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1) The Occurrence and Production of Vanadium: Quarterly of the School of Mines Volume 38, Number 4
Argall, George O. Jr

Colorado School of Mines, 1943. Softcover Good condition. Previous owner stamps on cover. 55 pages. Map in rear pocket. ... more information

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2) Of Love and Shadows
Allende, Isabel

Of Love and Shadows
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In a Latin American country under a military dictatorship, Irene Beltran, an upper-class journalist, and Francisco Leal, the ... read more

Knopf, 1987. Hardback 1st American Edition Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Remainder mark on top edge, else fine. Promotional postcard laid in. Inspired by the real-life discovery of the bodies in an abandoned mine of peasants who were killed by police shortly after Gen. Augusto Pinochet came to power in Chile, this novel tells the fictional story of Irene, a naïve and sheltered writer, who discovers the bodies of those killed by the police and who then must confront the truth about what is happening in her... more information

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3) Oil Yield and Uranium Content of Black Shales: Uranium in Carbonaceous Rocks: Geological Survey Professional Paper 356-A
Swanson, Vernon E

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1960. Softcover Very Good condition Previous owner stamps, a little fading, else fine. 44 pages. ... more information

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4) Oil Yields of Sections of Green River Oil Shale in Colorado, 1954-57: Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5614
Stanfield, K.E. et al

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1960. Softcover Good condition Previous owner stamps. Staple-bound. 186 pages. ... more information

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5) On Gold Mountain
See, Lisa

St. Martin's Press, 1995. Hardback 1st edition NF/NF Remainder mark, very light edgewear, else fine. The 100-year odyssey of a Chinese-American family. ... more information

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6) On Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Observations
Karasu, Toksoz B. and Socarides, Charles W. (editors)

International Universities Press, 1979. Hardback 1st Edition Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Small smudge on foreedge. Light edgewear on dust jacket. Chapters include: Adolescence and 'The New Sexuality'; Modern Woman and Womanhood; Paternal Identity: The Equation of Fatherhood and Manhood; The Soiled Pinafore: A Sexual Theme in Psychiatric History; and Sex in the Elderly. ISBN: 082363857X ... more information

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7) On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John (Stewart O'Nan, editor)

Addisen-Wesley, 1994. Hardback 1st Edition, 1st Printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Remainder marks on bottom edge, a little scuffing on dust jacket. Small stain on bottom edge of boards and dust jacket. Still a very nice copy. Introduction by Charles Johnson. Published posthumously, book brings together author's essays and reviews on his fellow writers. ISBN: 0201626721 ... more information

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8) On Writing Science Fiction (The Editors Strike Back!)
Scithers, George H.; Schweitzer, Darrell; and Ford, John M

Owlswick Press, 1981. Hardback VG Light corner bumping, else fine. ... more information

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9) On the Contrary: A Novel: Being the Life of a Famous Rebel, Soldier, Traveller, Explorer, Reader, Builder, Scribe, Latinist, Lover and Liar
Brink, Andre

A historical novel set in 18th-century South Africa, ON THE CONTRARY is the tale of Estienne Barbier, an itinerant adventurer... read more

Little Brown, 1993. Hardback 1st US Edition Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Likable rogue and unlikely hero Estienne Barbier adventures through 18th century South Africa. ISBN: 0316108847 ... more information

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10) On the Mysterious Leap From the Mind to the Body: A Workshop Study on the Theory of Conversion
Deutsch, Felix (editor)

International Universities Press, [1969]. Trade Paperback Very Good condition. 273 pages. One corner bent and light wear. Monograph originated from a workshop on psychosomatic problems, with the collaboration of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society. ... more information

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11) One Way Out
Coxe, George Harmon

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardback 1st Edition Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket is scuffed with small edge tears, one sticker scar on front. A novel of intrigue. Newspaperman Rick Marston finds himself in New Orleans and embroiled in the dangerous politics of a small South American country. ... more information

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12) The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court: Stories
Taylor, Peter

Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardback 1st Edition Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Remainder marks, slight shelfwear on bottom edge, else fine. A novella, short stories and three one-act plays from award-winning Tennessee writer. ISBN: 067941990x ... more information

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13) The Orange Tree
Fuentes, Carlos

The Orange Tree
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Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. Hardback 1st Edition Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Remainder marks, else fine. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. Originally published as El Naranjo, o los circulos del tiempo. Five novellas combine for a sensitive exploration of cultural conflict that is also a feast for the sense. ISBN: 0374226830 ... more information

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14) Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967: The Graton-Sales Volume (2 volumes)
Ridge, John D. (editor)

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., 1968. Hardback 1st Edition Very Good condition Previous owner stamps on edges and endpapers. Embossed stamps on title pages. Some shelfwear. Gold cloth with blue lettering. Errata sheet laid in. 1880 pages in two volumes. Contains brief biographies of Louis Caryl Graton and Reno Haber Sales, for whom the work was named. Contains descriptions of mines developed in the U.S. after 1933 (when the Lindgren volume was published). ... more information

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15) Oscar and Lucinda
Carey, Peter

This whimsical novel, winner of the 1988 Booker Prize, is set in Victorian England and Australia, is the story of two highly ... read more

Harper & Row, 1988. Hardback 1st US Edition Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Some very light edgewear, else fine. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1988. Story of Oscar, a flame-haired clergyman with a penchant for gambling, and Lucinda, an unconventional woman and owner of a glass factory, who meet on a boat for Australia in 1865. Both a love story and a searing indictment of colonial practice. Made into a film in 1997 starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett. The U.S. edition has an additional chapter (C... more information

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16) Osler's Textbook Revisited: Reprint of Selected Sections with Commentaries
Harvey, A. McGehee and McKusick, Victor A. (editors)

Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1967]. Hardback Very Good+ condition Red cloth. One small corner bump and some light shelfwear. No dust jacket. Selections from the landmark 'The Principles and Practice of Medicine" by Sir William Osler. ... more information

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17) Out of Silence: A Journey Into Language
Martin, Russell

Henry Holt, 1994. Hardback 1st Edition Fine in Fine dust jacket. Story of one autistic boy, and his struggle to learn to speak. Also a broader look at autism as it relates to language and the totality of language. ... more information

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18) The Overt Homosexual
Socarides, Charles W

Grune & Stratton, [1968]. Hardback Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Gray cloth. Dust jacket is scuffed with one small tear. ... more information

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19) The Oxford Book of American Verse
Matthiessen, F.O. (Ed.)

Oxford University Press, 1952. Hardback BOMC G+/G+ Large stain on front board. DJ is sunned, edgeworn, some small tears. Owner name & date on title page. ... more information

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20) The Oxford Book of Villains
Mortimer, John (editor)

Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardback 1st Edition Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Previous owner embossed stamp on first free endpaper, else fine. Attractive scoundrels, incompetent rogues, calculating murderers and unscrupulous swindlers - what's not to love about a collection of the greatest villains of literature (and a few from real life). Editor is creator of the Rumpole mysteries. Cover illustration is a detail from a painting by Heironymus Bosch. ISBN: 0192141953 ... more information

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