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A Dictionary of the Bible Comprising its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History
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Hartford CT: SS Scranton & Co, 1868. 1025 pp. Leather hardback book. Covers attached by binding threads. Spine is loose and peeling. Title page is present. Ads in the back of the book. Repairable by a good bookbinder.. Leather. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Price: $15.00
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Lives and Discoveries of Famous Travellers
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New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. 224 pages. Green decorated boards with title in gold . Frontispiece of David Livingston. Pages tight. Front and back cover a little loose..Spine has moderate wear on top and bottom. Some foxing. 100+ year-old book in fair condition.Includes biographies of David Livingstone, Samuel White Baker, Henry M. Stanley, and Major Serpa Pinto. more information
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The Life of Moses
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Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1832. 210 pages, all tight. Small book with textured boards. Considerable foxing Spine cracked, but still intact. Valuable, old book.. Hard Cover. Poor/None. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information
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Price: $20.00
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Famous Masons: Life and Achievements of Eminet Masons Great in History
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Washington DC: Judd & Detweiler, 1928. 273 pp. Blue cloth book with worn corners and some damage to top of spine. Some discoloration on the front cover. Pages are clean and hinges are tight. Biographies of American masons and others.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Was Wird Wohl Aus Christian Werden?
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Boeblingen: Wilhelm Schlech Verlag, 1986. 244 pp. Hard cover book with dj. Book and dj in good condition. Signed by the author. Biography of Swabian schoolmaster Chistian Kolb. In German.. Signed by Author. hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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The Protector [Oliver Cromwell]: A Vindication
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New York, NY: Robert Carter, 1847. 281pp. Brown paper covered hard boards with cloth spine strip and gilt spine text. Cover damp soiled and damaged. Text damp soiled and foxed. With many notes and underlinings. A heavily used account of a very interesting period in English history.. Hard Cover. Poor/None. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. Well-preserved book with dark-brown boards. 288pages, Also includes the sequel, Suspiria De Profundis. Photogaraph and engraving of the author in front of book. Some foxing. Unusual old book. Hard Cover. Fair/None. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Lonely Journey
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Ora A Graber. 330 pp. Paperback book, self published, autobiographical. B/w photos. Like new.. Paper. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Thomas Nuttall - Naturalist. Explorations in America 1808 - 1841
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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967. 481pp Light green boards with line drawing bust portrait of subject. Black rectangle with gilt lettering on spine strip. Spine strip faded, otherwise very good. A well cared for book about an important naturalist.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Last Street Before Cleaveland
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Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. 151 pages. A "Stunning" description of Mackall's neighborhood. Attractive book.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Price: $19.00
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God and the Imagination: On Poets, Poetry and the Ineffable
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Athens GA: University of Georgia, 2002. 280 pp. Brown cloth boards with black lettering on the spine. Very good condition - - like new.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Life and Times of Martin Luther
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New York: American Tract Society, 1866. 550 pp. Green cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering on spine. Corners worn, but not bumped. Covers intact and solid. Owner's name on title page. Light foxing, pages very clean. Overall solid book. Spine not cracked.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Price: $32.00
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Evidence! Citaton & Analysis for the Family Historian
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Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. 124pp White boards with black and white text and bold graphic. Index. Thourough, clear handling of documentation of genealogical data. Very helpful resource for the layman researcher.. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. more information
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In Memoriam: Minneva J. Neher, Alva C. Harsh, Mary Hykes Harsh
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Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1947. 160 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front cover. Pages clean, former owner's stamp on front endpaper.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Adventure in Africa, The Story of Don Mclure
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Grand, Rapids, Mi: Zondervan, 1990. 464 pages, Slight shelf-wear. Subtitled, "From Khartoum to Addis Ababa in Five Decades." Very attractive book. Interesting and valuable information about modern Africa.. Paper. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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"Nobel Fellow" William Starling Sullivant
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New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1968. 361pp Light green cloth boards with gilt text on spine strip. Darker green dust jacket with white text and illustration of subject. Corners slightly bumped. Black and white illustrations. A well cared for book about the "father" of the American study of mosses. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Scribe of Heaven
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West Chester, PA: Swedenborg Foundation, 2005. 580 pages,Ten Modern scholars portray the life, work, and impact of the man who can be called the "Scribe of Heaven", Emanuel Swedenborg.. Paper. As New/None. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Brilliant Idiot, An Autobiography of a Dyslexic
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Intercourse PA: Good Books, 1992. 179 plus pages, Yellow boards with attractive dust jacket. "An engaging life story which chronicles one man's battle to earn both respect and an education, only to discover in mid-life that his severe mental "fog" was a serious learning disability." Like new. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
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New York, NY: A.L. Burt. 325pp Red cloth boards with black embossed illustration of boy reading in chair. Gilt text block on spine. Black and white illustrations. Edges soiled. Foxed. Except for soiling, copy is in good condition.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The Life of Ulrich Zwingli: the Swiss Patriot and Reformer
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New York: Baker & Taylor, 1902. 297 pp. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Cover worn, corners worn. Edges untrimmed. Top edge trimmed and gilt. Illus. b/w.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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C.H. Spurgeon Autobiography. Vol. 2: The Full Harvest 1860 - 1892
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Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1973. 520 pages. Bright red boards with black and gold title on spine. Blue dust jacket has picture of Spurgeon on front cover. There is also a photo of Sprugeon on flyleaf. A valuable autobiography of an important English preacher. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Recollections, Personal and Literary
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New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1903. 333 pages, Includes an introduction by Edmund Clarence Stdeman. Dark blue boards with gold-embosseed title and author. Corners in good condition. Pages tight, but rough edges on side and bottom. Library markings.. Hard Cover. Fair/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information
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Thirty-one Presidents
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Lancaster, PA: Lanpa Publishing Co, 1932. 67 pp. Textured paper covers. Biographical sketches of the presidents from Washington to FDR. Suede binding.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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