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London: Faber & Faber. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. HC has minor edge and corner wear, light soiling, interior clean & tight other than name & address and a little writing on endpage. DJ has minor edgewear, small tears, light scuffing/soiling, not price clipped. One tear has old tape on the inside. 82 pages. "Amusing stories of diplomatic life by 'Antro bus'. From the Embassies of the world, and the crises in the capitals, here are some of Durell's 'dips' with their odd tales. The damage done by The Gents Super Hair Regulator which could only be cured by Fenner's Follicle Food to the eccentric Aunt Norah and The Little Affair in Paris all show a wonderfully light side of the author famous for 'The Alexandria Quartet. ' "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . more information

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Key Porter Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550132237 . Pages are clean and tight and wear is minimal. Previous owner's initials are written on inside flap of dustjacket. 250 pages. Description: "The Amazonian rain forest has become an internationally recognized symbol of the struggle between the forces of violence and destruction, acting in the name of progress, and the forces of tradition, acting to preserve a way of life, and an irreplaceable resource. At the center of this struggle was Chico Mendes, the rubber tapper and union organizer who did more than any other individual to alert the world to the rape of the rain forest. Brutally murdered in 1988, he has become synonymous with the plight of the Amazonian people and the extraordinary world they inhabit."; 000320; 8vo . more information

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Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0192821180 . Softcover very good, ex-library with laminated cover, usual stickers - minor overall wear/light soiling, interior clean & tight.. A good solid copy. b/w illustrations. "There is a matter for dispute on every page. This will be a partial, opinionated portrait by a Scot of his fellow countrymen as they have presented themselves" writes Iain Finlayson in his 'cautionary foreword' of this penetrating and entertaining analysis of the Scottish psyche.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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M. E. Lazerte School Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. HC is clean & tight, very light edge & corner wear, some corner bumping. Tanning to page edges, no markings. A great many old b/w photos & illustrations. 352 pages. DJ is clean & bright, has light edgewear and a few small tears & creases to edges, yellowing to edges, not clipped. SUMMARY: Author Kostek was an administrator with the Edmonton Public School System for nearly 30 years. Contains a complete 100-year history of schools, students and educators in the Edmonton Public School system. Includes photos of teachers, students, administrators, trustees and the first high schools, Strathcona Collegiate Institute and Victoria High School. (*due to weight, there may be an addt'l shipping charge) ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . more information

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Delta Books. Good+. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. B002AZHVH8 . Good cover with very good interior. Moderate edge/corner wear, scuffing and creasing to covers, light soiling. Internal pages tight and clean. 131 pages. "Interview given to Lockwood while Cleaver was exiled in Algiers after he went underground to avoid jail in 1968.....; 8vo; this interview is a study in the theory and practice of revolution. A "political exile", Cleaver was Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party and a leading light in the civil rights movement in the USA. " (*lower shipping avail to most locations) [300-osl] . more information

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Bantam Books. Very Good+. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0553285203 . Excellent condition - slight corner wear, crease to spine, interior pages clean & tight. 378 pages plus book lists. A shocking look inside the minds of America's most infamous killers. Dr. Markham reveals what he has learned in one-on-one interviews with the most terrifying killers of our time. B/w photos. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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London: Lutterworth Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Reprint, first published in 1955. Hardcover is clean, has some light edgewear. Interior clean & tight, first endpage has a tear. Colour frontispiece. Jacket is clipped, has minor edgewear and a few small tears, light soilingAlbert Schweitzer, the Forest Doctor of Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa, spent forty years of his life in his forest hospital. What made him - musician, philosopher, theologian - leave Europe for Africa? The answer makes for a thrilling tale. Juvenile/Young adult reading. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) [212-notosl]; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . more information

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St. Martin's. Near Fine. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0312950446 . Excellent condition - light corner wear, interior pages tight and unmarked. B/w photos. 289 pages. Review Amazon: This book is an overview of the career of the FBI man who nearly single-handedly created the system for personality profiling of violent offenders. If there's a big-time multiple murderer from about 1950 until now who hasn't been interviewed by Robert Ressler, he probably refused the honor. Indispensable reading for serial killer mavens, and better written than John Douglas and Mark Olshaker's Mindhunter, this book is packed with fascinating details from dozens of cases... (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Hallmark. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0875290264 . Hardcover has minor edgewear/bumping, small inscription on first page. Pages clean & tight. Numerous colour photographs. DJ has minor edgewear, a few small tears and one chip out of front cover, light scuffing, not price clipped. 62 pages. "Will Rogers became a famous man in the 1920's for this kind of common sense. His home spun humor made hime the biggest box office attraction at the movies, the most widely read newspaper columnist, and the most popular humorist America had ever seen..." (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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New American Library. Fair. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0451165632 . Reading copy - fair to good minus condition. Considerable wear, rubbing & creasing to covers, light soiling. Interior pages are intact and clean, although there is age tanning to covers and pages. 496 pages. B/w photos. Description: In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings of paranoid, psychedelic savagery, Charles Manson and his dystopic communal family helped to wreck the dreams of the Love Generation. At least nine people were murdered, among them Sharon Tate, the young, beautiful, pregnant, actress and wife of Roman Polanski. Ed Sanders’ unnerving and detailed look at the horror dealt by Manson and his followers is a classic of the true-crime genre. The Family was originally published in 1971 and remains the most meticulously researched account of the most notorious murders of the 1960s.... (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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London: J. M. Dent & Son's. Fine with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. 2nd printing 1906. Small red hardcover with gold lettering & decoration in excellent condition, minimal edge & corner wear, light soiling of cover & page edges. Slight tanninginside of cover, back has a couple of spots and one ink marking. Interior pages are clean & tight. One page just before title page has slight paper split at spine. 295 pages. SUMMARY: Originally from 1868, covers the landing of Augustine; the murder of Becket; Edward the Black Prince; Becket's shrine. Useful to the antiquary or historian, who may wish to examine these events more fully. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . more information

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Simon & Schuster. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684854848 . Hardcover clean & unmarked. Jacket has light edgewear and a couple small edge tears. "In a harrowing and exhaustively researched account of neglect by the medical profession, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and author (Den of Thieves) presents convincing evidence that alleged serial killer Michael Swango injected a minimum of 35 patients with various toxic substances during the 15 years he was a medical student at Southern Illinois University, an intern at Ohio State University Medical Center and a physician at various hospitals in the U. S. And in Africa...." [446-noto] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages . more information

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London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0091643600 . Scarce Title. Hardcover & jacket in good condition, ex-library, with usual lib. markings, minor wear overall, few small tears/chips to jacket, light soiling. Interior pages clean & tight, b/w photos. Greenpeace provided the Sunday Times with full and exclusive access to all information on an act of terrorism perpetrated by France against Greenpeace, including information on the sinking, and the original planning within France of the act of violence against the Rainbow Warrior, and all that has happened since.....; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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