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Rockford, IL: Rockford College Press, 1971. Historic trials on review include the following:The Calley Trial, The Trial of Jesus, The Nuremberg Trial, The Caine Mutiny Trial, The War Objectors' Trial, and The Pentagon Papers Trial.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1996. This book recounts the adventures of two young men, midshipman Jack Byron and naive surgeon's mate Tobias Barrow, aboard the Wager, which was parted from Anson's squadron by fierce storms and shipwrecked off the coast of Chile. 313 pgs. . ISBN: 0-393-31538-x. Soft Pictoral Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SOUTH AMERICA FICTION HISTORICAL. ... more information

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Crown Publishers, 1987. ISBN:0-517-57550-7. This book is the Winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award. The author writes of the old-fashioned truths about the value of work and the redemptive powers of love in stories charged with vivid scenes.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 0-517-57550-7 BEST SELLER. ... more information

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Boston, MA: St. Paul Editions, 1976. As the inspiring story of St. Anthony's life is unfolded--his flaming charity, so often rewarded by miracles his unwearying zeal, his unique power as a preacher and teacher of the Faith--special emphasis is put on his humanness.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.: Ignatius Pr, 1998. Father Elijah; An Apocalypse is a great novel which is also a testimony to orthodox Catholicism. A prophetic work and a manual of spiritual warfare.. ISBN: 0898706904. First Printing. Soft Pictoral Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION RELIGIOUS. ... more information

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Delacorte Press, 1974. ISBN: 0-440-06208-X. This is a classical novel of international intrigue, stunningly plotted and as complex as a chess game. 314pp. Fifth Printing. Cloth and Hardboard. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 0-440-06208-X MYSTERY. ... more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. This is not a soothing book. Mr. O'Casey is a bitter man. He has not forgiven the world for the misery and starvation of the life on the slums which destroyed most of his brothers and sisters and constantly harried his mother. It affected him, too. Lack of food undermined his health and almost destroyed his eyesight. In his sixties Mr. O'Casey is blind in one eye and sees dimly through the other.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"... more information

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Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.: Red Dress Ink, 2004. Holly Klein is an A-list celebrity with an army of assistants. Leo Monroe is a smart-talking DJ from the streets. She lives on Mulholland Drive; he lives on someone else's sofa. But when Leo rescues Holly from a mugger, their two worlds collide, literally.329 pgs.. ISBN: 0-373-25067-3. First Edition. Soft Pictoral Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION ROMANCE. ... more information

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McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1989. ISBN:0-07-008293-6. The Best of Women's Wit and Humor. More than a thousand quotations, exclusively by women, for writers, speechmakers, feminists and anyone else who wants to laugh. 194pp. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 0-07-008293-6 HUMOR. ... more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1973. In O'Flaherty's animal stories, nature is at war with herself. Sometimes the sheer vitality of the creature preserves it, but more often death ends the story, as in "The Wounded Comorant. All of o'Flaherty's stories sing a hymn to Life, while Death supplies the ground-bass to their defiant melody.237 pgs.. ISBN: 0-393-00704-9. Soft Pictoral Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. IRELAND FICTION SH... more information

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New York: Random House, 1960. Cloth. Fine. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3 Novella Boxed Set. The Twenties, the Thirties, and the Forties are already history, but I cannot be content to leave their story in the hands of the historians and the editors of picture books. I want to record the way people talked and thought and felt, and to do it with complete honesty and variety. I have done that in these three novella s, within, of course, the limits of my own observations..... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1976. There are more than 60 beautiful patterns. Every stitch and pattern is illustrated, so you can't go wrong. A needlework expert shares her professional secrets so everyone can enjoy knitting.. ISBN: 0-671-80817-6. Second Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. KNITTING CRAFTS HOBBIES NEEDLEWORK. ... more information

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W W Norton & Company, 1977. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0-393-05623-6. Issues and Policies. Underlying much of the current concern about the nation's economy is a fundamental quest ion: Just how much equality can be attained or is desirable in a system grounded on principles of free enterprise?. 0-393-05623-6 FINANCIAL. ... more information

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Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.: Birdcage Books, 2001. A beutifully ilustrated book of Impressionist artists including, Manet, Pissaro, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Caillebotte, and two extraordinary women artists, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. 76pp. with index and complete deck of playing cards. Teaches children about some of the world's greatest art.. ISBN: 1889613061. First Edition. Boxed Set with Playing Cards. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. GAMES ART GENERAL. ... more information

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New York: Kensington Publishing, 2006. In this story, O'Rourke confirms what readers have always hoped for, the Mr. Darcy is real, and that he's even more dashing and romantic than we imagined. With charm and wit the author weaves an enchanting, clever, and often haunting tale of high romance, of hearts reaching out to one another across the ages, and the timeless seach for true love. 291 pgs.. ISBN: 0-7582-1037-x. Soft Pictoral Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 2005. This book is centered around lawyler and single mother Nina Reilly. Nina's investigation into an unsolved murder takes her on a dark journey strewn with old crimes, bitter truths, and heart-stopping danger. 390 pgs. with acknowledgements. . ISBN: 0-385-33795-7. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Bronx, NY, U.S.A.: Fordham University Press, 2001. This book is William O'Shaughnessy's fascinating take on all the important and colorful characters he has encountered during forty years of broadcasting from the rarefied precints of Westchester County, The "Golden Apple" of New York. 637 pgs. with photographs.. ISBN: 0-8232-2142-3. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EDITORIALS LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES JOURNALISM. ... more information

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New York: Masquerade Books, Inc, 1998. A new novel from a legendary name in lesbian erotica. Silky, an outsider who's found grudging acceptance in her small community, suddenly finds her staid life changed by the arrival of Cloud, a thrilling but troubled butch still stinging from a recent defeat. In the meantime, Nighthawk, the woman who single-handedly removed Cloud from her turf, rules her hard-won kingdom, and the women in it, with an iron fist, not knowing her greatest battles are yet to come. 454 p... more information

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E.P. Dutton, 1988. ISBN: 0-525-24652-5. The thirty-five essays in this book were originally published in the most diverse of sources--from Antaeus and Art & Antiques to The New York Times and Life--and the subjects show an astonishing breadth of interests--from "Moby Dick: An American Book of Wonders" to "State-of-the-Art Car : The Ferrari Testarossa." 402pp. First Edition. Cloth and Hardboard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 0-525-24652-5 WOME... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1982. Cloth. Good/Very Good. First Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 0-06-014993-0. This is a story with all the elements of human drama set against the historical background of a turbulent era. I t is a full and brilliant biography of one of the most important figures of our time, a spiritual and compassionate man, a committed and visionary leader. This book is not only the first new life of K ing to appear in more than a decade, but... more information

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