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1) The Death of a Rebel: Starring Phil Ochs and a Small Circle of Friends
eliot, Marc

NY: Anchor, 1979. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, square. A little edgewear, hinge crease and tiny crease on bottom corner of front cover. "Phil Ochs was called by many the political spokesman for his generation. Through his music, he captured both the spirit and the conflict of the 1960s...was considered. behind Bob Dylan, the most promising and authentic American folk singer of his time" ISBN: 0385136102. (more information)

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$19.95
2) Power, Privilege and The Post: The Katherine Graham Story
Felsenthal, Carol

NY: Putnam, 1993. (1st printing). Hardbound. VERY GOOD/Near Fine. Bright, tight, clean & square. Softening to top and bottom of spine. DJ- price clipped ISBN: 0399137327. (more information)

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$5.63
3) A Peculiar Treasure
Ferber, Edna

NY: Lancer, 1966. (2nd printing). Paperback. NEAR FINE. tight, bright, clean & square. Small chip to top corner front cover and top of spine. "The famous author of Show Boat, So Big, Cimarron, Giant & other superb novels, writes her greatest & most dramatic story. Her autobiography. (more information)

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$7.16
4) Moi, la Clairon
Feuillere, Edwige

Paris, France: Albin Michel, 1984. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, yellowed, clean except for faint soil to exterior page edges, square. Faint creases on spine. "A bingt ans, en 1743, Mademoiselle Clairon joue Phedre a la Comedie-Francaise. Text in French. ISBN: 2226019464. (more information)

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$9.95
5) The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's quest
Forna, Aminatta

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. (Advance Proof). Trade Paperback. FINE. "As Sierra Leone faced its future as a fledgling democracy, Mohamed Forna was a new star in the political firmament" His daughter tells his story. As new-gift quality! ISBN: 0871138654. (more information)

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$14.18
6) Beau James: The Life and Times of Jimmy Walker
Fowler, Gene

NY: Viking, 1949. Hardbound. GOOD/No DJ. Tight and slightly tilted. Spine faded with badly worn ends. New York's 100th and one of its most popular mayors, the 1920's, Tammany Hall. (more information)

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$12.11
7) Rasputin:The Holy Devil
Fulop-Miller, Rene

NY: Popular Library(#95-189), 1955. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Slight edgewear. Spine slightly curled and creased. Small chips on spine corners. Tight, bright, clean, faint curl. (more information)

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$4.95
8) Jell-O Pudding Ideabook
Genral Foods

White Plains, NY: General Foods, 1968. (1st edition-stated). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faded & yellowed, light soil, staple bound. Vintage recipes using Jell-O and Dream Whip. Easy 'retro' recipes that look and taste good. (more information)

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$4.82
9) James Dean:In His Own Words
Grant, Neil(ed.)

NY: Crescent, 1991. 1st edition?. Oversize Hardbound. FINE/Near Fine. DJ- Small (1/8") tear a bottom of spine. Book-as new. Photos and quotes. ISBN: 0517061015. (more information)

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$8.75
10) Nigger
Gregory, Dick 

NY: Pocket Books, 1971. (later printing). Paperback. NEAR FINE. "A moving story of a man who deeply wants a world without malice and hate and is doing something about it." Slight edgewear. Name written on top on 1st page. Otherwise tight, bright, clean and square. (more information)

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11) The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt (Original title: Power and Responsibility)
Harbaugh, William H

The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt (Original title: Power and Responsibility)
London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1978. (reprint). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, yellowed pages, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, slight curl. Creased spine, price blacked out on back cover, edgewear. 542 pages. "vivid portrait of T.R., reform crusader, partisan politician, historical writer and jungle explorer, stands out against a background which is dramatically descriptive of those hectic years...It is scholarly, complete and objective, yet exciting enough to thrill any class of readers." ISBN: 0195198220. (more information)

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12) Be My Guest
Hilton, Conrad 

NY: Prentice-Hall, 1957. (1st Paperback). Paperback. NEAR FINE. Biography of Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels. Yellowed and lightly soiled. Crease on spine edge of front cover. Tight and square (more information)

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$9.72
13) PopPeople: Britney
Hurley, Jo

NY: Scholastic, 2000. (1st edition). Paperback. FINE. As new but pages have started yellowing. "From the 'bottom' of her broken heart, to the top of the pop charts: this is her story!" ISBN: 0439222222. (more information)

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$3.95
14) Elizabeth the Great
Jenkins, Elizabeth, Illustrated by Photos 

NY: Capricorn, 1967. Trade Paperback(1st?). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. "Describes Queen Elizabeth I of England as a woman and a human being without for a moment forgetting that she was by inclination and necessity, primarily a ruler." Crease on bottom corner front cover. Tight and square but dingy. (more information)

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15) Kissinger
Kalb & Kalb

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Near Fine. As new except for slight tilt. Blue cloth with red & gold lettering. DJ has faint edgewear. 1st printing. BCE?? 577 pages. The imae and the reality of the most ontroversial and controvresial diplomat of our time. (more information)

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$10.95
16) Mountains Beyond Mountains
Kidder, Tracy

NY: Random House, 2004. (4th printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, faint curl. "The quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who would cure the world." Medical missionary. ISBN: 0812973011. (more information)

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17) Lives: An Anthropological Approach to Biography
Langness & Frank

Novato, CA: Chandler & Sharp, 1981. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. GOOD. Bright, tight, clean for age, slight curl. Corner bump, some highlighting, edgewear. "'person-centered' ethnography...conceptual and historical background of this subject but major discussions of methodological concerns, as well as magnificent bibliographic sources..." ISBN: 0883165422. (more information)

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$3.95
18) The devil Knows How To Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders
Leslie, Edward E

NY: DaCapo/Plenum, 1998. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint soil to exterior page edges. "Brilliantly weaving together eyewitness accounts, letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, and military reports into a riveting narrative...of the most feared and despised guerilla chieftain of the Civil War. ISBN: 030680864x. (more information)

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19) The Musorgsky Reader
Leyda and Bertensson

NY: Norton, 1947. (1st edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE/None. "A life of Modest Petrovih Musorgsky in Letters and Documents" tight, yellowed pages, clean, square. Some fading to spine and ends softened. (more information)

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$6.26
20) Legacies:A Chinese Mosaic
Lord, Bette Bao 

NY: Knopf, 1990. (1st Edition). Hardbound. NEAR FINE/Fine. Ex-library. Protected in clear cover. Only adhesive remnants identify library use. Tight, bright, clean & square. ISBN: 0394583256. (more information)

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$8.10
21) Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story
Marsh, Dave

Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story
Garden City, NY: Doubleday/Dolphin/Delilah, 1979. (1st edition). Oversize Glossy Paperback. GOOD +. Tight, bright, light soil to cover and edges, slight curl. Some rubbing to cover and to spine edges. 1 tiny chip on spine. A writer who is a fan tells the Springsteen story with lots of early photos. ISBN: 0385154437. (more information)

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$13.73
22) Jennie:The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill
Martin, Ralph G. 

NY: Signet , 1970. (1st Paperback). Paperback. GOOD. Light soil and shelf wear. Small crease on front and back cover. Creases on spine. Faint curl to spine. (more information)

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$5.27
23) Reaching for the Top in the Land Down Under + Safari (2 books)
Maurer, Marc (Ed)

Baltimore,MD: Kernel/National Federation for the Blind, 2001 copyright. (large type). Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! A series of short biographies of members of the National Federation for the Blind. ISBN: 1885218222/1885218230. (more information)

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$6.26
24) La Vie de Disraeli (The Life of Disraeli)
Maurois, Andre

Paris, France: Gallimard, 1928. Trade paperback. GOOD+. Tight, yellowed, age soiled, square. Tiny rip at spine bottom. Pages unevenly bound with rough edges. "Vies des Hommes Illustres - No.8" (more information)

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$29.12
25) Poe & Fanny
May, John

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 2004. (Advance Uncorrected Proof). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for bumped corner. "In 1845 Edgar Allen Poe published his most acclaimed poem, became the darling of New York society, and fell in love. IT was the year that ruined his life." ISBN: 1565124278. (more information)

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26) Angela's Ashes
McCourt, Frank

NY: Touchstone, 1999. (24th printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. "a chronicle of grown-ups at the mercy of life and children at the mercy of grown-ups.." Pulitzer prize winner. As new except for slight curl to cover corner. ISBN: 068484267x. (more information)

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$4.82
27) Angela's Ashes
McCourt, Frank

NY: Touchstone, 1999. (14th printing). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. "a chronicle of grown-ups at the mercy of life and children at the mercy of grown-ups.." Pulitzer prize winner. Tight, bright, a little soiling on edges, slight flare. Faint edgewear. ISBN: 068484267x. (more information)

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28) Herman Hesse Leben und Werk Im Bild
Michels, Von Volker

Frankfurt am Main, Germany: insel taschenbuch (#36), 1977. Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Appears unread. Filled with high quality black and white photos. Text in German. ISBN: 3458317368. (more information)

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$11.66
29) Keeper of the Light:A Portrait of Life in the Shadow of Death
Modjeska, Lee

San Diego, CA: LuraMedia, 1995. 1st edition?. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new. Gift quality ISBN: 1800913151. (more information)

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$7.95
30) Biography 2 (Interaction: A Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading Program)
Moffett, James (Ed.)

Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin, 1973 copyright. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. Middle school level. Tight, bright, clean, square. Staple bound. School stamp inside. Selections about: Harriet Tubman, Ralph Nader, Nellie Bly, Dwight Johnson & Anthony. 68 pages. ISBN: 0395136261. (more information)

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$11.95