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The Life Of Lenin.
by Fischer Louis
- Condition
- Used - Book in good condition, tight,corners no bumped, text is clean,. DJ is good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Harper & Row, 06/1964. First Edition.
- Published
- (1964)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$60.00
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Louis Fischer was a Jewish-American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-Communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), a Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography
Harper & Row, 06/1964. First Edition. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Journey A Novel
by James A. Michener
- Condition
- Used - Stated First American Edition, Random House,07/08/1989. Book in NearFine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Stated First American Edition, Random House 7/8/1989
- Published
- (1989)
- ISBN
- 9780394578262
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$75.00
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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,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Legacy
by James A. Michener
- Condition
- Used - Book in better than good condition, dj unclipped $16.95 front panel
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition, First Printing, Random House. 07/12/97
- Published
- (1987)
- ISBN
- 9780394564326
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$115.00
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As Major Norman Starr is about to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions, he recalls the heritage of his ancestors and the role they played in the true glory of America. Bestselling author James Michener has painted a timeless family portrait and an eloquent lesson in American history. "Michener is a master storyteller."… Read more about this item Item Price
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Doctor Zhivago
by Pasternak Boris Leonidovich
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- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Believe to be First American Edition, stated Twentieth Printing
- Published
- (1958)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$150.00
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Pasternak is best known as the author of Doctor Zhivago (1957), a novel which takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the First World War. Due to the novel's independent-minded stance on the socialist state, Doctor Zhivago was rejected for publication in the USSR. At the instigation of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Doctor Zhivago was smuggled to Milan and published… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Red and The Balck
by Stendhal
- Condition
- Used - Book in near fine condition,solid, bright and beautiful. Translated by Charles Tergie. Illustrations of Jean Paul Quint.
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Edition
- Pensylvania, Franklin Library Edition, 1981.
- Published
- 1981
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$60.00
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Le Rouge et le Noir, French for The Red and the Black is a historical psychological novel. It is a fictional depiction of French society in the 1820's, two decades after the French Revolution and its ensuing Terror. The plot was based on Stendhal's personal experiences, on legal documents, and on historical accounts. It chronicles the attempts of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cold Mountain: A Novel
by Charles Frazier
- Condition
- Used - Book in near mint condition with fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition, later printing.
- Published
- 1997
- ISBN
- 9780871136794
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$75.00
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Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada's struggle to revive her father's farm, with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Von Ryan's Express
by David Westheimer
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First edition, good condition. Good dust jacket, very little we
- Published
- (1964)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$45.00
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First edition, good condition. Good dust jacket, very little wear on tob and botton.
A thousand British and American POWs learn to hate the American colonel who singlehandedly shapes them up. His strict discipline brings order to the camp; it also earns him a derisive "von." When Italy surrenders, German guards herd the men into boxcars for shipment to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dragon Seed
by Pearl S. Buck
- Condition
- Used - Very Good and atractive copy. No Dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Published
- 1941-1942
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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$75.00
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One of the more political novels from the pen of Pearl Buck, DRAGON SEED
brings to light the tragedy of the Japanese invasion and occupation
of mainland China during WWII. Centering her story around the
fictional family of Ling Tan, Buck recreates the heart wrenching
devastation that war inflicted on these gentle innocent
people.
Dragon Seed is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00