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Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson (Great Lakes Books)
by Wilson, Sunnie; Cohassey, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780814326954
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$29.97
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Wayne State Univ Pr, 1998. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x9. Signed by Author. Jacket has light wear, binding tight, front end-page has a large gift inscription from the author. Sunnie Wilson migrated to Detroit from South Carolina and quickly became an entertainment and business entrepreneur, best friends with the likes of Duke Ellington and Joe Louis. Based on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Florida's Pioneer Naturalist: The Life of Charles Torrey Simpson
by Rothra, Elizabeth O
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 1995-11-20
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780813013749
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$22.00
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University Press of Florida, 1995-11-20. hardcover. Good/Good. 6x0x9. Ex-library book with the usual stickers/stamps/faults, binding sound, front endpage has been removed. "Elizabeth Rothra's excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No one knew better than he the history of the plants and animals of South Florida… Read more about this item Item Price
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My Song: A Memoir
by Belafonte, Harry; Shnayerson, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- 2011-10-11
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307272263
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$69.97
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Knopf, 2011-10-11. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Stated First Edition. Signed by Harry Belafonte on the half-title page, Jacket edges are lightly worn, binding sound, top corners are bumped, spine ends are lightly worn. âMy Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defianceâ is an eloquently told personal account of an era of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Helen Hall Smith: Her Book
by Hilda W. Smith
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1971
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$39.97
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Sarasota, FL: Self-Published, 1971. Paperback. Acceptable. Wraps are heavily soiled and creased, soiling extends to the front endpage. The remainder of the book is age-toned with faint creases in places. Helen Hall Smith was a prominent socialite and philanthropist who lived in Sarasota, Florida from 1911 until her death in 19611. She was born in Chicago… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.97
Jacob Bunn: Legacy Of An Illinois Industrial Pioneer
by Call, Andrew Taylor
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- 2005-04-01
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781556182099
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$13.00
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Brunswick Pub Co, 2005-04-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Item Price
$13.00
Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman
by Augsburger, Leonard; Burdette, Roger W.; Orosz, Joel
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2017-01-01
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$19.97
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Ivy Press, Inc, 2017-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman (softcover)Researched & Written by Leonard Augsburger, Roger W. Burdette & Joel OroszEdited by James HalperinA powerful and intimidating dealer of the 1960s, backed by important colleagues, was accused of selling fraudulent gold… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Frederick Oberlin/h
by Kurtz, John W
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- 1977-01-20
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780891581185
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$12.97
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Westview Press, 1977-01-20. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Jacket enclosed in protective mylar, boards have minor wear, binding sound, internally clean Item Price
$12.97
Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel
by E. A. Girvin
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1916-01-01
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- Hardcover
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- 9780834109803
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$20.00
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Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1916-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 11x8x1. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, front endpage, and inside cover have an address stamp, else pages clean and unmarked. Phineas F. Bresee was the primary founder of the Church of the Nazarene, and founding president of Point Loma Nazarene University. Item Price
$20.00
Dokhtaram Farah
by Farideh Diba
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- Used - Good
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789646760158
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$29.97
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Tehran: Beh Afarin, 2001. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Text in Persian. Moderate wear, hinges are a bit loose, binding sound, internally clean. Farideh Ghotbi also known as Farideh Diba, was an Iranian public figure. She was the mother of Farah Pahlavi (née Diba), the former Shahbanu and third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Ghotbi… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rene Descartes: A Biography
by Vrooman, Jack Rochford
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1992
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- Leather_bound
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$24.95
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Easton Press, 1992. leather_bound. Very Good. 9x5x1. Light wear to leather boards, binding tight, includes the Easton Press note, bookplate is affixed with a name, internally clean. Item Price
$24.95
Hard Winters and Soft Coal
by Leona McMillan
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1984
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- Paperback
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- 9780934860345
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$33.96
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Brainerd, Minnesota: Adventure Publications, 1984. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Hard Winters and Soft Coal, by Leona B. McMillan, is a true story of Frederick Newton Barger (Fred) and Sarah Frances Agee Barger (France) and their nine children. The family lived in a small coal mining town in West Virginia,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Side by Side
by Ann Watson Yates
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2000
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789768078476
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$24.97
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St. Michael Barbados: Black Bird Studios, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. ANN WATSON YATES Ann Watson Yates was born and spent her youth in Barbados. Her family on both sides (Watson and Gooding) settled on the island almost 400 years ago. She was educated at Codrington High School, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dyadic Cyclone
by John c. lilly; Antonietta Lilly
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 1976-06-25
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671222185
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$38.13
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Simon & Schuster, 1976-06-25. hardcover. Good/Good. 8x5x1. Jacket is worn, chipped and tattered, chipping to the spine due to sticker removal, binding sound, edges are foxed, front endpage has a bookseller sticker and previous owner;s name in ink. Item Price
$38.13
America's Most Influential Journalist and Premier Political Cartoonist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast; Limited Private Pre-Publication
by John Adler
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2019
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$55.00
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Sarasota, FL: Self-Published, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Inscribed by author on the front endpage. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. This is a limited, privately-printed, non-public, free, pre-edition of my forthcoming biography of Thomas Nast. It is intended primarily for my personal friends and family, librarians, historians and other who have… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
Franklin Pierce: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States)
by Bisson, Wilfred J
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1993-12-07
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780313281723
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$23.87
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Greenwood, 1993-12-07. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. No jacket as issued. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Although there has been little scholarly interest in Franklin Pierce, the issues of his administration--the Kansas-Nebraska Act, turmoil over Kansas, the Abolitionist crusade, the enforcement of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act--and the political convulsions that took place have… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reauthorizing Joyce (Florida James Joyce)
by Mahaffey, Vicki
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1995-01-20
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- Paperback
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- 9780813013442
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$13.28
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University Press of Florida, 1995-01-20. Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Vicki Mahaffey argues that for James Joyce, language is the most important link between the unconscious and the socio-historical. It serves as a precise link beween the psychological and the political, between the individual and the communal, between the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Child of Satan, Child of God
by Atkins, Susan
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
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- 1977-01-01
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780882702292
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$10.00
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Logos International, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x1. No dust jacket, light soiling to boards, corners are bumped, binding sound, gift inscription on front endpage, pages lightly age-toned. Millions met Susan Atkins in Helter Skelter. She was young and attractive, but desperate to find happiness. Alcohol, drugs, and promiscuity didn t satisfy her. . . . She was looking… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman
by Cotter, Tom
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 2011-03-03
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780760338926
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$65.00
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Motorbooks, 2011-03-03. hardcover. Good/Good. 7x1x9. Jacket edges are tattered, corners are bumped, front endpage has a sticker affixed to the top of the page, else internally clean. DRAG RACING'S MASTER SHOWMAN In 1961, Tommy No had the world in the palm of his hand. At 25, he was not only a star of television and screen but a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oeuvres (Vers L'armee de Metier; La France Et Son Armee, Volume II)
by Charles de Gaulle
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$70.00
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club francais des bibliophiles, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume II only. Hardcover with no jacket, Minor shelf wear, spine creased, gilt titles are worn, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Item Price
$70.00
The Wind At My Back
by Ojamaa Arved
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$14.23
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Tallinn Book Printers, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, minor wear, binding tight, jacket flap has writing, internally clean. The Wind at My Back continues the true, autobiographical tale told in Capful of Wind: in that first volume, a young man of eighteen, barely out of boyhood, witnesses the brutal… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.23