Biography

Biography

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Anthony, Edward, O Rare Don Marquis: Author of archy and mehitabel and other hilarities (Doubleday, 1962, 1st ed., 1962). LOC 62-7596. A fine, entertaining biography of humorist Don Marquis (1878-1937), creator of that immortal pair, archy and mehitabel. Hardcover, 8.5” x 6”, unclipped dust jacket with some wear. Yellowing and some spotting on the edges. Overall good condition; eminently readable. HBB price: $17.95.

Blythe, LeGette, William Henry Belk: Merchant of the South (University of North Carolina Press, 1950; enlarged edition 1958). LOC 58-14574. A life of the founder of the department store chain. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Octavo, 271 pp. HBB price: $75.

Blythe, LeGette, Meet Julius Abernethy: Trader and Philanthropist (William Loftin, 1st ed., 1970). Fascinating contribution to the business history of western North Carolina and the once-mighty textile industry. Julius Abernethy (1894-1978) made a fortune from a four room office in Newton, NC. Legette Blythe (1900-1993) was the author of numerous novels and biographies. This is an interesting association copy, annotated throughout by Abernethy’s friend and business partner, William H. Barnhardt (1903-1985), one of the Southeast’s leading textile executives. Autographed on the papers by both Blythe and Abernethy. Hardcover, octavo, 242 pp., unclipped dust jacket showing some wear and tear. Overall, good condition. Rare. HBB price: $50.20150503_180542.jpg

Bulla, Ben F., Textiles & Politics: The Life of B. Everett Jordan- From Saxapahaw to the United States Senate (Carolina Academic Press, 1992). ISBN 0-89089-486-8.  A much-needed biography of the publicity-shy North Carolina senator, whose primary defeat in 1972 paved the way for the election of Jesse Helms to the U.S. Senate. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, fine condition. Octavo, 395 pp. HBB price: $50.

Covington, Howard E. Jr., Belk Inc.: The Company and the Family That Built It (Belk Inc, 2002). LOC 2002104825. An new, half-century-later version of LeGette Blyth’s history of the family, their stores, and their philanthropies. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, fine condition. Octavo, 282 pp. HBB price: $50.

Crothers, Tim, The Man Watching: A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever (Sports Media Group, 1st. ed, later printing, 2006). ISBN 978-1-58726-434-4. Eighteen national championships and a 94% win rate seem to back up the claim at the University of North Carolina’s women’s soccer team is about as good as they get. Hardcover, dust jacket price clipped, very good condition, autographed by Crothers and Dorrance.

Isaacson, Walter, Steve Jobs (Simon & Schuster, 1st ed., 1st printing, 2011). ISBN 978-1-4516-4853-9. The monumental life of one of the most influential figures of the last century. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, Very good condition, octavo, 627 pp. HBB price: $85.

Kane, Harnett T., The Gallant Mrs. Stonewall (Doubleday & Co., 1st ed. 1957). LOC 57-11426. A biography of the wife and widow of Civil War General Stonewall Jackson, whose long and eventful life ended in Charlotte, NC in 1915. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, mylar cover, very good condition. Inscribed by the author to Charlotte NC arts maven Gladys Lavitan, May 14, 1957.  HBB price: $50.

Morison, Samuel Eliot, Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus (Atlantic/Little Brown, 1st ed., 1942). Standard life of the Italian explorer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket with some chipping and wear about the edges. Good condition. Octavo, 680 pp. HBB price: $135.

Ragan, Robert Allison, The Ragans of Gastonia, 1790-1995: Builders of the New South and Pioneers in Southern Textiles (Heritage Printers, 1st ed., 1995). ISBN 95-92604. A scion of the prominent Gaston County family gives them and their role in the state’s history a thoroughly-researched airing. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Octavo, 568 pp. Many illustrations. Inscribed by the author to friends. HBB price: $50.

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) modeled his famed monsters after relatives: “They were unkempt; their teeth were horrifying. Hair unraveling out of their noses." Notoriously spiky (of e-books, he said, "F*** them is what I say; I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future... they may well be. I will be dead, I won’t give a s***!”; of a fan, he recalled, “A woman came up to me the other day and said, ‘You’re the kiddie-book man!’ I wanted to kill her.”), it bothered him not in the least that his book, In the Night Kitchen, is among the kids' books most banned from libraries in this century.

Selma Lanes, a Sendak friend and children's books' editor and author, combines a biography of the artist and a visual survey of his work in The Art of Maurice Sendak, a large, lavishly illustrated book complete with foldouts of Sendak's sketches and storyboards for his books. Harry Abrams, the art book publisher gave this volume the full treatment, which makes it a must-have for kids-at-heart and visual arts fans of every sort.



Selma G. Lanes, The Art of Maurice Sendak (1993 ed., hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, one slight tear on back edge, 278 pp., 165 black-and-white, 94 color illustrations, ISBN 0-819-8063-0, 12" x 11", very good condition). Your price: US $75.

Silverman, Kenneth, Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss (HarperCollins, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1996). ISBN 0-06-016978-8. Well-regarded biography of the last century’s greatest illusionist, written with access to much previously, unavailable material. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, fine condition. Octavo, 465 pp. HBB price: $50.

Varble, Rachel M., Jane Clemens: The Story of Mark Twain’s Mother (Doubleday, 1st ed. 1964). LOC 64-19286. Vivid recreation of the life and times of the writer and his parents. Hardcover, octavo, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition, 374 pp. HBB price: $40.

Wedgwood, Barbara and Hensleigh, The Wedgwood Circle 1730-1897: Four Generations of a Family and Their Friends (London: Studio Vista/Cassell, 1980). ISBN 0-289-70892-3. A family history, published to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Josiah Wedgwood. Inscribed on the title page by both authors. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket with a little wear. Very good condition. 386 pp. HBB price: $50.

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