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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Scribner, 1996. AZ6 - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Angela's Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.. 47th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. BX5 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition with a dust jacket in good condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in brown cloth covered boards silver lettering and graphics on the spine and blind stamped graphics on the front and tinting of the top ouitside paper edges with minor overall shelf wear with tape staining on the front and back boards and fixed and free endpapers from where the dust jacket endflaps were taped to the boards plus there is heavy fading of the tinting on the top outside paper edges plus there is the usual library pocket and stamp on the front free endpaper and copyright page plus there is some very, very light soiling and scattered staining on the outside paper edges plus there is some light fading of cloth on the bottom board edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some trimming of the blank inside… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. AS3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has some scratches and scraping on the back, wrinkling and crease on some edges and cornes, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has light shelf wear otherwise fine. The Boys of the Archangel Raphael will be the authoritative work on youth confratenities for years to come.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. AS3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have light shelf wear otherwise fine. The Boys of the Archangel Raphael will be the authoritative work on youth confratenities for years to come.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Rugged Land, LLC, 2005. CB3 - A first edition hardcover book signed and inscribed by author to previous owner in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. You can't play politics with people's lives. 9.5"x6.5", 296 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. BM2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have very light discoloration and shelf wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Free Press, 1970. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor shelf wear, DJ endflaps glued to the fixed endpapers, usual library stamps, label, & pocket on page edges, front endpapers, title page, & back free endpaper, some light fading of the top page edges, some very light staining on the page edges, some very light soiling on the right & bottom page edges, some slight water wrinkling of the top right paper corners. The DJ shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 7"x9.5". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Free Press, 1970. CB5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with some light fading on the spine & along the board edges, some bumping at the top corners, some tape staining on the front and back boards & free endpapers, usual library stamps, label, & pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, copyright page, and back free endpaper. The DJ shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very slight edge wear along the top and bottom edges plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good-. 7"x9.5". Ex-Library.

Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995. BW5 - A first printing hardcover book in very good condition that ahs some bumped corners, cocked, some light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 9.25"x6.25", 219 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 1988. CE1 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus some sunning on the front & spine plus some creasing on page 32. A comprehensive assessment of the greatest economic revolution in modern the times, the transformation of women from housewives to wage earners. Endnotes, bibliography, indexed, 372p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1994. BU4 - Book has very light shelf wear otherwise fine.. 4th Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 2002. CF3 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good+ condition. A sequence of numbers appears on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured white paper covered boards with navy lettering on the spine and color pictoral endpapers with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, front free endpaper, and front freepaper page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A history of the American flag that examines the evolution of it as an emblem from the American Revolution through the resurgence of patriosim in the aftermath of September 11th. Bibliography, indexed, 195p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1994. CF4 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with very minor overall sehlf wear plus there is a crease on the front cover at the top right corner plus there is some very, very light soiling on the outside paper edges. A book that examines western and especially American culture's focus on the illustion of youth. The author presents the idea that ageing can actually bring new possibilities of both intimacy and purpose. Endnotes, indexed, 671p. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: University Paperbacks/Methulen & Co. Ltd., 1966. CG5 - A trade paperback book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in illustrated black, orange, and white wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus some light creasing on the spine and on the back cover plus some light soiling and staining on the outside paper edges plus the original owner's name and a date in ink on the top right corner of the front endpaper. An introduction to the ethnography and human geography of non-European peoples. It deals with the economic and social life of several groups at diverse levels of cultural achievement and in different regions of the world, and with the rise of new crafts and organizations in the growth of civilization. Illustrated with black and white drawings. This book was originally published in 1934. Bibliography, indexed, 500p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. BS2 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A major intellectual history charting the evolution of happiness over two thousand years of Western culture and thought. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1989. V3 - A first edition ex-library hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label on the spine, some wrinkling, chipping and crease on some edges and corners, inside flaps taped on the corners to the book cover, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some marked out info and bumped corners, some stains on the page edges and bottom of page 27, some pencil writing, underlining and marking, some dog-eared pages, light discoloration and shelf wear. Feminist Perspectives, Series Editor Michelle Stanworth. 9"x6", 308 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: The New Press, 2007. CS2 - An advance reading copy trade paperback book in near fine condition that is lightly curled and light shelf wear. A political and cultural history of Iran and up-to-the-moment account of the latest "rogue nation" to make international headlines, by a preeminent Iranian scholar. 8.25"x5.5", 314 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Chicago, Illinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 1976. CA3 - A hard cover first edition book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan cloth covered boards with copper lettering on the spine with minor overall shelf wear plus a dot in red marker on the top right corner of the front endpaper plus some very light foxing of the bottom board edges. The dust jacket is in very good condition with minor overall wear mainly in the form of light edge wear and shipping around the spine top and bottom edges and at the corners plus it is price clipped. This is a title in the publisher's Chicago History of American Religion series. The series is edited by Martin E. Marty. This book examines the perception of Judaism as America's third faith since the numbers and distribution of Jews throughout the country has become significant. The author looks at how the religious tradition of the Jews has been modified by the cultural and religious environment of America. He also examines the… Read More

Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute, 1982. BY6 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated brown wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some light overall rubbing. An examination of the institutional and technological changes on all peasant groups within the same rice-growing villages in the Philippines after a period of agrarian reform begun in the mid-1960s. References cited, glossary of Hiligaynon terms, abbreviations, 215p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2001. CA5 - A hard cover first American edition book in near fine condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in textured gray paper covered boards with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear. Translated from the French by Bruce Benderson. A biography of Fernand Lamaze, the French doctor who developed the simple yet radical technique by which women could both ease their childbirth labor as well as take control over it. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Suggested reading, indexed, 218p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.