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Freedom from Fear and Other Writings

Freedom from Fear and Other Writings

by Kyi, Aung Suo San

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin USA, 1991 First Edition (Soft Cover, Hard Cover issued simultaneously) Full Number Line 1991, edited and with introduction by Michael Aris, subject's husband, in which he expresses the hope that the recent awarding of the Nobel Prize will influence the Myanmar government to release her. On the last page there is a pencilled notation, "10 July 1995 - Freed unconditionally, victorious. like Ghandi and Mandella." Sad to say, she was rearrested shortly thereafter, and except for a few short periods has been under house arrest much of the time, and for the past 13 years continuously. On 27 May 2008 her house arrest was extended for another year. When her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997, the Burmese government denied him an entry visa. He died in 1999 and they never saw each other again. She remains separated from her children, who live in the United Kingdom.[16] NEWS: the organisation AVAAZ is working together with Kyi's Burmese… Read More
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Cranberry Thanksgiving
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Cranberry Thanksgiving

by Devlin, Wende and Harry

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Used - Very Good
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Not Stated
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Hardcover
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New York & Evanston: Parent's Magazine Press, 1971 Copyright Is 1971 And Library Of Congress Number Is 73-1537389, Isbn 0819304980. Unpaginated. No Indication Of Any Printing Other Than The First. No Dust Jacket. Light Wear To Binding And Corners. It Has Cranberry Coloured Endpapers With Portraits Of All Of The Characters. On The Last Page And On The Back Board Is The Recipe For Grandmother's Famous Cranberry Bread (Get Mother To Help), And A Notation That The Recipe Has Been Tested By The Food Department Of Parents' Magazine. A Scarce Book In Celebration Of Family Treasures, Treasured Recipes And Strength Of Character.
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Louie's Search
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Louie's Search

by Keats, Ezra Jack

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Used - Very Good+
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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U.S.A.: Four Winds Press, 1980 Very Nice Copy In Very Good Plus Condition In Very Good Clipped Dust Jacket Signed By Ezra Jack Keats On The Title Page. There Is Also A Gift Inscription On The Endpaper. Stated First Printing Of The First Edition Of The 1980 Four Winds Press Edition. Classic Keats Story Of A Determined Little Boy Outside In His New Urban Neighbourhood Constructed With Painting And Collage. This One Has A Particularly Entertaining Array Of Characters And Street Scenes.
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The Compleet Molesworth
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The Compleet Molesworth

by Willans, Geoffrey

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1st Edition
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London: Max Parrish, 1958 Good To Very Good, Second Impression Max Parrish 1958, Hardcover In Acceptable Jacket. Lower Corner Clipped But Shows Original Price Of 10/6. There Appears To Be A Small Blue Ink Scribble Across Nigel's Face On The Front Panel (Although Given That These Are Searle's Illustrations, It Is Not Impossible That This Was Intentional). Clean Black Boards With Coppery Spine Lettering, Binding And Corners Intact, No Writing Or Marks. Slight Cant As Well As Two Round Impressions To Front Board, As If Stored Under Something With Feet (And The Waverley Novels). Small Mark To Back Panel. General Wear.
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Winter of Enchantment
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Winter of Enchantment

by Walker, Victoria

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1st Edition
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U.K.: Hart-Davis, 1969 Very Good First Hart-Davis Edition 1969 In Very Good Unclipped Dust Jacket. Remnant Of Book Plate On Ffep.Light crease to both front board and Dust Jacket. Clean Purple Boards With Gilt Lettering First Novel Written And Illustrated By Victoria Walker.
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The Return of the Great Brain (Great Brain #6)

The Return of the Great Brain (Great Brain #6)

by Fitzgerald, John

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As New
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U.S.A.: Yearling, 1975 Dell Yearling Stated First Printing September 1975. Cover Price $1.25. As New. Light Toning. Illustrated By Mercer Meyer.
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Twenty-Four Robbers

Twenty-Four Robbers

by Wood, Audrey

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U.K.: Child's Play, 1980 Child's Play Copyright 1980, Isbn 0859531007. Not Dated. Presume First. Book Is In As New Condition, No Writing Or Marks. Glossy Pictorial Boards. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Printed In Singapore. Child's Play International Began In The Uk In 1972. Audrey Wood Adapted The Words From A Traditional Skipping Rhyme.
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Aunts Aren't Gentlemen A Jeeves And Bertie Story
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Aunts Aren't Gentlemen A Jeeves And Bertie Story

by Wodehouse, P. G.

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Used - Near Fine
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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London, U.K.: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974 Barrie & Jenkins, 1974, First Edition, Near Fine, Former Owner Bookplate (Estate Of Nancy Martin), Dust Jacket By Osbert Lancaster Isj Near Fine But Price Clipped. Blue Boards With Silver Titles. Very Nice Condition.
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Jelly Belly

Jelly Belly

by Lee, Dennis

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Toronto On: Macmillan of Canada, 1983 Signed Copy By Author, Dennis Lee, Macmillan 1983 Apparent First. No Writing Or Marks. Production Flaw: Laminate On Front Board Is Wrinkled, Otherwise Very Good Binding And Corners. Illustrated By Juan Wijngaard.
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Otter Nonsense

Otter Nonsense

by Norton Juster

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Used - Very Good+
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Hardcover
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New York: Philomel, 1982 Imagine! Phantom Tollbooth Meets Hungry Caterpillar. What A Collaboration! Apparently They Are/Were Neighbours And Good Friends. If You Google Both Eric Carle And Norton Juster You Will Be Treated To Photos Of Them,(Along With Barry Moser), Wearing T-Shirts That Say I Am Not Eric Carle And I Am Not Norton Juster Respectively. As Suggested By The Title, Otter Nonsense Is A Book Of Animal Line Drawings Illustrating Some Terrible Puns! 'Weasel Overcome," For Example. This Is A Very Good Plus Presumed First Philomel Edition With Gift Inscription On Ffep. Unclipped Dust Jacket Has A Small Stain To Lower Rear Bottom Edge Near Spine, About 1.5 Inches Long And .25 Inches High. Price Is $8.95.
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Coke Machine Glow

Coke Machine Glow

by Gordon Downie

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Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2001 This Is A Very Nice First Edition First Printing Of Coke Machine Glow By The Late Gord Downie. The Corners Are Not Perfect But Otherwise This Copy Is In Near Fine Condition And Appears Unread.
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He Who Passed: To M.L.G.
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He Who Passed: To M.L.G.

by Anonymous (Williamson, A.M./Alice Muriel Livingston/Alice Muriel King/Alice Stuyvesant, John Colin Dane)

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Toronto Canada: Henry Frowde, 1912 324Pp: (Iv) Page 320 Indicates British Printer Richard Clay And Sons). Very Scarce First Canadian Edition Of This Unusual Originally Anonymous Book Which Became Newsworthy When The Actress Author Came Forward. Green Boards With Gilt Lettering Are Quite Clean With A Bit Of Spotting And Wear At Lower Front Corner And Along Spine At The Front. Spine Lean. Front Hinge Is Weak And Partially Split. Two Former Owner Signatures On First Page Of Text. Very Slight Foxing To End Papers. Just Under 7-3/4".
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Chrysanthemum and the Bat: Baseball Samurai Style
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Chrysanthemum and the Bat: Baseball Samurai Style

by Whiting, Robert

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New York: Avon Books, 1983 This book almost 40 years old and appears to be unread. There is a date or code (3/11/13) written on the first prelim page and pages are toned but it is otherwise near new. Stated first printing with full number line. Robert Whiting provides "a look at a very different culture through America's favorite sport -- Baseball mania in today's Japan" [from the cover]. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs.
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Moonlight
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Moonlight

by Ormerod, Jan

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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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London: Viking, 1982 Viking Kestrel Very Good Minus 1982 reprint Book without words depicting super tired parents trying to get their daughter to bed and to stay there! No writing or marks and corners are not rubbed, but there are two dings to the spine.Oblong with 28 pages. Glazed pictorial boards. Currently in high demand.
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Poemas Clandestinos Clandestine Poems
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Poemas Clandestinos Clandestine Poems

by Dalton, Roque

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San Francisco, CA USA: Solidarity Publications, 1984 A near mint copy of the June 1984 stated first printing of this bilingual Spanish-English collection of poetry by Roque Dalton, a writer and Marxist revolutionary from El Salvador and an important influence in Central American literature. He was assassinated in 1975 just before his 40th birthday. The title page is date stamped December 25, 1985, No other flaws. Paperback 12 mo. 206 pages,
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