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1) This is My Country
Burket Gail Brook

Arkansas: Diekes Press, 1960. Eureka Springs, Ark Diekes Press, 1960, First Edtion, harcover Very Good/ No dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the Author on first free end page. Scarce. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poems. more information

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2) The Air We Breathe: Being an Essay Upon the Sources,prevalence, nature and Morbic Influence of Atmosphereic Impurities
Churchman W. H

Indianaplis Ind.: Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House, 1871. Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House, 1871. Essay read before the Western Social Science Association at the ANnual Meeitng in Chicago held June 7 & 8, 1870. Boards are faded. First few pages are torn. Inrenally clean. 53 pages. The Air We Breathe: Being an Essay Upon the Sources, prevalence, nature and Morbic Influence of Atmosphereic Impurities. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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3) How to Become Extinct
Cuppy Will

New York: Farrar, & Rinehart, 1941. Will Cuppy, How to become extinct. Illustrated by William Steig, Farrr & Rinehart, 1941, FIrst Edtion, Good/No Jacket. Boards are beige, Some foxing, blue tint on top of book. No inkmarks names etc. SCARCE. 8vo,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William Steig. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NOISBN. more information

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4) Assault on a Queen
Finney Jack

N.Y.:: Simon and Schuster, 1959. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Hard Cover.Fine/NoJacket.Stated First Printing.first printing of Finney's story of the tensions among people who raise an old German submarine off the coast of Fire Island. Book is very clean, no markings.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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5) Runny Days, Sunny Days
Fisher Aileen

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. Abelard-Schuman Press, New York, 1958 Printing, Fine/Good Dust jacket, dust jacket has a stain on the front cover and the jacket is torn and ripped. The book itself is in fine condition with decorated front board, This edition is signed and inscribed by the author. . Signed by Author. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Childrens Books. more information

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6) The Training and Work of an Initiate
Fortune Dion

London: The Aquarian Press, 1955. The Aquarian Press - London - 1955 Second edition stated, Hardback - 126pp -book is clean, tight and solid - excellent spine and cover - No dust jacket. covered in new broadart protector. . Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Occult. more information

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7) Memoirs of a Geisha
Golden, Arthur

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage, 1999. New York, NY, U.S.A. Vintage, 1999, softcover no jacket, 8vo,Very Good Arthur Golden's debut novel tells the confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. 'Part historical novel, part fairy tale, part Dickensian romance, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA immerses the reader in an exotic world. An impressive and unusual debut.' - The New York Times. . ISBN: 0679781587. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. JAPAN FICTION HISTORICAL. more information

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8) The Great Delusion Some Facts About Government in Business
Greenwood Ernest

New York: Harpers, 1933. Harpers New York and London, Stated First Edition, Blue cloth boards with paper label. Internally clean. binding is tight. very scarce. 238 pages with index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NOBN NOAMZCON. more information

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9) Colorado's Century of "Cities"
Griswold Don and Jean

New York: Smith Brooks, 1958. Firstt Edtion, second printing, 307 pages.Illustrated with photographs and illustrations from the Fred M. and Jo Mazzulla collection. scarce, very good no dust jacket, green and line striped gray boards, with some soiling to front board at the top, no previous owners sig, bookplates etc. Bibliography, Index of Cities, General index, illus. Tells in part the story of Colorado's first century as reflected in her "Cities." Many of these cities owe their existance to standard and narrow gauge railroads. The name 'City' was attached to many early day Colorado towns including, Denver. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mazzulla Fred and Jo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colorado Cities, Colorado History. more information

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10) Jule
Henderson, George Wylie

New York: Creative Age Press, 1946. First edtion, second printing, stated, Very good/good, hardcover, 8vo, dust jacket some chipping but protected by new archivial quality broadart protector. blue boards are in fine condition, New York: Creative Age Press, [1946]. The scarce second novel by Henderson, preceded by his OLLIE MISS, the story of Jule's mother. JULE, Henderson's second and last novel, is the story a Southern boy who moves to Harlem First Edition. 8vo. . Blue cloth, slightly scuffed, but a very good copy in scarce dust jacket with a few small chips along edges and abrasion on upper panel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harlem,Jule, Henderson, George Wylie. more information

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11) We
Lindbergh Charles A

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1927. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York, July 1927. The Knickerbocker Press, Hard Cover, Good/No dust jacket. Foreword by Myron T. Herrick , U.S. Ambassador to France.; Blue cloth covered hardboards with gilt title and gilt lettering on spine. Black and White photographs ."This is a copy of the First Edition of "WE" " on copyright page, date is July 1927. Previous owners gift Inscription from grandmother to grandson dated 1927. Previous owners name on first free end page. Interior has illustrated endpages and pastedown on back of book and white on front of book with previious owners name on front pastdown. Back end pages decorated with images of "The Spirt of St. Louis" (airplanes). Laid in is one leaflet with Lindberghs most notable tributes that had appeared in the press. Gold topstain on top pages. Lindbergh tells of his life, his transatlantic flight, and the future of aviation. 318 pages.Paperclip indentations on first few pages. Front hinge starting to crack. Text is clean. Binding has bumps to corners gilt is bright, spine is not sun faded. Covered in brodart protector. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Aviation. Lindbergh, Flying.. more information

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12) The Touch of Human Hands
Linney Joseph R

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company , 1947. Dorrance 7 Company, Philidelphia, 1947, Good/Poor, Hardcover, 12mo- Signed by the Author on the first free end page. This edition is a red clothbound book. The dust jacket has tears and missing pieces .478 pages. Joe Linney was responsible for the huge development fo the immensse bodies of Adirondack magnetites.. He retired and wrote his first novel. Story is woven around the adventures and romance in the lives of a young mining engineer, who acepted the challenge to rehabilitate ta badly organized iron-mineing operation in the Adirondacks, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pennsylvania Coal Mines, Iron Mines New York. more information

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13) Ascensions
Masson Thomas L

New York: The Century Company, 1929. The Century Company, New York. First Printing Stated. 1929. Fair No Jacket. Hardcover, 8vo. Gold gilt tiltle and decorative board. Some dampstain to outer pages. 371 pages. Green boards. A very rare scarce book. Binding is good, no missing pages. Internally clean. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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14) World Chaos: The Responsibility Of Science
McDougall Wiliam

New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1932. New York Covici Friede Publishers 1932 Very Good/ Fair. hardcover, 12mio. "The main substance of the book was delivered as the Ludwig Mond lecture before the University of Manchester in May of this year [1931]"--Pref.117 pages. Boards are red. Dust jacket is soiled and torn with missing portions along the outer dustjacket. Internally clean.. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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15) Meditation
Rittelmeyer Friedrich

London: Christian Community Bookshop, 1948. Christian Community Bookshop, London, 1948. Very Good purple cloth boards, and Good gray colored dustjacket that is not priceclipped. One one inch tear to front of the dust jackt. Ghosts from the dust jacket on both white pastedowns. Internally without ink marks. hardcover, translated by M L Mitchell, 228 pages, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, scarce title. . Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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16) Organic Merry Go Round
RODALE J. L

Emmaus PA: Rodale Press, 1954. Emmaus, Pennslyvania: Rodale Press, 1954. Decorative Cloth,64 pages, decorative print of 64 on light blue boards; light blue spine with brown lettering. Putting Goodly Amounts of Organic Matter Into Our Soil and Treating the Good Earth with Reverence and an Conscience.It would be hard to overstate the influence that J.I. Rodale and his son Robert have had on the organic movement in North America. J.I. himself was interested in the work of Sir Albert Howard and many other systems of organic farming that he saw and read about worldwide. He reprinted many books from the founding fathers and himself wrote Pay Dirt (1945), a preview of what we know today as ecological agriculture, as well as The Organic Front (1948), Organic Merry-Go-Round and An Organic Trip to England (1954) as well as many others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Organic Gardening. more information

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17) Stories of Great National Songs
Smith Col. Nicholas

Milwaukee, WI: The Young Churchman Company, 1899. Milwaukee, WI: The Young Churchman Co. 1899. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo. Inscribed on the first free endpaper: "The author remembers with abiding pleasure the pleasant aquaintances high formed with the Rev and Mrs. Charles B Wilcox during the doctors successful postoriate in Janervill Wis. Nicholas Smith, Milwaukee Wis, May 2, 1900."History behind the greatest songs of the American nation, including Yankee Doodle, The Star Spangled Banner, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and numerous others. Includes looks at Great Britain's national anthem, the Merseillaise, and battle hymns of Germany. Green cloth cover with gilted page top edges, horn and saber illustration front. Corners bumped and rubbed, tint to margins due to age. 238pp., Illustrations. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. NOISBN. more information

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18) Dr. Tilden's Cook Book
Tilden Dr. J. H

Denver, CO: Wolf Frank J., 1932. Denver, Colorado: Self Published, 1932. Decorated Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First. Cooking. Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 224 pages. A nice clean copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cookbook Rare Scarce. more information

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19) Scientific Prediction
Tucker, Dr. William J:

Sidcup England: Pythagorean Publications,, 1964. The Principles, Theory and Practice of Scientific Prediction. Sidcup, England: Pythagorean Publications, 1964. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, 214 pp, second revised edition, blue cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, slight wear to cover, slight bumping to edges, tape mark and bookseller's label on fep. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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20) The Morning and the Evening
Williams Joan

New York: Atheneum Books, 1961. Atheneum NYC 1961. Fine Book Condition - good Jacket Condition - dj is price clipped. her first book--she was William Faulkner's lover. Hardcover 8vo. no marks of any kind clean bright and tight. collectable copy. scarce... First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Faulkner Lover. more information

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21) The Morning and the Evening
Williams Joan

New York: Atheneum Books, 1961. Atheneum NYC 1961. Fine Book Condition - Fine, Jacket Condition - dj is price clipped. her first book--she was William Faulkner's lover. Hardcover 8vo. no marks of any kind clean bright and tight. collectable copy. scarce... First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Faulkner Lover. more information

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22) The Bonanza Trail
Wolle, Muriel Sibell

New York: Bonanza Books, 1953. Bonanza Books, Indiana University Press , 1953, First Edition, Fine/NO jacket, cloth boards, 510p, Ghost towns and mining camps of the West. 1st ed, index, biblio, illus. Fascinating book on the ghost towns. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mining, Colorado, History. more information

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