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Frederick Emerson Clarke: In Memoriam: A Brief Biography and Voluntary Tributes (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Lawrence, MA, Wrighht and Potter: 1900

Seller ID: 022502

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue blind-stamped cloth, gold gilt lettering and design, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations with tissue guards, viii, 97pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Memorial Addresses and Other Tributes in the Congress of the United States on the Life and Contribution of Karl E. Mundt (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1974

Seller ID: 029123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Navy cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. Portrait frontispiece. No writing in the book. v, 38pp. Full refund if not satisfied. 93rd Congress, Second Session. Mundt was a South Dakota Senator.
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Big Daddy, You Are Fantastic: Paul Evans Hunt an Autobiography (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Self-published:

Seller ID: 031560

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

Self-published, spiral bound, 221 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Celebration of Life Service: Charlie Rome Silver and Angie Wise Silver (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Anders-Rice Funeral Home Chapel: 1997

Seller ID: 032940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Two Memorial Service notices bound in one leather-like volume. Nice copy. No writing in the book. Includes newspaper obituary of one of the deceased. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs (complete in 7 volumes)

By: N/A

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Chalres Knight, Pall-Mall East: 1833

Seller ID: 009810

Binding: half leather

Condition: Very Good +

Attractive set. Marbleized end sheets. There is a portrait plate for each subject.Gilt lettering on hubbed spines.
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The Haunts of Shakespeare

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: International Engraving and Illustrated Co: 1896

Seller ID: 034711

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good -

Oblong paperback. Raised lettering and design on pictorial front cover. Illustrated in black and white. Not paginated. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Royal Family of France during the Revolution. Vol. II (part of Courts of Europe series)

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, George Barrie & Son:

Seller ID: 006811

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This is vol 6 of a series of 12. This is number 120 of 1000.Bookplate.Taken from the journal and letters of the Princess Lamballe. Full refund if not satisfied.
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World Biography (Two Volume Set)

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Institute for Research in Biography: 1948

Seller ID: 061853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Two volume set. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering on front and spine. 5,120 pp total, each volume about 2,500 pp. Volume I covers A-K and volume II covers L-Z. Volumes sunned on spine and lightly discolored in places, particularly lnear bottom. Cloth torn alongside front hinge on volume I, but binding remains tight. Dampstaining toward bottom of fore edge of both volumes. Some tears at bottom of first few pages through part of text body, but text body remains in book. Volumes are free of notation and foxing. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Tokens Of a Nation's Sorrow. Addresses... Funeral Solemnities on the Death of John Quincy Adams

By: (Adams, John Quincy)

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Washington, J. & G B Gideon: 1848

Seller ID: 047240

Binding: Softcover (Disbound) Pamphlet

Condition: Good Condition

Disbound pamphlet, no wrappers, foxed. Engraved portrait frontispiece present. Size: 8vo. 40 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Tribute Of Boston Merchants to the Memory of Joshua Bates October 1864

By: (Bates, Joshua) [1788 - 1864]

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Boston, John Wilson & Son.: 1864

Seller ID: 051014

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair Condition

Wrappers quite worn, detached, paper age toned and brittle. Bottom forecorner damp stained, edges chipped. Bates was born in England, sent to Boston to represent an English company, became wealthy and donated sizable amounts to Boston charities. He died in England. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10". 49 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Brief Sketch of Abigail Browne, of Salem, Mass. (Grandfather's Stories)

By: (Browne, Abigail)

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Boston, S. K. Whipple: 1852

Seller ID: 049615

Binding: Softcover(Saddle-stitched)

Condition: Good Condition

Ex library with stamp on base of front wrapper & verso of title page. Wrappers soiled, some very light soiling of some page edges. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. 33 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Children. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Memoir Of John Caldwell Calhoun: to the City of Charleston, Which has Recently Exhibited a Magnificent and Impressive Funeral Pageant, Etc.

By: (Calhoun, John C. )

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, American Whig Review: 1850

Seller ID: 050612

Binding: Softcover (Disbound)

Condition: Good Condition

Disbound pamphlet, no wrappers, portrait frontispiece & title page moderately to heavily foxed, lighter foxing throughout the rest. Close trimmed, especially at the bottom. Reprinted from the American Whig Review, Aug. 1850. Size: 8vo. 16 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Memorials of Hon. Albert C. Greene, Died, January 8th, 1863

By: (Greene, Albert C. [1792 - 1863])

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Providence, Knowles, Anthony & Co.: 1863

Seller ID: 057656

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good Condition

Wrappers soiled, little chipped. Paper age toned but not brittle. Prominent figure in Rhode Island, including elective offices and military service. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 12 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Commemoration of the Centenary of the Birth of James Russell Lowell [1819-1891] Poet Scholar Diplomat

By: (James Russell Lowell)

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, American Academy of Arts & Letters: 1919

Seller ID: 054964

Binding: Hardcover (Half Cloth)

Condition: Good Condition

Binding rubbed, boards soiled, corners bumped. Bookplate & inked note inside front cover. Size: Large Octavo. 95 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Obituary Horace Binney Wallace

By: (Wallace, Horace Binney) [1817 - 1852]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, C. Sherman: 1853

Seller ID: 049083

Binding: Softcover(Saddle-stitched)

Condition: Good Condition

Wrappers quite soiled, light edge wear. Folded down the middle, some page edges little wrinkled and a little penetration of dust to edges of pages. Wallace wrote extensively on legal subjects plus his "Stanley", q. v. He died in Paris on a trip for his health. Size: 8vo. 12 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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American Biography: A New Cyclopedia

By: A Notable Advisory Board

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The American Historical Society, Inc.: 1934

Seller ID: 015103

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No volume number indicated. Bound in half red leather with maroon cloth boards and gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Gilt head edge. Covers show light wear. Hinges sturdy inside and out. Previous owner's name stamped to front and back decorative endsheets, half title page, and book edges. Mild toning to endsheets and plates. Illustrated with numerous plates and frontispiece that are protected by tissue guards. Clean, crisp text pages. Binding tight and square. A handsome volume. Full refund if not satisfied.
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My Memoirs - Alexandre Dumas (First American Edition)

By: A. Craig Bell, Translator

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Chilton Company Book Division: 1961

Seller ID: 028801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Cloth spine with paper covered boards. Gold spine lettering. No writing in the book. Illustrated. ix, 257pp., index. Mylar cover. First American Edition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Life, Character and Public Services of Jas. A. Garfield (Signed First Edition)

By: A. G. Riddle

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Wm. Flint: 1880

Seller ID: 041571

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed First Edition. Brown decorated cloth. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Inscribed by the author to a Congressman (Honorable W. L. Chaffee of Jefferson, Ohio). Envelope remainder addressed to Chaffee is laid in. Old newspaper article about the author is laid in. 427pp., with an erratum page. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Life of Clifton Clay or True Stories for Parents and Children

By: A. L. Coburn

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Charlotte, NC, Ray Printing Co:

Seller ID: 034628

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Written by A. L. Coburn in the years 1903-4. Paperback. Circa 1904. Original paper wraps. Two photo frontispieces (of the author and his wife). 179pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Mr. Pepys of Seething Lane: A Narrative

By: Abernethy, Cecil

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill: 1957

Seller ID: 054734

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Very Good Condition

Little mildew stained on back cover & very light stain on lower edge of front cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 384 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America)

By: Abraham Lincoln; Don E. Fehrenbacher [Editor]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Library of America: 1989

Seller ID: 033765

ISBN: 0940450437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Volume 1 of 2 only. Publisher's blue cloth with black and gold spine lettering and design. Mylar cover. xix, 898pp. Decorated end-papers. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) First Printing

By: Abraham Lincoln; Don E. Fehrenbacher [Editor]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Library of America: 1989

Seller ID: 039414

ISBN: 0940450437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Abraham Lincoln measured the promise and cost of American freedom in lucid and extraordinarily moving prose, famous for its native wit, simple dignity of expressions, and peculiarly American flavor. This volume, with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writing 1859-1865, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. over 240 speeches, letters, and drafts take Lincoln from rural law practice to national prominence, and chart his emergence as an eloquent antislavery advocate and defender of the constitution. included are the complete Lincoln-Douglas debates, perhaps the mos...
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A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama...

By: Ada Sterling

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, Inc.: 1905

Seller ID: 018106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated from contemporary portraits, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii, 386pp., index, binding tight, nice copy, Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Letters Of Henry Adams (1858-1891) Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford (Vol. 1 Only)

By: Adams, Henry [1838 - 1918]

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Kraus Reprint Company: 1969

Seller ID: 052171

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Very Good Condition

Slight spotting on back cover. Size: 8vo. vii + 552. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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THOMAS WOLFE, CAROLINA STUDENT. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. [At head: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, LIBRARY EXTENSION PUBLICATION. VOL. XV. JANUARY 1950. NO. 2.

By: Agatha Boyd Adams

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Library: 1950

Seller ID: 032747

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. Original printed wrappers. 91, [1], [4 blank] pp. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Melba: A Biography with chapters by Madame Melba on the Selection of Music as a Profession & on the Science of Singing (First Edition)

By: Agnes G. Murphy

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday Page & Company: 1909

Seller ID: 026509

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Burgundy illustrated cloth with gold lettering and design. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrated. Top edges gold. Inner hinges starting. xiv, 348pp., index. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Memoirs Of Religious Impostors, from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century, Etc.

By: Aikin, M.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, Jones & Company: 1822

Seller ID: 046172

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Good Condition

Ex library with spine lettering & book plate removed. Original boards, worn, spine taped. Page edges soiled, little stained, stitching weak. Accounts of Joanna Southcott [1792 - 1814] & Wm. Huntington; Life of James Nayler by D. Hughson (London, 1814) ; Copious Account of French & English Prophets Who Infested London during 1707, etc. By Hughson (London, 1814) ; Elizabeth Barton, Holy Maid of Kent [1533 - 1534]; Richard Brothers [1792 - 1795]; & brief account of Joan of Arc. This 1822 imprint probably the 3rd edition. Size: Small 8vo 7?" - 8". 292 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped...
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The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon

By: Ajami, Fouad

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Ithaca, Cornell University Press: 1987

Seller ID: 054738

ISBN: 0801494168

Binding: Softcover (Perfect Bound)

Condition: Near Fine Condition

Name in ink on fly leaf. First softcover edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 228 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Theology. ISBN/EAN: 9780801494161. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, the Artic Discoverer (First Edition)

By: Alexander Simpson

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London, Richard Bentley: 1845

Seller ID: 061756

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. Brown half-leather covers with marbleized boards. Decorative gilt stamped spine with a burgundy slip. Five raised bands. Frontispiece. Fold-out map. viii, 424pp. Front and back hinges/joints are detaching, but both covers are still holding. Places of rubbing to covers and spine. Head and foot of spine chipped. Ex-library (black mark on spine and library stamp on title page). First few pages have a small tear along their fore-edge. Slight browning within. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. "Thomas Simpson (2 July 1808 ? 1...
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Blue Ridge Mountain Memories: The True Story of a Mountain Girl at the Turn of the Century (First Edition)

By: Alice McGuire Hamilton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Atlanta, GA, Conger Printing and Publishing Co: 1977

Seller ID: 032618

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Recounts the 21 years of the author's life in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Paperback. Pictorial cover. 176pp. Illustrated. Full refund if not satisfied.
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I Am Ella Fountain Keesler Pratt: An Oral History (First Edition)

By: Alicia J. Rouverol

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Durham , NC, Durham Arts Council: 1999

Seller ID: 022945

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Paperback, no writing in the book, xiii, 101pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England

By: Alison Meir

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2015

Seller ID: 060243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

A biography of a remarkable woman. Bound in gold buckram with a design in red and black. Red end papers. Illustrated with various media throughout the text. Indexed. 505 pp. Black slip case. Book and slip case both in like new condition. Very nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Dictionary of American Biography (Volume 1-10, Plus 7 Supplement Volumes and 1 Index Volume) Complete 16 Volume Set

By: Allen Johnson, Dumas Malone, Edward T. James, John A. Garraty, Editors

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1958-1981

Seller ID: 061701

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Complete 16-Volume Set. Volumes 1-10, plus 7 Supplements in 5 volumes and 1 Index volume. Maroon cloth covers. Gilt insignia on front covers (not Index volume). Decorated end-papers (except 2 volumes, Supplement 3-5). Irregular pagination. Volumes 1-10 are 1,200 to 1,400 pages long. Supplements range from 700 to 1,800 pages (except for Index volume which is 214 pages). Ex-library set. Spines of Volumes 1-10 are sunned. No underlining or writing in any volume (just a few library stamps near beginning of text bodies). Set is in very good condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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An Uncommon Man" The Story of Dr. William Pearson Tolley and Syracuse University

By: Allen, James E., Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Newcomen Society of North America: 1963

Seller ID: 057426

Binding: Softcover (Saddle-stapled)

Condition: Very Good Condition

Very slightly soiled, staples a little rusted. The Newcomen Society of North America was chartered in 1961, following the earlier establishment in 1923 of the Newcomen Society in England. The focus is on "material history, as distinguished from political history". This includes education, business, banking, railroads, utilities, insurance, & other enterprises contributing to the progress of society. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 24 pages. Illustrator: Woodcuts. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Biography & Au...
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Les Vies des Hommes Illustres Grecs et Romains: Demosthenes et Ciceron (Ed by Jean Normand)

By: Amyot, Jacques

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris, Librairie Hatchette: 1927

Seller ID: 055772

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good Condition

Wrappers rubbed, little soiled, small creases. Interior largely untrimmed and very good. Part of a series of works published by the Societe de Textes Francais Modernes, printed at Macon by Protat Freres. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Small Octavo. 143 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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My Testimony (First Edition)

By: Anatoly Marchenko; Translated by Michael Scammell

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co: 1969

Seller ID: 042420

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

First Edition. Black cloth. Page edges age tone. xix, 415pp. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Full refund if not satisfied.
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An Astronomer's Wife: The Biography of Angeline Hall (Signed First Edition)

By: Angelo Hall

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Nunn & Company: 1908

Seller ID: 030405

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The Halls of Goshen gold seal on front cover. Two toned cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Author's gift inscription on front free end-paper signed, "Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Taylor, with the author's kind regards." Frontispiece with tissue guard. 129pp. Front inner hinge split (but holding strong). Full refund if not satisfied.
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Queen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of Information

By: Anna Rubino

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Beacon Press: 2008

Seller ID: 060801

ISBN: 080707277X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

The story of a gutsy journalist who challenged power- and succeeded. Quarter maroon cloth with dark brown paper boards. Titled in gold on spine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Indexed, 346 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Book and dust jacket both in like new condition. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Legacy of George Stanbury Flood, 1847-1935 : His Letters & Journal (First Edition)

By: Anne Carr; Sue Knopf

Price: $15.00

Publisher: LaCrosse, WI, Graffolio: 2005

Seller ID: 031402

ISBN: 0976643715

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

Paperback. Gift inscription inside front cover. xxiii, 200pp. Illustrated. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Letters from the Mountains; Being the Real Correspondence of a Lady Between the Years 1773 and 1807 (Complete 3 Volume Set)

By: Anne Grant

Price: $175.00

Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, & Brown / J. Hatchard / Mrs. Cook: 1813

Seller ID: 060527

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A Complete 3 Volume Set. Deep brown full leather covers with gold lettering and decorative designs on the spine. Covers' edges have gilt designs as well. Volume 1 rebacked. 216pp. 280pp. 220pp. Normal shelf wear to the spines and covers. Front and back hinges of each volume are stating (except the front hinge of Volume 1). Binding is tight. Text bodies are moderately browned. Several pages have small tears. Books are free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. "Anne Grant often styled Mrs Anne Grant of Laggan (21 February 1755 ? 7 November 1838) was a Scot...
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Michael Howe, the Last & Worst of the Bushrangers (A Facsimile of the Original Edition of 1818)

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1977

Seller ID: 059683

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial beige cloth covers. 36pp. Binding is tight. First and last few pages lightly foxed, but text body is free from any foxing. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Image for A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig Commerce, Of Hartford, Conn.; James Riley, Master: - Upon the Western Coast of Africa, August, 28th, 1815: Also, Of The Slavery and Sufferings of the Author and the Rest of the Crew, Upon the Desert of Zahara, In the Years of 1815, 1816, 1817; with Accounts of the Manners, Customs, and Habits of Wandering Arabs; Also, A Brief Historical and Geographical View of the Continent of Africa

A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig Commerce, Of Hartford, Conn.; James Riley, Master: - Upon the Western Coast of Africa, August, 28th, 1815: Also, Of The Slavery and Sufferings of the Author and the Rest of the Crew, Upon the Desert of Zahara, In the Years of 1815, 1816, 1817; with Accounts of the Manners, Customs, and Habits of Wandering Arabs; Also, A Brief Historical and Geographical View of the Continent of Africa

By: Archibald Robbins

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hartford, Silas Andrus & Son: 1847

Seller ID: 062243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Dark navy blue cloth binding with decorative gilt and blind stamped covers/spine. 275pp. Covers and spine have some staining and spots of rubbing. Previous owner's name and some other writing within front cover. Foxing throughout. A portion of pages have some small dampstains (does not affect text). Text body is free from underlining or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Saddest Story: A Biography of Ford Madox Ford (

By: Arthur Mizener

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York and Cleveland, The World Publishing Company: 1971

Seller ID: 024364

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Two toned cloth, gold lettering, no writing in the book, xxiii, 616pp., index, original slipcase box in near fine condition, Full refund if not satisfied.
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Frank Porter Graham: A Southern Liberal (First Edition)

By: Ashby, Warren

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Winston-Salem, NC, J. F. Blair: 1980

Seller ID: 037236

ISBN: 0895870096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Burgundy cloth with gold spine lettering. Mylar cover. Dust jacket is not price clipped. x, 386pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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By Way of Canarsie: a winding route from there to here (Signed)

By: August

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Lehigh Acres, FL, Farhills Ent: 2012

Seller ID: 040871

ISBN: 0985864109

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

This is a self biography and a wonderful little history book. Inscribed by the author on title page. Illustrated. xxvii, 329pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Story of Sam Michele (in slip case)

By: Axel Munthe

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1991

Seller ID: 059530

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

1 volume in slip case. Introduction by Tim Burnett. Full orange cloth with design in brown and gold by Sue Bradbury. Pale green end sheets. Photographs throughout. Dark brown slip case. 360 pp. Book and slip case in like new condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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John D. Rockefeller: The Authentic and Dramatic Story of the World's Greatest Money Maker and Money Giver

By: B. F. Winkelman

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Universal Book and Bible House: 1937

Seller ID: 035046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This is a Prospectus (sample) book which contains a few sample of the complete book. Not full book. Bound in the actual binding (blue illustrated cloth with gold and black lettering and design). Uncommon. Mixed pagination (due to sampling nature). No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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By: Bacall, Lauren

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Knopf: 1994

Seller ID: 058731

ISBN: 0394574125

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Lauren Bacall speaks openly, humorously and candidly of her work with its ups and downs, romance, friendship and loneliness. Paper hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket mylar covered; front and back photographs of author with many photographs included in text. Inscribed by Bacall on title page; 214 pp. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Diary Of Isaac Backus (Ed. by William G. McLoughlin) (3 Vols)

By: Backus, Isaac

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Providence, Brown University Press: 1979

Seller ID: 046288

ISBN: 0870571486

Condition: Very Good Condition

(3 Volume set) shipping weight eight pounds. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 1780 pages. 3-volume set (complete). Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 8. Shipped Weight: 8 pounds or less. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Theology. ISBN/EAN: 9780870571480. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Alien at Home: Divine Intervention: The Life of Elie Sutton (Signed by co-author)

By: Bahia Abrams

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Sutco Publishing: 2011

Seller ID: 038488

ISBN: 061540085X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Elie Sutton is both the central figure of this book and a symbol of the Syrian-Jewish people. Jews had resided in Syria for over 2500 years. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were confronted with widespread military conscription into the Ottoman Empire. Then a sharp rise in violent anti-Semitism swept over the country after Israel became a state in 1948. The Jewish people suffered a severe decline in their economic and social conditions and their citizenship, businesses and homes were confiscated. For these reasons, the Jews fled Syria and scattered to foreign lands. Elie's fat...
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