New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich The Truth About The Mystery of Edwin Drood. CR 1989, English Translation CR 1992. Dust jacket is price clipped otherwise all is very good condition with 587 pages. The authors mix the complete text of the Mystery of Edwin Drood, genuine literary scholarship, the detective genre, sci-fi, and their impressive knowledge of Rome - both ancient and modern - to produce a light hearted, offbeat and hilarious satire - including detectives Lew Archer, Father Brown, Sherlock Ho... (more information)

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London, England: John Wiley & Sons CR 1926, 1930, 1941, 456 pages with index. Black and white photos, tables, etc. Feeding, selection of cattle, heredity, rearing the dairy calf, dairy heifers, dairy bulls, herd management, ailments, shows and sales of dairy cattle, planning the barn, manure management, and much more. Two tone brown covers with a paper cover over hard covers, all very good condition.. Third Edition, 8th Printing. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Chicago: Published by Donnelly, Dated 1965 with 395 pages with index and list of books. Lakeside Classic. Indian massacres and war in Minnesota. Dark blue covers, B&W illustrations. all very good. Native americans, indians, Minnesota indians, Mid-W est indians,. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Ward, Lock & Tyler, London. Two (2) volumes, total pages 822. Over 200 illustrations by eminent artists engraved by Dalziel Brothers. Red covers decorated with gold lettering and pictures on front covers. Volume 1: Corners bumped, front cover hinge cloth starting to split, and on the back hinge also. Ends of spine have tears. Volume 2: Slight soil, hinges starting to show wear and a s mall tear on the spine. All tight and complete. Dalziel Brothers, Illustrated books, Arabian Nights.. Hard ... (more information)

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Winston-Salem, NC: John F Blair. Naval Incidents of the Civil War. Dust jacket and book very good condition. CR 1989, 207 pages with index, black and white photos of ships and people. Stories about the Hunley, the experimental sumarine that sank the USS Housatonic, history's first sub attack. Epic battle between the Merimack and the Monitor, Davy Farragut's enrance into Mobile Bay, and the Alabama's desruption of Union shipping.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: McGraw Hill Book Company CR 1985. Dust jacket and book covers all good+. Black and white photos in center of book. Author spent three winters observing these wolves who are highly intelligent and sociable animals in the wild. He set out to investigate whether wolves use cognitive maps to find their way through unmarked terrain. He offers an intimate look at their mating, families, hunting, playing, communicating and how they establish territories.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Macmillan, CR 1938, title date 1938, 1st edition, 50 pages. Pictures by Grace Paull. Illustrated front cover with green picture. About a dancing pig that traveled with a pioneer family along the Mississippi River. children's books, juvenile books.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston: Little Brown, Women in American History. An examination of the strange history of the female sex from the beginning to the present with special attention to the women of America. Illustrated by curious anecdotes and quotations by diverse authors, ancient and modern. Dust jacket with mylar, X-library with stamps, pocket, etc. 391 pages with index. CR 1970.. Stated first Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Longmeadow Press Legends of the West series. Dust jacket very good. Autobiography of America's Great Folk Hero. Illustrated by Milton Glaser. 1992, 377 pages, unread. A flavorful piece of down home writing. He could spin a superb yarn, tell hunting stories; hobnobbing with aristocracy of the day and he became the voice for the common sense conservatism of the day.. First Edition By This Publisher. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston: Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1908, CR 1941 with 340 pages. Dust jacket has many tears, book and content are good+. A reporter for the United American Relief Board was sent to China in 1938 and spent 14 months and travelled through all but 3 of China's Provinces. An adventure in battle and a heartwarming portrayal of people. History, China, Chinese people, wartime China.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Macmillan, First American Edition, 1972 with 179 pages. Dust jacket and book very good+. Part of "Railways of the World In Color Series". Color illustrations. Americana. History. Railways, railroads, steam engines.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Triumphant First Ascent of the Matterhorn and its Strange and Tragic Aftermath. X-Library with stamps, numbers and pocket in back. Dust jacket has mylar cover over it, all good+. CR 1965, 221 pages with bibliography. Frontis is a black and white photo of the Matterhorn. Fate or coincidence brought three separate parties to Zermutt on the same summer day - each party intent on being the first to conquer the Matterhorn. An old story, told many times, has been updat... (more information)

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Parents Publishing Press CR 1967, 112 pages, black and white photos. X-library with stamps only. History of steamboats on the Hudson River, Mississippi, Long Island Sound, and the Far West. Illustrated front cover of steamboats in color - edges bumped and shows wear. Book is tight and clean.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Chapel Hill, NC: university of North Carolina Classic Crimes of North Carolina. CR 1954, 190 pages. Back inside hinge and 2 pages show holes, not affecting text. Ten murders which were of tremendous and widespread interest are presented. Included is a Confederate general, a lovely orphan girl, a pathetic little boy, an offensive poential boss. Orange covers, good + condition.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: St. Martins Press, 1977 CR 1977. Very Good/Very Good. Cr 1977. ISBN:0-312-18613-4. A big game hunter's adventures in the African bush. This is based on the author's own experiences and personal accounts of his colleagues, portraying the great killers of the African bush - lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, crocodile, hyena, black mamba snake, wild dogs and Cape Buffalo.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Doubleday, CR 1960, title date is 1960, stated 1st edition, 429 pages w/index. Dust jacket has tears and is price clipped o/w good+. Illustrated endpapers with photos. The 1st book about the most hidden and feared life of C ivil War General Lafayette C. Baker, Lincoln's Forgotten Secret Service Chief. He created the Secret Service. History, americana, Abraham Lincoln, Presidents, Secret Service, Civil War.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by the Franklin Library, PA., CR 1982, Signed by Author. 486 pages. Green leather covers with gilt ornate decorations, AEG (All Edges Gilt), marbled endpapers, all very good - signed by Drury, limited signed edition for the "Signed First Edition Society". Illustrated by Malcom Liepke. Literature, fiction, signed books, Limited editions.. Signed by Author. ... (more information)

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Random House/Reader's Digest Constitutional Convention of 1787. CR 1986, 331 pages w/index. Dust jacket and book are very good. Signed by both authors on front pages. How the Constitution came into being - it is not a mere document but rather the masterwork of heroic but often conflicting personalities. Americana, History, Constitution.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Scribners Sons, CR 1948 with "A", 246 pages. The back page is stuck to the pastedown, looks like it was published that way. Covers textiles, ceramics, metal, glass, wood and wall paintings (in color). Large book, blue faded covers, slight wear to corners, overall good+. Art. Sweden, Swedish, Arts of Sweden.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Freshet Press, CR 1975, CR 1975 with 281 pages. Dust jacket has a few tears, overall good+. Black and white photos. Hunting, deer hunting, natural history.. HARD COVER. ... (more information)

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