(Biography) GANDHI, MahatmaBiblio.com
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19542610Washington DC: Public Affairs Press 1954. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Good . 5 5/8 X 8 2/4 Inches. 640 PP. Second American edition of Gandhi's own account of his life published the year of his death. The book was originally published in Gandhi's native Gujarati and then in English UK in 1941. This edition the First American was based upon the 1941 and was edited and revised by Gandhi himself. Housed in original clothPO bookplate on front pastedown. Original price of $5.00 intact on front flap of DJ. Jacket a bit worn at edges and folds. A few small chips to DJ edges. Hint of rubbing to boards. A rather scarce book in the jacket on the open market. Public Affairs Press hardcover
19344420Nashville TN: The Parthenon Press 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 588 PP. Stunning original red cloth with gilt title work to cover and spine. Light bump to top board else a fine copy. No writing bookplates etc. Red cloth is bright and clean. Lacks DJ. Allen #700. The Parthenon Press unknown
20093635New York: Harper Collins 2009. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 413 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $28.99 intact on front flap. Signed by Sarah Palin on the publisher limitation page. This copy is #3437 of 5000 copies. Housed in deluxe issue presentation box from Premiere Collectibles. Harper Collins hardcover
19896645New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 579 PP. SIGNED IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION TO FAMED HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHER BOB THOMAS! <br /> <br /> Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed inscribed and dated to Thomas directly on the FFEP. During his career with the Associated Press Thomas authored more than 30 books. His biographies of Joan Crawford Marlon Brando Bob Hope Howard Hughes and Walt Disney are among the most famous of the genre. Unfortunately for Berg the book appears unread. Light wear to DJ at foot of spine and a vertical crease to rear panel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
19658507Chicago IL: Playboy Press 1965. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price is clipped. Illustrated with B/W photographs throughout. Hint of rubbing at DJ edges. A very attractive copy overall. Playboy Press hardcover
19626221Garden City NY: Doubleday 1962. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 283 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Irving Stone directly on the FFEP. "An Autobiography through Letters" - from the author of The Agony and the Ecstasy. DJ a bit toned with chips to head and tail of spine. Doubleday hardcover
19094733Topeka KS: Published by the Author 1909. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 234 PP. First printing in the original red cloth binding. Signed and inscribed by author and noted historian William Connelley directly on the FFEP. Early and important biography of Kansas Senator John James Ingalls. TEG. A bit of scuffing to boards. Foxing to endpapers. Published by the Author hardcover
19067693New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 505 PP. Signed and inscribed by Iles to the Washington Memorial Library Valley Forge directly on the ffep. Original illustrated green cloth binding. Profusely illustrated mini-histories of inventions and inventors from Alexander Graham Bell to Bi-Focal Lenses. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
19956413Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1995. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9 X 11 1/2 Inches. 208 PP. Profusely illustrated study of the artistic side of Tolkien. The book explores Tolkien's drawings for his book his early childhood work and the pictures he made for his children. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $40.00 intact on front flap. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
19593625New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1959. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 556 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Text clean and sharp. DJ exhibits a few spots of wear. Original price of $6.75 intact. A very attractive copy overall. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
20019071New York: Simon and Schuster 2001. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 751 Pages. Signed by David McCullough on bookplate affixed to half title-page. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Basis for the wildly popular HBO Miniseries of the same name. Simon and Schuster hardcover
19013722Nashville TN: Publishing House of the M.E. Church South 1901. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 5 X 7 3/8 Inches. 448 PP. Original red publisher cloth with gilt illustration of McFerrin on front cover. Noted Methodist preacher and chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Namesake of McFerrin park in Nashville. Signed and inscribed "Jas. F Dixon / With Compliments / of / John McFerrin / Anderson / Nov. 29th '05" on the ffep. Light wear to covers and spine ends. Foxing and toning. Attractive copy overall. Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South unknown
19296728Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 356 PP. "Whether the pleasure of the negroes was sincere may be doubted; but certainly it was the loudest I had ever witnessed: they all talked together sang danced shouted." - Matthew Lewis<br /> <br /> First American edition of this important record of plantation life from the slave owner's perspective. Lewis inherited two slave-owning plantations and twice went to Jamaica to investigate the living conditions of his slaves. Lewis' account notoriously sugar-coats the life of the slave on his plantations due to the increasing moral push against the practice of slavery in Britain at the time. Scarce in original issue jacket. "Publisher Overstock" stamp on front of DJ. Light chipping to edges. An important book that is relatively scarce in commerce. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
20085466New York: Spiegel & Grau 2008. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 239 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Lang Lang directly on the FFEP. Accompanied by flyer and ticket stub to signing/performance event in Chicago. Spiegel & Grau hardcover
20046013Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly 2004. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 267 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed "To Barry - A Fellow Geek" directly on the title-page. An impressive and fairly scarce memoir from the child actor turned excellent author. Doesn't hurt that Will narrated "Ready Player One" for Ernest Cline. O'Reilly hardcover
19754867Bigfork MN: Northwoods Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. Original blue cloth with white title-stamping to front cover and spine. A mix of biographical information on Kennedy's term in office with some conjecture as to what might have been on his mind in the final moments of his life and poems by the author. A scarce book with "0" copies in commerce and only "5" on OCLC. Light toning to endpapers. Toning and a few spots of loss to DJ. Accompanied by original publisher prospectus. Northwoods Press hardcover
20008821New York: Bloomsbury 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 307 PP. Stated "First U.S. Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Following the buzz his 1999 New Yorker story "Don't Eat Before Reading This" created Bourdain released this expanded tale of kitchen kinship and cutting in 2000. To say that Anthony Bourdain was a culinary expert restaurant critic world traveling food expert lobster whisperer and world-famous chef is not enough. His writing and later his television presence shows us his intellect his wit his humanity in a way that transcended food and eating. Bourdain's true gift was the sense of adventure his craving for life and for experience that was as contagious as a cough at summer camp. Like few others of his time Bourdain spoke to the world with an honesty and a candor that was quite unparalleled. A very attractive copy overall. Bloomsbury hardcover
3646New York: Stein and Day 1984. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 501 PP. First printing copy signed and inscribed "To Jim & Rita With love Fred Guiles / PS It took me two days to sign all the copies in gold ink on the binding! / Pennsylvania / 1984" on the FFEP. Additionally inscribed by Jim Dougherty to Brenda on the same page. <br /> <br /> A very rare association copy signed to Marilyn's first husband followed by DiMaggio and Miller of course. Jim is referenced throughout the book and he is cited as a source of material in the bibliography. <br /> First printing copy in original DJ. Retains original price of $17.95 on front flap. A bit of soiling to cloth spine. DJ a bit worn and creased at edges and folds. A very important association copy of this biography. Stein and Day hardcover
19127236London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/8 Inches. 532 PP. First printing in the original blue cloth. Gilt decoration to cover. Signed and inscribed by Balfour's brother the 9th Duke of Argyll directly on the FFEP. Signed by the one time Governor General of Canada to Lord Strathcona the founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bank of Montreal. Light foxing to gutters and endpapers. A very attractive copy overall. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
19848889New York: Random House 1984. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 657 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on the front flap. Signed by Gore Vidal directly on the title-page. A sharp copy in original brown cloth binding. Random House hardcover
19987341New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1998. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 628 PP. Signed directly on the title-page by Berg. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Most often noted as the best biography of Charles Lindbergh ever written. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
19948890Boston: Little Brown & Co 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 558 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. A sharp unread copy. Gift-worthy condition. Little, Brown & Co hardcover
18868396Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1886. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 224 PP. First edition copy in the original cloth binding. Title-stamping in gilt to the spine. The frontis portrait a real photo mounted to the page of Longstreth intact. Albumen and silver portrait frontis photo by Wenderoth Taylor & Brown. This copy from the personal collection of Charles Coleman Sellers with his plate to front pastedown. Sellers resume includes extensive work for the Winterthur the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Dickinson College. Longstreth was a noted abolitionist and head of girls school in Philadelphia. It is rumored that she was integral to the Underground Railroad in the 1850's and was nearly hung in Rittenhouse Square by a pro-slavery mob before the PA militia saved her. An often overlooked book by an overlooked hero of modern education and the abolitionist movement. A very attractive copy that has been well cared for. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
20106334Oneonta NY: The Argian Press 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 270 PP. Winner of the last Ernest Hemingway Marlin fishing tournament 1960. Autobiographical story of Cadenas' life having been born in Cuba and coming to America in 1960 as a refugee. The book traces his family land holdings in Cuba from about the mid-19th century. After coming to America Cadenas studied at MIT. Cadenas led a successful career raised a family and traveled extensively throughout America. An incredible immigration success story. SIGNED BY CADENAS ON THE TITLE-PAGE. The Argian Press hardcover
19644413New York: Doubleday 1964. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 346 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.95 intact. Signed "to Sister Eileen Mirriam & Sister Patricia Anne Hall / my friends at Nazareth College - / affectionately & with thanks / for your warm welcome / Naomi Burton / 4-26-67" on the half title-page. Original color photograph with May 1967 date tipped to same page. The photo is presumed to be Burton having a picnic lunch the day she signed the book. An incredibly scarce autobiography of Thomas Merton's literary agent and close friend. Ex "Nazareth Library" copy with a few marks stamps and remnant of pocket to rear endpaper. A clean copy despite the provenance. Doubleday hardcover
