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New York, USA: Horace Liveright , 1928 SCARCE. FE Second Printing, November 1928. (First Printing was also 11/28) Veritable field guide to the touts, chiselers, hustlers, fire-proofers, Queer shovers, shillabers, cannons and other species of the genus Con Man that inhabited the wilds of New York's Broadway in the early 1900's. (Not that they have become extinct today!). Glossary included. 255 pp. Deckle edged dark blue cloth hardcover with faded gilt lettering on backstrip and front cover. Green Winged... more information

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Hicksville, New York, USA: Vintage Books div of Random House, 1983 A synthesis of the sociology, anthropology, philosphy, religion, history and psychology of the Supernatural. Shows how Christian magic supplanted pagan elemnts in Europe. VG+ condition with no underlining, writing or highlighting. Minor cover wear and edge soiling. Red remainder mark on top edge. Front cover illustration of wizard in circle sommoning demon with cross on wall. 598 pp.. First Publisher's Printing. Trade Paperback. Very G... more information

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Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983 Accounts of 600 gunfights by 255 of master Gunfighters, set against their proper background and stature. Wild Bill, Billy the Kid, Billy Breakenridge, Tom Horn, Curly Bill Brocius, Bill Longley, Bass Outlaw, Sam Bass, Black Jack Ketchum., etc, etc,. Red leather-feel cloth cover; Near Fine copy with slight soiling of page edges. Dust jacket Good + with slight tattering, soiling and moderate yellowing of edges. Many Illustrations and photos. . Sixth P... more information

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New York, New York, USA: Viking Penguin, 1991 Odyssey of Baby Boomers looking for God: filled with miracles and torment, faith and overwhelming trials. Deals with ordinary Americans facing the universal issues of healing the emptiness of feeling unloved, forming a conscious connection to you soul, mastering your emotions, forming heart connections to others, opening to the healing power of divne love, etc. Excellent (and captivating) reading book. A/NF+ condition Quarter-bound hardcover. Cream boards wi... more information

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London, England, UK: Phoenix, Div. of Orion Books Ltd., 1998 Transl. by Peter Green. Cruel conquest of Languedoc: an authoritative and fairly objective history of the Albigensian Crusade, a war on the also Christian Cathar Church. This is an account of the customs and life in the Medieval south of France. Many classical painting illustrations. NF++ white softcover with illustration of castle with prisoner about to be tortured with hot irons. Trifling edgewear, rubbing/scuffmarks. Pencilled price mark on... more information

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New York, New York, USA: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2000 FIRST EDITION. Part of the Coolcareers.com series. From history to how to acquire, build, maintain, operate and profit from your own high-inpact web buiness. NF+ blue hardcover with photo of a smiling man sitting in front of CRT. Slight surface rubbing and scuffing. Binding tight, spine straight, pages clean and unmarked except for usual library markings, including pocket glued in on rear endpage. 48 pp.. First Edition First Printing. Lin... more information

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New York, New York, USA: Harvey House, Publishers, 1978 FIRST EDITION. Life and Times of the first woman racer at the Indianapolis Speedway. Illustrated with b/w photographs. G+ red hardcover. Moderate rubbing, scuffing, edge and corner wear. Usual library (Porter County) markings and glued in label on front flypage. Minor edgesoiling and stampings on page edges. Binding tight, spine straight, pages else clean but has some underlining. 54 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Ben... more information

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Dillon Press, Inc. , 1985 Part of the The Discovering our Heritage series. Revealing study of Swedish, Goth, Lapp and Dane peoples Europe. Gives insights to the history, geography, traditions, religion and way of life. VG white blue cloth hardcover with photo of five girls in folk costumes on front. Has minor surface, edge and corner rubbing, scuffing and wear. Usual library glue-ins and markings on spine and stampings inside covers. However, pages and text else in fine cond... more information

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New York, New York, USA: Dover Publications, 1978 Reprint (1911) Eight strange stories with one purpose: tales of shivering delight to scare you! A trip backward into evil: nightmares, ghosts and other chilling tales. Includes "The Beckoning Fair One" : called one of "the best ghost" stories written in English by Algernon Blackwood, H. P. Lovecraft and others. VG- softcover with green hand reaching out with a human-face illustrated on front. Pages clean and tight without age toning. C... more information

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New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA: Inner Light Publications, 1995 FIRST EDITION. Intro by Gianna Tessman. Authoritative account of dozens of curses, omens, and folk superstitions regarding the contacting of your own guardian angel with the aid of the burning of candles. Charms and Amulets; customs for removal of evil eye. Most comprehensive introduction to ancient lore by a recognized authority on the subject. NF+ grey softcover with angel in bordered shield. Book has slight surface scuffing and rubbing. ... more information

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Berkeley, California, USA & London: University of California Press, 1979 FIRST EDITION. California Natural history Guides: 42 Veritable field guide to the mushrooms of the west from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific shore. 300 species descriptions with geographical and seasonal distribution and edibility. 96 species color illustrated, the rest have line drawings. List of Mycological societies. Glossary included. 293 pp. Inside cover has ruller for measuring mushrooms in the field. Blue softcover ... more information

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Philadelphia and New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990 FIRST EDITION. Part of the The Peoples of North America series. Revealing study of Inuit and Aleut peoples pf North America and to a lesser extent, Siberia. Gives insights to the history, geography, and way of life. VG- white Linson hardcover with photos of seven children in parkas on front. Has trifling surface rubbing, scuffing and wear. Usual library markings on spine and stampings inside covers. However pages and text else in fine condition, b... more information

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Wellingborough, UK: Thorsons Publishers Limited, 1990 FIRST THUS. Parts of this book published previously in seperate editions. A practical book to make the techniques of Self-Suggestion, Self-Persuasion and Self-hypnosis available to everyone. Use to counter hopelessness and despair and channel it into constructive pathways. Shows how to access the Univeral Subconscious Mind via Self-hypnosis to relax the conscious mind/cross the barrier to your subconscious. Written by a renowned Harley Street psychoan... more information

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New York & Chicago, USA: The Lyons Press , 1999 Reprint of the 1821 narrative of the sinking of a whaleship by a whale that inspired Moby Dick. Includes the account of 93 days at sea and survival by drawing lots for cannibalism. Includes accounts by two other survivors, one the Captain's. Includes facsimiles of Herman Mellvilles handwritten notes on his book and Memoranda on Owen Chase. Forward by Tim Cahill and intro by Paul Lyons. Book is in Very Good Plus condition, some yellowing of pages. Map... more information

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Lexington, Kentucky, USA: The University Press of Kentucky, 1982 FIRST EDITION. Appalachian unpleasantries from the decades before the Civil War to it's end by 1930. While other books have been written, this author digs deep into the records to uncover and compare confessions, interviews, and letters forgotten for half a century, showing that the facts are more exciting than fiction. Endpapers illustrated with maps of feud area and genealogies of both families. NF+/ G Red cloth hardcover with slight so... more information

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