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Black Sea
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Hill & Wang Pub, 1995. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Very Good. Black boards with mild wear at extremities. Spine ends pushed with shelf wear. PO name at top of front free endpaper. Small stain in front hinge at tail. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp throughout. Dustjacket is rubbed with mild edge wear, now in protective mylar cover. more information
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Printing Press Saga
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Pilgrim Place Press, 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by Author Small, staple-bound thirteen page booklet. Bright yellow cardstock wraps with mild rubbing. Tiny spot at top front corner. Pages clean and crisp. Presentation copy. more information
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The Elder Pitt, Earl of Chatham
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D. McKay, 1976. Hard Cover. Good Minus/No Jacket. Black cloth boards are sunned at top edges. Corners bumped. Spine is sunned. PO name at top of ffep. Pages clean and crisp throughout. Binding is shaken, but pages are tight. Slight lean to spine. Reading copy. more information
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A: Touchstone Books, 1998. Trade Paperback. Good. General wear. Covers with edge wear and rubbing. Corners flared. Uncreased spine. Pages clean and tight. with occasional dog-ears. more information
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
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J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1944. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Everyman's Library 479. Scarlet boards with Ravilious blind stamp to front board and gilt titles to spine. Boards are clean and square with faint rubbing at corners. Spine ends lightly turned in. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with mild rubbing and edge wear. Chipping at spine ends. Dustjacket in protective mylar cover. more information
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A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge Concise Histories)
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Cambridge University Press, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Glossy covers with mild scuffing and edge wear. Slight flare at corners. Smooth spine. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and tight. more information
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The Monongahela
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Rinehart & Company, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Cosgrave II, John O'Haraq. Rivers of America Series. Red cloth boards with green title block to spine. Light corner bumps and mild fading to board edges. Spine ends turned in. Foxing to page edges. Internally pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with rubbing and mild soiling. Edge wear and chipping with some small closed tears. Spine lightly sunned with crease down center. Foxing around flap edges. Jacket now in mylar. more information
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Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A: Little Brown & Co, 1986. Trade Paperback. Good. Glossy covers with edge wear and mild scuffing. Corner tips a little flared. Crease and mild tilt to spine. Clean and tight. more information
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The Tomb of Tutankhamen
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Washington, D.C., U.S.A: National Geographic Society, 2003. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Used book with mild wear. Smooth spine. Clean and tight. more information
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They Pushed Back the Forest
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Doris Chase, 1959. Soft Cover. Very Good. Staple bound in stiff paper wraps. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Light chipping at spine ends. Staples have rusted a bit over time. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. Black and white photos and maps. more information
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Roadhouse Tales: Or Nome in 1900
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Madrene Clark, 2004. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in new and unread condition with mild shelf wear to covers. Signed and inscribed by the author/publisher on preface page. more information
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Romantic Days in the Early Republic
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Blue cloth boards with decorative blind stamping and gilt stamped titles. Mild edge wear and rubbing to corners. Spine ends rubbed and lightly turned in with small pull tear at head. Frontis Mrs. Benedict Arnold. Occasional light foxing. Pages clean and crisp with light tanning. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with rubbing and edge wear. Heavy chipping with bits of loss at spine ends. Several closed tears at edges. In protective mylar cover. more information
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Hollywood Studios (CA) (Postcard History Series)
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Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A: Arcadia Pub, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Mild scuffing and edge wear to covers. Slight flare to corners. Smooth spine. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. more information
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Seeking Pleasure in the Old West
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Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Boards are clean and square with very light edge wear. Spine ends a little soft and turned in. Pages clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with mild edge wear and scuffing. Spine a little sunned. In protective mylar cover. more information
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Buying the Wind
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University of Chicago, 1969. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Boards are clean and square with mild rubbing at corner. Spine ends lightly turned in. PO name and phone number at top of ffep. Very occasional underlining and margin notations to otherwise clean, crisp pages. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with edge wear and mild rubbing. Chipping and tiny tears at edges. Spine sunned. Dustjacket now in mylar cover. more information
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Reformation Europe 1517-1559
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Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Blue cloth boards are clean and square with light fading along edges. Spine ends a little soft and shelf worn. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Price clipped dustjacket with mild rubbing and edge wear in mylar cover. 349 pages. more information
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The Age of Courts and Kings: Manners and Morals, 1558-1715
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Anchor Books, 1970. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Edge wear with mild chipping and rubbing to wraps. Crease to spine. Acid-free pages clean and bright throughout. Tight and square. more information
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Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years
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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A: Free Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Good. Mild edge wear and scuffing to covers. Corners flared with light creases. Smooth spine. Unmarked pages are clean and tight. more information
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Westward By Canal:The Story of the Great Canal Era
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MacMillan Company, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Clean crisp dj with edge wear, chipping and mild rubbing in new brodart cover. Spine is sunned. Inside of jacket is tanned. Green cloth boards with stamped design of horses pulling a boat are clean and square. Spine ends are soft. Newspaper article about the author laid into front has left a tanned ghost to end papers. Pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding is straight and tight. Signed and inscribed to PO by author using first name only. more information
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I've Got a Home in Glory Land : A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Boards clean and square. Spine ends soft and shelf worn. Unmarked pages clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with mild edge wear and rubbing in protective mylar cover. more information
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A Few Small Candles: War Resisters of World War II Tell Their Stories
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Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A: Kent State Univ Pr, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Tiny white spot near top front edge. Mild bumps to bottom corners. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with mild scuffing and edgewear, now in protective mylar cover. more information
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The Ingenious Yankees
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Crowell, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very mild shelf wear. Dustjacket in mylar. more information
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The Awakening of St. Augustine: The Anderson Family and the Oldest City: 1821-1924
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Saint Augustine Historical Society, 1978. Trade Paperback. Good. Flat covers with mild scuffing and edge wear. Faint crease to spine. Unmarked pages are clean and tight. Book is square and flat. more information
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The Southwest Pacific to 1900/The Southwest Pacific Since 1900 - Two Volume Set
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University of Michigan Press, 1963. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth boards are clean and square with light rubbing at corners. Mild shelf wear at spine ends. Light foxing to page edges and first volume has a light blue smudge at bottom of fore edge. Internally pages are clean and crisp. Bindings straight and sound. Dustjackets with mild edge wear and rubbing along with chipping at hinge and spine ends. Now protected in mylar covers. more information
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Medieval England as Viewed By Contemporaries
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Harper Torchbooks, 1965. Trade Paperback. Good. Flat covers with mild edge wear. Smooth spine is sunned with mild rubbing along hinges and light chipping at ends. Faint water spots to top page edges. Internally unmarked pages are clean, crisp and tight. more information
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Lost Men of American History
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MacMillan, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Blue cloth boards with red stamped titles. Mild wear at extremities. Mild white stains to front and rear boards at tail of spine, which appear to be adhesions from the dustjacket. Tanned pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Heavily worn and torn dustjacket, now in protective mylar cover. more information
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Slavery and the Making of America
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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Boards are clean and square with minor shelf dings to edges. Mild bumps to spine ends. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket in mylar. more information
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Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation
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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Boards are clean and square with very light shelf wear. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with very light shelf wear now in protective mylar cover. more information
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On the Trail to Wounded Knee: The Big Foot Memorial Ride
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Lyons Pr, 2002. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Paper boards are clean and square. Tail of spine turned in. Pages clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. Dust jacket shows mild edge wear and rubbing. more information
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Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Basic Books, 2001. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Boards are clean and square. Mild bumps to spine ends. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket with mild edge wear and light scuffing. Two tiny tears to top front edge near corner. Dustjacket in mylar cover. more information
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Curse of the Narrows
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Walker and Company, 2006. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Glossy covers with mild edge wear and light corner bumps. Smooth spine. Two small blue ink smudges to bottom page edges. Internally pages are clean and tight. more information
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Holy Russia: An Illustrated Guide to Russia Past and Present
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Smithmark Pub, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Green cloth boards are clean and square with mild rubbing at corners. Spine ends turned in. Pages clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket shows edge wear and mild rubbing. Chipping at head of spine. In protective mylar cover. more information
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Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A: Oxford Univ Pr, 1992. Trade Paperback. Good. Glossy covers with light edge wear and scuffing. Smooth spine. Occasional notes in last chapter only. Else pages are clean and tight. Book is square and flat. more information
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The Chagres: River of Westward Passage
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Rinehart & Company, 1948. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Wellons, William. Tan cloth boards. Corners lightly turned in. Spine ends crinkled and turned in. Light soil along board edges and at head/heel of spine. Light foxing to page edges. Pages clean and crisp with very light tanning. Binding staight and tight. Dustjacket shows heavy wear. Spine ends chipped. Spine faded. yellowing and light soiling to dj with cracking at hinges. Now in protective mylar. more information
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Lewis and Clark: Voyage of Discovery
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Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A: Kc Pubns, 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good. Smooth pictorial wraps with very light edge wear and rubbing. Small faint yellowed rectangle at top front corner from old sticker. Staple bound with rubbing along spine. Pages clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. more information
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The Deep Dark: Disaster And Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine
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New York, New York, U.S.A: Three Rivers Press, 2006. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Glossy covers with light edge wear and scuffing. A little lift at the edge. Smooth spine. Unmarked pages are clean and tight. more information
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The Dangerous Game of Falsifying History
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Editura Stiintifica Si Enciclopedica, 1987. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Very light shelf wear to spine ends. Clean and square. Dustjacket with edge wear and rubbing. Tears at edges. Dustjacket now in mylar. more information
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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Penguin, 2006. Trade Paperback. Good Plus. Glossy covers with edge wear and mild scuffing. Crease along front hinge. Uncreased spine. PO name at top of first page. Else pages are unmarked, clean and tight. more information
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Lewis and Clark Among the Grizzlies: Legend and Legacy in the American West
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Helena, Montana, U.S.A: Falcon Pr Pub Co, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Mild edge wear and light scuffing to covers. A little flare to corners. Smooth spine. Unamarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. more information
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Germany : A New History
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Harvard University Press, 2001. Trade Paperback. Good. Glossy covers with edge wear and mild scuffing. Corners flared. Crease to spine. Unmarked pages are clean and tight. more information
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The Reconstruction: A Documentary History of the South After the War: 1865-1877
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G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Black cloth boards are clean and square with mild edge wear and light rubbing at corners. Spine ends turned in and lightly crushed. Mild tanning to end papers. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket is rubbed and edge worn with chipping at spine and hinge ends. Mild soiling. Dustjacket now in mylar cover. more information
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Ghost Towns of Arizona
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Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1980. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Glossy covers with light scuffing and edge wear. Bump to top corner. Smooth spine. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. more information
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Law West of Fort Smith: An Authentic History of Frontier Justice in the Old Indian Territory
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Henry Holt, 1957. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Brown cloth covered boards with light rubbing at corners. Spine ends show shelf wear. Light smudging and dust soiling to page edges. Light foxing in endpapers. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket rubbed with mild edge wear including chipping at spine and flap hinge ends. Dustjacket now in protective mylar cover. 333 pages. more information
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Domestic Manners of the Americans (A Vintage Book)
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Vintage, 1949. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Smooth flat covers in pink, green and black. Light edge wear. Mild creases and sunning to spine. Some tanning to rear cover. Pages clean, crisp and bright white. Binding is straight and tight. more information
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The Shirley Letters From the California Mines 1851-1852
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Published as part ot the Western Americana series, edited by Oscar Lewis and Robert Glass Cleland. Red cloth boards with gilt stamping. Boards are clean and square with mild rubbing to corners. Spine ends shelf worn and turned in. Mild foxing to page edges. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp with mild toning. Binding straight and tight. Dustjacket rubbed and edge worn with mild soiling and tanning. Foxing to edges of flaps. Dustjacket now in mylar. more information
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Paradise Prarie
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New York: John Day Company, 1953. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Blue cloth boards with rubbing at edges and corners. Light bump to bottom rear corner. Spine ends turned in. PO bookplate in ffep. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding is tight. Dustjacket scuffed and edge worn with heavy chipping at spine and flap hinge ends. Dustjacket in mylar. more information
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In the Lion's Court: Power, Ambition, and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A: St Martins Pr, 2002. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Boards are clean and square with very light edge wear. Spine ends show shelf wear. Crisp glossy dustjacket with mild shelf wear. Else fine. more information
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The Only Land They Knew: The Tragic Story of the American Indians in the Old South
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Free Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. Cloth covered boards are clean and square. Light bumping and rubbing to head of spine. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Price clipped dustjacket with edge wear and mild scuffing. Dustjacket in mylar cover. more information
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The Medici
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Modern Library, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Green flexi boards with rubbing and edge wear. Small spot of soiling. Spine with a mild lean and pushed ends. Apparent sticker residue on front free endpaper. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp throughout. Binding tight. Dustjacket with heavy wear and tears along hinges. Heavy chipping with bits of loss at edges and spine ends. Dustjacket now protected in mylar cover. 824 pages. First Modern Library Edition stated. Spine 5. Meets all Toledano points for first edition. more information
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Journey to the West
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1977. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Glossy covers show very mild rubbing and edge wear. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. Book is square and flat. more information
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