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Best Selling Biographies & Memoirs

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The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Paperback (2019-03-01)
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Gender Queer
Maia Kobabe
Paperback (2019-05-01)
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The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
Malcolm Alex; X Attallah; Haley Shabazz
Mass Market Paperbound (1987-10-01)
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Fun Home
Alison Bechdel-
Paperback (2007-06-01)
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Brave The Wild River
Melissa L Sevigny
Paperback (2024-05-14)
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Assata
Shakur- Assata
Paperback (1999-11-01)
…finding lowest price

Best Selling Mystery & Crime Books

Break out your armchair sleuthing skills with these page turners that will keep you guessing from start to finish.

The Butcher and The Wren
Alaina Urquhart
Paperback (2023-07-01)
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Local Woman Missing
Mary Kubica
Paperback (2021-11-01)
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This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger
Paperback (2020-09-01)
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The Woman In the Library
Sulari Gentill
Paperback (2022-06-01)
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Murder In the Family
Cara Hunter
Paperback (2023-07-01)
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Nickel Boys, The
Colson Whitehead
Paperback (2020-06-01)
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Rare & Collectible Travel Books

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Monkey in the Ruins: Volume Three

Monkey in the Ruins: Volume Three

by Mark Beechill

Signed First Edition
Condition
Used
Edition
first
Published
2019
Binding
Stapled
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Thornton Heath, Surrey, GBR
Item Price
$112.66
Item Price
$112.66
The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America : beginning about the yeere 1593, and continued to this present 1629.
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The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America : beginning about the yeere 1593, and continued to this present 1629.

by SMITH, John

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1819
Binding
Leather; secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$950.00
Item Price
$950.00
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness

by ROOSEVELT, Theodore

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1914
Binding
Hardcover; secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$499.00
Item Price
$499.00
Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden
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Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden

by BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jacob; SEMLER, Johann

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1760-1761
Binding
Leather; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$750.00
Item Price
$750.00
A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, as also of the Isle of Ceylon… vol III.
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A true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, as also of the Isle of Ceylon… vol III.

by BALDAEUS, Philippus

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Published
1745
Binding
Vellum; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$750.00
Item Price
$750.00
The universal traveller: or, A complete account of the most remarkable voyages and traels of eminent men of our own, and other nation
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The universal traveller: or, A complete account of the most remarkable voyages and traels of eminent men of our own, and other nation

by BARCLAY, Patrick

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1735
Binding
Leather; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$750.00
Item Price
$750.00

Rare & Collectible Childrens Books

Dive into nostalgia with these timeless old and antique classics for youth and adults alike from our Children’s Books rare book room.

Bandit Jim Crow

Bandit Jim Crow

by Baum, L. Frank [Writing As Laura Bancroft]; Color Plates By Maginal Wright Enright

First Edition
Condition
Used - Very Good Book
Jacket Condition
No DJ
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Published
1906
Binding
Light Tan Cloth
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Pasadena, California, USA
Item Price
$340.00
Item Price
$340.00
Tree And Leaf

Tree And Leaf

by Tolkien, J. R. R.

First Edition
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Pasadena, California, USA
Item Price
$2,250.00
Item Price
$2,250.00
The Girl's Own Paper. Volume XXIII 1901-2

The Girl's Own Paper. Volume XXIII 1901-2

by Girl's Own Paper

Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
Item Price
$131.25
Item Price
$131.25
My Book about New Zealand

My Book about New Zealand

by Alice Talwin Morris; Charles Robinson (Illustrator)

Condition
Used - Acceptable
Published
1912-01-01
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
West Poland, Maine, USA
Item Price
$500.00
Item Price
$500.00
The Secret of the Chestnut Tree in Color Dustjacket,  Illustrated by Paul Laune , who illustrated Hardy Boys Mysterys, - A early twentieth century Mystery Story of a Girls' School in Old Virginia
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The Secret of the Chestnut Tree in Color Dustjacket, Illustrated by Paul Laune , who illustrated Hardy Boys Mysterys, - A early twentieth century Mystery Story of a Girls' School in Old Virginia

by by Helen A. Monsell , FORMER OWNER STAMP BACK BLANK ENDPAPER ,B/W Illustrated by Paul Laune , who illustrated Hardy Boys Mysterys,

First Edition
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1936
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
LONG BEACH, California, USA
Item Price
$180.00
Item Price
$180.00
LET'S PLAY TRAIN An Animated Panorama

LET'S PLAY TRAIN An Animated Panorama

by Schenk, Abe

Condition
Used
Published
N.D.
Binding
Spiral bound
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, USA
Item Price
$150.00
Item Price
$150.00
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Signed by J.K. Rowling

Collecting Signed Books

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First Edition of The Sound and the Fury

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