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The Three Edwards
by Thomas B. Costain
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Dark red cover over a black spine with gold and silver gilt. Very good condition throughout.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$20.00
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An in-depth history of England from the time of the Norman Conquest (William the Conqueror) to the death of Richard III - excluding William (Rufus) II and Henry I. The first volume in this work begins with the final scenes in the reign of Henry I, whose daughter married Geoffrey of Anjou and whose son succeeded in due course to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Forging an Empire: Queen Elizabeth I
by Elizabeth Linington (Dell Shannon)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Blue cover with light blue cloth spine. Dark blue print on spine. Binding and spine in very good condition.
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- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$9.00
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A biography of Elizabeth I, written for young readers by Dell Shannon under the pseudonym Elizabeth Linington. There is a stain at the bottom of the spine, and a little shelf wear, other than that the book is in very good condition, with no writing or marks. Item Price
$9.00
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The Kingdom by the Sea
by Paul Theroux
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Tan cover with with blue cloth spine. Gold gilt print on spine, which is in excellent condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$47.50
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After eleven years as an American living in London, the renowned travel writer Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to… Read more about this item Item Price
$47.50
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Abundance
by Sena Jeter Naslund
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Purple with gold gilt print. Good spine.
- ISBN
- 9780060825393
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$19.00
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A historical novel based on the life of Marie Antoinette from her own perspective. The book itself has been "gift" signed inside of the front cover, under the dust jacket, other than that it is like new. Item Price
$19.00
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Early Greece
by M. I. Finley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Black cover with black cloth spine and gold gilt print, in excellent condition
- ISBN
- 9780393015690
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$17.50
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This book is part of Norton's "Ancient Culture and Society" series, and was originally published in 1970. This new and revised edition was printed in 1981 to include archaeological discoveries, etc. that were unearthed after the original printing. General editor M.I. Finley is a Master of Darwin College and a Professor Emeritus of Ancient History in The University of Cambridge.… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.50
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Camera Obscura
by Van Hildebrand (Nicolaas Beets)
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Edition
- 23rd
- Published
- 1904
- Binding
- Dark brown cloth with black border and trim, and gold gilt print and cover picture. Spine is in decent condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$12.50
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A Dutch literary classic originally written in 1839. Camera Obscura is a collection of stories and reflections written by Hildebrand, pseudonym of Nicolaas Beets. He wrote most pieces as a student of theology in Leiden. Camera Obscura ' gives an image of the 19th-century Netherlands by trekschuit and Stagecoach.
This is the 23rd Edition of the book printed in The… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.50
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Hatteras Journal
by Jan Deblieu
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Grey cloth binding with blue gilt print in very ggod shape
- ISBN
- 9781555910105
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$9.00
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This is a vividly rendered account of the rigors and rewards of dwelling in a stormy, spray-soaked habitat where only the most resilient forms of life - natural and human - manage to prevail. The book itself is in good condition, with no writing, marks or damage, the cover has some "bleached out" looking spots on it. The binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of French Literature Vol. I
by Henri Van Laun
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1878
- Binding
- Multi colored psychadelic binding in excellent condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$22.00
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Early in-depth analysis of French Literature. The binding and spine are in excellent condition, especially considering the age of the book, the outside cover shows quite a bit of shelf wear. It has a really psychedelic "paint-splash" theme that envelopes the insides of the cover as well as the outside page edges. A really nice book. There are no tears,… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.00
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Very Charleston
by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
- Condition
- Used - excellent
- Jacket Condition
- excellent
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003-03
- Binding
- Very nice white cloth with red foil lettering
- ISBN
- 9781565123397
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bluff City, Tennessee, USA
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$11.00
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Artist Diana Gessler captures the enduring appeal of the Lowcountry, from downtown to Sullivan's Island, in watercolors, drawings, historical anecdotes, and fascinating, little-known facts about one of America's most unique and charming cities. In excellent used condition. Like new. Item Price
$11.00