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The Effayes [Essays] or Counsels CIVILL & Morall of Francis Bacon

by Bacon, Francis; Christopher Morley (Introduction)

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Edition
Collector's edition
Published
1980
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Hardcover
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. Collector's edition. Hardcover. Still stiff to open bound in full leather with elaborate gilt decoration, silk-moire endpapers, all edges gilt, and a ribbon marker still folded as it came from the publisher. ; 100 Greatest Books Ever Written; 190 pages .
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Shards of Light: Fables, Essays, Sonnets & Humor. Shards of Light: Fables, Essays, Sonnets Humor

by Millar, Neil

Condition
Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780930616045
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Cambridge, MA: Foursquare Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0930616049 . Tight bright book, unmarked but for inscription to half-title page; in crisp dust jacket. ; 191 pages .
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Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays

by Brendel, Alfred

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Edition
First Printing
Published
2001
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Softcover
ISBN
9781556524080
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Chicago Review Press / A Capella. Fine. 2001. First Printing. Softcover. 1556524080 . Stiff unmarked book in glossy covers; about new. ; 5.75 X 1 X 9 inches; 432 pages; In this definitive collection of a renowned pianist's writings? Some of them never before published in English? Alfred Brendel brings the clarity and originality of expression that… Read more about this item
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Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs

by Wolcott, James

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Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
2013
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780385527798
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Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385527799 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new; 6.75 X 1.5 X 9.5 inches; 512 pages .
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The Ghost in the Machine

by Koestler, Arthur

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Published
1968
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Hardcover
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New York: MacMillan. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Tight clean square book in clean blue cloth, unmarked but for name to front endpaper; in glossy dust jacket (6.95) with crease to front flap and 1 cm edgetear to rear panel. ; 384 pages .
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The Common Man

by Chesterton, G K

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First Edition; First Printing
Published
1950
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London: Sheed & Ward. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Tight book unmarked but for numbers to top corner of front endpaper; in blue cloth; in dust jaket with edgetears. ; 279 pages .
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Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

by Sacks, Oliver

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First Edition; First Printing
Published
2019
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780451492890
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Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2019. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0451492897 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 5.79 X 1.08 X 8.57 inches; 288 pages .
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Selections from the Contributions to "The Irish Homestead": V. 1 & V.2 (Collected Works of G. W. Russell - "A. E." ) 2 Volumes

by Russell, George William ("a. E." ) ; Henry Summerfield

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Published
1978
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Hardcover
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Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes tight and clean in blue cloth; front blank endpaper excised from each. ; During its existence, A. E. Contributed, often anonymously chiefly while he was its editor, to well over 1,000 issues of the Homestead and 400 of the… Read more about this item
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The Tocqueville Reader: A Life in Letters and Politics

by Zunz, Olivier & Alan S. Kahan

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Published
2002
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Softcover
ISBN
9780631215462
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Wiley-Blackwell. Near Fine. 2002. Softcover. 0631215468 . Stiff unmarked book in barely rubbed covers. ; 152.4 X 30.5 X 231.1 millimeters; 384 pages .
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The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great

by Shapiro, Ben

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Published
2019
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Hardcover
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9780062857903
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Broadside Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2019. Hardcover. 0062857908 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; 6 X 0.97 X 9 inches; 288 pages .
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Accepting the Universe: Essays in Naturalism

by Burroughs, John; George W Lugg

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Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
commemorative edition
Published
1987
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780935834581
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Rainbow Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. commemorative edition. Hardcover. 0935834583 . Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket llightly sunned. ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches .
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Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Science and Culture

by Keller, Evelyn Fox

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1993
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Softcover
ISBN
9780415905251
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Routledge. Fine. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0415905257 . Stiff crisp unmarked book with just a hint of shelflife. ; 9.3 X 6.1 X 0.5 inches; 208 pages .
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Soundings

by Press, Harvill

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First Edition; First Printing
Published
1998
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Softcover
ISBN
9781860465109
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Harvill Press. Fine. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1860465102 . Stiff crisp unmarked book. ; 8.5 X 5.3 X 0.9 inches; 214 pages .
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The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson. the First Series and the Second Series

by Emerson, Ralph Emerson; Edward F. O'Day

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Collector's edition
Published
1979
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Hardcover
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Easton Press. Fine. 1979. Collector's edition. Hardcover. Tight unmarked book bound in full-leather with ornate gilt decoration to both boards and spine; 5 raised bands. Deep-red silk moire endpapers. All gilt edges. Specially commissioned frontispiece of Emerson. An impressive production ; 262 pages .
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Hard-Headed and Big-Hearted: Writing Newfoundland

by Pierson, Stuart & Stan Dragland

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First Edition; First Printing
Published
2006
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Softcover
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9781894463911
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St. John's NL: Pennywell Books. Near Fine. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1894463919 . Tight unmarked book in glossy covers. Signed by Dragland on the title page. ; 8.7 X 5.9 X 1.1 inches; 437 pages; Signed by Editor .
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21 Lessons for the 21St Century

by Harari, Yuval Noah

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Published
2018
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780771048852
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Signal. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2018. Hardcover. 0771048858 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; 400 pages .
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Great German Short Novels and Stories

by Zweig, Stefan; Thomas Mann, Goethe; Heine; Schnitzler; Et Al

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N.D.
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Modern Library. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Tight clean book, in blue cloth with bright red-blocked titles, front and spine; in dust jacket with slight edgewear. Blue backed titles set in a vine motif. "95 cents a copy" to front flap; red top edge. ; Modern Library; Vol. 108; 475 pages .
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The Red and the Black

by Stendhal; (C. Scott Moncrieff, translation)

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Published
1953
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Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Tight clean book, in blue cloth with blindstamped ml to front board; in glossy red and black dust jacket with 2 short edgetears. Library stamp to front and rear pastedowns. ; Modern Library; Vol. 157; 630 pages .
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Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas

by Zweig, Stefan; Thomas Mann, Goethe; Heine; Schnitzler; Et Al

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Modern Library. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Clean book, in gray cloth with bright green-blocked titles, front and spine; in dust jacket with 1" loss to top of spine." 95 cents a copy" to front flap. ; Modern Library; Vol. 90; 384 pages .
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Droll Stories

by Balzac, Honore De

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Modern Library. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Tight clean book, in red cloth with bright black-blocked titles, front and spine; in dust jacket with edgewear. Three monks illustrated on front of jacket. ; Modern Library; Vol. 193; 553 pages .
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