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Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1973 " A compilation of addresses and tributes as given in the United States Senate and House of Representatives plus additional materials including the texts of eulogies, messages, prayers, and scriptural selections delivered at the funeral services held in Independence, Mo. and in Washington, D. C., on the life, character, and public service of the late President Harry S. Truman." Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. Black cloth with gold titles. Spine is bumped and corners slightly soft. FFEP is stamped 'From the office of Stuart Symington U. S. Senator Missouri'. Interior is clean and bright. 196p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1905 Soft limp green leather with gold embossed titles and design on spine, owl on cover. The Temple Classics, edited by Israel Gollancz. Tissued portrait of Bacon. Sunning to spine and edges. Some rubbing to edges, very small nick in spine on back. Top edge of pages gilt. Stain on leading edge of pages. Includes glossary and index of quotations. 243p.. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1944 Twenty-sixth annual O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories. Collection of award winning short stories. Authors include: Irwin Shaw, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Marjorie Hope, Wendell Wilcox. Blue cloth with gold title on spine. Cloth is heavily worn with some dark stains, points bumped. Bleached spots at tail of spine. Includes short bibliographies of each author and a list of past prize winners. 268p.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1894 Phillips Brooks was a renowned Episcopal Bishop and the author of the Christmas carol "O' Little Town of Bethlehem". Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Head and tail of spine are heavily rubbed, corners soft. Cloth is scuffed. Prominent scuffs on spine. Black endpapers. Previous owners name written neatly in pencil on first blank. Top edge of pages gilt. Interior clean. 386p.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987 Jacket in brodart. Price clipped. Head of spine is slightly bumped with one very small tear. Jacket is moderately soiled. Blue cloth spine with gold title. Gray boards, front has ghost of printing on dj. Slight sunning to edges. Corner bumped. Interior is tight and clean. 350p.. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Steve Mendelson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Random House, 1929 Anthology of fiction, drama, poetry, songs and essays. Red cloth with gold titles over green background also Modern Library logo. Spine is somewhat stained and sunned. Ruubing to logo on spine. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Small brown liquid stains to rear board. Ding to leading edge of rear board. Some foxing to page edges, green top-stain. Binding is cracked front and back. 535p. including biographical notes but not including list of other volumes in Modern Library. . Unknown. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Modern Library. more information

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New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000 White dust jacket with angel illustration on front. Near fine except some shealfwear on back. Jacket is now in brodart. Cream colored paper binding. Hallmark Books.. Third. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: MacMillan & Co., 1925 Golden treasury series. Translated and arranged by Hastings CrossleyDark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Small gold illustration of boy with flute on front cover. Cloth is somewhat soiled and worn. Foxing to leading edge of pages. Spine slightly bumped. Black and white forntispiece. 190p. plus two pages of advertisements. . Reprint. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1981 Paul Crumes's "Big D" column appeared on the front page of the Dalls Morning News for almost 25 years. Foreword by Lon Tinkle. Introduction by Frank Tolbert. Reprints of columns. White dust jacket with several portraits of Crume on front. Jacket has some edgewear including a small tear at top front. Some foxing and soiling to front. Jacket is now in brodart. Brown cloth with bright gold title on spine. Head and tail of spine and corners are rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Interior is clean. 290p. including appendix.. Third. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New Brunswick, N. J.: Rutgers University Press, 1956 Author won Pulitzer Prize in History in 1943. Discussion on why Americans prize education but fear intellectuals. Dust jacket is heavily worn; chips, tears, foxing, fading. Jacket is now protected by brodart. Book is covered in mauve paper with white tile on spine and small emblem on front. A few scuffs to paper. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. A couple of pages are dogeared. 116p. including index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907 Edited by Bliss Perry. Lyrical prose essays. Green cloth with green and gold embossed title and design on cover. Gold embossed title on spine, title is slightly rubbed. Cover a little soiled. Binding tight, points firm. Foxing on edges of pages, otherwise clean. Pencil marks and owners name inside.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Private, 1915 'An address delivered begfore the teachers of Ashtabula County, Ohio, during the Christy School at Geneva, Ohio 1896'. Privately published. An edition of two hundred copies printed by the Geneva Print Shop Geneva, Ohio. This copy has no number. Dark green cloth with gold embossed title on cover. White substance staining area of front cover, especially on bottom. Some foxing to page edges and endpapers. Two edges are roughcut. Pages have watermark that reads Strathmore & USA. 53p.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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New York: The Century Co., 1928 Green-gray cloth with dark blue titles on spine and front, front has gold border. Spine is soiled and stained. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Blue smudge on front between E and G in author's name. Some foxing to page edges. Interior is clean. 274p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Katherine E. Gray. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1916 Blue cloth with gold embossed title on spine. Cover has gold title with lovely green decorations. Printed by Norwood Press. Boards are bowed. Spine is darkened, some soiling to back cover. Pulling to head and tail of spine. Binding very tight. Author was President of Oberlin College. Some foxing to page edges. 67p. followed by several pages of advertisements for books by the same author.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Mount Vernon, N. Y.: Peter Pauper Press Printed on specially-made paper at the Walpole Printing Office. Rust brown cloth on spine with paper label. Specialty floral paper on boards. There is a small pencil mark on the spine and a small dark area on the label. There is some minor soiling to the boards. Brown kraft paper slipcase has a few faint smudges. Pages have rust top border and page number. Red top-stain. An extremely lovely book.. Cloth and Board. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1938 Signed by the Author. Dissertation against the theory of evolution. Dark blue cloth with gold titles on spine and front cover. Spine is bumped, corners slightly soft. Rear board has some small white spots and some other staining. Small orange stain to edge of title page, half the size of a quarter. Inscribed by author at end of preface. Interior is clean. 162p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J. L. Martin, Jr.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935 From the Introduction, "My intention in these pages which formed a series of lectures designed for, and delivered to, a French audience, is to examine certain English writers who, since the opening of the century, have played an important part in the spiritual moulding of one or two generations of human beings." Translated by Hamish Miles. Subjects are: Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, G. K. Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, Lytton Strachey, D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley and Katherine Mansfield. Maroon cloth with gold title on spine, blind embossed emblem on front. Spine and part of rear board are severely faded. Head and tail of spine are bumped as are bottom corners. Cloth is dusty. Numbers stamped on first paste-down. Binding is a little loose and pages are slightly yellowed. Includes portrait of each author discussed. 345p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Random House, 1958 "A collection of writings from contemporary Poland." Drama, stories, essays, and philosophical writings from seven authors. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. Dust jacket is heavily worn and soiled, including some chips and tears and foxing. Jacke tis now in brodart. Black cloth spine with faded gold title. Navy blue boards with orange Random House logo. Some foxing to endpapers. Interior clean. 209p. . First Edition. Cloth and Board. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1909 Light brown cloth with bear/mountain/eagle illustration on cover. Light blue titles. Head and tail of spine are rubbed and bumped as are points. Spine has some water spots. Small circular stain at top of front board. Some soiling to rear board including red crayon mark. Ink stain to bottom edge of boards and pages. Foxing to page edges. Signed by author on illustrated ffep. Twenty-five beautiful black and white photographs printed on glossy paper, including tissued frontispiece. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1950 Delightful collection of 13 short stories. Much of Milne's fiction for adults has been forgotten. Dust jacket is heavily worn with numerous tears, chips and creases. Pink stain on rear. Jacket is now in clear protective cover. Light blue cloth with title in gold panel on spine. Title blind embossed on front board. Head and tail of spine are pulled. Water stain to leading edge of rear board. Foxing and stains to top edge of pages. Some foxing to endpapers. Text is clean and bright. 249p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: American Book Company, 1898 Eclectic English Classics. Edited by A. M. VanDyke, M. A. Brown cloth with brown embossed titles and design. Binding and points are firm. Some foxing to endpapers and page edges. Previous owners name in pencil on ffep. Includes list of other titles in series. 110p.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New Rochelle, N. Y.: Arlington House, 1973 Beige dust jacket with orange and blue titles. Jacket has some edgewear, a few small tears to topr of rear panel. jacket is now in Brodart. Black cloth with white title on spine, large letter A on front. Front endpapers have rust marks from paperclip where note was attached. Interior is clean. 160p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925 This is a collection of lectures given by Quiller-Couch at Cambridge with the exception of the essay on Anthony Trollope. They discussions on the lives and works of such notaries as Dickens, Thackeray, Disraeli, Trollope, and a general dissertation on the Victorian era. Dark blue cloth spine, lighter blue boards, gold titles on spine and cover. Cloth and boards are moderately stained with some fading to boards. Rubbing to head and tail of spine. A couple of points are soft. Top edge of pages gilt. Small sticker on rear paste-down reads "The Norman, Remington Co. Baltimore". Liquid stain to bottom edge of first half of book, about 2 1/2" long by about 1/3' high does not interfere with text. 234p.. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1913 Translated by Shelley Dean Milman, Potter and Woodhull, with an introduction by V. R. R. Part of the Everyman's Library. Printed by the Temple Press. Green cloth with extensive gold embossing on spine. Publishers device blind stamped on cover. Front board is bowed. Page edges are browned. 375p. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Everyman's Library. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935 Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine, anchor, telescope and quill on front. Front and spine also have blind embossed crossed lines and stars design. Head and tail of spine are bumped; lower corners are a little soft. Light blue top-stain to pages, small water stain, color bled a little. A couple of small white mark to lower edge of rear board. Interior is clean except for fingerprints to last blanks. 446p. plus three advertisements for other Roberts' books.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Robert B. Haberstock. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Kansas City, mo.: Hallmark Cards Inc, 1968 "Selected Writings of Henry David Thoreau With a Biographical Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edited by Peter Seymour. Photographs of Walden Pond by Francis Rogers and David E. Scherman." Dust jacket a little soiled but completely intact. Book is bound with beautiful blue, green and yellow cloth in excellent condition. 62p.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rogers and Scherman. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1961 An address given on the occassion of the celebration of The Prelude to Independence, June 10, 1961 at the eighteenth-century Capitol Williamsburg, Virginia. Opening remarks by Winthrop Rockefeller, Chairman of the Boards, Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated and Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated. Title page has Mankato State College stamp just above title. Rust mark from paperclip. Green paper wrappers with gold title and design. Edgewear, sunning to top. Bottom corners dogeared. Paperclip stain on both sides of front wrapper. Text is clean. 24p.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1977 This is a companion to Letters of E. B. White and the essays were chosen by White himself. Maroon dust jacket with cream titles on front and spine. Jacket is faded and there are some browninsh stains on front, they cover part of the "W" in White. Jacket is now in brodart. Wine colored cloth with bright gold title on spine. Gold colored endpapers. Cloth is clean but it is sunned at the very bottom edge. Some foxing to page edges. Binding is tight and interior is clean. 277p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924 One time Editor of House and Garden Magazine. Essays on life and gardening. Green cloth with dark blue titles on spine and front. Small blue illustration of garden gate on front board. Spine title is faded, cloth has darkened. Head and tail of spine are bumped as are bottom points. Top points are slightly rubbed. Each chapter is headed with a small black and white drawing. There is also a beautiful frontispiece of a house and garden. First signature starting, minor foxing to page edges. Some soiling to rear board. 219p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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