Essays And Stories from
New Arrivals
The Forest Unseen
by David George Haskell
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Trade paperback
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- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$15.00
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Trade pprback with an index and bibliography among 270 clean pages, no creases. Haskell traces nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. "Haskell thinks like a biologist, writes like a poet" Item Price
$15.00
On Art and Literature 1896-1919
by Marcel Proust
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- Greenwich Editions
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$20.00
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Hardcover with worn dj, translated by Sylvia T. Warner. 416 clean pages with Notes
Critical collection of essays with Proust's views on the writing of his era, on painting and painters, masters of the nineteenth century as Tolstoy, Goethe, and Stendhal. Item Price
$20.00
Broadsides from the Other Orders
by Sue Hubbell
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- White boards with gilt butterfly, letting on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$12.25
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Illustrated chapters about different insects, from ones like the butterfly and the ladybug, to ones we consider pests. Hubbell presents you with amazing tidbits - a talented writer. Item Price
$12.25
Little World of Don Camillo
by Giovanni Gureschi
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Cardinal
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Mass mkt
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$16.50
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An Italian priest whose flock of parishoners keeps him on his toes. Don Camillo and his arch rival Peppone are great characters, the resolutions to the stories are funny.
Illustrations by author to chapter heads, mass mkt paperback, this is a Pocket Cardinal edition, very clean with 153 pages. Text block edges are red, #50113, spine head is scuffed. Item Price
$16.50
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Anchors Aweigh
by Oliver G. Gwan (Editor)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- first
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Green boards with title on boards and
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$50.00
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Hardcover First edition published by Grosset & Dunlap 1929 with mylar covered dust jacket that has chipping and wear to bottom edge and spine head and tail - not price clipped. Color frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth, illustrated pastedowns and b/w as well as color illustrations within the 235 clean pages. Illustrators include Frank Schoonover, Charles Hargens, and others (see… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Road to Character
by David Brooks
- Condition
- like new
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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Hardcover edition is in Very Good condition with notes and index - the book is arranged as mini-biographies of a number of historical figures, and how their lives reflected different aspects of character. Item Price
$10.00
Akenfield
by Ronald Blythe
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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Trade paperback with color pictorial cover, moderate edgeware and minor age toning to page margins. Pages are clean and without creasing. 1960s England, Suffolk county and village life between the wars. The remnants of the feudal system; deference of the working class. An oral history classic
"...a brillliant and extraordinary book which raises disquieting second thoughts ....." NYT Book Review Item Price
$10.00
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Ole Miss
by Nash Buckingham
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Published
- 1946
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$35.00
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Hardcover in price clipped dj with moderate edgewear. Flying ducks on dj cover are heavily foxed. Illustrated frontis and previous owner's signature on fep. Interior is bright and tight with b/w illustrations and photos among 178 pages. Short stories by the life long enthusiast and renowed hunter of water fowl along the Mississippi. Item Price
$35.00
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First Spanish Reader
by Angel Flores, editor
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Trade paperback
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- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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Classic Spanish stories printed on odd pg., (verso) with English translation opposite on recto. Includes workbook material with English translations. Item Price
$10.00
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Christmas Eve on Lonesome
by John Fox Jr.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1913
- Binding
- Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$21.00
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Green cloth with gilt floral medallion, book is tight and square. Top of text block is gilt. Tissue guard b/w frontispiece, previous owner name on fep. The derogatory descriptive for Black people is used in some of the stories. The Fox family house in Big Stone Gap, VA is now a museum. Item Price
$21.00
Lowcountry Heart
by Pat Conroy
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- Like New
- Jacket Condition
- like new
- Published
- 2016
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$12.50
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Small quarto with dj and ribbon marker. First edition 2016,
collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles about the writer of such gems as The Water Is Wide, Prince of Tides and Great Santini Item Price
$12.50
Homeland and Other Stories
by Barbara Kingsolver
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- like new
- Binding
- Trade paperback
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- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$12.50
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Published by Harper, book is bright and tight without creasing, etc. Short stories (12) from one of my favorite authors. Believable stories about real people. Item Price
$12.50
Crackers
by Bill Merritt
- Condition
- new
- Jacket Condition
- new
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- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$16.50
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Trade paperback edition is new from distributor and a University Press nonfiction award winner. Stories of his family and their southern heritage and the difficulties of coming to terms with the divisions. Item Price
$16.50
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Good-bye Mr. Chippendale
by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$35.00
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An octavo sized hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket and b/w illustrations by Mary Petty. A stated First Edition. Dust jacket is intact with moderate edge wear. Pages are bright and tight. Memoir of the antique and design industry circa 1940s. With a sense of humor the author reveals the creative ideas of American interior designers working with wealthy individuals. Item Price
$35.00
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Lawrence of Arabia
by Robert Morris
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$10.25
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30th anniversary softcover (10x28mm) in Very Good condition. Pictorial history of the making of the film starring Peter O'Toole. Color and b/w photos, Premieres and Reviews, Cast and Credits, Bibliography and lots more. Item Price
$10.25
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$100.00
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Memoir of a big game hunter in the 1940's who helped terrified villagers to hunt man-eating tigers. Set in the foothills of the Himalayas, vivid jungle stories with a preface by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, 1936-1943. B/W photos and glossary. Illustrated dust jacket has some edgewear and the text block has minor foxing. Mapped endpapers of the territory Corbett… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
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The Four
by Scott Galloway
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$8.25
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The author provides a concise history of the four companies and some insights into the CEOs, management and business practices.
Top edge of dust jacket has minor creasing. Index, notes and diagrams among 310 bright and tight pages Item Price
$8.25
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May It Please the Court
by Peter Irons
- Condition
- Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$15.00
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Transcripts of landmark cases as argued before the Supreme Court Item Price
$15.00
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The Purloined Clinic
by Janet Malcolm
- Condition
- Like new
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1992
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$15.60
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Hardcover first edition with price clipped dust jacket. Interior is bright and tight. Item Price
$15.60
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War On Peace
by Ronan Farrow
- Condition
- Like new
- Jacket Condition
- Like new
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2018
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Orange, Virginia, USA
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$25.00
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First edition hardcover, the collapse of diplomacy. Index and photos among 392 pgs. Item Price
$25.00