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1) Yank: The Army Weekly Vol. 1 No. 47

US Army, 1945. Continental edition. June 17, 1945. Feature: The pacific War as it Looks to an ETO Veteran. Very good with aging to paper. Unpaginated.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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2) Yank: The Army Weekly Vol. 4 No. 16

US Army, 1945. Continental Edition. October 7, 1945. Folio size. Feature: The Surrender & Occupation of Japan, including articles and photos of Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Self-cover, staplebound. Paper aged, spotted at front, Pages creased at corners, small tears to foreedge. Unpaginated. . Soft Cover. Good. more information

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3) Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South
Abbott, Shirley

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tickner & Fields, 1983. Unread, as new in like DJ. 210 pp.. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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4) Arafat: From Defender to Dictator
Aburish, Said K

Bloomsbury, 1999. First pb printing. Unread, as new. 360 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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5) The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Ackerman, Diane

W.W. Norton, 2007. Signed on title page. Unread, as new in like DJ with "Autographed" sticker to front panel. 368 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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6) Mexico: Some Travels & Some Travelers There
Adams, Alice

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 1990. First edition, first printing. Introduction by Jan Morris. Remainder mark to edge, DJ lightly rubbed; else unread, as new. 216 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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7) Best Campus Humor of the Swinging '60s
Adler, Bill, Ed

Signet/ NAL, 1968. First pb printing. Very good copy with reader's crease to spine, other coverwear at edges, some aging to paper. Uncommon. 176 pp.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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8) The Morning Watch and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Agee, James

Ballantine, 1966. First pb printing. Boxed paperback set. Agee's novel, The Morning Watch and his documentary study of the Depression with photos by Walker Evans. Both books have waterstains at spine; "Let Us Now..." also stained at bottom corner, back. "Morning Watch" bumped at top corner, front & back. Nevertheless, books appear clean and unread. Box is quite rubbed, split 1" at top open corner. Evidently quite rare.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Walker Evans. more information

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9) The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
Albright, Madeleine

HarperCollins, 2006. First edition, first printing. Black binding, maroon boards, gilt titles. Signed on title page. An unread, as-new copy in like DJ with an "Autographed" sticker to front. Timely subject. 339 pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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10) Hospital Sketches
Alcott, Louisa May

Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Applewood Books, 1986. Facsimile edition. Unread, as new with remainder mark to bottom edge. 96 pp.. Tenth Printing. Soft Cover. more information

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11) Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Aldred, Cyril

Viking Studio, 1973. First edition, first printing. Brown cloth binding, gilt titles. Many plates -- mostly B&W -- of sculpture & stonework in this oversized volume. Some spotting to edges, endpapers and outside pages. Small chip to backstrip at top but binding ok. DJ very good with some rubbing to back panel, minor edgewear. 240 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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12) We Walk Alone
Aldrich, Ann (Marijane Meaker)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Feminist Press, 2006. First printing thus. An account of lesbian life in NYC in the 1950s. Unread, as new. 183 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine. more information

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13) Sound & Fury: Washington Punditocracy & the Collapse of American Politics
Alterman, Eric

Harper, 1993. First pb printing. Trade paperback. Crease to back cover & last page, else unread, as new. 352 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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14) Travel on Southern Antebellum Railroads, 1828-1860
Alvarez, Eugene

Univ. Alabama Pr., 1974. First edition, first printing. Full cloth binding. Book near fine, unread with some spots to top edge. DJ very good minus with small stain to back panel, shelfwear, mark on front from sticker removal and two 1/2" tears at top edge. 221 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. more information

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15) Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
Ambrose, Stephen E

Simon & Schuster, 2001. Unread, as new with paper starting to age. 431 pp.. First Thus. Soft Cover. more information

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16) Americans at War
Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 1998. Unread, as-new copy with a remainder mark over ISBN at back cover. 252 pp.. First Printing. Soft Cover. more information

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17) Old Mole: A Radical Bi-Weekly No 26
Ansara, Mike et al, Staff

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Old Mole, 1968. November 7- November 20. Tabloid newsprint format. In this issue: Let's Smash MIT. Also, articles on the marches on Washington, SDS, how to thwart Ma Bell. defending the New Haven Panthers, GE strike. Very good with aging to paper, curling at edges. Rare. 20 pp.. Soft Cover. more information

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18) Wanted Dead or Alive: The American West in Popular Culture
Aquila, Richard, Ed

Univ Illinois, 1996. First edition, first printing. As new in like DJ. 313 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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19) Women in History: A Recreation of Our Past Vol 1 No 3
Arbona, Carmen, et al, Eds

Women: A Journal of Liberation, 1970. Spring 1970. In this issue: The women of Heien Japan; also, articles on Harriet Tubman, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Magaret Sanger, Emma Goldman. Very good with cover soil, edge spotting. Rare. 64 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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20) Essays in Criticism, Vol. 1
Arnold, Matthew

Bernard Tauchnitz (Leipzig), 1887. Quarter leather w/marbled boards. No DJ as issued. Some splitting & rubbing of leather, small tear to title page, top edge soiled. Text block clean & bright. 254 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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21) The Dawn of Universal History
Aron, Raymond

Perseus Books Group, 2002. First edition, first printing. Unread, as new in like DJ with a slight bump to boards at top corners. 518 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information

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22) What Obama Means: For Our Culture, Our Politics, and Our Future
Asim, Jabari

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 2009. Advance uncorrected softcover proof. A discussion of the Obama phenomenon. Unread, as new. 223 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. more information

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23) Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Asprey, Robert

Basic/Perseus, 2000. Shelfwear to DJ, some minor soil to top edge. All else very good+. 580 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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24) In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat in Iraq
Atkinson, Rick

Holt, 2004. Advance reader's edition. Unread, as new. 309 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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25) Fabrications
Ayrton, Michael

Holt, Rinehart, 1972. First edition, first printing. Some spotting to top edge, metallic coating of DJ wrinkled & scratched, sticker residue to ffep but unread. 224 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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26) The Conspiracy: The Chicago 8 Speak Out!
Babcox, Peter and Deborah, Eds

Dell, 1969. Writings by Abbie Hoffman, Bobby Seale, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin and Lee Weiner. Intro by Noam Chomsky. Very good unread copy with a waterstain to edge at back and some edgewear and rubbing to cover. 224 pp.. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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27) CAW! (SDS)
Badanes, Jerry, Ed

Students for a Democratic Society, 1968. Feb 68. In this issue 50 Years of Successful Imperialism by Marge Piercy, The Other Germany: 1943 by Bertolt Brecht, The Poem and Revolution by Walter Lowerfels, Black Art by Clarence Major, Songs to the Greeks by Konstantinos Lardas, Songs by Jeriann Badanes. Also: Special Section on Che Guevara, including Letter to his Parents by Guevara, Ode to the Air by Pablo Neruda, On Intellectual Property by Fidel Castro, Interview from Granma by Dr. Sabin, poems by Cesar Vallejo. Very good with aging and stain to foreedge. Rare. 86 pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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28) Our Next President: The Incredible Story of What Happened in the 1968 Election
Baker, Russell

Dell, 1968. First pb printing. Small tear to front cover, some shelfwear, paper aged but unread. 108 pp.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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29) Last Flag Down: The Epic Jouney of the Last Confederate Warship
Baldwin, John and Ron Powers

Crown Pub/Random House, 2007. Advance reader's edition. Unread, as new. 344 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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30) Closing: The Life & Death of an American Factory
Bamberger, Bill and Cathy N. Davidson

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Norton, 1998. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth spine, brown boards. On coated paper with many B&W and color photos. Very small tear to DJ at head of spine, else unread, as new. 223 pp.. First Ediiton. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information

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31) Black Potatoes: The Story Of The Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Winner of the 2002 Robert F. Sibert Award. Unread, as new with B&W illustrations by the author. 184 pp.. Fifth Printing. Soft Cover. more information

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32) The Pulitzer Prize: The Inside Story of America's Most Prestigious Award
Bates, J. Douglas

Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Birch Lane Pr, 1991. First printing. Black cloth spine over cream boards, gilt titles. Center photo supplement on coated paper. A fine copy in like DJ with slight rubbing. 291 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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33) A Good Forest For Dying: The Tragic Death of a Young Man on the Front Lines of the Environmental Wars
Beach, Patrick, Translator

Doubleday, 2004. Bound galleys. Unread, as new. 271 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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34) American Earth: The Biography of a Nation
Beals, Carleton

Lippincott, 1939. No printing statement on CR page. Red cloth with blue stamping, red topstain. Book near fine. DJ very good minus with the usual wear to head & heel of spine, other edgewear, wear to folds. 43.00 price intact. 500 pp.. First Ediiton. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. more information

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35) The Death Penalty in America
Bedau, Hugo Adam

Doubleday, 1964. First pb printing. Cover soiled & sunned, bottom corner creased. Inside clean, unread. 584 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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36) The Mauve Decade: American Life at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Beer, Thomas

Vintage Books, 1961. First Vintage printing, V-151. Near fine unread copy with shelfwear, aging to cover but not text block. 193 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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37) Retreat with Stilwell
Belden, Jack

Blue Ribbon Books, 1944. Laminated tan binding with red titles/decoration/topstain. Map endpapers. Book near fine. DJ very good plus with one small hole at heel of spine and one short tear. In Mylar. 368 pp.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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38) Dallas Justice: The Real Story of Jack Ruby and His Trial
Belli, Melvin M

David McKay Co., 1964. Black cloth,. gilt titles. Evident first edition with no prinnting statement. Book near fine, little wear. DJ very good plus with rubbing, minor edgewear. Errata slip laid in and DJ is pencil-dated 10/64. 298 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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39) Army Life in Virginia: The Civil War Letters of George C. Benedict
Benedict, G. G.;Ward, Eric

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 2002. First printing. Black spine/grey boards, gilt titles. Illustrated by B&W photos & drawings. Containes Bibliography, Notes. Unread, as new in like DJ. 246 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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40) The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Berrigan, Daniel

Beacon Press, 1970. Black cloth spine over blue boards, gilt titles pub's logo blindstamped on front board. Book near fine with a few faint spots to top edge. DJ designed by Corita Kent very good minus with 1" open tear at top front panel, 1" wrinkle/tear to top back panel, rubbing. Price of $5.95 intact. 123 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. more information

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41) Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Bissell, Tom

Pantheon, 2003. Advance reader's edition. Unread, as new. 368 pp.. First Ediiton. Soft Cover. more information

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42) Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Bix, Herbert P

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harper, 2000. First edition, first printing. Remainder mark to top edge, light shelfwear to DJ else unread, as new. 800 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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43) The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815
Blanning, Tim

New York: Viking Press, 2007. Advance uncorrected proofs. The new volume in the Penguin History of Europe series. Unread, as new. 688 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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44) What's Math Got to Do with It?: Helping Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject--And Why It's Important for America
Boaler, Jo

Viking Press, 2008. Uncorrected proof. Unread and fine in printed wraps. Notes included; Index TK. 263 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. more information

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45) The Exploring Spirit: America and the World Experience
Boorstin, Daniel J

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1976. The Reith Lectures 1975. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Book unread, near fine in very good plus DJ with slight shelfwear. 102 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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46) The Americans: The National Experience
Boorstin, Daniel J

History Book Club, 2002. Francis Parkman Prize Edition (book club reissue). Unread, as new in like DJ with slight shelfwear. 517 pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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47) This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Borowski, Tadeusz

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1976. Writers from the Other Europe: General Editor: Philip Roth. Unread copy with some aging to paper. 180 pp.. 15th Printing. Soft Cover. more information

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48) Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May to September 1787, Library Edition
Bowen, Catherine Drinker

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1986. Nineteenth printing. Near new copy. 346 pp.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. more information

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49) They Went Wrong
Bowen, Croswell

Bantam, 1955. Aging to paper, cover creased at spine, other edge creases, 1/2" tear at heel of spine. All else very good. 196 pp.. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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50) The Rise of Ronald Reagan
Boyarsky, Bill

Random House, 1968. First edition, first printing. Dark blue cloth, gilt titles, light blue topstain. Stated first printing. DJ nicked, sunned & rubbed but book unread, near fine. 263 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. more information

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