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1) The Furies and the Flame
Rimland, Ingrid

Novato, CA, U. S. A.: Academic Therapy Publications, Incorporated, 1984. Good in Good- Edge Wear jacket. BA512863.. Signed by Author. 1st Print-Autographed. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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2) Syrian Yankee
Rizk, Salom

New York: Doubleday, 1943. Good in Fair jacket Good+ in Good-jacket8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by AuthorGold DJ, G-, light edgewear, illustration of shepherd boy overlooking a valley. Tan boards G+. Binding tight, interior pages clean. Signed by author on fep. Biography of a Syrian, twelve-year-old boy, who had just discovered that his parents were American and that he could obtain American citizenship. After waiting many years in Beirut and with the help of his American brothers in Iowa, he came to America penniless, homeless, and with no knowledge of the language. His incredible experience in self-education and realizing the American Dream made him one of the most sought-after and inspriational speakers on the lecture tours and writer for the Reader's Digest. 317 pps. BA204469.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. more information

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3) Bed / Time / Story
Robinson, Jill

NY: Random House, 1974. Very Good in Very Good jacket Hard Cover. 1st Print. remainder mark, living the California liberated lifestyle in the 60s, BA601922.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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4) Bed / Time / Story
Robinson, Jill

NY: Random House, 1974. Very Good in Very Good jacket Hard Cover. 1st Print. remainder mark, living the California liberated lifestyle in the 60s, BA601923.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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5) Crusades and Crinolines , the Life and Times of Ellen Curtis Demorest and Williams Jennings Demorest
Ross, Ishbel

NY: Harper & Row, 1963. good hardcover in good dustjacket, small tear top spine of jacket, this dual biography gives texture to the history of late 19th century New York, BA505274. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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6) Some of Me
Rossellini, Isabella

NY: Random House, 1997. Hardcover, Random House, NY, 1997, 2nd print, BA. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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7) My Young Years
Rubinstein, Arthur

NY: Random House, 1973. good reading copy with dustjacket (edgetears), BA502672. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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8) Prince of Players, Edwin Booth
Ruggles, Eleanor

NY: Norton, 1953. Good in Good jacket Hardcover, Norton, NY, 1953, bce, BA00342.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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9) Are Clowns Hatched
Runyon, Mildred M

Williams, OR: Gold Ring, 1994. Paperback, Gold Ring, Williams, OR, 1994, biography of Randy Runyon, better known as Chucko the Clown, as new. BA. Paperback. As New/ . more information

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10) Always the Young Strangers
Sandburg, Carl

NY: Harcourt Brace, 1953. very good hardcover in a good price-clipped dustjacket, jacket has some edgewear, a biography of growing up in small town America, more about "us" than "me" by one of the 20th century's best writers. BA504745. 2nd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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11) Strength to Persevere
Scheel, Erna Kluge

Lima, OH: Fairway Press, 1998. Very Good. Trade paperback, Author spent her youth in China during WWII. BA513789.. Signed by Author. 1st Print-Autographed. Paperback. Very Good/Unknown. more information

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12) In Retrospect: The History of a Historian
Schlesinger, Arthur M

NY: Harcourt Brace, 1963. very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, jacket front rubbed, no markings, in new mylar sleeve, BA506762. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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13) Diary of a Pigeon Watcher
Schwerin, Doris

NY: Morrow, 1976. clean hardcover in near fine jacket, BA503211. 4th Print. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. more information

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14) Col. Don Jose Cadalso
Sebold, Russell P

NY: Twayne, 1971. Good. No dust jacket Ex-Library Hardcover, Twayne, NY, 1971, biog and criticism of Spanish author, underlining , BA01405.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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15) The Dark Well: Coming of Age on a Maine Farm
Shaw, Brenda

Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.: Audenreed Pr, 1997. fine trade paperback, inscribed by the author on title page, BA506015. 1st Print - Autographed. Paperback. Fine. more information

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16) Murdoch
Shawcross, William

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Very Good in Very Good jacket , biography. BA600173.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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17) Mary Baker Eddy: the Golden Days
Smaus, Jewel Spangler

Boston: Christian Science Pub Society, 1966. Very Good. No Jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Tan cloth boards, gold lettering, clean, VG. Binding tight. Lipstick print on fep. Interior pages clean, light spotting on outside page edges. 193 pps. BA203657.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Converse, Gordon Noble (photographer). more information

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18) Unforgotten Years
Smith, Logan Pearsall

Boston: Little Brown and Co, 1939. VERY GOOD green hardcover, no noticeable wear, spine lightly faded, small ink mark on front, binding tight. interior pages clean. 296 pgs. Autobiography, literature. BA705607. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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19) Maye and Faye's Building & Loan
Smith, Maye Hudson, Faye

New York: Harper Collins, 1997. AS NEW hardcover, appears UNREAD. NEAR FINE jacket, light ruffling at spine ends, no wear or marks. Twin sisters work their way up in the Banking world to become millionaires. Business women, banking. BE002861. First Print. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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20) Mostly Murder
Smith, Sydney Gardner, Erle Stanley (Foreword)

NY: David McKay, 1959. Very Good in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BA610426.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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21) Hitler and Nazism-bantam Non-Fiction
Snyder, Louis L

New York: Bantam, 1967. NEAR FINE paperback, binding tight, light spine crease, lays flat, shiny, no wear, interior clean tanning, previous owner's name on first page. "Hitler's twisted life, his bloody political career, the reign of terror he loosed upon the World.". Biography, War. MI707201. 5th Print. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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22) Galileo's Daughter: a Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Sobel, Dava

New York: Walker & Co, 1999. AS NEW hardcover, AS NEW jacket, appears UNREAD. Biography of Galileo's illigitmate daughter whose intelligence, love and support aided him in his science. BA707639. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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23) Fabric of My Life, the Autobiography of Hannah G. Solomon
Solomon, Hannah G

NY: Bloch, 1946. Good+ in Good-, Edgewear jacket Dust jacket worn and tattered at edges, contents clean, well bound. A Jewish life in America from the Civil War to WWII. BA615320.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. more information

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24) The Making of a Country Lawyer
Spence, Gerry

NY: St Martins Pr, 1996. excellent hardcover in fine jacket, no markings, BA503594. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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25) Murrow His Life and Times
Sperber A M

NY: Freundlich, 1986. Very Good Paperback, Freundlich, 1986, BA. Paperback. Very Good/Unknown. more information

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26) Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, Volume One
Steffens, Lincoln

NY: Harcourt Brace, 1969. good trade paperback, reading copy, price inked out, spine creased, previous owner's emboss on front wraps, BA504912. Paperback. Good. more information

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27) Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, Statesman, and Patriot
Stein, R. Conrad

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1972. NEAR FINE hardcover, binding tight, appears unread, clean, only marks are light corner and spine end rubbing, otherwise FINE. Interior pages Fine. This book is possible ex-lib but has no lib stamps or pockets except a Discard stamp in first end paper. It states "Compliments of Disabled American Veterans" printed on front cover. There is a loose folding map "Chart of the Gulfstream" in perfect condition inside the book. The end papers are the same map. Biography of Ben Franklin with beautiful full page color reprints of original paintings of him during various stages of his life. Text is for children grades 4-6. 69 pgs. Historical biography for children. CI706422. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket, Illustrated Boards. Illus. by Jacobson, William. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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28) Mrs. R., Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
Steinberg, Alfred

NY: Putnam, 1958. Good + No Jacket , Hard Cover. BA09133.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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29) The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon
Summers, Anthony; Swan, Robbyn

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2000. very good+ hardcover in very good dustjacket, jacket has very minor wear at bottom corners, BA507193. 3rd Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. more information

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30) Good Evening: a Professional Memoir
Swing, Raymond

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1694. VERY GOOD hardcover, binding tight, boards clean, small cocoa stain on outside pages and inside margin edge on last several pages, interior pages clean, unmarked. GOOD jacket, light ruffling spine ends, shiny, cocoa stain along back side edge and small spots on front cover, no tears. Radio commentator during the early 1900's, journalist, WW I, autobiography. 311 pgs. BA708198. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". more information

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31) Smart Aleck: The Wit, World, and Life of Alexander Woollcott
Teichmann, Howard

NY: Morrow, 1976. good hardcover in good dustjacket, waterstain rear top corner of dustjacket, BA505252. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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32) Gerald Ford and the Future of the Presidency
terHorst, Jerald F

NY: Third Press, 1974. rear of jacket chipped, BA504320. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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33) Until Victory: Horace Mann and Mary Peabody
Tharp, Louise Hall

Boston: Little Brown, 1953. VERY GOOD black hardcover, shiny, only light surface edgewear, binding tight. GOOD jacket, in tact, edgewear, spine and corner tears, two inch piece missing on bottom back edge. Indepth biography of the early career and marriage of famed New Englander Horace Mann and his wife Mary Peabody brought to life from actual personal love letters and correspondence. 367 pgs. BA706326. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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34) Last Train to Alcatraz
Thompson, Leon Whitey

Railroad Flat, CA: Self Published, 1988. good trade paperback, signed by the author, autobiography of former bank robber and Alcatraz resident. BA506134. Signed by Author. Autographed. Paperback. Good. more information

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35) Please Don't Hate Me
Tiomkin, Dmitri Buranelli, Prosper

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959. Very Good in Good jacket Very Good in Good jacket8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very clean copy with one small dot of foxing on top edge, dj in Brodart sleeve has some insect activity on spine and corner wear, BA613024.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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36) Man From Missouri, Memorable Words of the Thirty Third President
Truman, Harry S

Kansas City: Hallmark Editions, 1970. Very Good. No dustjacket, Hardcover, Hallmark Editions, Kansas City, 1970, BA00134.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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37) Sam Hill, the Prince of Castle Nowhere
Tuhy, John E

Portland, OR: Timber Press , 1983. good trade paperback, first 20 pages and front wraps have corner curl, signed on half-title page by author, Mary Hill Museum of` Art brochure inserted, no markings, BA506695 . Signed by Author. Paperback. Good. more information

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38) Dear Me
Ustinov, Peter

Boston: little Brown, 1977. VERY GOOD hardcover, red boards, no wear, clean, binding tight, sticker residue front board, interior clean. 374 pgs. biography. BA706205. 4th Print. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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39) Leonardo Da Vinci
Vallentin, Antonina

NY: Viking, 1938. no jacket, clean copy, no markings, BA504051. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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40) H. R. H
Verney, F. E

NY: George H. Doran, 1926. Good, Top Edge Soil. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Purple boards, illustrated, hard to find biography of Prince Edward ten years before he assumed the throne and then abdicated. Collectors item. top edge foxing, BA615122.. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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41) Frederick Andrews of Ackworth
Wallis, Isaac Henry

London: Longmans Green , 1924. Very Good, no jacket Hardcover, Longmans, Green, London, 1924, 2 inserts in front, edge soil, biography of Headmaster of Ackworth School, Society of Friends, Quakerism, 325pp, BA00828.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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42) Andrew Jackson: Symbol for an Age
Ward, John William

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr, 1955. very good trade paperback, light tanning of pages, BA504578. Reprint - 1972. Paperback. Very Good. more information

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43) I Shock Myself: The Autobiography of Beatrice Wood
Wood, Beatrice; Smith, Lindsay

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books Llc, 1988. very good paperback with flaps, no markings, BA505165. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. more information

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44) As I Remember Him, the Biography of R. S
Zinsser, Hans

Boston: Little Brown, 1940. Good in Fair jacket Hardcover, Little Brown, Boston, 1940, bce, BA00183.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. more information

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45) Balzac
Zweig, Stefan

NY: Viking Press, 1946. Good/No Jacket. hardcover, Viking Press, NY, 1946, BA01456.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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