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Around the World in Eighty Days
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Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

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HERITAGE PRESS, New York, 1962.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (£2,075,400 in 2017)[3] set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. (wiki)HERITAGE PRESS, New York, 1962. Introduction Ray Bradbury. Illustrations Edward A. Wilson. Very Good , clean and bright except for spine,slightly pulled and spotted, Slipcase is good some spotting. Not collector's but a good reading copy
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The Call of The Wild
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The Call of The Wild

by Jack London

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Used - Book Near Mint. Fine, bound in Leatherette, a coated cloth material, accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gil
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Franklin Library Edition, 1982.
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Hardcover
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The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He progressively reverts to a wild state in the harsh climate, where he is forced to fight to dominate other dogs....This is a forever classic that has been read world wide and treasure by many. Ideal for Gift Giving.
Franklin Library Edition all have; High quality paper- pages that are sewn not glued into the binding - gold gilded page edges on all three sides- raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. A total of 201 First Editions were issued by the Franklin Library from 1983 until they ceased publishing in 2000. These books are high collectible and are only available on the… Read More
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Daniel Boone - the opening of the wilderness.
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Daniel Boone - the opening of the wilderness.

by Brown John Mason

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Used - Daniel Boone opened up the American west; more than 200,000 settlers poured into Kentucky on the Wilderness Road he helped estab
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Eight Printing
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Hardcover
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Owner's Label ront end piece, dust jacket shows shelf wear at top and bottom of spine.Good Reading copy.Great gift if you can find a child that knows who Daniel Boone was !!!
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The Dogs of War
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The Dogs of War

by Frederick Forsythe

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Used - The book is clean, straight & tight. Unclipped dust jacket ($7.95).
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New York: Viking Press. 1974. 1st Edition
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1st edition/1st printing. Author's third novel, following THE DAY OF THE JACKAL and THE ODESSA FLE. A mining magnate plans to overthrow the government of a small West African country in order to exploit a secret source of platinum, and he hires a top mercenary to carry it out.
The book is clean, straight & tight. Unclipped dust jacket ($7.95). Shows light shelf wear, colors are bright and book is clean. Very tiny handwritten price in ink at top, left front jacket. Small tear at top of spine. A very good copy.
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Journey A Novel
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Journey A Novel

by James A. Michener

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Used - Stated First American Edition, Random House,07/08/1989. Book in NearFine condition
Edition
Stated First American Edition, Random House 7/8/1989
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780394578262
ISBN 10
0394578260
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Mining historical novel, five men who brave the frozen Canadian wilderness during the Klondike gold rush of 1897, risking everything to fulfill their dreams. A highly readable drama filled with the blend of fact and fiction that is Michener's trademark.((Random House--Fiction-Historical)
Stated First American Edition, Random House,07/08/1989. Book in NearFine condition, no visibledefects, tight and bright, no bumped corners, colors vibrant. DJ in Near Mint condition, unclipped $16.95on front flap,
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Kidnapped Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751
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Kidnapped Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Used - Illustrated. rough cut, top of book guilt, folding map plotting the course of David Balfour's wanderings.
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Charles Scribner's Sons,New York 1917
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Hardcover
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The book is solid with slight pulling of the spine towards the top. shelfwear to top and bottom of spine, corners bumped. colors are vibrant,clean and no foxing. One page has tear at bottom corner, easily fixed, not torned off.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,1907. Illustrated. rough cut, top of book gilt, folding map plotting the course of David Balfour's wanderings. Very strange dedication from Mr. Stevenson to Charles Baker, from Skerryvore, Bournmouth.
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Last Night In Twisted River: A Novel
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Last Night In Twisted River: A Novel

by John Irving

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Used - Book Near Mint, dustjacket Near Mint, no ownership label. Great Copy
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First Edition , First Printing, ,Random House, 10/27/2009
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781400063840
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1400063841
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In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them.In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River–John Irving's twelfth novel–depicts the recent half-century in the United States as "a living replica...
First Edition , First Printing, ,Random House, 10/27/2009. Book Near Mint, dustjacket Near Mint, no ownership label. Great Copy
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Lord Jim
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Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad

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  • Hardcover
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Used - Quarter bound leather, accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Decorated endsheets and with a silk r
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Fraanklin Library Edition,1980, near fine condition.
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Hardcover
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An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past.
Franklin Library books were designed and bound by the Sloves Organization, which was an affiliate of the Franklin Mint. The Sloves Organization was one of the few binderies that focused solely on leather book bindings, and they produced exceptionally high quality leather bound books for the Franklin Library — a testament to which is how widely sought after they remain today, more than a decade after Franklin Library closed its doors.
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Lost in Samoa
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Lost in Samoa

by Edward S. Ellis

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Used - Book solid , good spine, text clean and bright. A very good copy for being 126 years old.
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1895
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Hardcover
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Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine. Besides the one hundred fifty-nine books published by his own name, Ellis' work was published under various pseudonyms, including: Cover of Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier by Edward S. Ellis. "James Fennimore Cooper Adams" or "Captain Bruin Adams" (68 titles), "Boynton M. Belknap" (9 titles), "J. G. Bethune" (1 title), Captain Latham C. Carleton" (2 titles), "Frank Faulkner" (1 title, "Capt. R. M. Hawthorne" (4 titles), "Lieut. Ned Hunter" (5 titles),...
A Tale of Adventure in the Navigator Islands These vagrants of the South Sea are known in that section by the name Of Beach Combers;
Grosset & Dunlap, 1895. Book solid , good spine, text clean and bright, very little yellowing. Boards have a few spots, colors vibrant. A very good copy for being 126 years old.
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Music For Chameleons new writings
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Music For Chameleons new writings

by Truman Capote

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Used - NEAR MINT, Both dj and book in Near Mint condition
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Random House, Stated First Trade Edition . 07/12/1980
ISBN 13
9780394508269
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0394508262
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Music for Chameleons (1980) is a collection of short fiction and non-fiction by the American author Truman Capote. Capote's first collection of new material in fourteen years, Music for Chameleons spent sixteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, unprecedented for a collection of short works. The book is divided into three sections. Part one, titled "Music for Chameleons", includes the short story after which the section and book are named, as well as five other stories ("Mr. Jones", "A Lamp in a Window", "Mojave", "Hospitality" and "Dazzle"). Part two, the core of the book, consists...
Random House, Stated First Trade Edition . 07/12/1980, A limited edition has been printed. Bbeautiful copy, NEAR MINT, Both dj and book in Near Mint condition, clean, colors bibrant. DJ not clipped Price $10.95. Owner's inscription on frontendpaper"Irving"
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A Son Of The Circus
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A Son Of The Circus

by John Irving

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Used - First Trade edition, very good condition, dut jacket in very good condition. No markings or clipping, neat copy.
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First Trade edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780679434962
ISBN 10
0679434968
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star . . . an American missionary . . . twins separated at birth . . . a dwarf chauffeur . . . a serial killer . . . all are on a collision course. In the tradition of A Prayer for Owen Meany, Irving's characters transcend nationality. They are misfits--coming from everywhere, belonging nowhere. Set almost entirely in India, this is John Irving's most ambitious novel and a major publishing event.
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The Thundering herd
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The Thundering herd

by Zane Grey

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Used - Good
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Grosset & Dunlap, New York,1925
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Hardcover
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Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1925. Stated First Edition, but I don't think so, because it says in fine print, Published by arrangement with Harper and Brothers. It claims four Illustration and there is only two. book is good, not great, spine is discolored with small stain, some moisture marks on front edge.
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Treasure Island
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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Used - .Book invery good condition,clean, tight, no writing or soiling.
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Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1984
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Hardcover
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The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literature's most beloved "bad guys," Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys—and girls—and parents and grandparents. Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co.
Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints, patterned endpapers. Illustrated by WAlter Paget. Book invery good condition,clean, tight, no writing or soiling. No Ownership labels. Some gold decorative gilt back, front and spine has faded, still a very good copy. A great gift for the kids you love!
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Whirlwind
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Whirlwind

by James Clavell

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Very good. near Fine Dust Jacket ----Price Not Clipped. Owners label on the half title page, excessive glued used and wrinkled
Edition
Morrow, First Edition,1986. Stated: First Edition First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780688066635
ISBN 10
0688066631
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Clavell's fifth novel in his bestselling Asian Saga--a high adventure story of heroism, violence, and love set in 1979 after the Shah left Iran--that began with the blockbusters King Rat, Tai-Pan, Shogun, and Noble House.
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