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New York: Basic Books, Inc., 2000 12mo (5" x 7 1/2"), navy blue pasteboard w/silver lettering on spine, foreword by Buzz Aldrin, author's preface, appendix (space chronology), notes, bibliography, index, 225 pp. Pictorial dj. "Now that space exploration is well underway, we finally have a book that describes the visions and dreams that motivate the new pioneers, helping to create poetry out of what has heretofore been treated mainly as an engineering problem." -- Howard McCurdy. Firs... more information

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Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co., 1969 Octavo (6" x 9 3/8"), violet cloth boards backed w/red cloth, white lettering on spine & front board, b/w illustrations, xvii + [i] + 200 pp. + [1]. Minor scuffing & soiling to pictorial dj. From dj flap: "Already a legend but a living one in spite of her untimely death, Marilyn Monroe is presented here in the round: as a private person, as an actress, as a personality and as a woman. The picture is one of pathos, heartbreak and humor.... Amo... more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1985 "A maniac holds New York City hostage; can he be stopped in time?" 263 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973 First authorized English translation, 1973. "The Official History, Originally Published by the Ministry of Defense of the USSR," translated by Leland Fetzer. "In addition to the details of all major Soviet air campaigns from 1941 to 1945, the book also provides little-known information on some uniquely Soviet aspects of the air war," 43 b/w photographs, 440 pp. DJ soiled, scuffed, chipped.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - ov... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1989 One of 1,000 copies casebound in slipcase. Oblong elephant folio (17" x 13 5/8"), tan paper-covered boards bound w/silken cord, Chinese characters stamped in blind on front board, foreword, photographic interpretation of Taoist philosopher Chuang Tze's "Autumn Floods," calligraphy by David Chan Tze-Wei, unpaginated. Preserved in publisher's sturdy matching tan-paper-covered slipcase w/pale blue Chinese characters and English lettering in ... more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994 Octavo (5 1/2" x 9 1/2"), ruby red cloth with silver lettering on spine and silver decoration on front board, editors' introduction, essays, speeches, manifestoes and interviews by Amiri Baraka, William Burroughs, Rikki Ducornet, Allen Ginsberg, Anselmo Hollo, Peter Warshall and others, xiii + 501 pp. Compendium of spoken and written words by faculty members of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Some of these words are concerne... more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978 Quarto (8 1/2" x 11 1/8"), burnt orange cloth w/gilt lettering on spine, preface by Thomas M. Messer, memorial essay by Bernard Malamud, 198 illustrations, including 96 color plates, chronology, exhibitions, reviews, bibliography, 296 pp. Minor soiling to top page edge; 3/8" closed tear to head of dj;s spine panel). Weighs 4 lbs. Additional postage required for priority or foreign shipment. From dj notes: "Based on the important retrospective presente... more information

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Vlotho (Weser), Germany: Verlag fur Volkistrum und Zeitgeschichtsforschung, 1979 Soft cover (5 3/4" x 8 1/8"), 80 pp. Translated by M.S. Atoegisit. Includes dozens of b/w photographs of German atrocities committed during the Holocaust -- here purported to be "falsified pictures." The author states: "This pictorial documentary is to encourage the public to demand an international investigation into all accusations which burden the German people with guilt." Minor soiling to wrap... more information

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Garden CIty, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. ... more information

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London: Croom Helm, 1980 Octavo (6" x 9 3/8"), burgundy red pasteboard w/gilt lettering on spine, b/w illustrations, including 12 maps, biographical notes, bibliography, index, 446 pp. Yellow highlighting to one paragraph on page 12; several pages dog eared; soiling to fore-edge. From dj notes: "In this pioneeering modern history of Armenia, Christopher Wlker traces the hopes and disappointments which preceded 1915 ... [the year] when the government of imperial Turikey began the systematic... more information

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College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1988 Still in publisher's shrink wrap. Account of convict labor in the state of Texas. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ... more information

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New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1876 Rear inner hinge cracked.. First Edition. Fair/No Jacket. ... more information

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Boca Raton, FL: Cool Hand Communications, 1994 First printing of 1994 revised (second) edition (the first edition was published in 1991). Quarto (8 1/2" x 11 1/8"), black cloth w/silver lettering on spine & front board, pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index, 176 pp. "A look back at America's midnight spook shows.". Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1962 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968 Previous owner's name & address on ffe.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988 Illustrated w/24 color plates; 388 pp.; previous owner's name on front endpaper; dj corners, spine ends chipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995 Octavo ( 5 1/2" x 8 3/4"), tan pasteboard backed w/black cloth, bronze lettering on spine, 284 pp. Washington Post reporter Elsa Walsh explores the lives of three extraordinary women -- ABC correspondent Meredith Vieira, musician-conductor Rachael Worby and surgeon Alison Estabrook. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1959 Third edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1958 Illustrated by maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

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