice association copy. Item #167615 More
Price: $15.00
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. A memoir. A fine unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #108675 More
Price: $10.00
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Review copy with laid in publisher sheet. A memoir that focuses on five episodes from the life of the writer of "Goodbye, Columbus." A near fine copy with some bumping to the corners and other minor wear in a near fine dust jacket. Item #180572 More
Price: $25.00
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 346 pages. Includes 36 illustrations. A very good copy with some minor soilign and slight wear in a very good dust jacket that has a number of small edge tears and wear and is lightly soiled. Uncommon in any jacket. Item #137387 More
Price: $30.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 478 pages plus a 13 page index. Number 209 from an edition of 350 that were printed on special paper and specially bound copies. A massive autobiography by Rubinstein who was a famous pianist. Includes some black and white images. A very near fine copy with some slight bumping to the base of the front board in a close to near fine dust jacket with some slight crimping to the base of the front panel and some sunning to and along the spine in a near fine slipcase. Signed by Rubinstein on the limitation page. Surprisingly uncommon. Item #177431 More
Price: $500.00
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Contains a special message from Theroux not available anywhere else. A very fine copy in a full leather binding with all edges gilt and a silk bookmarker bound in. Still in the original shrinkwrap from the publisher. Signed by Salisbury. Item #108508 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First edition. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. A memoir about teaching juvenile felons from the author of "Iron and Silk." An about near fine copy in wrappers with a few small spots to the foredge and some other minor wear. Item #111147 More
Price: $15.00
New York: George Braziller, 1964. Second printing. Hardcover. 255 pages. The autobiography of French philosopher and author Sartre translated by Bernard Frechtman. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has some edge wear and an abrasion to the rear panel from a sticker removal. Item #146679 More
Price: $15.00
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. An autobiography from this important American poet. A clean very near fine copy with a tiny dot to the bottom edge in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #104651 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Hyperion, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A baseball related memoir from the host of NPR's Weekend Edition. A tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Simon on the title page. Item #148621 More
Price: $15.00
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1950. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 323 pages. A very good copy with some bumping to the bottom of the spine and corners in an about very good dust jacket with some small chips and tears, a few spots and other minor wear. Item #175830 More
Price: $12.50
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1996. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. A memoir by Czech writer Skvorecky translated by Kaca Polackova Henley. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #163052 More
Price: $10.00
Chicago, IL: Covici-McGee, 1923. Third printing. Hardcover. 249 pages. An about very good copy with a small tear to the top of the title page near the spine, some wear to the spine and corners. No dust jacket. Signed by Smith on the front free endpaper in 1927. Item #167287 More
Price: $35.00
Washington, D.C. New Republic Books, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 316 pages. An illustrated diary from this Russian born American artist. A near fine copy in a fair supplied dust jacket that has staining to the spine, edge tears and wear as well. Item #156164 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Collins, 2009. First edition. Softcover. Advanced Reading Copy. Subtitled "An Iraqi General's Moral Journey During the Time of Saddam." A memoir. A very near fine copy in wrappers with publisher information on the rear panel. Uncommon in this format. Item #111712 More
Price: $15.00