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1914: Doubleday, Page & Company Cloth. Fourth printing; original copyright 1913. This book reflects the thoughts of a "busy stockbroker" who felt that, in spite of a possible lack of literary merit, that because of "the many quotations from the writings of the world's foremost economists" presented in the book, along with "the various legal and historical precedents cited, . . .this book possess[es] some slight value as a contribution to the vexed and vexing discussion of t... more information

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St. Augustine, Florida: The St. Augustine Historical Society, 1975 Staple-bound card covers; 72 pages. Fifth printing; original copyright 1959. With numerous black-and-white illustrations. "An accurate account its colorful existence through Four Centuries [sic]" Clean and intact.. Soft Cover. Very Good +. ... more information

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Syracuse, New York: Iriquois Publishing Company, Inc. , 1924 Pictorial cloth. Old school book with black-and-white photographic illustrations.Two prior owner's names/dates neatly in ink on fron tendpaper; interior otherwise clean and tight. Moderate cover edgewear and a 1" strip of mildew staining along fore edge of rear cover.. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Boston: The Murray Press, 1928 Red cloth; gilt title and spine. Editor of the Universalist "Christian Leader" journal describes his experiences and observations traveling in New England and the eastern United States. SIGNED by author on inside front cover. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Very light rubbing to cover extremities. Light browning of endpaper margins. Otherwise clean and tight.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. ... more information

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Boston: The Universalist Publishing House , 1923. Very Good-/No Jacket. First Edition. Moderate wear to cover extremities; otherwise clean and tight.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Cleveland: The Tower Press , 1943 Textured wraps, 40 pages. The author was born in South Africa and later worked in the U.S. as columnist, courthouse reporter, and lecturer; many of his travel presentations were based upon African experiences. He met his wife while working in Lewiston, Maine (the likely origin of this copy of the book); they eventually settled in Sandusky, Ohio, where Van Stack hired on as lecturer on the ship "Success." Light cover wear, faint cover soil. Interior clean and intac... more information

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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944. Rebound by library with colorful, durable vinyl-type covering. " . . .[O]ne of the most diverting novels to be written in many a day." Portion of dust jacket describing the book clipped and psted to front endpaper. Unsigned personal bookplate affixed to inside cover. Library marks: "date due" slip pasted to rear endpaper, pocket at inside rear cover, red pencil scribbled "D" to inside rear cover. Intermittent light-to-moderate brown... more information

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New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers, 1912 Very Good-/No Jacket. Blue cloth with gilt and blindstamped cover, gilt spine lettering. Photoplay edition with four black-and-white plates by Keller. Light-to-moderate rubbing of cover extremities. Small, neat prior owner inscription ffep. Clean and tight.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: Junior Literary Guild/E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. , 1950. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. Very light wear to cover extremities; prior owner name/date top inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket present, but moderately-to-heavily edgeworn and in two pieces.. Hard Cover. NEDDA WALKER. ... more information

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New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library First Edition. With decorated endpapers and simple green and black text illustrations. History and vivid description of each of the West Indies islands/groups and Panama. Gilt spine lettering and decoration mostly worn off spine; moderate rubbing to cover extremities; faint scuffing to cover cloth. Front flap of dust jacket clipped and pasted to front endpaper. Library marks limited mostly to endpapers: bookplate inside front cover; scars/r... more information

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Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991. Apparently DEFECTIVE, a partial facsimile reprint of the original publication by B.B. Russell, Boston, 1881. Text begins with entry for "Madrid" page 351 and continues with alphabetical listings for all the locales in Maine through York County. Index includes locales A though L, but first half of the text was never bound in (no indication that this reprint was issued in two volumes). General history of Maine noted on rear cover is not present. Neve... more information

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Melville, New York: Belwin Mills Publishing Corp. Very Good+. No date; circa 1995. Faint cover wear. Interior unmarked, clean, and tight.. Soft Cover. Small 4to. ... more information

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Baltimore, Maryland: Trustees of The Walters Art Gallery , 1959 Exhibition catalog. A selection of objects from an exhibition presented November 9, 1959 to January 3, 1960 in observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the opening of The Walters Art Gallery. Black-and-white photographs. Stiff covers. Light-to-moderate cover wear, including light crease at lower front cover corners and bump/heavier area of wear to lower spine edge. Faint cover soil. Interior clean and intact.. Soft Cover. Good. ... more information

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San Rafael, California: Presidio Press, 1978. Very Good-. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings and photographs. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Light cover edgewear; two tiny stains front cover. Prior owner name front endpaper; faint stains to lower margins of few text pages; otherwise clean and tight.. ISBN: 089141066X. Trade Paperback. ... more information

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New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1917. Red cloth; gilt title, cover illustration, and spine. Map endpapers depicting West Indies and "their owners." With tissue-guarded tinted frontispiece photograph and black-and-white photograph plates within text. Includes Virgin Isles, [sic], Grenada, Guadeloupe, Porto Rico [sic], St. Lucia, Cuba, etc. Appendix in rear contains glossary and "useful bits of information." Light rubbing to cover extremities. Spine lettering darkened; spine and... more information

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Boston: L.C. Page & Company Publishers, 1938 Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket "Mysteries of bird life. . .Birds of beaches and deserts. Winged jewels. Clowns of birddom. . .Bird communists. . ." etc. Illustrated with color frontis and black-and-white drawings throughout. Clean and tight with only light rubbing to cover extremities.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd, 1932 Very Good-/No Jacket A between-the-World Wars discussion of the relationship between France and Germany, the big question being, "Does Germany want peace?" Browning of endpapers, otherwise clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1910. Good/No Jacket Memoirs and commentary by the neo-Romantic poet and pro-German propagandist (1884-1962). Cover extremities moderately worn, with heavier wear and slight fraying at upper spine edge; light-to-moderate rubbing of green cloth; spine faded. Interior clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: Chautauqua Press , 1889. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Illustrated with some black-and-white drawings, including five small maps. Light-to-moderate rubbing and scuffing to cover and extremities; tiny white spot lower rear board. Rather heavy corner fold-down crease page 179. Clean and tight.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Windsor, Ontario: Black Moss Press, 1988. Second Edition, Augmented. With an Introduction by Rod Willmot. Scarce volume by the popular English-language haiku poet. Co-published by Burnt Lake Press, this second expanded edition appeared just months before Virgilio's death. A native of Camden, New Jersey, Virgilio (1928-1989) was a disc jockey who reportedly turned to poetry in the aftermath of a failed love affair. In addition to his numerous writing and speaking accomplishments, Virgilio also founded t... more information

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