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Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson (Great Lakes Books)

Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson (Great Lakes Books)

by Wilson, Sunnie; Cohassey, John

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Published
1998
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Hardcover
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9780814326954
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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
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Florida's Pioneer Naturalist: The Life of Charles Torrey Simpson

Florida's Pioneer Naturalist: The Life of Charles Torrey Simpson

by Rothra, Elizabeth O

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Used - Good
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Good
Published
1995-11-20
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780813013749
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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
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My Song: A Memoir
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My Song: A Memoir

by Belafonte, Harry; Shnayerson, Michael

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Published
2011-10-11
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780307272263
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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. “My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance” is an eloquently told personal account of an era of… Read more about this item
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Helen Hall Smith: Her Book

Helen Hall Smith: Her Book

by Hilda W. Smith

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Used - Acceptable
Published
1971
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Paperback
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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
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Jacob Bunn: Legacy Of An Illinois Industrial Pioneer

Jacob Bunn: Legacy Of An Illinois Industrial Pioneer

by Call, Andrew Taylor

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Published
2005-04-01
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Hardcover
ISBN
9781556182099
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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.
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Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman

Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman

by Augsburger, Leonard; Burdette, Roger W.; Orosz, Joel

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Used - Very Good
Published
2017-01-01
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Paperback
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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
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John Frederick Oberlin/h

John Frederick Oberlin/h

by Kurtz, John W

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Published
1977-01-20
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780891581185
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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
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Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel

Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel

by E. A. Girvin

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Used - Very Good
Published
1916-01-01
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780834109803
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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.
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Dokhtaram Farah

Dokhtaram Farah

by Farideh Diba

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Used - Good
Published
2001
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9789646760158
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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
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Rene Descartes: A Biography

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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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.
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Hard Winters and Soft Coal

Hard Winters and Soft Coal

by Leona McMillan

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Used - Very Good
Published
1984
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Paperback
ISBN
9780934860345
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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
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Side by Side

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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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
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The Dyadic Cyclone

by John c. lilly; Antonietta Lilly

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Used - Good
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Good
Published
1976-06-25
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780671222185
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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.
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America's Most Influential Journalist and Premier Political Cartoonist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast; Limited Private Pre-Publication

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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Published
2019
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Hardcover
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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
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Franklin Pierce: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States)

Franklin Pierce: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States)

by Bisson, Wilfred J

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Used - Very Good
Published
1993-12-07
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780313281723
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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
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Reauthorizing Joyce (Florida James Joyce)

Reauthorizing Joyce (Florida James Joyce)

by Mahaffey, Vicki

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Published
1995-01-20
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Paperback
ISBN
9780813013442
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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
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Child of Satan, Child of God

Child of Satan, Child of God

by Atkins, Susan

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Used - Good
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Missing
Published
1977-01-01
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780882702292
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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
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TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman

TV Tommy Ivo: Drag Racing's Master Showman

by Cotter, Tom

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Used - Good
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Good
Published
2011-03-03
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780760338926
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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
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Oeuvres (Vers L'armee de Metier; La France Et Son Armee, Volume II)

Oeuvres (Vers L'armee de Metier; La France Et Son Armee, Volume II)

by Charles de Gaulle

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Published
1963
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Hardcover
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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.
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The Wind At My Back

The Wind At My Back

by Ojamaa Arved

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Published
2001
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Hardcover
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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
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