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The Proficient Reader
by Epstein, Ira D. and Ernest B. Nieratka
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Second
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780395631775
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$17.00
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A small amount of external wear, including a bent corner (front lower right), a few chips along the front edge of the spine and a little soiling of the front cover. The pages appear to be clean, tight and unmarked. The pages are detatchable. A fairly rare book, this will ship at over two pounds. … Read more about this item Item Price
$17.00
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The World of Food
by Medved, Eva
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1977
- ISBN
- 9780663349647
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$7.75
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Forty plus years ago, this was the textbook for the Home Economics class at Stadium High School in Tacoma, WA. After about ten years of use, it went into hiding, only to arrive in my bookstore in June of 2024. The book has stains, wear at the corners, bent page corners, margin notes, and all the other things one would… Read more about this item Item Price
$7.75
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The Leading Facts of English History
by Montgomery, D. H.
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1898
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$9.75
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No dust jacket. Maroon fabric covered boards, showing wear at the corners (boards peeking out) and at the top and bottom of the spine. The pages are generally clean and tight, with just a little bit of penciled marginalia ending after a handful of pages. Quite a bit of writing on the front endpaper, including the owner's name, with a… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.75
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Practical Physics
by Millikan, Robert Andrews and Henry Gordon Gale
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1920
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$13.75
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No dust jacket, probably never was one. The book was not treated well by the original owner, yet is still solid and tight. The cover shows wear, writing and the use of the owner's new grinder. (See photos for some of the many wedges cut from the edges of the cover.) The owner also seemed to… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.75
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Common School Examiner and Review
by Brown, Isaac Hinton
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Edition
- Revised
- Published
- 1898
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$27.50
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A rare edition. All I have found online are editions from the early 20th century. This would be a great sourcebook for quiz nights. I was a teacher for 40 years, but some of these questions stump me.
No dust jacket. The tan fabric covered boards show just mild wear at the edges and corners, and there… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.50
Criminology
by Siegel, Larry J.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Seventh
- Published
- 2001
- ISBN
- 9780534545147
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$9.75
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Textbook. Has some highlighting, but little other wear. No dust jacket, likely as was published. Solid binding. Little cover wear other than a pair of bumped corners (lower). This book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price. Item Price
$9.75
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Heroes and Holidays
by Maria, Sr. Josefita
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1934
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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$11.25
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Red fabric covered boards, worn through at the corners. Two color printed front cover and blue print on the spine. Written by the Supervisor of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for use in their grade schools. Illustrated, with many in color. Eighteen units, with review questions and vocabulary lists. A "Little Dictionary" and index at… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.25
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Great Names & Nations
by Niver, Harmon B.
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1906
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$35.00
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A small book with brief histories of ten areas and peoples, with illustrations. Intended as a text for students starting their study of countries of the world. The deep red fabric shows some wear at the corners and the extremes of the spine, plus a couple small spots of bleaching. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
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McGuffey's Eclectic Readers: Primer Through the Sixth
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- ca 1970
- ISBN
- 9780442289065
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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$98.00
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This is a reprint of a set of reading books from the 19th Century. Includes the Primer and levels one through six. The slip cover has suffered wear on the lower panel, at most of the corners, and along a couple of seams. The books show almost no wear and probably could have been called "Near Fine".… Read more about this item Item Price
$98.00
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McGuffey's Rhetorical Guide: or Fifth Reader of The Eclectic Series: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry with Copious Rules and Rhetorical Exercises
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Edition
- Revised Stereotype Edition
- Published
- 1844
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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A book from before the Civil War. Reading textbook, in both prose and poetry. Leather covers, scraped and worn. The leather has worn off at the corners, allowing the boards to peek through. The covers are held on by the stitching, as the leather is no longer connected to that of the spine. Some of… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
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Word Lessons
by Reed, Alonzo
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1902
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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Paper covered boards with fabric over teh spine, showing wear in all those places you would expect it to, especially at the corners. Binding is solid. Endpapers have pencil marks and there are a few small pencil marks throughout the pages. The pages are tight and bright. Page 127 has been torn in a couple places, as… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
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The New Normal Mental Arithmetic
by Brooks, Edward
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- 1873
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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$6.75
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No dust jacket. Brown fabric covered boards, with wear and stains in various locations. Not too bad for a 150 year-old book. Endpapers are split both front and rear. Notes written throughout, with a half-dozen or so torn pages. Item Price
$6.75
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McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader: Exercises in Rhetorical Reading, with Introductory Rules and Examples
by McGuffey, Wm. H.
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Stereotype Edition
- Published
- 1867
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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No dust jacket. Cover is brown cloth with embossed decoration, front and back, with deteriorating tooled black leather over the spine with the remains of gilt print. Fabric is worn through at all four corners. Free endpapers are missing front and back, plus any other pages that might have preceeded the title page. Remaining pages are present, moderatey tight, unmarked,… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
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Personnel Management in Government
by Naff, Katherine C., Norma M. Riccucci and Siegrun Fox Freyss
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- seventh
- Published
- 2014
- ISBN
- 9781466513631
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$39.00
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Little wear to the book. One lower corner has edgewear to the extent the board is showing, and trhe head of the spine is showing a split that appears to have come from being dropped. The rear cover is festooned with the remains of a number of partially removed stickers from previous booksellers. Binding is sound and… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.00
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Evolutionary Ecology
by Pianka, Eric R.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Fourth
- Published
- 1990
- ISBN
- 9780060452162
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$10.75
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A nice book with very little wear. A small amount of highlighting on some pages, otherwise clean and tight. No dust jacket. Item Price
$10.75
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Introduction to Law and the Legal System
by Grilliot, Harold J.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1975
- ISBN
- 9780395186947
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$21.50
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Substantial rubbing to the cover. Pages are tight and intact, with a bit of highlighting and a margin note or two. Edition status unmentioned, might be a first. A rare book and highly valued book. Item Price
$21.50
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Aprendendo Com Os Erros (Learning from Mistakes)
by Quaresma de Figueiredo, Francisco José
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2002
- ISBN
- 9788572741989
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$4.75
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Very little wear. This is a workbook for the Portuguese speaker learning English. Item Price
$4.75
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The United States: Experiment in Democracy
by Craven, Avery and Walter Johnson
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1947
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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Worn all over the exterior, especially along the lower edges. Pages are tight and intact, with substantial underlining. History as it was up until the end of the Second World War. The book will ship at over three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price. Item Price
$10.00
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The United States in Literature
by Miller, James E., Jr,. Robert Hayden and Robert O'Neal
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1976
- ISBN
- 9780673102119
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$4.75
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A high school textbook of fiction and nonfiction literature from before Common Core. See what kids in the 1970s and 1980s read in class. Looks just like a typical textbook of the time, with writing in many places and a number of names inside the front cover. Photo #6 shows one partial spine break. Pages are… Read more about this item Item Price
$4.75
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An Introduction to Western Civilization
by Hedger, George A., Ed.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1949
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$8.50
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No dust jacket. Red cloth cover shows wear and fading. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean and tight, with scattered underlining and highlighting. This book will ship at three pounds or more. Excess shipping cost is included in the list price. There aren't many of this book on the market. Item Price
$8.50
