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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbons
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover with blue boards and untrimmed leaves, no dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$12.99
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NO writing, personalization, underlining, highlighting, or remainder mark. Slight soiling to boards with a spot/stain on foredge. No foxing. The inside of the book has discoloration by the hinge from glue. Slightly discolored paper from age. The endcaps are bumped. The lettering on the backdrop is sunfaded with a minor crease in the center. The top corners bend inward and… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.99

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Damage Control
by Thomas J. Kelly Captain, United States Navy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Second Impression of the First Edition
- Published
- 1944 (First Published August 194
- Binding
- Navy Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Signed by Former Owner and his wife on FFEP. Name in cursive on bottom front cover and printed on spine. A special book. Backside has some scuffs along the edge and stains at bottom. Some wear to corners and bottom edges. Bumped along back spine and end caps. Second foldout is creased at bottom and hangs out the bottom… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00

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Encyclopedia of World Sport
by David Levinson and Karen Christenson, Editors
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Printing Line
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0195131959
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$40.00
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NOT an ex-library. No writing inside. Some scuffs and scratches on backside of dust jacket, photo 8 and crinkle at top of front dust jacket with light edge wear at top and bottom, bottom photo 12. Book in excellent condition. The darker green edging caused the long scuff mark on the back of the jacket. World Sport bled through… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00

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The Underground Railroad in Illinois
by Glennette Tilley Turner
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- none, softcover
- Edition
- States First Edition
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Softcover with slight wear to wrapper.
- ISBN 10
- 0938990055
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Signed Association Copy, "Pauline and Charles, I appreciate your long time interest in and support of my research and writing. Pauline, I especially have fond memories of the night we drove to that little town with the muddy parking lot. In friendship, Glenette 3/30/01". Book states First Edition. Item Price
$35.00

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The First Guidebook to Prisons and Concentration Camps of the Soviet Union
by Avraham Shifrin
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none, softcover
- Edition
- Bantom Edition June, 1982 (First Thus, Edition in English)
- Published
- June, 1982
- Binding
- Bantom oversized paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553013920
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$28.00
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This is the English edition. It was also published in Russian, probably by another publisher. Some light wear to wrapper with a couple of white spots towards the bottom of the spine. The exception is the back cover which is heavily creased due to having an 8 fold map bound in, which is tanned. States with 170 maps, photographs, drawings.… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00

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Zero Inflation
by Richard G. Lipsey, Editor
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none, softcover
- Edition
- Assumed First Edition, archive states this book is out of print
- Published
- March, 1990
- Binding
- Trade size paperback.
- ISBN 10
- 0888062532
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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This is a study that was conducted in Canada. A rare out of print book. There is a lot of wear to the softcover wrapper but no writing or personalization inside. The website for the C. D. Howe Institute states that it "is an independent not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to raise living standards by fostering economically sound public… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

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Completely Parsed Caesar Gallic War. Book 1.
by James B. Finch
- Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Apparently the First Edition but Hinds and Noble merged with Eld
- Published
- copyright on title page 1898
- Binding
- Green Hardcover with Gold Lettering
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$100.00
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This book is rare because occasionally it can be found with The Handy Book Company listed as the publisher on both the title page and the bottom of the spine. This one lists Hinds, Noble and Eldredge in both places. The 12 page, plus cover page, catalogue at the back shows that the Handy Book version was 50 cents while… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00

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The Nine Lives of Alphonse
by James L. Johnson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition, so stated
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover lacking dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$12.99
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First edition lacking dust jacket. Very Good condition. Previous owner's address stamp on ffep. "Evangelical Literature Overseas, Box 725, Wheaton, IL 60187". (This is Wheaton College) No other markings present. See photos. Front board bends forward slightly. Historical fiction regarding Cuban refugees with a reprinted epitaph by John F. Kennedy. Book is dedicated "To Those Christian Colleagues in Whom… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.99

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The Last of the Plainsmen
by Zane Grey
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- Second Edition, June 3, 1911
- Published
- 1911
- Binding
- Lime green cloth boards. Hardcover lacking dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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My antique mall booth number and price written in pencil for $12.00 on ffep. Seven pages of advertisements for books published by Grosset & Dunlap in the back. Sun faded spine which is cocked. Second edition, June 3, 1911. A stain on the front and back. Top edge of spine very worn or nibbled on. Wear to bottom edge and… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00

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Warman's Civil War Collectibles
by John F. Graf
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none, softcover
- Edition
- First, not stated
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Field Guide size Softcover.
- ISBN 10
- 0873499816
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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Lightly used book with spine crease. Faintly rubbed bottom front corner and bumped back corner. Cover lifts up slightly. Clean inside. Item Price
$15.00

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Echoes From Russia
by Lascelle Meserve Basily
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as issued
- Edition
- Assumed First, no other copies found
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Small 4 3/4" X 6 1/4" hardcover with leather and marbled boards.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$300.00
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This is a small book of poetry by Madame de Basily in English. Her story can be read on the Hoover Institution website. She is American born and the donor of the items in the Nicolas de Basily room. This book was published in Paris the year after her marriage in November, 1919. Her husband was the Diplomat of Imperial… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00

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Special Counsel
by William F. Rusher
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First, no earlier edition found.
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Trade size cover with dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$24.00
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Price on flap is $6.00 and starts with, " To some, they are mere witchhunts. To others, they don't go far enough." Sound familiar? This book has the author's greeting with signature pasted on the ffep. The jacket is Good- as shown. The book would have been Very Good but there are signs of a water spill at the front… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.00

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The Enemy Within
by Robert F. Kennedy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- 1960, later printing F - M (with untrimmed leaves)
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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The dust jacket is well worn with tears and small pieces missing; however, it has kept the black boards with gold lettering clean and bright. Price on flap is $3.95, No. 9467A. 0260. Back of dust jacket with the Kennedy family photo has No. 5861. Remnants of some glue on back end paper and opposite side. 1960 F - M… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

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Reporting From Washington
by Donald A. Ritchie
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- none, softcover
- Edition
- Second Printing Line
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Trade size paperback.
- ISBN 10
- 0195308921
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$17.95
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This is the softcover version of this book. It does not appear to have been read. It has the second printing line, most likely first paperback edition. Item Price
$17.95

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Becoming O'Keefe
by Sarah Whitaker Peters
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None, softcover
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing (stated)
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Softcover - wrapper has flaps like a dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 1558593624
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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Condition Near Fine. Like New with minor shelf wear. Rare as a SOFTCOVER. Item Price
$15.00

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Golden Song Book
by Katherine Tyler Wessells
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Printing, so stated
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- 9 x 11 1/4" Hardcover with Dust Jacket - 76 pages.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$42.00
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Back dust flap states, " Buy U.S. Savings Stamps and War Bonds". 1945 Edition with First Printing on copyright page. Front flap states, This edition specially bound in cloth $1.50". Sticker Price on cover is 2.45. No writing inside. Songs listed on flaps. Illustrated end papers discolored from age. Dust jacket has a closed tear about 3/4" at top and… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00

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Behind Closed Doors
by Ellis M. Zacharias
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition Third Impression (with untrimmed leaves)
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Standard size hardcover with dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$12.50
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Third impression of the first edition with untrimmed leaves. $3.75 on flap, no name on free end paper. Book in Very Good condition, dust jacket Good with wear around edges and corners and some tears. Please see photos. Item Price
$12.50

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Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America 1861 - 1865
by Thomas L. Livermore
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Royal Blue Hardcover lacking dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$135.00
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The first edition with errata slip glued in on the spine side only. Contains casualties and losses for both the Union and Confederate Armies. There is a statistical table for each battle fought during the civil war. Spine is split at the front with ffep laid in. Also split at the back. Book is complete. No dust jacket. Some soiling… Read more about this item Item Price
$135.00

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The Wisdom of JFK
by T. S. Settle, Editor
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition so stated
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$16.00
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Book has a bump or small dent along the bottom edge a spot that appears soiled near the bottom on the front. Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is worn at the edges of the spine and corners with small tears. Also a closed tear at both top and bottom of front dust jacket about one inch from backstrip. Also… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.00

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Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good- : Good+
- Edition
- EGHF
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover with Coretta Scott King Award Sticker on Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 015201005X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Book is Near Fine with the Corners and Spine Edges Rubbed, Bumped. Beautifully illustrated. Covers states All Ages but I think it is an Advanced Sixth Grade Reading Level. Dust Jacket is worn at corners and edges with tears. Top edge crinkled, bottom rubbed, movement marks. Coretta Scott King Award Sticker says Peace, Non-Violent, Brotherhood with a wonderful logo
by… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00