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Archives Hergé Tome 1 : Totor, C.P. des Hannetons et les versions originales des albums TinTin Au Pays des Soviets (1929), Au Congo (1930), En Amerique (1931)
by Hergé; Georges Prosper Remi
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- May 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9782203005013
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$79.50
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Tournai, Belgium: Casterman, 1973. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards with gilt lettering. May 1984 printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight, end lightly bumped. Jacket clean light wear at edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 420 pages. French Text. Illustrated. Heavy item: Extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Archives Hergé… Read more about this item Item Price
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Politically Correct: The Ultimate Storybook
by James Finn Garner
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780765108678
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$12.95
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New York: Smithmark, 1998. Hardcover. First Thus / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Spine head and corners lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with light edge wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 296 pages. Bedtime stories will never again be the same. Item Price
$12.95
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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
by Xiaolu Guo
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- Used - Very Good
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- March 2007
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780701180386
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$11.95
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London: Chatto & Windus, March 2007. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Very Good. Not from a library. 354 pages.
From one of our most important contemporary Chinese authors: a novel of language and love that tells one young Chinese woman's story of her journey to the West—and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores. Zhuang—or… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Three Stooges Collection, Volumes One, Two, Three, Four: 1934-1945 [Four DVD Boxed Sets]
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 2007-2008
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- Four DVD Boxed Sets
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$29.95
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007-2008. Four DVD Boxed Sets. Each of the four volumes is a two-disc set covering a three-year interval of theatrical short subjects by The Three Stooges released by Columbua Pictures during the period 1934-1945. Eight discs total. DVD region 1. 87 short films totaling 25 hours and 4 minutes runtime. 1.33:1 Full Screen. Black & White.… Read more about this item Item Price
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As Time Goes By, Series 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9 [DVD]
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2005
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- DVD
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$14.95
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BBC Video, 2002-2005. Four DVD Sets. Five Discs total. 17 hours, 46 minutes runtime. Fine DVDs in Near Fine cases. No scratches, no cracks. From a private collections. Not from a library or rental. Item Price
$14.95
More Tales From Malgudi: Mr Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi,The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma and The World of Nagara
by R. K. Narayan
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- Used - Near Fine
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- June 1997
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780749394868
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$25.95
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London: Minerva, June 1997. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Pages unmarked but slightly tanned. Spine tight but lightly creased. Covers clean. Slight fading to spine. Sticker from Giggles bookshop Madras to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 854 pages.
This omnibus edition features four books from R. K. Narayan's famous series based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi:… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Malgudi Omnibus : Swami and Friends / The Bachelor of Arts / The English Teacher
by R. K. Narayan
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1999
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780749396046
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$19.95
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London: Vintage, 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Pages unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight reading wear to corners. Sticker from Giggles bookshop Madras to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 474 pages.
Here are three of R. K. Narayan's most famous and best loved novels: Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Orealla : A Novel
by Roy Heath
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780850315288
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$29.95
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London: Allison & Busby, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Slight edge wear. Jacket clean with light rubbing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 256 pages. A Guyanese graduate is torn between his own life of servitude and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ministry of Hope : A Novel
by Roy Heath
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780714530154
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$17.95
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London & New York: Marion Boyars, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Very Good book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to edges. Jacket clean with light rubbing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 320 pages.
First edition of the last novel of acclaimed Guyanese writer Roy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kwaku, Or, the Man Who Could Not Keep His Mouth Shut
by Roy Heath
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- April 1985
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780006540984
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$16.95
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London: Fontana Paperbacks / Flamingo, April 1985. Trade Paperback. First Thus (no additional printings listed). Fine. Pages tanned, otherwise As New. Appears unread. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 254 pages.
Kwaku comes from a long line of literary buffoons who manage to triumph over the intelligent… Read more about this item Item Price
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100 of My Favourite Cartoons
by Hawley Harris
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2000
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- Staple-Bound Paperback
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$100.00
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Georgetown, Guyana: Stabroek News, 2000. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Binding secure. Covers clean. Not from a library. 112 pages. A collection of political cartoons by Hawley Harris published in the Stabroek News newspaper during the 1990s and 2000. Item Price
$100.00
Kunsorn Comics Inc. Presents Another Collection of Justin Kunsorn Cartoons No. 5
by Paul Harris
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1993
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- Staple-Bound Pamphlet
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$100.00
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Georgetown, Guyana: Kunsorn Comics Inc., 1993. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Near Fine. Text unmarked. Light wear to covers. Securely bound with two staples. Not from a library. 24 pages. Item Price
$100.00
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
by Walter Moers; John Brownjohn (trans)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 2001
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780099285328
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$12.85
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London: Vintage, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight with a light crease. Covers clean and bright with light reading wear. Not from a library. 704 pages.
Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
by Pete Souza
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First U.K. Edi
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- 2018
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780751576405
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London: Sphere, November 2018. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 240 pages.
As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone else. His years photographing the President gave him… Read more about this item Item Price
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Einstein for Beginners (A Pantheon Documentary Comic Book)
by Joseph Schwartz
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- Used - Fine
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- October 1979
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780394738017
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$13.45
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New York: Pantheon, October 1979. Trade Paperback. Glued binding. Fourth printing per number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Covers clean and crisp. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Slight reading wear to edges and corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 174 pages. Item Price
$13.45
Lewis Carroll at Christ Church
by Lewis Carroll; Morton N. Cohen (intro); Colin Ford (ed)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1974
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- Staple-Bound Pamphlet
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- 9780904017083
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- 1
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London: National Portrait Gallery, 1974. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Very Good+. From the collection of photographer, historian, curator, and patron of the arts Valerie Lloyd (1945-1999). Inked inside front cover: "Val Lloyd. Dept. Film + Photography. NPG". This is a photographic album with twenty-eight portraits of Oxford dignitaries taken by Lewis Carroll together with Carroll's poem "Hiawatha's Photographing" a parody of Longfellow's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Noir: A Novel
by Christopher Moore
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2018
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780062433978
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- 1
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$24.95
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New York: HarperCollins / William Morrow, 2018. Hardcover. First edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 357 pages. San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon.... Think Raymond Chandler meets Damon Runyon with more than… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble (Bad Kitty Series, 7)
by Nick Bruel
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
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- January 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781596436718
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New York: Roaring Brook Press/Neal Porter, January 2014. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 128 pages.
In this seventh installment of the Bad Kitty series, Kitty encounters what may be her most formidable foe yet: her creator! Kitty soon learns that feline manipulation works both ways-especially… Read more about this item Item Price
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Muse of the Department, A Prince of Bohemia, and other stories (Novels of Balzac, Centenary Edition)
by Honoré de Balzac; Honore de Balzac; James Waring (trans); Jno. Rudd (trans); George Saintsbury (preface)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Centenary Edition
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- 1899
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- Hardback
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$34.95
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Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards, spine faded to a handsome beige. Crimson leather title band with gold lettering and border design; gilded top edge. Frontis and eight B&W plates. Very Good book / no jacket. No markings. Corners and spine ends bumped. Not from a library. Very handsome on the shelf. Two volumes in one.… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.95
Father Goriot, Ursule Mirouët, and other stories (Novels of Balzac, Centenary Edition)
by Honoré de Balzac; Honore de Balzac; Ellen Marriage (trans); Clara Bell (trans)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Centenary Edition
- Published
- 1899
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- Hardback
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- 1
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Arlington, Virginia, USA
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$34.95
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Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards, spine faded to a handsome beige. Crimson leather title band with gold lettering and border design; gilded top edge. Frontis and eight B&W plates. Very Good+ book / no jacket. No markings. Spine ends bumped. Not from a library. Very handsome on the shelf. Two volumes in one. Contents: Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.95