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Boris Karloff (Midnight marquee actors series)
by Gary J. Svehla
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1996
- ISBN
- 9781887664073
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$15.00
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features in-depth analyses of 33 of the films that helped create the legend of Boris Karloff. Film titles covered include: Frankenstein, Behind the Mask/Scarface, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Mummy, The Old Dark House, The Black Cat, The Lost Patrol, The Black Room, Bride of Frankenstein, The Man Who Changed His Mind, The Walking Dead, Charlie Chan at the… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Garth Brooks (Galaxy of Superstars)
by Stauffer, Stacey L.
- Condition
- Like New
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 2000-03
- ISBN
- 9780791053324
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4.99
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Stacey L. Stauffer. Garth Brooks (Galaxy of Superstars) Chelsea House Publications, Philadelphia PA, 2000.
64 pages. Includes color illustrations and index. Perfect binding.
Reading age : 10 - 12 years
Grade level : 4 - 6
Dimensions : 6.75 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
CONDITION: Like New. Unread copy with glossy cover. No writing, marks, or bent pages. Item Price
$4.99
A Texan Looks at Johnson
by Haley, J. Evetts
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1964
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6.00
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A Texan Looks at Johnson; a study in illegitimate power, by J. Evetts Haley. First edition. CONDITION: Good-. Binding is secure - no loose pages. Single spine crease. No writing or other marks. Pages and edges are toned. Covers and page edges stained and rubbed in some spots. .
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$6.00
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Ryan, Pam Munoz
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780439269674
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$55.00
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Signed by both the author and the illustrator. No inscription. No Caldecott sticker. First edition, first printing (full number line). Dust jacket has some rubbing and light edge wear.
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$55.00
Manual of the Public Benefactions of Andrew Carnegie
by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1919
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.50
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Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1919 Ex-private library. Brown cloth, lettered in gilt on front and spine, paper library label on spine, spine darkened, extremities rubbed, small closed tear at head of spine, page edges toned, corners bumped. 321 pp. with tissue-guarded photographic portrait and 16 pp. of black and white photographic reproductions and maps.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.50
Sarah Duchess of Marlborough
by Green, David
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.00
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New York: Scribner's, 1967 First edition. In dustjacket. Boards faded with mildew residue, Dustjacket chipped and stained with loss at foot of spine and rear upper left corner, foxed on verso. Body of book is clean and tight with no markings. Good reading copy. 351 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
$5.00
Graham Greene- : The Enemy Within
by Shelden, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679428831
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6.50
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New York: Random House, 1995 First U.S.edition, first printing. Near fine/Near fine. 454 pp., inlcudes index, bibliography and photographs.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$6.50
Alfred E. Smith
by Finan, Christopher M
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780809030330
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Hill and Wang, 2002 First edition, first printing. Signed by author on half-title page. 396 pp. Small chip in dustjacket lower left front, upper right corner crinkled.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$15.00
The Farewell Symphony
by White, Edmund
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679434771
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- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.50
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New York: Knopf, 1997 First American edition. 413 pp. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Bears the publisher's "Signed by the Author" sticker on dustjacket. The final volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy.. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$22.50
Monk Swimming
by McCourt, Malachy
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780786863983
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Hyperion, 1998 Advanced Readers Copy, signed by author on t.p. , "Blessings, Malachy McCourt." 292 pp. Never read. Excellent condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paper. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Item Price
$20.00
No Free Ride ; from the Mean Streets to the Mainstream
by Mfume, Kweisi
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780345392206
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.50
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New York: Ballantine, 1996 First edition, first printing. F/F, 373 pp. Unread. Autobiography of former Maryland Congressman now President of the NAACP. Written with Ron Stodghill II.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$5.50
Jack London: An Unconventional Biography
by London, Joan
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$12.00
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New York: Book League of America, 1939 387 pp. with portrait frontis. Original brown cloth with black lettering and decoration on spine and front board, top edge red, extremities worn, deckled edge has foxing, endpapers toned, lightly soiled, otherwise in Very Good condition.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$12.00
Shakespeare: His times and His Problems
by Sullivan, Walter
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.00
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New York: Paulist Press Deus Books, 1968 118 pp. Light soiling on paper covers, stain on fore-edge and light foxing on all edges. Abrasion on bottom edge. Rub mark on lower front. Binding is tight and inside is clean.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Item Price
$5.00
Down Thunder Road: the Making of Bruce Springsteen
by Eliot, Mike
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671789336
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992 First edition, first printing. Jacket lightly rubbed on back cover. 382 pp. index and b/w illustrations.Written with the participation of Marc Appel, the man who discovered Springsteen, managed his career, produced his first record and then was fired.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Item Price
$5.00
The Sun at Midday ; Tales of a Mediterranean Family
by Alhadeff, Gini
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679417637
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.50
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New York: Pantheon, 1997 First edition, first printing. 226 pp. A superb family portrait.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$5.50
The Year of Reading Proust ; a Memoir in Real Time
by Rose, Phyllis
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684839844
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- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$5.50
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New York: Scribner, 1997 First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. 268 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$5.50
Back Talk : Teaching Lost Selves to Speak
by Weimar, Joan
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679415466
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4.50
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New York: Random House, 1994 First edition. Hardcover. Small wrinkle at base of spine. 304 pp. Decorated endpapers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$4.50
A Dance Against Time
by Solway, Diane
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671788940
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$8.00
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New York: Pocket Book, 1994 First edition, first printing. VG/VG, corners slightly bumped. 386 pp. Includes bibliography.With photographic illustrations. Signed by the author on front fly-leaf. The remarkable story of Eddie Stierle, his meteoric rise to stardom at the Joffrey Ballet and tragic death at 23 from AIDS.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.00
May Sarton
by Peters, Margot
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679415213
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$9.50
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New York: Knopf, 1997 First edition. Very good with very good dustjacket. 474 pp. Includes index and bibliography. Illustrated with 97 photographs. A fascinating portrait of one of our major literary figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$9.50