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The Complete Letter Writer
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NY: Perma Books, 1956. first printing thus, #M-4066, paperback, 294 pages, condition: vg with only minor edgewear, short crescent-shaped crease on front cover, inside is tight and clean. "Letter writing made easy. Model letters for every social and business occasion." Complete and unabridged.. ... more information
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Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s
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Based in part on extensive interviews, this book examines the shift in comedy that occurred beginning in the 1950s. The comed... read more
New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", 659 pages with a few b+w photos, tight and clean, small crease at foot of spine, otherwise only minor wear to both book and dust jacket, which comes in a Brodart protector. "The comedians of the 1950s and 1960s were a totally different breed of relevant, revolutionary performer from any that came before or after, comics whose humor did much more than pry guffaws out of audiences. Gerald Nachman presents the stories of the groundbreaking comedy ... more information
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Descent from Glory: Four Generations of the John Adams Family
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NY: Oxford University Press, 1983. 400 pages, hinges tight, clean inside and out, lower back corner bumped, else near fine in near fine dust jacket in a Brodart protector.. ... more information
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Forgotten Americans: 15 Footnote Figures Who Changed American History
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New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. first Barnes & Noble printing, 258 pages, tight and clean, looks and feels unread. Dust jacket is enclosed in a Brodart protector. "Though you may never have heard the names Margaret Shippen Arnold, Annie Turner Wittenmeyer, and James Forten, they - like the twelve other fascinating people who take center stage in Forgotten Americans - played improtant roles in the drama of their times. Beyond that, their deeds had a major impact on our national destiny.". H... more information
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Medusa's Child
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1997. 388 pages, book is tight and clean, light wear to spine, top front corner bumped. Dust jacket is near fine in a Brodart protector.. ... more information
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Pandora's Clock
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NY: Doubleday, 1995. book club edition, 342 pages, tight and clean, head of spine has a very tiny tear, head and foot of spine are creased. Dust jacket has wear to spine and corners in a Brodart protector. "..the ultimate flying adventure.". ... more information
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The Blue Corn Murders: A Eugenia Potter Mystery
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NY: Delacorte Press, 1998. book club edition, 257 pages, recipe endpapers, hinges tight, former owner's initials at foot of copyright page, crease at head and foot of spine, light wear to corners. Dust jacket has several small closed tears with creases, wear to spine, edges and corners in a Brodart protector.. ... more information
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Creating the West, Historical Interpretations, 1890-1990
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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. second printing, 6" x 9", 318 pages with highlighting and underlining, one crease down spine, minor to light corner wear. "This book appears at a time of radical reassessment of what settling the West has meant in American history. Amidst questions now being asked about violence and exploitation as leit-motifs in western history, it is more important than ever to understand historians and their biases. In this interpretive synthesis, a ma... more information
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World War II and the West: Reshaping the Economy
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Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", orange clothbound, 288 pages with 24 pages of b+w photos, hinges undamaged, underlining and margin notes, narrow crease at head of spine, minor to light wear. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed, has a small chip and short closed tear, light to moderate wear to spine ends and corners. It comes in a Brodart protector. "World War II forced a restructuring of the American economy that was particularly visible in the West. In ... more information
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El Nino: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker
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The scale of the massive weather phenomenon El Niņo was only recently discovered, and its manifestations--from fires to lands... read more
NY: Warner Books, 2002. vg+/vg, 340 pages with map endpapers, tight and clean, no writing, only minor wear. Dust jacket has ligjht wear to spine ends, lower back edge and corners in a Brodart protector. "It brings droughts, mud slides, killer storms, and even epidemics and hordes of frogs and rats. Now, for the first time, here is the complete - fascinating - story of the powerful weather-maker known as El Nino."Includes an index and selected bibliography.. First Edition. ... more information
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Sweet Suffering: Woman As Victim
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Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1984. vg/vg, 263 pages, tight and clean with no writing etc., top corners bumped, creases at head of spine. Dust jacket has a small stain at back lower corner (dust jacket only), light wear to spine ends and corners in a Brodart protector. "...Pointing no finger of blame, Dr. Natalie Shainess, who is this country's foremost authority on masochism, explains why no woman in our culture escapes masochism altogether. A searching but easy-to-take questionnaire... more information
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Road of Ages
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. brown cloth-covered boards with title on spine, picture endpapers, 232 pages, unsigned bookplate partly pasted on flyleaf, tight and clean, wear to spine ends and corners, no dust jacket.. First Edition. ... more information
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A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls
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Akron, OH: Saalfield, 1929. 234 pages, hinges tight, pages yellowed, front cover has small stain, back cover lightly creased, wear to spine, edges, corners and folds, no dust jacket.. ... more information
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Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953
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This study of "the Doctors Plot" untangles the post-World War II effort by Stalin to instill state terror by accusing Jewish ... read more
NY: HarperCollins, 2003. remaindered, 399 pages, tight and clean, gentle crease at head and foot of spine. Dust jacket has minor wear to spine ends in a Brodart protector. "A new investigation, based on previously unseen KGB documents, reveals the startling truth behind Stalin's last great conspiracy...". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. ... more information
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Naming Names
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The story behind the 1950s Hollywood blacklist and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which issued subpoenas to m... read more
NY: The Viking Press, 1980. vg/vg, 482 pages, tight and clean, corners slightly bumped, minor wear to head and foot of spine. Dust jacket has moderate wear to spine ends and corners in a Brodart protector. "The moral issues that continue to haunt the Hollywood blacklist generation have never been fully explored. This book is the first serious attempt to capture the painful history of not only the blacklist's victims, but also the men and women who 'named names,' who cooperated with the 'degradation cer... more information
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22 Young Mormon Writers
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Provo, Utah: Communications Workshop, 1975. black cloth-covered boards, 127 pages, illustrated with b+w photos, former owner's name on flyleaf, tight and clean except for some shelf-soil on top page and cover edges, creases at spine ends, otherwise only minor wear. Dust jacket has chips at spine ends, some discoloration, wear to spine, edges and corners in a Brodart protector. Stories and poems by twenty-two young Mormon writers.. First Edition. ... more information
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Evergreen: Playing a Continuous Comeback Business Game (When the Forces of the Forest Blow New Futures at Your Feet)
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Lakewood, CO: New Eschelon Press, 1995. near fine/near fine, 208 pages, tight and clean, only minor wear to both book and dust jacket, in a Brodart protector. "Today's continuous comeback winners invent worlds for themselves where their problems simply don't reappear.". First Edition. ... more information
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The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case
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NY: Random House, 2001. vg/vg+, 414 pages with 8 pages of b+w photos, tight and clean, binding flaw at top of front hinge inside (1/2" tear allowed 1/2" by 1" piece at top edge to be folded under and glued), gentle crease at both head and foot of spine, corners sharp. Dust jacket has light wear to head of spine and corners in a Brodart protector.. First Edition. ... more information
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America's Best Vegetable Recipes
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970. 336 pages, 666 ways to make vegetables irresistible by the food editors of Farm Journal, tight with light wear to spine and lower corners, some shelf soil on top page edges. Dust jacket has several closed tears, small stain inside at foot of spine (doesn't show outside or on book cover), wear to spine and corners in a Brodart protector.. ... more information
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The Thrifty Cook: Tasty Budget Recipes
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1974. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2", 282 pages, tight and clean with creases at head and foot of spine and several shallow dents in lower edges, minor to light wear to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket has a short tear with creases at foot of spine, light to moderate wear to spine ends and corners, in a Brodart protector. "Recipes so good you'd want to make them even if they weren't 'thrifty' - that's the promise of this book but it's only a p... more information
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