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LINCOLN
by LUCY FOSTER MADISON
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1928
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$25.50
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NEW YORK: THE HAMPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1928 BEAUTIFUL BOOK AND ARTWORK. RED TEXTURED COVER, PICTURE OF LINCOLN FRONT, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. VERY NICE DETAIL WITH BEAUTIFUL ART IN THROUGHOUT. ONLY MARKING IS AN INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT WHERE IT WAS GIVEN TO THE FORMER OWNER FOR 10 YEARS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE AT WILSON PRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL. Abraham Lincoln… Read more about this item Item Price
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KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES
by TALBOT MUNDY
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.50
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NEW YORK: A. L. BURT COMPANY, 1925 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, BLACK DESIGN WITH BLUE PRINT FRONT, BLACK PRINT SPINE, BEAUTIFUL BOOK. FORMER OWNER NAME AND INSCRPTION FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS. COPYRIGHT 1916, NO PUBLISH DATE, ESTIMATE CIRCA 1925. King of the Khyber Rifles is a novel by British writer Talbot Mundy. Captain Athelstan King is a secret agent… Read more about this item Item Price
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PABO, THE PRIEST; A NOVEL
by S. BARING GOULD
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1899
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$32.50
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NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY, 1899 NICE LOOKING LIGHT BROWN BOOK. BLACK AND ORANGE DECORATION FRONT COVER. BLACK DESIGN SPINE. WEAR AROUND EDGES OF BOOK AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS STICKER INSIDE, BOOKSTORE SOLD AT STICKER. CLEAN AND TIGHT OTHERWISE. 25 CHAPTERS. HISTORICAL FICTION, BIBLIOGRAPHY. Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 ¿ 2 January 1924) was an English Anglican priest, hagiographer,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
by BENVENUTO CELLINI, TRANSLATED BY JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$24.50
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GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: THE SUN DIAL PRESS, 1932 BENVENUTO CELLINI, 1500-1571, Italian sculptor, metalsmith, and author. His remarkable autobiography (written 1558-62), which reads like a picaresque novel, is one of the most important documents of the 16th cent. Cellini tells of his escapades with the frankness and consummate egoism characteristic of the Renaissance man. VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK, DARK… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.50
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NEW YORK: THE MODERN LIBRARY, 1928 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK, BLACK AND GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE, NO OTHER MARKINGS. ESTIMATED PUBLISHED DATE 1928, NO DATE INSIDE. Symonds, John Addington (s¿m'¿nz), 1840-93, English author. Educated at Harrow and Oxford, constant ill health exiled him for the greater part of his life to Italy and Switzerland.… Read more about this item Item Price
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TRUE CONFESSIONS, MAY 1940, VOL. 36 NO. 214
by EDITOR, NUMEROUS
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- Used - Good
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- 1940
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- Soft cover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$20.50
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LOUISVILLE, KY: FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, 1940 GOOD CONDITION MAGAZINE MADE FOR YOUNG WOMEN. SOME WEAR, VERY NICE SHAPE, TIGHT. True Confessions is a confession magazine targeted at young women readers. It was originally published by Fawcett Publications, beginning in 1922. With a cover price of 25 cents, the front cover of the October, 1922, issue heralded, "Our Thousand Dollar Prize Winner¿'All… Read more about this item Item Price
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FRA LIPPO LIPPI, A ROMANCE
by MARGARET VERE FARRINGTON
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- Used - Good
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1892
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$28.50
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NEW YORK: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, RAISED WHITE DESIGN FRONT, GOLD IN DESIGN WITH PAINTER'S BRUSHES AND PAD, GOLD PRINT SPINE, INSIDE TIGHT, BOOK PAGES IN NICE CARD STOCK, FOURTEEN PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS. NICE PICTURE OF LIPPI AS FRONTISPIECE, THE ARTWORK IS BEAUTIFUL. SLIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK. Fra' Filippo Lippi, O.Carm. (c. 1406 ¿ 8… Read more about this item Item Price
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FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FRENCH COURT, THE HAPPY DAYS OF THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE
by IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND, TRANSLATED BY THOMAS SERGEANT PERRY
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- Used - Good
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- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$24.50
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NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, GOLD IMPRINT ON THE SPINE OF TITLE AND AUTHOR. SOME WEAR TOP OF SPINE AND FADING OF LETTERS. COVER IS SLIGHTLY FADED WITH AGE AND CLEANING. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. FORMER OWNERS NAME SIGNED IN FRONT IN PENCIL, NO OTHER MARKINGS. FRONTISPIECE SHOWS AN ART PICTURE OF LOUISE. Marie Louise,… Read more about this item Item Price
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WILL ROGERS HIS LIFE AND TIMES, AN AMERICAN HERITAGE BIOGRAPHY
by RICHARD M. KETCHUM
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780070344129
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$32.50
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NEW YORK: AMERICAN HERITAGE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1973 THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LEATHER ON THE SPINE, RED COVER, NICE DESIGN, RED WHITE BLACK SILVER DESIGN. WILL ROGERS PRINTED SIGNATURE INSIDE. FILLED WITH PICTURES THROUGHOUT. GREAT BOOK. Rogers, Will (William Penn Adair Rogers), 1879-1935, American humorist, b. Oolagah, Indian Territory (now in Oklahoma). In his youth he… Read more about this item Item Price
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