Search Results: Autobiography/Biography from Gilt Edge Books

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1970. Alfred Emmanuel Smith 1873 -1944 - elected Governor of New York State - Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1928, the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for this office by a major political party. The fact that he was defeated after one of the most scurrilous and savagely fought campaigns in American history does not lessen his importance as a trailblazer or as the prototype of the self-made men who achieved enormous political influence and power. The First Hurrah is a full-scale account of Alfred E. Smith's life and career - the absorbing story of an unusual man, a legendary figure in his own day, the politician par excellence. It is a biography that reviews an entire life with clarity and objectivity. A section of photographs provided, notes on sources, selected bibliography and an index. A bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Summit Books, 1987. This is a magnificent epic of an American dynasty and of three generations of Fords who played out the dramatic conflict between fathers and sons against the backdrop of the great industrial empire they built. The authors have ammassed a wealth of never-before-revealed material and exclusive interviews to fashion a riveting saga of conquest, neurtic destruction, revenge, tragedy and final triumph. This is a marvelously engrossing and illuminating account of a vital chapter in American life. 496 pp includes index. Illustrated with two sections of b/w photos. Remainder dot to bottom edge. Price clipped dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-671-54093-9. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Henry Ford + Ford Family + Ford Motor Company + Automobile Industry + Edsel Ford + David Horowitz + Lee Iacocca. Catalogs: Autobiography/Biography.

N.A.L. World Book (1964) BCE.This major biography tells the almost incredible story of Joseph P. Kennedy, grandson of a poor Irish immigrant and father of the thirty-fifth president of the United States. The many seperate lives of this colorful and elusive figure is painstakingly reconstructed. Close attention is given to Kennedy in the role of patriarch. It was as a father that he achieved his paramount success. B/w photographs present. Dark grey cloth boards. Bookplate to ffep. An inexpensive, square, clean copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 1996. Advance praise for this book from the world's most famous Nazi-hunter... Simon Wiesenthal: "There are lots of good reasons for reading this book. One may be interested in learning about the inner structure of the German Neo-Nazi scene and in obtaining as much information as possible, or it may simply be curiosity to learn about the experiences of a Neo-Nazi from a firsthand account. Ingo Hasselbach depicts the various stages of his life: his childhood in East Berlin, how he came to join the Neo-Nazi, and the factors that led to his fanaticism. He describes his Kamerads, the day-to-day activities of a Neo-Nazi, the training and indoctrination through false models, and - just as openly - his growing doubts about his ideology and finally his decision to drop out of the scene. In this book, the author has found the courage to take a stand against his past". A bright, square book in a photo price-intact dust jacket. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard… Read More

Publishers' Union, 1898. Richard B. Cook, D.D...author of The Life of Spurgeon, etc. The Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone four times Prime Minister of England. Photo frontispiece of Gladstone taken in 1892 at the time of his fourth call to the premiership. A preface, introductory, and copious list of illustrations provided. A sampling of illustrations: Birthplace of Gladstone.... Gladstone's London Residence.... Gladstone's marriage at Hawarden.... Old Hawarden Castle.... Hawarden Church.... The Rev. H. Drew.... Condition of Ireland 1882.... Gladstone Family Group.... Release of Parnell, Dillon and O'Kelly.... Irish Leaders.... Irish Constabulary Evicting Tenants.... The Midlothian Campaign, etc. The contents supply twenty-one chapters of biography beginning with: Ancestry and Birth....At Eton and Oxford.... Early Parlimentary Experiences through to : Prime Minister the Fourth Time.... In private Life and Closing Scenes. Other chapters: Book on Church and State.... The Neapolitan Prisons....… Read More

London: Readers Union 1968 (c.1967) Reprint. This book has aquired a special status as a document in social history. Steel has been Mr. McGeown's life, but it has not been the whole of his life. He describes simply, but vividly what it has meant to work in the steel industry during the twentieth century. In describing both the events of his life and his attitudes to work and life he is imaginative without being sentimental, and he can convey the sense of noise and heat and effort to readers who have never shared his experience. A clean, bright book with no ownership markings.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Broadway Books, 1999. Photo illustrated card covers. An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League. "An inportant, honest, and moving look at an extradordinary passage: A young black man's rise from the ghetto to the Ivy League" (from the Providence Journal). Our real life Afro-American hero Cedric faces many challanges once he has been accepted into Brown University. He is left to rely on his faith, his intelligence, and his determination to keep alive his hope in the unseen - a future of acceptance and reward that he struggles, each day, to envision. An inspirational read!. In 1995 the author won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for a two-part series about the high school years of Cedric Jennings.. ISBN: 0-7679-0126-6. Eighth Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Cedric Lavar Jennings Biography + Afro Americana Teenage Boys Education Washington + Frank W. Ballou Senior High School + Brown University Student Biography.

New York: Charterhouse, 1973. A concise, clear narrative of the times and forces that shaped Adolf Hitler written by historian Gene Smith. " The Horns Of The Moon " renders a man and an age in a way that will help a younger generation of readers understand, if not excuse, the man and the world that let him seize power and for older readers, here is a short but illuminating life of Hitler - in the most profound sense of the word - a useful book. Illustrations accompany text. Red cloth boards with gilt title print to spine. Black endpapers. No ownership markings or inscriptions. Illustrated dust jacket. A nice copy - clean and bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. This volume covers the years of her early married life. The tragedy of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh,Jr. unfolds in an extraordinary series of letters only recently recovered, in which Anne Lindbergh keeps her mother-in-law meticulously informed of each day's events, hopes, deceptions, up to the final blow. Mrs. Lindbergh has written an introduction for each section, the second a memorable essay on the nature of grief. Thirty-two pages of illustrations is found throughout this book. Illustrated endpapers. Photo price-intact dust jacket. A bright very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-15-142176-5. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Biography + Anne Morrow Lindbergh Diaries and Letters + Charles Lindbergh + Charles Lindbergh Jr. Kidnapping.

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1978. This is a loving, touching, funny and wise and occasionally very frank book filled with anecdotes and observations..... Sheila Hailey desctibes Arthur Hailey's modest beginnings in writing, editing and advertising his first attempt at fiction; and how they lived and worked during the creation of such books (and movies) as 'Hotel'.... 'Airport'....'Wheels' and 'The Moneychangers' in a wide variety of settings from Canada to California, the Bahamas, London, Hollywood, New York. Name to ffep. Book shows one corner bruise to front board and a mild slant. It remains bright and clean in a photo, price-clipped dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: The Quality Book Club, 1976. First published in Great Britain in 1974. This is Pamela Hansford Johnson's distillation of the episodes and insights, men, women and ideas, that have mattered, and matter still, in her life. She depicts fragments of her childhood, her extensive travels in North America and the Soviet Union, a 'happening in Los Angeles', books she has loved, etc... She writes affectionately of : Dylan Thomas, Edith Sitwell, Ivy Compton-Burnett, all of whom she knew well. This book remains extremely bright and clean.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Allen Lane, 1983. Later printing. John Mortimer - playwright, a novelist and a lawyer. "In Character" is a collection of interviews mostly from the 'Sunday Times' with personalities as diverse as Graham Greene, Enoch Powell, Eric Morecambe, Simenon, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. This author - the best playwrite who ever defended a murderer, the creator of Rumpole and author of the best selling "Clinging To The Wreckage" has written another funny and illuminating book. Black boards with gilt to spine. Slight corner rounding. No previous owner markings or ink inscriptions. A clean, presentable copy in a photo dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First American Edition. A splendidly written, remarkable biography.....a highly informed and intimate portrait of the fascinating woman who governed the world's most populous country, and whose independent posture has occasionally puzzled or alarmed the western world. Privileged to have exceptional access to and cooperation from Indira Gandhi (a privilege dramatically withdrawn at the end of 1978) Dom Moraes (himself the son of a distinguished Indian journalist) has written an unusually perceptive biography which is as well a brilliant picture of India, yesterday and today. He is an ideal guide through the bewildering paths of Indian politics, culture and history. Photo section provided. Map endpapers. Name to top of title page. A sound clean book in a photo price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Bantam Books, 1988. For nearly seventeen years, while Jose Luis Llovio-Menendez rose to the heights of power under Fidel Castro, he was secretly preparing his escape. Now the highest-ranking civil official in the Cuban government to seek political asylum in the United States in the last twenty years tells his powerful story for the first time. 'Insider' is an unprecedented eye witness account, unrivaled in its deep insight into Cuba and passionate in its human drama. B/w photographs present on heavier semi-gloss stock. An immaculate book.....no ownership markings....in a bright price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: MacDonald & Co; (Publishers) Ltd./Queen Anne Press, 1987. The first up-to-date and complete story of one of the greatest and most loved soprano's in the world. The voice that has thrilled millions was first trained in Sutherland's birthplace - Sydney, Australia. Norma Major's book is full of insights into the colourful, competitive world of opera, and the particular exigencies of Sutherland's voice and personality. Of special interest is the catalogue of performances,which provides a previously unpublished documentary record of Sutherland's career, spanning over thirty years, and the complete discography. Photographs are provided.... all on heavier semi-gloss stock. The book concludes with 'selected bibliography' and index. Burgundy boards.... gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings. Remainder mark to bottom edge (very near spine). A lovely clean bright book in its photo illustrated dust jacket (photo front and rear).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near… Read More

New York: Cowles Book Company/The John Day Company (1970) Aug...Fourth Printing....SBN 402-12461-5.. America's First Lady of Literature, Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck focuses her unique talents on the distaff side of an American dynasty. She presents a compassionate yet candid portrait of the women who were born Kennedys or married Kennedy men. This is a woman's view of the tragic deterioration of a proud and powerful family...... Miss Buck's conjecture of what the future may hold for the Kennedy clan is thoughtful, and, at times surprising. A photo section is present. Natural-colour cloth boards with simulated leather-like spine....gilt title lettering. Beige endpapers. No ownership markings of any kind. The paper used for this book is of fine quality stock. Fore edge untrimmed. Dust jacket is price-clipped and carries previous owner initials on inside front flap. An immaculate book in a bright dust jacket designed by Ben Feder,Inc. A very nice copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984. 292pp with index. Written by the famed Russian dissident historian Roy Medvedev, "Khrushchev" is the most comprehensive and revealing biography written of one of the twentieth century's most influential yet enigmatic figures. Illustrated with b/w photos. Photographic card wraps. Cover photo by Loomis Dean.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Arbor House, 1983. A candid autobiography of an extraordinary woman, born with - and very much apart of - the twentyieth century. Author of "The Trespassers", "Gentleman's Agreement," "The Other Father," etc. Laura Z. Hobson writes, " in this one nothing will be made up, nothing invented, nothing knowingly shaded to put a better light on some crisis, no special pleading to exonerate me in some misfortune.... If it is written here, it will be true..." B/W photo section. A clean, bright copy. Price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. Written under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The extraordinary and headline making book represents a major and significant contribution to Soviet-American understanding as well as a milestone in Soviet-American publishing. Mr. Brezhnev's life is covered in full detail, including interviews with those who knew him in his childhood, as a worker and engineer, and as a soldier in WWII. With over sixty photographs this book is a work of extraordinary importance, scope and depth, a unique statement and document, and a book of rare and genuine excitment. Red cloth boards with gilt to spine and front board. Gold endpapers. No ownership markings. A remainder mark shows on bottom edge. Photo dust jacket has price sticker attached to front flap. A sound, clean copy.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/Very Good.

Toronto: S.B. Gundy 1927. 2 Volumes in a Slipcase. Vol (i) covers 1855 to 1915, 436pp. Vol (ii) covers 1915-1918, 437pp including appendix and index. Seven illustrations in each volume all on heavier semi-gloss paper and in excellent condition. Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) American journalist and diplomat, born in Cary, North Carolina. He edited The Forum (1890-95) and the Atlantic Monthly (1896-99) and became a partner in Doubleday's in 1900. He was founder editor of World's Work (1900-13) and was American ambassador in London (1913-1918). Brown cloth boards, Walter H Page embossed to front boards. Gilt print to spine dulled. Spine and boards bright and clean. Name stamped to ffeps. Mild brown spotting to outer edges. Paper labeled slipcase.. Hard Cover. Very Good.