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Masters in Art: A Series of Illustrated Monographs - Romney, Fra Angelico, Watteau, Raphael's Fresco, Donatello, Gerard Doi, Carpaccio, Rosa Bonheur, Guido Reni, Puvis De Chavannes, Giorgione, Rossetti
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Boston: Bates & Guild Company, 1903. Many scuffs and scrapes on exterior, with edge wear, exposed corners, and some soils; former owner's name on leaf. Spine is a bit shaken. A detailed study of the life and work of some of the most famous and influential artists, with illustrations of their work.. Hard Cover. Good Only/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $50.00
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Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels
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The Library of America, 1999. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Gertrude Stein: Writings 1932-1946
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The Library of America, 1998. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $22.00
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Reader's Digest Family Treasury of Great Biographies - Vol. I
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Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1970. Condensed biographies of Rembrandt, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, Benjamin Franklin, and Sir William Osler. Illustrated. Top edges gilt. Dust jacket has light wear.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. more information
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Price: $2.75
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Instavrare Omnia in Christo - Vita Del Servo di Dio Pio X
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Torino-Roma: Casa Editrice Marietti, 1925. Front cover is detached from the binding, and the first 32 pages are also detached from the binding, but present - making this a reference/reading copy only. Italian work on the life and work of Pope Pius X (1835 - 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, who was the 257th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1903 to 1914, and who was the first Pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized.. Soft Cover. Reference/Reading Copy Only. more information
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Price: $35.00
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Masters in Art: A Series of Illustrated Monographs - Rubens, Da Vinci, Durer, Michelangelo I, Michelangelo II, Carot, Burne-Jones, Ter Borch, Della Robbia, Del Sarto, Gainsborough, Correggio
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Boston: Bates & Guild Company, 1901. Many scuffs and scrapes on exterior, with edge wear, exposed corners, and some soils. Spine is a bit shaken. A detailed study of the life and work of some of the most famous and influential artists, with illustrations of their work.. Hard Cover. Good Only/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $50.00
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Memoir of Jedediah B. Prescott, Late Pastor of the Christian Church in Monmouth (ME)
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Monmouth, ME: Privately Printed, 1861. Rare copy of these memoirs of the 19th century Monmouth, Maine preacher, Jedediah B. Prescott, relaying his "pilgrimage through life". Moderate edgewear and exterior rubmarks; signatures quite loose from the binding, light foxing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. more information
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Price: $150.00
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The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence
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The Library of America, 2001. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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William Dean Howells: Novels, 1875-1886
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The Library of America, 1982. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Alexander Russel
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Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1876. A rare volume. Exterior wear includes scuffs and rubbing on exterior, with normal edge wear and bent corners. Printed for private circulation - a memorial of the life of Scottsman Alexander Russel, discussing his life and work. 125 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $150.00
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Reporting Vietnam: Part One, American Journalism 1959-1969
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The Library of America, 1998. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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A Pathfinder: Discovery, Invention and Industry - How the World Came to Have Aquadag and Oildag; Also, Carborundum, Artificial Graphite and Other Valuable Products of the Electric Furnace
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New York: The Press Scrap Book, 1910. "The First of a Series of Educational Biographical Sketches of Eminent Inventors" from Title page. Significant exterior wear including rubbing, scuffs, dampstains and soils, with some interior library markings. A biography on the life and work of Edward Goodrich Acheson. 143 pages.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information
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Price: $8.00
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Charles W. Chesnutt: Stories, Novels, & Essays
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The Library of America, 2002. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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The Commonwealth Fund Fellows - 1925-1937
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NY: The Commonwealth Fund, 1938. 205 pages of biographical sketches of the Commonwealth Fund Fellows for this 12 year period. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. more information
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Price: $35.00
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The Life Story of Dr. M.W. Lewis: A Faithful Disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda for Forty Years
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Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers, 1960. Light wear; a nice copy. 62 pages.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information
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Price: $2.85
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In Memoriam, Hudson River Lodge No. 607
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Privately Printed, 1912. 4 page memorial tribute to the Hudson River Lodge's R. W. Brother Charles H. Halstead, with 1 page being a full-page photo of Halstead.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information
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Price: $15.00
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Edith Wharton: Collected Stories, 1911-1937
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The Library of America, 2000. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Tercentenary History of Maryland, Volume III (3) Only - Biographical
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Chicago & Baltimore: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925. NOT a modern reprint, this is an original 1925 volume bound in dark green cloth with just minor exterior marks. 1041 pages; illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information
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Price: $75.00
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Eudora Welty: Complete Novels
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The Library of America, 1998. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume XXX
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NY: The American Historical Association, Inc., 1927. Cover has edgewear and is splitting along the front spine-edge. Volume XXX of this work "compiled under the editorial supervision of a notable advisory board", 388 pages, illustrated with full page portraits.. Leather. Good. Ex-Church Library. more information
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Price: $51.00
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Vie de Sainte Francoise Romaine - Tome Premier
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Thibaud-Landriot et Cie, Libraires. Modern reprint of volume one of the life of the fourteenth century Sainte Francoise Romane, Foundatrice des Oblates de la Tour des Miroirs. 79 pages, written in French.. Modern Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good +. more information
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Price: $37.50
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Henry Adams: Novels, Mont Saint Michel, The Education
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The Library of America, 1983. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $19.95
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John James Audubon: Writings and Drawings
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The Library of America, 1999. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Proceedings and Addresses at the Complimentary Dinner Tendered to Dr. A. Jacobi - PHOTOCOPY
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USA, 1900. PHOTOCOPY of these proceedings and addresses, for the noted American pediatrician, Dr. Abraham Jacobi, "on the occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of his Birthday, May Five, Nineteen Hundred". . Photocopy. Leather. Very Good. more information
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Price: $15.00
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Mark Twain: The Gilded Age and Later Novels
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The Library of America, 2002. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays, & Memoir
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The Library of America, 1998. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Max Leopold Margolis: Scholar and Teacher
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Philadelphia: Alumni Association, Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1952. A nice copy; light normal wear, including some minor scuffs, with former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A biography on the academic work of Max Leopold Margolis. 124 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $17.95
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The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification, Part Two (2)
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The Library of America, 1993. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $19.00
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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
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Greenwich, CT: Brompton Books Corporation, 1993. Gift quality copy of this thoroughly illustrated, oversized book of "fascinating profiles of those men and women from all walks of life who made a unique contribution to world events" during the 20th century.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. more information
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Price: $8.00
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Famous Boys: And How They Became Great Men. Dedicated to Youths and Young Men, as a Stimulus to Earnest Living
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New York: W.A. Townsend and Company, 1861. Scuffs, soils, rub marks, edge chips and some corner exposure on exterior; some interior soils and light foxing; lower corner of flyleaf is torn; a readable copy. 300 pages.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $44.50
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Henry Adams: Complete Stories, 1884-1891
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The Library of America, 1999. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $19.95
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The Home and Haunts of Cowper
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Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. A rare volume. Light normal aging, including some corner and edge wear, with light scuffs and minor soils; some interior foxing and stiff pages; bound in reddish cloth with gilt designs and title; all edges gilt. Memoirs of William Cowper, his childhood, adult life and work - including an account of the treatment of his hares, his last illness, and more. 167 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Sixteen Illustrations. more information
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Price: $275.00
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Henry James: Complete Stories 1864-1874
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The Library of America, 1999. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Vanessa and Her Correspondence with Jonathan Swift
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Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1921. "The letters edited for the first time from the originals" - letters between Jonathan Swift and Vanessa Vanhomrigh; illustrated. With an introduction by A. Martin Freeman. Cover has light edgewear, marks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $16.95
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Student and Singer - The Reminiscences of Charles Santley
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NY & London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Spine strip is faded and has marks; minor edgewear; light fading. Top edges gilt. Reminiscences of Sir Charles Santley (1834 - 1922), the English opera and oratorio star with a bravura technique who became the most eminent English baritone and male concert singer of the Victorian era. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. Good. more information
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Price: $20.00
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LENIN: The Great Theoretician
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Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1970. Light scuffs and soils on DJ and book. A detailed biographical look at the life, ideas and political work of Lenin and his significance in the Soviet Union. 390 pages.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. more information
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Price: $14.95
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Dan Marino - The Making of a Legend
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Dallas, TX: Beckett Publications, 1999. Well illustrated story of the noted Miami Dolphins quarterback, and NFL "passer of all-time", Dan Marino.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. more information
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Price: $3.75
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Charles Brockden Brown: Three Gothic Novels
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The Library of America, 1998. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Tennessee Williams: Plays 1937-1955
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The Library of America, 2000. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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The Lives of Vasco Nunez De Balboa, The Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean, Hernando Cortes, the Conqueror of Mexico, and Francisco Pizarro, the Conqueror of Peru
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860. A rare volume. Light normal age wear, including some minor scuffs and edge/corner wear; a few library marks, including the remnants of a spine sticker and a front pastedown bookplate. A biography on the life and exploration of three famous Spanish leaders and their conquests in the South/Central American regions. 276 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-School Library. more information
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Price: $75.00
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Benny: King Of Swing
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NY: William Morrow and Co., 1979. Oversized pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's personal archives. With 212 illustrations. Introduction by Stanley Baron. Minor edge chips on dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. more information
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Price: $2.95
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings
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The Library of America, 2000. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Memorial Services - Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Francis Thomas Maloney, Late A Senator from Connecticut - Seventy-Ninth (79th) Congress, First Session
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. Some scuffs, light rub marks and soils, with normal edge wear. A copy of memorial speeches and service for Senator Francis Thomas Maloney of Connecticut. 88 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $21.50
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Dos Passos: Travel Books & Other Writings, 1916-1941
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The Library of America. Still in original plastic wrap. Formerly owned by a smoker, and may smell a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Slip Case Condition: VG+. more information
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Price: $45.00
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The Work of Charles Lewis Fox, 1854-1927
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Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1927. Includes glassine dust jacket; dust jacket has several large edge chips, with moderate tearing and creasing; normal wear on book, including worn edges, and minor inner hinge cracking. A study of the work of Charles Lewis Fox, with many tipped in plates. . Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good Glassine. more information
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Price: $49.95
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William Faulkner: Novels 1957-1962
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The Library of America, 1999. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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Queen Victoria - Leaves from A Journal
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NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. Dust jacket has edgechips. "A record of the visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to the Queen and of the visit of the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince Consort to the Emperor of the French, 1855." With an introduction by Raymond Mortimer. Illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. more information
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Price: $4.00
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George Wardlaw: De Cordova Museum (December 3, 1978 - February 4, 1979)
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Lincoln, MA: De Cordova Museum, 1978. A very scarce volume. Light normal exterior wear, including minor edge fading, with some scuffing and scraping of spine edge, as well as light normal rubbing and soils. An exhibition guide featuring the abstract artwork of George Wardlaw, with many illustrations, listing information, as well as biographical information.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $35.00
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Paul Bowles: The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's Housr
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The Library of America, 2002. A very rare volume. Formerly owned by a smoker, and still smells a bit. Else a very nice copy.. Boxed Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case Condition: VG. more information
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Price: $45.00
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The Life of St. George
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London: De La More Press . 19 page biography of Saint George, a knight born in Cappadocia. From the Saint George Series, from Caxton's Translation of the Golden Legend. Edgechips and fading around the edges of the cover.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information
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Price: $18.50
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