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Knopf, 1988. Quarter Cloth. Fine/NFine. First Edition. 8vo - over 8" tall. ISBN: 0-394-56835-4. 279pp..A modern version of Hawthorn's "The Scarlet Letter", this is the story of a New England woman who falls under the spell of a Hindu religious leader and joins his commune in Arizona. It is told by quotations from tapes and letters that the heroine sends back to her husband, mother, siblings, hairdresser, psychiatrist, etc etc. A collectible in fine condition. ... more information

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Farrar Strauss Cudahy - 1960. Hardcover. NFine/VGood. First Printing. Price intact. 8vo - over 8" tall. 178pp, index, 9 b&w photo plates. Six years after Thomas Edison lit his first incandescent lamp, until 1933, nearly 50 years later, S. Z. Mitchell's name was as integral with the electric power industry as Henry Ford's with the auto industry. This is the definitive biography of this titan of American industry, written by a Mitchell family member. It is the story of the electrification of a contin... more information

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Putnam, 2005. 374pp. Millions have sent messages of appreciation to the author who had the temerity to begin a series of suspense novels with the letter "A" and promised to complete the alphabet with a series of novels that would be original in all history...she has not disappointed. Same day shipping, moneyback guarantee includes return postage. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 9" Tall. Price Intact, Unmarked. ... more information

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ABCC, INC - 1997. VF - 112 pages - Signed by author. A Buyer's Guide to electric signs and on-premise display advertising. Determining budgets for buying or leasing signs; design criteria; saving money on maintenance and other expenses; comparisons of neon, acrylic, metals, wood and other materials Structural and size considerations; theory and practice and historical facts of signage.... more information

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Stein and Day, 1980. Quarter Cloth. Fine/NFine. Third Printing. 8 vo - over 9" tall. ISBN: 0-8128-2713-9. 249pp..The ultimate hit man, a world famous pianist, who is also a virtuoso lover of women, kills once too often, bringing him into the sights of Colonel Asa Morgan and a beautiful woman who just happens to be America's foremost authority on the terrorist killer mentality. Very clean, minor dj splits. ... more information

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Knopf, 1978. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Third Printing. Price intact. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-50409-7. 344pp. The bullet we dodged...fiction but scary nonetheless..Nazis have occupied London, Churchill executed by firing squad, the King is a prisoner in the Tower of London, the Queen and Princesses fled to Australia, and the SS has taken over Scotland Yard. Detective Archer of the Yard has started work on what seems a routine murder case when suddenly Himmler sends... more information

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FarrarStraus&Giroux, 1999. 499pp. Perhaps mainly a tale of conventional attitudes toward a non-conventional, circumstantial crime in a New England town, this is also an account of the modern medical science advances in the neurodegenerative disorder known as Canavan disease, a rare but deadly degeneration of the brain; and how it can affect human lives aside from the victim. Immaculate, near new . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 9" Tall. ... more information

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HoughtonMifflin, 1995. Cloth Spine, Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. Price Intact. 8vo - over 9" Tall. 451pp. His "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Portnoy's Complaint", early bestsellers establishing him as an authentic original voice in world literature, Roth has gone on to win millions of avid readers and many awards; this shockingly libidinous but critically acclaimed tale of an aging, raging hero whose eroticly free-spirited mistress has left him to face madness is pure Roth. ... more information

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Putnam, 1982. Cloth Spine, Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second Printing. Price Intact. 8vo - over 9" Tall. ISBN:0-399-12717-8. 366pp. Hailed by the NYTimes as "the best writer of fiction in America" for his National Book Award-winning "Chimera" and "The Sot-Weed Factor", Barth has now written his most touching, delightful and high-humored tale..of love and a curious 9-month voyage on a sailboat from Chesapeake Bay to the Caribbean, among other things.Slight dj edge wear, own... more information

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Putnam, 2006. 305pp. The Battle of the Atlantic is at its peak, ships are burning at their moorings in U.S. ports as Nazi U-boat packs roam the east coast, explosions also plague American trains and train stations while European operations are jeopardized by saboteurs...one of the most gripping stories yet from the pen of the bestselling authority on WWII. Free same day shipping.. First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 9" Tall. Price Intact, Unmarked. ... more information

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Beaufort, 1966. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1987 Reprint. Price Intact. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 239pp. Third self-contained novel in the ten-volume Alms for Oblivion series of the WWII era which was based on postwar intelligence fictionalized to develop the possible events which might have followed a victory by the Axis powers. Extremely well researched and plotted in a style similar to a cross between Robert Ludlum and Jack Higgins. Near new. ... more information

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Bantam, 1988. Cloth Spine. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Price Intact. 8vo - over 9" Tall. ISBN:0-553-05305-1. 341pp..In a "60 Minutes" profile on the " professor emeritus of how the West was won" it was noted by Morley Safer that while his plots were fiction, the details were fact..this is the author's record of his research for each Sackett Family novel, real and fictional characters, geography, locales, and their factual historical eras. A Sackett encyclopedia. Immaculate. ... more information

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Harper Collins, 1993. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Thus. 8vo over 8" tall. ISBN: 0-06-016767-X. 226pp..Unique and alone in his niche, the author's mysteries set on reservations in the Southwest have a wide and loyal following, as befits a past-president of Mystery Writers of America. ... more information

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Harmony, 2001. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Eighth Printing. Price Intact. 8vo - over 9" Tall. 432pp. Known to millions, she has directly caused many lives to change for the better, but there are billions of others, almost everyone in the world, in fact, who need the benefit of the wisdom this woman has amassed and has accummulated in her books, website, and public television..she is a source of inspiration for personal peace, happiness, and accomplishment. ... more information

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StMartinPress, 2001. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Price Intact. 8vo - over 9" Tall. 340pp. No words are necessary to her millions of worldwide fans, but to anyone who has not yet discovered her superbly written and researched novels this is a perfect one to begin with..sweeping across two-thousand years of California history as told through the lives of generations of women who had a palpable effect on the development of the prehistoric land into the freeway-laced land o... more information

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HarperCollins, 1993. Quarter Cloth. As New/Fine. First Printing. Retail Sale. 8vo - over 9" Tall. ISBN: 0-310-60480-X. 256pp..With photos and index. Author served as Powell's public affairs officer following the Gulf War. An in depth look at the man and his relationships with the many other people on the world stage during a time of public confusion about leadership and its essential qualitities that make this book a refresher course on citizenship. An immaculate book. ... more information

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Touchstone, 2003. 244pp. An impressive number of highly acclaimed novels, including recently "Stones from the River" is now joined by this story of a teenage Italian-American boy whose home is suddenly invaded by his uncle Malcolm's aunt and twin cousins who have been rendered homeless by Malcolm's being sent to jail for stealing...the twin girls set into motion events that have repercussions for generations . First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 9" Tall. Price Intac... more information

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AmericanBook, 2003. 244pp. How the transforming power of a singular event can reverberate through a family for generations as young cousins do the unthinkable. Unmarked, immaculate. Free same day shipping. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 9" Tall. Price Intact. ... more information

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White Hall, WV: TolleLegePress, 1819. 372pp. Includes disertation on the Creation and Fall of Man...an elegant replica of the original first volume printed in 1808 bound in gold-embossed leatherette with all text edges in gold so it looks as worthy of a place of honor in any library as the substance of the text is important for any educated person to know. Truly an essential volume to own. Immaculate, flawless, mint. Skivertex,Leatherette. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 9" Tall. Unmarked. ... more information

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Bantam, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. BCE. Retail Sale. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: n/a. 275pp..A teacher at the St. Labre Indian Mission, the author and his wife wound up being taught, becoming students and researchers into the history of the Northern Cheyennes and in the process wanting to reveal some of their new knowledge and experiences to the out- side world..to let others hear "the sacred wind". Book is near new with little wear on d/j. ... more information

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